Chapter 38“There’s fire on the mountain,” Mira muttered, pacing the stone floor like a caged animal.Kenzo, seated on a fur-covered bench, leaned forward, brow furrowed. “Calm yourself, Mira. You’ve yet to tell me what’s caused this storm in you.”She halted, her back to him, shoulders taut. Then she turned, her lips trembling. “I’m pregnant, Kenzo.”His eyes widened. “Pregnant? That’s... that’s wonderful news. You’ll soon bear the king’s heir—why, then, do you look as if the world is ending?”“You don’t understand,” she snapped, frustration rippling through her voice. “The child... it isn’t his.”Kenzo straightened. “Then whose is it?”She hesitated, biting down on her lower lip. Then, barely above a whisper—“Yours.”Silence fell like a dropped blade.Then, to her astonishment, his face lit up with unrestrained joy. “By the goddess!” he exclaimed, springing to his feet. “Miranda, this is glorious news!” He swept her off the floor in a whirlwind of elation.“Shhh!” she hissed, glarin
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