Chapter 121

SERAPHINA I stared at the pregnancy test stick in my hand for the tenth time, as if the numbers or symbols on it would change if I stared at them long enough. Two lines. Clear. Distinct. Unmistakable. Pregnant. I'm pregnant. My heart was pounding so loudly, I was almost certain the entire Nightveil Pack could hear it. My hands trembled as I placed the test stick on the bathroom sink, then stared at my reflection in the mirror. My face was pale—whether from shock or from the morning sickness that had been bothering me for the past week, which I had thought was just a common cold. “Oh God,” I whispered to my own reflection, my hand automatically moving to my still-flat stomach. “There's life in there. A baby. Our baby.” The emotions I felt were complex—overwhelming joy, excitement, nervousness, fear, and something warm spreading from my chest throughout my body. I was going to be a mother. Kaelos was going to be a father. We were going to have a baby. Tears began to roll down my cheeks—t