** Aria’s POV **
As the plane retracts its landing gear, turbulence jolts through the cabin before it settles as we soar through the open sky. Just before we burst through the clouds, a dazzling rainbow paints the horizon in brilliant hues.
I laugh through my tears.
Goodbye Thorne.
I’m finally free. Finally, out of that choking vortex. And though my heart mourns Lucas, I know I could not reclaim him. Maybe when he’s older, and understands more, I’ll come back for him.
A sudden cramp in my abdomen has me doubled over in agony, and the realisation hits me like a slap. I’m not alone, not really.
I still have a child trying to grow inside me. Thorne’s child.
I squeeze my eyes shut and focus on my breathing, waiting for the cramps to pass when a calloused hand suddenly splays over my abd
