Chapter Fifty-Four

  Amanda

  I was pregnant? Slowly, my hand traveled to my stomach. It was still normal. It wasn't exactly flat, but it was the normal level of baby fat I'd always carried.

  Could there really be a child growing inside of me?

  Zale's child? Or did it belong to one of the others?

  "Whose is it?" I asked her. I couldn't tear my eyes away.

  "It is the heir of the Prime, just as was planned. He'll be the one that destroys the Primes and their abominations once and for all.

  "No," I whispered. I took a step away from the being that had saved my life. "You can't be serious. Why?"

  The Goddess took a step closer to me and she held her hand out cradling my cheek with her palm. "Child, you shouldn't worry so much. Everything is going exactly as I planned. You have been freed from the one that abused you before, and the Prime and his men will never touch you again."