Before leaving Vramid, she distinctively remembered Sirona handing her some herbs and medication, including some contraceptives. Even up till now, that bag of herbs lay at the bottom of her luggage, untouched and forgotten.
All those nights of passion she had spent with Atticus had been without preventive measures― it was a miracle it even took this long, in that case!
Daphne began to nibble at the tips of her fingernails, anxiety quickly washing over her. Her monthly cycle had been off. She hadn't had her time of the month in a while. In fact, she couldn't even remember when was the last time it came for her.
She tried to convince herself that there might have been other explanations. She had a pretty stressful few months since she got intimate with Atticus― there was the Crown Conquest and Francessa Seibert's machinations…
Check out the prequel: The Hidden King's Stolen Wife