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Chapter 16

Author: Rain Tummy
last update publish date: 2026-04-11 23:41:57

Ethan POV

I did not know how long I stood there after leaving the healer’s wing, because everything felt slow and heavy, like time itself was dragging while my thoughts kept racing faster and faster in my head.

“She lost the baby.”

I could still hear it so clearly, like the words had been carved into my mind and refused to leave no matter how much I tried to ignore them.

I let out a sharp breath and muttered, “No… no, that cannot be it.”

But even as I said it, I knew I was lying to myself.

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