-Asher-“Oh so now you are ready to talk,” I raised a brow at her and she swallowed visibly. There were beads of sweat on her forehead. It was already obvious that what I had feared was true.“Yes, indeed, I am not pregnant,” she finally said and my hands fell weakly beside me. It was not like I had not expected it, I had thought of the worst but hearing her say it, a confirmation of the reality I was in, was almost too much to bear. So the seer was right after all.“Why…?” was the only word that could come out of my lips.“I am so sorry but I did it too for us. I did it for your prestige.”I glared at her.“Can you listen to yourself, Crystal?” I shook my head at her. “You did it for my prestige? So what were you going to do when it was time for you to deliver? What would we present to the people since no baby is growing in you?”“It does not matter,” she said. “We can tell them anything and they would believe. You did say the curse had been broken, so to make full proof of it, I sai
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