Chapter 14
Ciaran brought Madeline to the bedchamber where he had previously been resting. He brushed away the tangle of stray brunette curls on her forehead. She was asleep, but the pain still hovered on her face. Dark shadows had formed under her eyes. He rubbed his thumb on the dimple of her left cheek.
Fear clawed at him now. If this pregnancy cost him his wife, he wasn’t sure whatever it was he was doing in this universe made any sense.
There was a noise at the door. Ciaran looked up and saw Niw. The old man hesitated for a short moment and asked, “Are you Ciaran LeBlanc?”
It didn’t matter whether Niw was Eudaizian or human. There was one thing Ciaran had taken from Earth that he was sure was applicable in any universe—his life experience and his ability to read people. He knew Ni
