POV: Adriana
Same morning Darius won the Fiery Run
I woke up feeling like I had been carrying bricks all night.
It wasn’t even tiredness… it was exhaustion and I felt it to my very core. My head was pounding, my eyes felt heavy and the only thing I could feel right now was fear, and it was heavy in my chest.
How was I supposed to sleep after yesterday? After finding out Regina somehow knew I was pregnant?
Every time I closed my eyes, I saw her face—her mocking smile, her insistence on taking Darius, her obsession. I clenched my bedsheet and inhaled shakily.
How did she find out? How?
I had tried to piece it together all night, twisting, turning, thinking.
Gloriah had noticed how shaken I was and quietly asked Adira to take me home. Adira and Mama Florence hovered over me like worr
