JAYDEN
“What did you just say, Doctor?”
“Miscarried… one twin?”
I stared at him like he’d spoken a foreign language. My voice came out hoarse, raw. “How’s that even possible?”
“Yes, Alpha. It’s very possible to miscarry a twin,” the doctor said gently.
I didn’t respond at first. I just arched a brow, my mind spinning, my heart dropping. I’d already imagined holding two small, warm lives in my arms. A boy and a girl. Or maybe both boys—fighters like their father. Now, one was gone. Just… gone.
“How’s Catriona?” I asked, my voice lower now.
“She lost a dangerous amount of blood… but she’s strong. She survived, though barely. Frankly, it’s a miracle the second twin made it. The way they tortured her—”
He shook his head.
“—might be nothing to wolves like us. But she’s human. And preg
