Amelia POV I woke up in the hospital, confused about where I was and why. It took a moment, and then the confusion cleared and all the horrible events came back in a flood that left me breathless. But it explained why Damien wasn’t here by my side, the way he would have been if things were the way they were before. Everything had changed now, hadn’t it? The urge to run came over me again, to just get up and get away, but I was also worried about the baby. I remembered my stomach cramping just before I passed out. Had it been hunger, or something else? Then the door opened. For a moment part of me hoped it was my husband. I was so used to looking to him for comfort and a sense of safety. That was going to be a very hard habit to break. But it was Dr. Wyatt, her face serious as she came

