IZZY POVThe contractions were coming harder and faster and I was no longer able to pretend that I wasn’t feeling them. Another one gripped me and I cried out, leaning forward. The shackles bit into my wrists and I cried out again with the burn of the silver. I felt a gush between my legs. “Her membranes broke,” Agnes said, her voice devout of any emotion. “Good,” Cornelius said. He had been on edge this entire time, pacing. He was driving Agnes crazy, and I could see she was moments away from snapping.Agnes leaned over me and I flinched, pulling away. “I’m your only friend right now, child,” she said, using a wet washcloth to wipe away the sweat on my face. I shook my head.“I have no friends here,” I said bitterly.Cornelius spoke from behind us. “How much longer?” he asked. Agnes’s nostrils flare
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