Kraven POVI sat on the edge of the couch, with my elbows on my knees, and still had my hand from the call that had just ended. My grandmother’s words rang in my head, hitting the same sore spot over and over like a wound being poked.“They’re already speaking of a replacement, Kraven... They’re calling Jack in.”Jack. Of all people, that was really a slap on my face.I stared at the ground, my hands balled into tight fists. The same Jack who used to sneak coke into family meetings and was almost as good as useless. That’s who they were considering as the next head of the empire?Because I wouldn't be able to give them an heir?A dry laugh escaped my lips, but it was bitter and quiet. That’s what it had come down to. My ability to reproduce. That was all I was worth to them.The ache in my lower abdomen was still there, dull but persistent—a constant reminder of what had happened. Of what I lost. The doctor hadn’t needed to say it with flair. The test results that Mia later showed me
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