"Are you alright?" Adrian asked sitting down on the side of the bed. The medics were leaving the room slowly. Danica and Zane stood in the doorway of the royal bedroom looking grim. Adrian took Serenity's hands. She looked exhausted.
"No," she whispered as she began to cry. She put her head in her hands and sobbed. Adrian wrapped his arms around her and kissed her head softly. They rocked back and forth together comforting one another.
"We have no child," she whispered in his arms. He just barely heard her. His worst fears had come true. A tear rolled from Adrian's eye, down his cheek and off his chin. It fell to the ground where it landed softly on a blue baby blanket. "He wasn't strong enough."
Adrian leaned over and picked up the blue blanket. He held it against his cheek softly. It smelled of Serenity, her sweetness, and of the salt of her tears. He kissed the blanket gently and held it over his chest. Serenity lay against her pillow sobbing. Adrian stood up and put the blue baby blanket into the white basinet that had been for their son.
"Get rid of it," he said to a servant who had entered the room. The servant nodded and pushed the basinet out of the room quickly.
Danica and Zane no longer stood in the door way. They had left the threshold to go to their own bed. Adrian rubbed his face with his hands and went to the bed. He sat down next to Serenity and squeezed her hand.
"It could have been worse," he said softly.
"How?" Serenity asked looking at him.
"You could have been lost too," he said looking at her lightly.
"He was too impatient," she whispered. "He wanted to get out so early, and he wasn't ready. He wasn't strong enough to come out. Why'd he have to be so impatient?"
"I don't know," Adrian said leaning over Serenity and kissing her forehead. "There will be others Serenity. There will be others." He brushed her hair gently and kissed her forehead again. Serenity cuddled close to his chest.
"That doesn't mean I can't mourn him," she whispered.
"Of course," he said brushing her hair. "You need rest. We both do."
They fell asleep in each other's arms. Their love was the only thing that saved them from their pain.
