PERSEFONE POV
I'd like to say that the next few hours passed in a beautiful blur of love, excitement, and magical maternal instincts.
They didn't.
They were absolute f*****g chaos. And pain. So much f*****g pain that I seriously considered hunting down whoever had invented childbirth and demanding an explanation.
Thane was the first to arrive, naturally. He came charging back into the winter garden in human form, barefoot, naked, and looking like he'd just been told the world was ending. Considering his expression when he saw me, it might as well have been true.
"Angel."
"I'm fine."
His gaze dropped to the soaked sheets, moved to my belly, and then darted toward Penny, who was still sitting in her armchair with an expression of profound disbelief. When he looked back at me, his face
