The Fallen Alpha’s Pregnancy
The monitor flickers to life, casting a harsh, pale blue glow across my face.
"Connect me," I say, holding out my burnt, bleeding forearm to Liam.
Liam hesitates for a single, agonizing second, his eyes searching mine for any trace of doubt, any remaining piece of the man who used to run from his own reflection. Finding none, he steps forward, picks up a severed fiber-optic cable from the floor, and carefully splices the raw copper wires directly into the smoking neural port on my arm.