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Danika walked from one corner of the market to the other, buying the things she needed. Some people glared at her as she passed, but she bowed to them slightly and walked away with her shoulders high.
Pregnant...?
No matter how she tried not to think about it, her traitorous mind keeps going back to that awful possibility. Terror seized her system.
Heavens, no. It can't be. She convinced herself stubbornly. There's no way---
A girl ran into her.
"Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!" The girl said as she pulled away from her.
Danika caught herself from falling. She looked at the girl in front of her. The girl wouldn't be more than eight years old, and she was dirty and dressed in rags. A lowborn.
"It's okay. No harm done." She said softly.
The girl nodded her
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