Aurora

Her words were like an unexpected bombshell. It caught me unaware, throwing me off balance.

The heir to the throne was in my womb?

Disbelief hit me hard as I turned behind me to check if the doctor was speaking to another lady.

But I was wrong. She had been talking to me all along.

My pitiful eyes glanced at the doctor, hoping she was just playing some sick joke on me but it dawned on me that she was dead serious.

"You are carrying the heir to the ...