Chapter 386

When Cassia woke up, it was nearly lunchtime. She didn’t panic; she knew she and Cécile had a day off today to recover. Needless to say, the bed was empty beside her. She sank deeper. The glorious feeling of knowing she had finished a job well done made her smile. But it wasn’t long before her thoughts turned back to Calix. She groaned and rolled over, burying her head under a pillow.

After a few minutes, she sat up on the edge of the bed and, finding her robe to pull on, stood up. The intense wave of dizziness that struck her made her sit down again quickly. What was that? On an instinctive reflex, her hand went to her belly. Then, just as quickly as the dizziness had hit, she felt nausea rush over her, fast and urgent. She just made it to the bathroom in time.

When she had finished retching into the toilet, she stood up and washed her face. She had an awful certainty about what was wrong. And she didn’t even question that it could be something else. The past few days, the intense ti