Megan went white.
"I didn't know the pup was already gone," she said immediately. "The pack clinic never sent the final result to me."
Darian stared at her.
"Elara called seven times."
"That night was the victory council session. You were the one who ordered that no one disturb you unless someone had already died."
"She said the child was going to die."
"But no one had died yet when she called."
Even Megan froze when she heard herself say it.
She had followed Darian's order to the letter, keeping a dying child from disturbing him until the child was dead.
Darian tightened his grip on the comm stone.
"Pull up the complete medical log from that night."
The pack doctor's voice sounded again.
"The first red-level alert was submitted at 7:12 p.m. The pup's heartbeat was dropping, an
