Secret Way to the Heart by Camille Regholec

Author:Camille Regholec
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781647160852
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing
Published: 2020-04-29T04:00:00+00:00

A disheveled and sweaty Clara slowly opened her eyes at the sound of her name. Her formerly braided hair was damp and lay in a tangled mass upon her pillow. For a second, her expression was one of confusion, as if Clara had momentarily forgotten what was going on.

“Clara?” Jayne's mother leaned over the opposite side of the bed and gently touched the younger woman’s limp hand. “Clara, your son needs you now.”

Jayne gently placed the child on his mother’s chest but kept her hand upon him. She felt unease at releasing him, doing so ever so slowly only when she noticed her mother’s motion for her to step away.

Clara blinked several times as if she could not see clearly, and her arms instinctively formed a cradle when the child began to fuss. But almost immediately, realization came in her eyes, and she pushed the child violently off her chest, squirming her own body away as if the very weight of the tiny baby was abhorrent to her. The three women standing gasped in horror as the bundled child rolled off his mother and the side of the bed.

“Oh sweet Jesus!”

“My Lord!”

“What are you doing?” Their words mingling in the air as all three lunged forward, arms outstretched, in an almost futile attempt to catch him. Seconds before he hit the floor, Jayne’s trembling hands were able to grab hold and lift the now screaming baby to her chest.

“What is wrong with you?” Jayne growled at Clara, keeping her voice low as she rocked the now whimpering child within her arms. “You could have killed him!”

“I wish I had!” Clara screamed again, struggling to rise up on the bed. “No traitor’s offspring will be fed at my breast! I will kill myself first!”

“Hush now,” Hannah crooned as she reached for the young mother. “You rest. Things will seem better later. You will feel differently after you sleep, I am sure.”

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