The Luna on a Chain
"It can’t be a boy. We only have girls in our family. There shouldn’t be a boy."
She was nearly shouting. Clearly, it was a painfully sensitive subject for her. But what difference did it make whether it was a boy or a girl?
"You’re hiding something, Milena. You claim only girls are born in your family, yet you sound as if you’re afraid it might be a boy."
"Let’s talk about you instead, Maya," she said sharply, changing the subject. "I’ve already told Egor everything, but I want you to hear it from me as well. My husband conducted similar experiments more than once. He injected my blood into ordinary humans."