Ronan's POV The data doesn't lie. I've spent hours with the independent healer's report, reading and rereading every line, every marker, every comparative analysis. The language is technical, full of terms I barely understand, but the conclusion is unmistakable: the baby's genetic markers do not align with my own in the ways they should. The ritual claimed paternity, but the science, the cold, empirical, undeniable science, says otherwise. Finn sits across from me in my private quarters, his face a study in controlled terror. He's been here for an hour, summoned after the healer departed, and he's said almost nothing. Just sits there, waiting for the axe to fall. "The anomalies," I say, my voice carefully level. "Explain them." "Stress interference." The words come too quickly, too rehearsed. "The pregnancy has been under enormous strain. The crisis, the stabilization, the magical adjustments, all of it could affect the readings. The healer even said," "I know what the healer sa
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