SHADE POV -
Pressure crawled down my back. I barely registered Aria's cry. The team moved around the table in a blur.
Then a sound cut through the panic. Wet. Rough. Loud. Alpha.
Alive.
I almost dropped to my knees.
One nurse cleaned him fast and moved to set him in the warming bassinet so they could keep checking him over.
Aria intercepted.
She caught the nurse by the wrist and said nothing. Just held out her arms.
The baby went still the second he touched her. Corey too. Aria sank onto the chair in the corner and pulled the baby to her chest.
No one argued.
They kept glancing over like they wanted to ask for vitals. To check his breathing. His temperature. Aria didn't move. Every inch of her body screamed at them to stay back. She was coming undone. She would explode if anyone
