Chapter 52: 3 Very Long Weeks Later

“If you don’t find that lich before these pups are born, what are we going to do when he comes for the first one?” I ask Dominic with tears in my eyes and so much fear in my heart right now that sometimes I wish I had never gotten pregnant at all. 

Losing even one might kill me, when the depression hits and I realize that it is all my fault.  All because I couldn’t stand to live without him, I could end up losing it all.  Because when the lich comes for my baby, Dominic is planning on trying to kill him, in that moment he might lose his own life instead.  Then what was the purpose of any of this if he isn’t here to share it all with?

This whole time, I have been dreading the babies’ arrival, because I know that the lich will come soon after.  Shaking my head, I sit still on the stool while waiting for Dominic’s answer.  When he doesn’t answer right away, the tears start to flow steadily down