Natalia’s POV
I wiped my eyes and leaned forward, grinning at the tiny shape on the screen.
Our baby. It was hardly even the side of a peach yet, just a lump on the screen, but it represented everything Andrei and I had been fighting for, everything we were trying to protect. In that moment, staring at that small, perfect form, I felt such an overwhelming surge of love and protectiveness that it nearly knocked the breath out of me.
And then, suddenly, I felt something… strange. I gasped and slipped my hand into my pocket, feeling the ruby-encrusted knife that I’d slipped there before heading down to training this morning.
It was warm, and when I pulled it out, the rubies were pulsing with light.
I held it up. “Look! See? I told you!”
The healer looked between us with confusion, but A
