Chapter 199

Cassia lay in the center of the room, her face flushed with pain, her breaths coming in quick, ragged gasps. Every contraction seemed to tighten the grip of agony around her, and she clutched at the bedsheets, her knuckles white. Darius stood by her side, his heart breaking with every pained cry that escaped her lips.

“Darius,” Cassia gasped, her voice trembling with the intensity of the pain. “It