Adina’s POV

Silence stretched across the room, heavy and suffocating. The lingering scent of burnt air hung between us, and though the witch was gone, her words echoed in my mind ‘I want the child inside your womb.’

I stood there, frozen, staring at the space she’d vanished from. My body trembled, not from fear, but from the weight of the truth pressing against my chest.

“Adina…” Nathan’s voice broke through the silence, soft but edged with urgency.

I turned toward him, my ...