Chapter 96

• Dread began to collect in her lower belly, further provoking her latent nausea. There were only two possible alternatives — Renz either didn't know about the stillbirth, or he knew, and was devastated.
• And if the latter, Lena knew he was likely also furious that the grave information hadn't come from either Karl or herself.
• The nervous tension between them was momentarily disrupted by the sudden arrival of Ava's handmaiden.