Chapter 653:

Emeriel swallowed against the lump in her throat.

“That’s the way it is, my dearest sister. But you will get through this, I promise.”

Out of the corner of her eye, Emeriel saw Lord Ottai, Madam Livia, and Amie watching them with concern.

She should probably be concerned about modesty, being naked in a room with a male, yet Emeriel couldn’t care less. Bending, she pressed a gentle kiss to Aekeira’s damp forehead.

“You will get through this.”

Aekeira shook her head.

“I don’t know how much longer… I can bear this. I don’t think I can…”

“Think about the positives, Keira,” Emeriel soothed, her own tears falling onto her sister’s hair.

“Now, you can bond with the love of your life. You always told me nothing good comes easily, right? See this agony as the new, shining light that it is. We will get through this together.”

body went stiff, panic creeping into her

my gods,

Another wave was coming.

tears fell from

firmly, not just to convince

have to stay

cry of sheer anguish tore from Aekeira as another contraction gripped

loudly, tangling her fingers into her own hair and pulling

seized her hands to stop her from hurting herself, holding her tight while crying helplessly. She watched her sister break apart right in her arms, yet there was nothing she could

tempest, the flames

as the heat flowed through her in a consuming fire, dragging her under.

distant haze of her suffering, she heard

Then the sound of hurried footsteps as Lord

kind to long

now. She had never allowed herself to yearn.

the magic at

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