Chapter 87

Chapter 87

She had not meant for it to come to this from the start.

But from the moment the word "child" left Cedric's lips, Ines had been unable to keep her mind whole.

Had she been able to think rationally, she would never have told Cedric to hold her.

In this life, she was supposed to live without any connection to Cedric at all.

But the moment she remembered the child who had vanished so fleetingly to the Empress's cruel game, she had done this without even realizing it.

She should not have.

But regret always comes late, even at its swiftest, after it is already too late.

Throughout the long night, Cedric, who had joined his body to hers again and again, had fallen asleep beside her.

His eyes with their lashes neatly overlapping, his stubborn mouth, and his golden hair, disheveled unlike its usual immaculate order.

She…