Rachel Steele Pregnant -

The baby girl had Rachel’s dark hair and Leo’s impossible silver eyes. But more than that, when Rachel held her, she could see things—flickering images of Leo standing on a misty shore, turning, smiling, touching his heart. She felt the places he’d gone, the maps he’d drawn between stars.

Three months later, cradling a positive test she’d taken three times, Rachel Steele looked in the mirror. Her dark hair was wild, her eyes wide, and beneath her linen smock, the faintest curve was beginning to show. “Impossible,” she whispered. But the compass, now hanging from her necklace, vibrated gently. rachel steele pregnant

And Ariadne? She sleeps soundly, one tiny fist curled around the compass, dreaming of a father who is never really gone—just waiting at the next threshold, for the right moment to step through. The baby girl had Rachel’s dark hair and