“When will this stop?!”
Nina and I made frantic eye contact, as she stood across the room, gently rocking Soren despite how visibly tense she was. The baby was asleep.
Ellie stifled another groan of pain, and I gently stroked her hair with one hand, my arms wrapped around her securely.
“Natalie!” she gasped. “When will this stop?!”
“My first Mate rejected me,” I replied softly. “My pain was different than your pain, Ell.”
Her entire body shook violently and she leaned into me further, clutching me with palpable desperation. Her sobs were muffled by my sweater. I didn’t know what to do. I had rushed to her house upon receiving Nina’s mindlink, and I found Ellie writhing on the couch in what appeared to be unbearable pain, biting down on a pillow. Nina held Soren, and she was visibly f
