MINA With Tessa and the other healthcare workers gone, we were left all alone with the presence of Calla. I could feel the young girl’s stare weighing down on us. If there was another thing she was really good at aside from being smart and powerful, it was judgment. She really did have a very good judging stare. However, I couldn’t blame her.If I were witnessing what she was witnessing right now, I would judge us, too.Elias hadn’t loosened his hold on me yet, and worse, it felt like he was scenting me far too much. His breath lingered on my neck, and he didn’t even hide the fact that he was trying to claim me. It was definitely Alpha instinct, heightened by injury and separation. Still, this was a hospital. And more importantly—“A child is here,” I whispered, angling my head to murmur it against his ear.He hummed, entirely unbothered.Then his gaze shifted, landing squarely on Calla.“A child would be cute,” he said thoughtfully. Then, with alarming ease, “Do you want to make
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