When She Rose From the Ashes

Chapter 84 Dreams and Truths

Chapter 84 Dreams and Truths

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Finn left with a dark look, Shauna’s warning still ringing in his ears. Not long after, Yvonne came to the laboratory door. She raised her hand, wanting to knock, but hesitation held her back. If she disturbed Baron while he worked, she might pay for it dearly. So she waited quietly outside.

Inside the sterile room, Natalie stirred awake.

The first rush of awareness was pain-burning, gnawing, suffocating pain. A cry slipped from her lips before she clenched her jaw against it. Would this torment never end? The fire had faded long ago, yet it still consumed her.

Blinking, she searched the room. Empty. No children, no soft voices.

She let out a breathy laugh, thin and brittle. She must have gone mad-imagining children in this place, calling her “Mommy.” Absurd. She and Baron had only just crossed that line; there could never be children between them so

soon.

And yet… the voices had felt so real. Clear enough to linger in her ears, warm enough to lodge in her heart.

Her mind flicked back to five years ago, to the bargain she had struck with the Witch Doctor. He had demanded her most precious thing. She’d thought her heart would shatter when she realized what he meant-her eggs.

still made her stomach

Could those children she dreamed of

why would they bear the

could not make the

staring at the ceiling, caught in the whirl of

thinking about?” His voice, low and familiar, broke through

on her ruined face. “A ridiculous dream. I woke up analyzing whether it could be

“A dream?

to

“Of course.”

her pain, and she welcomed the chance. Baron was rarely at her side when she

eyes brightened, sparking like stars against the shadows of her face, “that two adorable

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Mommy. They were so sweet, so lively. When they called me, I felt as if my heart melted. It was wonderful. But that’s impossible, isn’t it? I’m a single woman. How could I have

at him, expecting