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Kiara's POV

Maybe I shouldn't have asked. Maybe I should have just sat quietly and ignored the voice in my head that wanted answers. It would have been smarter.

But what Keturah said had pushed me. The way she had said it. And of course, the 'secret' itself had compelled me.

I could still hear the liquid fluidity of her voice that was heavy with implicit meanings.

"You want to hear a secret? Damien and I were expecting once. I was going to bear his heir and be his. Then we were betrayed and I lost the child. You are probably thinking how this is any of your business but consider something."

I wasn't thinking it was none of my business. I was thinking how it was possible that both of them shared such a bond and I had been unable to tell. I thought what was between them didn't get any deeper than casual sex.

But keeping a child. At least until it was terminated or whatever betrayal meant, was a different ball game entirely.

I suddenly felt guilty for all the moments I had shared wit