Chapter Twenty–Two
PAIN SHOT STRAIGHT into her heart, as if someone had driven a knife into it, twisted and then tore it straight down her body to her womb. Kate grabbed her arm, but wasn’t strong enough to hold her upright. Before she fell to the floor, the girl directed her to the nearby sofa.
Tatiana’s breath came out in short bursts. She couldn’t breathe. The pain. Oh, God, the pain was intense. She didn’t know if it was the babe or the shock of what she’d unwittingly done to her own children. She’d unbound them from her. She’d released them to their own strength, or lack thereof.
“I’ve killed my children!”
There were no tears, nothing but pain. Excruciating pain.
The man had stopped screaming and now sat up on the floor, staring at her. Tears lined his face. His eyes were red wit
