"I won't abandon you—not while you carry my child," he murmured softly, his eyes fixed on my stomach as if afraid his words might shatter me. "My child?" Shock rendered me speechless. Tears cascaded down my already-streaked face in fresh waves. On any other day, this news would have filled me with joy, but now... ---×--- Destiny cannot be escaped; it hunts you relentlessly until your final breath. Two souls are fated to love across a chasm of worlds—bound by passion yet divided by everything else.