Zoraya (Darya)

I stared at them.

The room had fallen oddly quiet. Too quiet. The walls seemed to hold their breath just like I had.

“Twins,” the healer said again, his voice soft and laced with a kind of reverence I didn’t understand.

My mouth parted slightly, but no words came.

My heart was pounding, thumping against my ribcage like a frightened creature desperate to escape.

My gaze flicked down to my belly, then back up to the faces around me.

Twins?

I didn’t… I ...