**CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX**
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Faelyn cannot do it.
A coward who cannot even grant herself freedom is what she is. Her hand reaches to touch her belly and she feels something fluttering in her heart.
Perhaps this is what's holding her back? She feels a strong pull to protect herself, almost as though the dragon seed is fighting to survive.
Her body trembles as she sobs even more. She's such a terrible mother already, causing her own mother's death, and now she wants to harm this innocent life too?
The heavy door opens, and her head snaps up to see Sanaya walk inside the stone chamber.
"I found your friend…" Sanaya's eyes slowly lower to the sharp blade in Faelyn's hands and fill with panic.
"What are you doing?!" Sanaya flings the weapon from Faelyn's hand in the next moment, and it clatters to the stone floor with a metallic ring.