Sophia
Pain.
I thought I knew what pain was. I thought heartbreak was the worst agony the goddess could ever inflict on a soul.
I thought the moment I discovered Erick Blackthorn, my fated mate, the man I trusted, the father of the child growing in my womb, was responsible for my mother’s death… that that was the moment my life split apart.
I thought that was pain.
I had no idea.
This… this was something beyond agony.
A force that tore through my body like lightning ripping through a storm-drenched sky, leaving nothing but tremors and breathless, broken sounds in its wake.
I clung to the bed as the doctors examined me. Mrs. Ross gripped my hand and whispered prayers I could hardly hear through my own ragged breathing.
“Sophia, darling, breathe, breathe… there we go. Goddess, p
