Chapter 571

• Proserpina
• A feeling of foreboding filled me as we hurried down the corridor.
• We had moved through the crowd of people who were milling around, drinking, dancing and eating. Many people had stopped us, thrusting their hands at Lucien, offering him their congratulations. Inquisitive eyes had roved over me and I had felt conscious of my full belly. i could feel the whispers: Her children are getting married and the old cow is still breeding.