The physician used my Silvercrest bloodline to stabilize the pup for the time being.
The shock of severing the bond caused no permanent damage, but I had to remain in Silvercrest territory and rest until delivery.
A blizzard cut off the road from the mountain to the hospital 6.5 months later.
Labor went on for 11 hours before the pup's heartbeat began to fall again.
"The two high-ranking bloodlines are rejecting each other." The physician's face went white. "We need a paternal blood sample."
My mother looked at me.
This time, I didn't refuse.
A Blackwood helicopter landed on the mountaintop in the middle of the blizzard. Adrian jumped out without even wearing a coat, his hands streaked with blood from the ice pellets.
"Where is the baby?"
Once his blood sample reached the delivery
