Nathan's POV My mind raced as I tried to piece everything together. The timeline, the child. When? How could this have happened? My eyes flicked from the baby's peaceful face to Aria's, and I couldn't stop the flood of thoughts that slammed into me like a tidal wave. This child... when was she conceived? I went down memory lane, we had been intimate together just once, the night before she went to jail. Could that be when this happened? I struggled to rein in my emotions. My wolf was pacing restlessly within me. I could barely breathe, my chest rising and falling in shallow, labored gasps as I fought to keep myself together. No, focus, I told myself, but it was like trying to hold back a tidal wave with my bare hands. The emotions were raw and jagged, too much to contain. Then, the

