Drake's POV:
The doctor stood in front of me, his face drawn with worry. His words echoed in my head, and I struggled to process what he was saying.
"A C-section," he explained, "might be the best course of action. There's a chance that the baby hasn't been affected by the wolfbane, and delivering now, even though the baby is only seven months along, could give us a fighting chance. But we need to be cautious. If the baby has been exposed to the wolfbane, performing the C-section could do more harm than good."
My mind raced. Premature. Seven months. My child would be so small, so fragile. And if the wolfbane was in the baby's system, what would that mean? Would we be bringing a life into this world just to watch it suffer?
I looked at Leila lying there, still unconscious, her face pale and her breaths shallow. She had already endured so much. My heart ached, torn between wanting to save them both and the fear of losing them.
