Sleepy Fox Hollow gifa

end the pregnancy? heda was unable to keep her face from telegraphing a sudden, vicious disgust, her features twisting in sickened shock.
as she recovered from the harshness — heart pounding above the babes she believed were already growing — she considered: wouldn't it be best if anselm thought they were gone? but heda found such ugliness in denying them even for a moment that she did not think she would be able to form the words of a lie.
yet if she didn't, anselm — would he come after her? try to force her to stay? "yes. there's more i'll need to take when i go back. but," and exhaustion, the sin of the denial, "it's done. it goes against everything i stand for," and again the loathing, regretful look haunted her eyes, "and i hope god forgives me. but it's done. i'm going to etienne now to see if ava can be moved."
how could he? how could he! the widow stepped from the trees into the rain.