POV Sarah
We met in Zane’s office, though Dr. Hayes couldn’t make it, and Ambassador Torrin was busy doing something ambassadors did. Claude’s face was alone on his screen.
“I looked up the report,” Travis told Zane. “But then, I suppose you recognized the autopsy number.”
“I did.” He looked at me. “Olivia.”
“Oh.”
He nodded. “She was young, healthy, and strong. I memorized that report looking for errors, for explanation, but it was thorough and consistent.”
“She died in childbirth, right?” Wilson asked. “I’m sorry, but I wasn’t in the territory at the time.”
“Chloe was an easy birth, but then Grace got tangled in her cord. The doctors couldn’t stop Olivia’s bleeding. We almost lost Grace as well.
“I had strictly vetted everyone in the delivery room, and I could feel their desperati
