(Emma)
I felt a hard pain in my stomach, jolting me awake. My breath hitched, and for a second, I couldn't move.
It wasn’t like the little aches I’d been feeling before. This was deeper, sharper. My hand instinctively went to my belly as my heart pounded.
"Darius," I whispered, barely able to get the word out.
He was already awake, his body tensed beside me. "Emma?" His voice was rough with sleep, but the moment his eyes landed on me, he was fully alert. "What’s wrong?"
I clenched my jaw, trying to breathe through the pain. "It… it hurts."
His grip tightened around me for a second before he pulled back just enough to press his hand over my belly. His touch was comforting. "Where?"
"Lower stomach," I whispered. "It’s sudden. I don’t know if—" My voice hitched as another wave of pain
