Czarina of the Polar: Mila #2 (special preview)

He laughs and kisses my neck and cheek. “I can do it again if you want. I’ll give you everything tonight.”

I drag my nails down the back of his neck. “Maybe after a short rest.” I snuggle up close to him. “I don’t know why I feel so weak.”

He kisses the top of my head and rubs my back. “It’s ok,” he whispers. “Just rest. We have forever anyways.”

When I travel back home not only did my father send extra guards but Dhaval sent along some of his own guards. My mother holds my hand tight and looks around with caution as the journey ventures into the territory I had been ambushed before.

“It’s ok,” I coax her. “They aren’t going to attack again. There’s no way they could have gotten here so fast.”

“I trust nothing these days,” Katrina hisses. “If they want you back they will have to kill me to get to you.”

“Mama, it’s ok,” I whisper and put my arms around her.

She wraps her arms around me and holds me in a vice. “I would rather die a thousand times than anything happen to you and Nicolal,” she whispers into my hair.

I close my eyes the entire way through the desert path. Once we enter Lizardfolk country, King Niran and his men welcome us into his home for a few days. After we rest, we continue on our way home, reaching the Polar where my father runs out beyond the gate to meet us.

Papa doesn’t let me go, keeping his big, strong arms around me until we are inside the palace. “Let me look at you! Let me know how to tally up the wounds he will receive!”

“Papa, it’s ok!” I scoff. “I’m fine now, really.” I finally manage to break away from him. “I want us to get back to normalcy,” I reply. “To our anger. Let’s focus on how we are going to back Dhaval and this war against Sanguis.”

“Whatever you say,” Gregori nods his head and immediately I begin planning with him.

Over the next few weeks I continue to heal, but I still rely on the cane. I also start to feel a little sick, but it fades in and out through the day. Although one afternoon I have some pretty horrible cramps and notice I am bleeding heavily below. I go to the doctor just to get some pain medicine, but when I tell him what has been going on the past few months after my kidnapping something changes.

After a while of laying in the hospital bed the doctor comes back to me with a strange expression on his face.