_Lyla's POV_
The drive to the seer’s cottage stretched endlessly. The weight of my thoughts was suffocating me. Dorian remained silent beside me. His grip was firm on the steering wheel and he remain focused on the road ahead. The seer sat in the back, her expression unreadable as she gazed out the window.
Astra stirred within me, her presence simmering with anger and grief.
This was a mistake, she muttered. All of it.
I closed my eyes, trying to push down the rising tide of emotions. But no matter how much I tried, the truth loomed over me like a storm cloud. I had been tricked, used, bound to Aaron by magic that wasn’t real.
And now, I carried his child.
The thought sent a shudder through me. My fingers trembled as I pressed my palm against my stomach.
This thing inside us… it sho
