#CHAPTER 78: A Parent’s Love

XADEN POV And so, I waited. I waited, ready to burst at the seams with excitement and anticipation, for a sign… any sort of sign that my baby was, in fact, moving inside Maeve’s belly. Her reaction had been so sudden, so harsh and yet so giddy, that I could not help but want to experience even a sliver of what she was feeling. It had been many years since I was able to feel anything remotely similar… falling as far back as when my mother was pregnant with my younger siblings, Lucas and Charlotte, but I was too young to be able to really remember any of it. This would be my first real—memorable—experience with pregnancy and babies. Not only that… but it was my baby in there. My child… who was growing remarkably and would one day enter our lives. The thought that I could perhaps feel this little life that I’d had a hand in creating was enough to send my mind spinning. But… it seemed I would have to wait a bit longer for such a pleasure. “I can’t feel anything,” I admitted, feeli