Malrik
Outside my mansion, snow clung to the low branches, heavy and still, as if the trees themselves were holding their breath. The forest was quiet- too quiet tonight. But I stood there, alone, in the darkness, the pale moonlight making my surroundings serene, boots sinking into the icy ground, hands clenched at my sides, jaw tight, my mind busy. The cold bit into my face, but it didn’t numb the fire building in my chest.
Earlier tonight, I had panicked and told her something about watching a movie with me tomorrow because I had an early day and needed sleep tonight, dropping her home after dinner. That had not been my initial plan, of course, but what was growing in her tummy had thrown me off. My mind was racing with a hundred thoughts, all telling me that Daisy had no idea she w
