Milo POV
Annie’s baby is dead.
I’ve known that for a while, and so has she. The fact that she has to go through this labor anyway, even though her baby isn’t going to make it—it’s one of the cruelest things I’ve ever seen in my life.
So when the two strangers show up, looking around the corner of the building at us like we’re some kind of exhibit in an old museum, my blood is already up and I’m just about ready to tear their heads off for it. f**k them. Who do they think they are? They don’t know what this woman has been through.
I turn on them, shifting as I do. I’m not going to let anyone hurt Annie any more than today has already hurt her. I’ll kill them if they try. Well, maybe not the big one—he looks like he might be able to take me in a fight. But I’ll kill his woman, and he’ll
