Chapter 94:

Tanya's Desperate Plea

Tanya's POV

Every step to Elder Sylvia's chamber sent pain radiating through my abdomen, but I gritted my teeth and kept walking. I'd survived childbirth, hemorrhaging, and infection. I could survive a little pain if it meant saving my daughter.

Mother Rhea had protested when I insisted on leaving bed. Diego had tried to stop me. But they both understood—this was something only I could do.

Elder Sylvia opened the door herself, her weathered face creasing with