The Stranger's Child

POV: Cassia

I stared at the printed test results trembling in my hands. The black ink on the stark white paper felt like a heavy, sinking anchor dragging me straight to the bottom of a frozen ocean. The sterile, chemical smell of the hospital room suddenly made my stomach churn with nausea. I was pregnant. A baby was growing inside me. My life was already shattered. Darius had subjected me to a c