Chapter Forty-One Ana I watched silently as the pack doctor ran a final scan over my abdomen, looking through my charts for a long, quiet second before turning his gaze over to Desmond. "It is an incredibly good thing that she was brought to the hospital on time tonight, Alpha," the doctor said, setting the folder down on the clinic table. "If you had delayed her arrival by even a few more minutes, she might have lost the baby completely." I felt my heart skip a beat, and I almost lost my breath entirely the moment those words echoed through the room. I protectively rested my hand over my stomach, exhaling a quiet sigh of relief. I watched as the doctor gave a polite nod and walked away out of the room, closing the door behind him. The silence in the clinic room became heavy. As Des

