LOGINWarriors around me continued engaging the rogue forces, and I watched Callum fighting fiercely nearby, his own wolf form matching the same intensity I felt coursing through my own. Genevieve spotted me approaching, and something calculating and desperate crossed her expression, understanding immed
Damon pov Twenty-eight hours. Twenty-eight grueling, exhausting hours of labor, watching Evelyn fight through pain and exhaustion with the same fierce determination I'd come to genuinely admire in her over these past several months, before finally, in the early hours of morning, our son entered
"How are you feeling," I asked, settling beside her. "Scared," she admitted honestly. "For the baby, for all of us. I keep thinking about everything she's already done, and now, right when I'm this close to delivery—" "I won't let anything happen to you or the baby," I said firmly, though genuin
Damon pov Two months of genuine, hopeful peace had finally allowed us to believe the worst was actually behind us. My father's recovery had progressed steadily, his new heart apparently functioning well according to every follow-up appointment, his color and energy gradually returning in ways th
"I don't think any of us can," I agreed, understanding the complicated tangle of continued anger and cautious relief we were all navigating regarding her permanent removal from our lives. The hours continued stretching forward, exhaustion mounting steadily as the night deepened toward early mornin
Damon pov The call came late in the night, well past midnight, and I nearly dropped my phone in my rush to actually answer it, some instinctive dread and hope both surging through me simultaneously at the unfamiliar hour. "Alpha-elect Cross," the healer's voice came through, carrying an urgency







