Semua Bab Bound by Fangs and Blood: Bab 41 - Bab 50

ADAMA WEEK AFTER I woke to an empty bed.Panic seized me before I heard water running in the bathroom. Eve had been getting up constantly at night now, the baby pressing on her bladder.Seven and a half months pregnant, and she was enormous. Beautiful, glowing, and enormous.I was about to go back to sleep when I heard it. A sharp intake of breath. Then silence."Eve?" I was out of bed instantly, at the bathroom door. "You okay?""I'm fine. Just... give me a minute."Something in her voice was off. I opened the door to find her gripping the sink, her face pale."What's wrong?""Nothing. The baby just kicked really hard." But I saw her hand trembling. "Go back to bed.""Eve, don't lie to me."She met my eyes in the mirror, and I saw fear there. Real fear."I'm bleeding. Just a little. It's probably nothing."My heart stopped. "We're going to the hospital. Now.""Adam, it's three in the morning. I'm sure it's just...""Now, Eve." I was already grabbing clothes, my phone. "I'm not taki

EVE - AT DAWN woke to the sound of war horns. They were here. Adam was already up, dressed in battle armor, weapons strapped to his body. He looked every inch the Alpha King—powerful, dangerous, ready for war. "Stay inside," he commanded, kissing me hard. "No matter what happens, you stay protected." "Adam..." "Promise me, Eve. Our daughter needs you alive more than she needs you fighting." Before I could respond, an explosion rocked the palace. The wards had been breached. "They're through the outer defenses!" Zara's voice crackled over the radio. "All units engage!" Adam ran, and I was left alone in our room, hands on my stomach, feeling the baby kick frantically. "It's okay, baby girl," I whispered. "Daddy's going to protect us." But another explosion, closer this time, made me doubt those words. I moved to the window and immediately wished I hadn't. The hardliner forces were massive. Hundreds of wolves, all in attack formation, pouring through our breached defenses.

ADAMI stood by the NICU window at two in the morning, watching my daughter sleep.Three days old, and she already owned me completely.Lucia was bigger than when she was born—five pounds, eight ounces now. The doctors were amazed at how fast she was gaining weight, how strong her vitals were."Hybrid vigor," Dr. Reyna had said. "She's healing and growing faster than a normal premature baby."I didn't care about the science. I just cared that she was healthy."Can't sleep either?" Eve's voice made me turn. She was in a wheelchair, still too weak to walk far after the C-section."What are you doing out of bed? You're supposed to be resting.""I am resting. While watching our daughter." She wheeled herself beside me. "She's beautiful, isn't she?""The most beautiful thing I've ever seen." I couldn't take my eyes off Lucia. "Except maybe her mother.""Flatterer." But Eve smiled. "The nurses said she's doing so well they might release her tomorrow.""Tomorrow?" Hope surged. "Really?""If

ADAMLucia was three months old, and something was wrong.I stood in the nursery at 2 AM, watching her sleep, trying to figure out what was nagging at me.She looked perfect. Breathing normally. Her little chest rising and falling in a steady rhythm. But my instincts screamed that something was off."You're doing it again," Eve mumbled from the doorway, wrapped in her robe. "Adam, she's fine. Come back to bed.""Look at her hands.""What about them?""They're glowing. Faintly, but they're glowing."Eve moved closer, squinting at Lucia's tiny fists. "I don't see anything.""It's there. Watch." I dimmed the lights, and sure enough, a soft golden shimmer emanated from Lucia's skin.Eve's eyes widened. "Oh god. Is that... is she using her powers? She's only three months old!""Hybrid babies develop faster. But this..." I carefully touched Lucia's hand. The glow intensified slightly. "This is early even for a hybrid.""Should we call Dr. Reyna?""At 2 AM? She'll think we're paranoid." But

EVEThe world exploded in white light.I couldn't see anything except the blinding glow coming from Lucia's tiny body. The vampire holding me screamed and let go, his hands smoking where he'd touched her.I stumbled backward, clutching Lucia against my chest even though the heat radiating from her was almost unbearable. It felt like holding a star."Circe!" I screamed over the roaring sound that accompanied the light. "I can't hold her much longer!"Circe appeared beside me in a blur, her hands reaching for Lucia. The moment she made contact, the light shifted from pure white to a mixture of white and silver. The temperature dropped from burning hot to merely warm."I've got her," Circe gasped. "Eve, let go. I need full contact to channel this."I didn't want to let go of my baby. Every maternal instinct I had screamed at me to hold on. But Lucia's body was still rigid, her eyes still glowing that terrifying white, and I had no idea how to help her.I released her into Circe's arms.C