Sofia took a deep breath before turning towards Lorenzo.
“About four months after you left, I discovered that I was pregnant.”
Lorenzo paled, but he didn’t move away from her, waiting for her to continue.
“I thought you were dead. I’d just gone through the worst time of my life, I lost… everyone. I didn’t much care about my title, or the money, or even the palazzo we lived in, but I lost my family, I lost you, just after I got you. I had to watch so many people die, so many bodies being burned,” she shook her head as if she was trying to get rid of the memories flooding her mind. “I guess that’s why it took me so long to notice it. But once I did, it was like there was… a candle, that had been lit after I was surrounded by darkness for so long. I wanted to die, but realizing that I was
