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I grabbed Dr. Chen’s arm, my grip tight enough to bruise. “The baby – how is the baby?”
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She glanced nervously at my blood–stained clothes, then back to my face. “That’s… that’s part of what’s so concerning, Alpha Rayne. According to our imaging, the baby appears to be fully developed. Full–term development.”
“What do you mean?” My voice came out as a growl. “The fetus shows none of the characteristics we’d expect from a thirty–two–week pregnancy. Lung development, brain development, body mass – everything indicates a full forty–week gestation. Even for a human- werewolf hybrid, this rate of development is…” She paused, searching for words. “It’s unprecedented.”
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The world seemed to tilt around me. “Are you saying the baby is healthy?”
“Physically, yes. But Alpha Rayne…” Dr. Chen’s voice dropped to barely above a whisper. “All evidence suggests the fetus has been drawing massive amounts of energy and nutrients from Elle’s system to achieve this accelerated development. It’s been essentially… feeding off her
life.”
The words hit me like a physical blow. I staggered backward, my hand finding the wall for support. “You’re telling me,” I said slowly, each word carefully measured, “that my child is killing Elle?” Dr. Chen opened her mouth, then closed it again. What could she possibly say to
that?
I stared at her, the implications hitting me like a sledgehammer to the chest.
“We can’t proceed with delivery until we stabilize her,” she continued. “The blood loss is too severe, and attempting to deliver now could be fatal for both mother and child.”
“Then fix it!” I roared, my Alpha voice echoing through the corridor. “Do whatever it takes!”
“We’re trying, but—”
I didn’t wait for her to finish. I pushed past her toward the operating room doors.
“Alpha Rayne, you can’t go in there!”
“Watch me.”
The doors burst open under my hands. The sterile brightness of the operating room assaulted my senses, but all I could focus on was Elle lying motionless on the table.
Blood. There was so much blood.
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“Alpha, please,” one of the surgeons said without looking up from his work. “We need sterile conditions.”
I ignored him, moving closer to the table. Elle’s face was marble–white, her breathing shallow and rapid. The massive swell of her belly
seemed almost obscene now, knowing what it was doing to her.
“She’s losing blood faster than we can replace it,” another doctor murmured. “Blood pressure is dropping.”
“Then give her more!” I snarled.
“We are, but there’s internal bleeding we can’t locate. It’s like something is preventing normal clotting mechanisms.”
I watched the monitors, seeing Elle’s vital signs fluctuating wildly. Every beep seemed weaker than the last.
“Sir, we’re losing her,” a nurse said quietly.
The words hit me like a physical blow. I gripped the edge of the operating table, my knuckles white.
That’s when Dr. Harrison, the hospital director, entered the room. His expression was grave as he surveyed the scene.
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“We have the most advanced medical facilities in North America,” he said solemnly, “but when it comes to pharmacology and rare medical
conditions, we have to acknowledge our limitations. The Blair family’s expertise in this area is unparalleled.”
He turned to me, his eyes serious. “I’ve heard that when Dakota Blair was dying, she used a family remedy that extended her life by several months. If we continue like this, we’re going to lose Elle. The Blair family’s medicine might be our only hope.”
“There is such a remedy.”
I spun around to see Raymond Carter standing in the doorway, still in his business suit but looking disheveled, as if he’d rushed here.
“Raymond? What are you doing here?”
“I heard what happened,” he said, moving into the room. “And yes, the Blair family pharmaceutical knowledge is the most advanced in the world. When Dakota was dying, I was there. I saw what their medicine could do.”
He paused, meeting my eyes directly. “I know you and the Blair family have… complications. But there’s something I need to tell you. When I learned about Elle’s condition, I took the liberty of contacting the Blair family and Peter. Peter has an aviation company in
Indonesia that can fly directly to Moonshade Bay. They should be on their way here now.”
I felt my jaw clench. “You did what?”
“I’m sorry for overstepping,” Raymond said firmly, “but Elle’s life is more important. If there’s even a chance their medicine can save her…”
Before I could respond, Dr. Chen rushed back into the room. “We need more blood, and we need it now. Her hemoglobin levels are
critically low.”
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I watched helplessly as they worked, pushing bag after bag of blood into Elle’s system, only to watch it seem to disappear as quickly as it went in. The monitors continued their ominous chorus of beeps and alarms.
“Come on, Elle,” I whispered, taking her cold hand in mine. “Don’t you dare leave me. Not now.”
Her fingers were limp, unresponsive. The vibrant woman who’d challenged me, fought with me, loved me despite everything – she was slipping away, and there was nothing I could do to stop it.
That’s when we heard it – a commotion in the hospital lobby. Voices, equipment being moved, urgent instructions being called out.
Dr. Harrison looked up from the monitors. “That must be them.”
Within minutes, the operating room filled with new faces. Peter Hamilton strode in first, followed by a team of people in lab coats carrying cases of equipment I didn’t recognize. Behind them came more Blair family members – Martin and Stella Blair, looking older than
I remembered, and a woman I assumed was Eleanor Blair.
But it was the elderly woman who entered last that commanded everyone’s attention. Despite her age, she moved with purpose and
authority, her sharp eyes immediately assessing the situation.
“Where’s the patient?” she asked in a crisp voice that brooked no argument.
Eleanor moved to Elle’s side, her experienced hands checking pulse points and examining the monitors. “How long has she been
hemorrhaging?”
“Three hours,” Dr. Chen replied. “We can’t stop the bleeding.”
Eleanor nodded grimly. “Accelerated hybrid development. I’ve seen this before, though rarely this severe.” She turned to her team. “Prepare the stabilization serum. We’ll need the emergency clotting compound and the life force restoration elixir.”
“Will it work?” I demanded.
Eleanor’s eyes met mine, and for a moment, I saw something that looked like sympathy.
“Mr. Rayne, I won’t lie to you. This is one of the most complex cases I’ve encountered. But if anyone can save your mate and child, it’s my
family. We’ve been preparing for emergencies like this for generations.”
As her team began unpacking their equipment, setting up devices that looked like they belonged in a science fiction movie, I felt the first
spark of hope I’d had since arriving at the hospital.
“Please,” I said quietly, my pride forgotten in the face of losing everything that mattered. “Save them both.”
Eleanor’s hands were already moving, preparing syringes filled with liquids.
“We’re going to try,” she said simply.
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