Raven Blackwood’s POV:

Something had changed.

The way Valerie acted since morning, the way she was suddenly present in a way that it frightened me.

Was this the pregnancy effect? I wondered?!

Valerie woke up earlier than usual today. She sang happily in the kitchen as she prepared breakfast. This was my first time seeing her this happy, singing, and cooking.

When I walked to her, she even served me food happily, as if her alertness around me belonged to a different life.

I kept my eyes ...