54: LUNA'S MOTHER?

D E L I L A H

The next two months passed by blissfully well and before I knew it, I was already four months pregnant.

I marveled at the way my body was transforming, nurturing a tiny life within me. The feeling of new life growing inside me brought a sense of wonder and awe that I could never have imagined.

As each day passed, I became more connected to the tiny being growing in my womb, feeling its gentle movements and imagining the person it would become.

I could still remember the first time I actually felt the baby move inside of me, it was an unexplainable feeling that brought tears of joy in my eyes.

Azriel and I were laying in bed and just enjoying each other's presence when I began feeling tiny movements in my abdomen. I had thought it was one of my little cramps that I tend to have, but when it became frequent, realization suddenly hit me that the baby was actually moving inside of me.

I hadn't wasted time in taking Azriel's hands and placing them on my slightly protruding