Elena’s POV
“Alpha Kade, the baby—”
Kade suddenly jerked before the Omega could finish speaking, his elbow knocking over his glass of wine and sending red liquid splashing across the tablecloth. Serena gasped and jumped up from the table before it could stain her dress. The Omega hurried to help Kade clean up the mess.
Meanwhile, I sat there, frozen.
The baby.
Had the healer been talking about… my baby? Ivy?
The hope that had been simmering in the depths of my chest all day suddenly turned into a blazing inferno. The baby. My baby. She was alive, wasn’t she? Kade was keeping her here, keeping her from me—
“Why are you so pale?”
Kade’s gruff voice pulled me out of my thoughts, and I blinked, bringing the room back into focus. Serena and the Omega were rushing out of the room—it see
