Amber POV
My hands are shaking and my whole body is trembling. I feel like I'm drowning underwater, but I'm not, I'm merely standing in my bedroom, feeling frozen. I need to call the new guard, Thomas, but my mouth falls open and I let out the tiniest squeak in fear. What am I going to do? I can't have my father finding out, he'll kill me. Not to mention mother as well. I try to tell myself it's the stress of the last few days and the beating I took that has made my period late. But another small part of me is in despair, in case it's what I think it might be. I feel paralyzed with fear. It's not like me. But this has the potential to change my life and not for the better.
"Thomas" I shout and he comes up the stairs, unlocking the door, with a quizzical look on his face.
"Yes, is there
