Chapter 130

Flora POV

Few days Later

I sat in Nicolas's study, the quiet almost suffocating. The fire snapped and crackled in the hearth, but its warmth did nothing to soothe the icy weight pressing against my chest. My hands rested over my stomach, protective and instinctive, as though I could shield the small, fragile life that had only just begun inside me.

When the door opened, Nicolas stepped in, tall and commanding, the kind of presence that always seemed to swallow a room whole. My ...