Now that they were actively trying and that she was somewhat amenable to the idea, it was a different story. Though she’d known to expect it, sometimes it just didn’t arrive, and not because she was pregnant, but other imbalances in her body. Considering the trauma and stress she’d gone through year after year, it only made sense. Still, she hadn’t actually expected it to appear this time around. Yet, seeing it there, vivid and wet on the sheets, gave her a sense of calm she sorely needed.