Chapter 6. Terms and Conditions

A child.

Cinnia lay on the hard, iron bed with a hand gently placed on her flat belly. Even with all the proof she needed, she still couldn't believe it.

She was going to be a mother.

Tracing her belly with her index finger, she wondered what the child would look like.

Would it look more like her or like the stranger?

Denzel.

Lycan. She had never heard of such a supernatural creature before and the old witches refused to tell her anything.

When she had asked Sophie, the young witch promptly ignored her questions and instead made her tell her something important that Denzel would remember from their encounter. That one night of pure sensuality.

Her heart beat rapidly against her ribs as she began wringing her fingers together.

Unsatisfied, she got up from the bed and began pacing back and forth. Despite the cool air in the room, a trickle of sweat ran down her right temple.

She was afraid but also impatient.

Afraid of