Burning

Chapter 56: Avalyn's POV

Useless used to be an ordinary word until it became a person —It became me.

Talon couldn't even look at me when he came. He asked about the baby and especially only asked when I was ready to have another child for him.

That made me more than useless. I was a burden and I should have died with my child. I shouldn't have stayed alive.

"Avalyn?" Sara called my name and I looked at her.

Her cheeks were red and her eyes were swollen from too many tears.

I brought this upon her. How could I have been so stupid and reckless? How did I lose the baby?

"I have done some tests and it's indicating that you ate something that had a pregnancy termination property in it," she explained.

My eyes enlarged as large beads of tears dripped down my face. I would never take a termination drug or pill or food.

I loved my child with all of my heart, why would I take a termination pill?

"Do you remember what you ate throughout the day?"

I had breakfast with Dawn and Emily. We went fo