RavenTwo weeks after the banquet, I stood frozen in my bathroom, staring at the plastic white pregnancy test in my hands. Two pink strips showed.Pregnant. My first time, and I’d gotten pregnant.My hand trembled, and my lips curled back in a snarl. Hot tears prickled at my eyes, and, furious, I threw the test into the door behind me.It clattered to the floor as I raked my fingers painfully into my hair. My breaths came too fast and my heartbeat raced.Stupid, stupid, stupid! How could I have let this happen?This was bad. This was beyond bad. I’d prayed to the Goddess to give me a mate who could help me escape, and instead she’d given me a child I couldn’t care for.Did she have no mercy for me?I needed to get to my mother. She’d know what to do, and, if she didn’t, she’d hold me and tell me everything would be okay.Even if it wasn’t true, it would bring me comfort.Lost in my frustration and fear, I didn’t hear the door to the bathroom open.“What is this?” my half-sister’s disg
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