Chapter 128

• Alera’s Pov
• Since I conceived, I have felt an incredible increase in all areas of my life. My senses sharpened like a blade honed for battle, my instincts flaring at the faintest shift in energy. My emotions… well, they were already a tangled mess before, but now they feel like a roaring storm I can barely contain. Yet today, something was different. Today, I felt the true outburst of whatever this pregnancy was awakening inside me.
• It started with a trembling in my chest, a hum that felt like my heartbeat had taken on a second rhythm, echoing in my bones. The early morning sun barely broke through the heavy clouds as I stood by my window, hands bracing my abdomen. Lira’s voice rang faintly from the hallway, calling for me, but I couldn’t move. My fingers dug into the windowsill, eyes glazed as a strange warmth spread from my center outward.