Only one thing was still lacking in the future she offered me. I let my thoughts stray to it. ‘Our child will be beautiful,’ she assured me as she released me and stood up. ‘You will delight in our son. I promise you this.’ I could feel the truth of her words and they went thrilling through me, like ice and silver in my blood. A child, she would give me a child whom I could hold and cherish. A child who would never be taken from me. She knew all that I most desired and offered it all to me.
