I felt a wave wash over me, unlike anything I’d ever felt. A warmth and wetness coating down my legs. And a moment later, a crippling pain ran through me. I nearly fell to my knees, grasping the side of the wrought iron table for support, for anything to hold on to.

Varon was at my side in a moment, catching me.

My stomach hurt, my lower pelvis, and everything felt intense like I had never felt it before. I grabbed onto his hand to steady myself, ...