Ch. 37 : Seed of Fear

I couldn’t think.

I couldn’t move.

Nothing was making sense yet everything was happening around me.

Those words and the feeling in my chest confirmed it all for me, the sound of me erratic breathing and the mans retreating footsteps echoing in the room.

I was pregnant with Dorian's baby.

I knew that what that older man said was true because my mother had told me about what it was like for her when she was pregnant with Arden and I. She had said that, once her body recognized that she had created life, it would begin to sting and ache if she tried to summon her flames. This happened because, as Non-Shifters, our bodies were weak when it came to something as serious as creating a baby. So, to avoid using up any amou