Vengeance Abandoned

At first, there was just a wave of tightness and heaviness in her lower abdomen, but in a flash, it twisted into a sharp, wrenching pain that tightened in waves around her waist and belly.

Her legs buckled beneath her, cold sweat soaking through the fabric of her shirt. The hand that had been shielding her pregnant belly now gripped her skirt in a death grip, while she bit down on her lip until it