Chapter 0576

As I waited my turn, I couldn't help but notice the other travelers around me. Families saying goodbye, friends sharing one last laugh, lovers holding onto each other before the inevitable separation.

It was a reminder that, even though I often felt worlds apart from the rest of humanity, we were the same; despite what existed in my blood, I was still human to my core.

When it was finally my turn to pass through security, I turned to steal one last glimpse at Enzo. He was still standing by the entrance, watching me with a mix of worry and something else I couldn't quite read. Our eyes met, and I offered him another tiny wave.

"I love you," I mouthed, blowing him a kiss. He smirked, lifting his hand to catch the kiss. I couldn't help but giggle a bit as he pretended to put it in his pocket.

And then, just like that, he was gone. I watched his form fade through the double doors, and then he was out of sight.

couldn't help but feel a sickening sense of trepidation. I was only going home, but it felt different. I wasn't just heading home after a vacation; I was rushing home in the wake of something terrifying. A flight attendant offered me a warm smile as she passed

plane taxied down the runway and lifted off into the morning sky, I felt my anxieties rise along with the giant metal bird. The city below eventually faded into the distance, and ahead of

staring back at me. My hand was still over my belly. I pressed it down a little more firmly as though that could somehow protect the little life inside of me, the little life

just a moment, I allowed myself to consider the possibilities: the joyful meeting with my first born child, or perhaps something far worse. Maybe that possibility was something that I would have to come to terms with. "Excuse me," a voice said from beside me,

woman sitting beside me, her brown eyes shining from behind her wrinkled skin. "Yes?" I

though choosing her words carefully, before she pointed at

a moment, swallowing, before I finally nodded. "I

eyes lit up. "Oh, how wonderful," she cooed, clasping her hands together. "I could sense it

quirked an

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