Chapter 100

Liz POV

I haven’t said a word to Stella or Deimos since we left the hospital. I am sitting in our bedroom holding the ultrasound pictures in my hands, staring down at the little bean shape that is supposedly my baby. I don’t think the reality of the situation has sunk in. There is a person growing inside my body.

The smell of Applewood fills my senses, and the door of the bedroom opens slowly. I know it is Deimos, and I don’t bother to look up. He drops a bag of medication beside me on the bed and stands in front of me awkwardly.

He is waiting for me to say something, but I don’t know what I am supposed to say. I am pregnant, and it is clear Deimos doesn’t want a child. He didn’t say a word during the ultrasound or on the way home. He walked me up to our room and then left to get my medication prescribed by the doctor.

I dig through the bag to make sure everything is there. I pull out the antinausea medication and struggle to open the bottle. Deimos takes it from me and