TESSA
“What?” The three of them exclaimed at the same time, their voices echoing in the small clinic room.
My ears rang painfully because I had picked up my senses to hear the heartbeat. I was already hearing every small sound in the room, and their collective outburst felt like a bomb had gone off in my ear.
“Shhh!” I hissed, shooting them all a glare. My focus didn’t waver. I bent down slightly, pressing my ear gently against Arden’s abdomen, careful not to hurt her.
And there it was again. So soft, so faint that for a moment, I worried I had imagined it. But no—there it was, fluttering like a bird’s wing, fragile but present. My heart squeezed in my chest.
“There’s a heartbeat,” I said finally. I lifted my head slowly, my gaze snapping to Cade. “You said she’s been fatigued late
