Chapter 71: Woman
Autumn stood in front of the mirror, the red dress clutched tight in her hand.
It was the kind of dress meant to be seen, to be admired, to be touched with the eye.
The kind of dress that screamed ’ look at me’ when all she wanted was to disappear.
Her fingers trembled as she lifted the hem of the dress she was wearing...a simple but comfortable donation from the Bloodfang pack.
Beneath it, her stomach was still flat, unmarked??Not really! Her scars were still there but there was no visible sign of the lives growing inside her.
Her pups.
Kieran’s pups.
The mere thought of it broke a dam somewhere. The flood came rushing. Pain, regret, rage, and something terrifyingly close to happiness tangled together in her chest,then burst forth, until she could not breathe.
A choked sound escaped her throat involuntarily. She pressed the right hand to her abdomen, as if she could feel them already...the babies growing in there...tiny heartbeats, tiny souls bound to a man who had shattered hers?
She wanted to run away from him... be free... never see him away... and she did... almost.. But now?
Fate again tied her up so bad with him... so bad... that she couldn’t even reject their bond... at least not in her present condition... and even if she did... then what? Those babies... would forever be his flesh and blood...