“Then don’t sleep.

Come, uncle will hold you.” Concerned that Serenity was tired, Zachary picked up Sonny.

He started chatting with Sonny, finding ways to keep him happy.

As Zachary patiently engaged with Sonny, answering all his questions with care, Serenity watched him with gratitude and warmth.

She felt truly blessed to have married Zachary.

Serenity’s eyelids grew heavy, and before she knew it, she drifted off, leaning against the car seat.

When she woke up, she was back at Wildridge Manor, in her and Zachary’s room.

The room was quiet—Sonny wasn’t there, and neither was Zachary.

Serenity sat up and reached for her phone on the bedside table.

It was two in the afternoon.

She had slept longer than she realized.

Upon waking, she felt a familiar pang of hunger.

belly continued to grow, her once good appetite had only increased, making her feel perpetually

her prenatal checkup, the doctor advised her to eat small meals

to the window, pulling open the heavy

Sunshine poured in.

Wiltspoon

fronts

when the cold air

would be sweating in long sleeves,

she’d be shivering, bundling up in

of Wiltspoon’s winter often left her in a

by the time they arrived, the temperature would climb

Serenity turned

the door, it swung

there, about

he saw her, he

You must be hungry.

just about to come up and tell you to eat something before

“I’m starving.

head downstairs now.”

a fresh

Serenity had fallen asleep after they returned, Zachary

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