#Chapter 45: The Gift

YENA It had only been an idea… up until that moment. Reading Adan’s book had gotten me started thinking about the opportunities I could find in the human world. The thought of going abroad to study was scary, though. But then today Nolan kept telling me how he thought I was too good for the Noble Academy, and the idea started to grow. It was not something I had actually planned on doing. But when Nolan told me he wanted me to get pregnant, I panicked. And the look in his eyes… he wanted so badly for me to say yes. An hour earlier I never wanted him to take his hands off me. I never wanted to be away from him ever again. And now I was sitting here telling him I wanted to leave. I was scared. I wasn’t ready to be a mother. I had hardly been ready to be somebody’s wife when I agreed to marry him. It looked like I was breaking Nolan’s heart. He was trying very hard to look unaffected. I di