Pregnant And Rejected Mate
I stood close, unable to make myself sit while Ada worked, watching her trace slow, careful patterns of that same faintly glowing powder across Lena's small body, her eyes narrowed in concentration as she searched for anything else that might be hidden beneath the surface.
The minutes stretched unbearably long. Kael stood beside me, his hand finding the small of my back, steady despite everything, and I leaned into that steadiness because it was the only thing keeping me upright.
"There," Ada said finally, her voice going tight.
My heart stopped.
She was pointing, not at Lena's arm this time, but at the small crescent birthmark just below her collarbone, the one I'd traced and memorized in t