KERES POV The doctor finally found her voice. “The morgue,” she sobbed. For one second, nobody moved. Even Marcellus’s darkness was on hold. Eden’s head tilted slowly. “What?” The doctor shook so hard her teeth clicked together. “The mothers. They always take them to the morgue.” Penny made a sound behind me, small and pained, like someone had shoved a blade between her ribs. “No,” Kai said, with such a rage in her voice I almost pissed myself. ‘Note to self. Never piss off mother-in-law’ ‘Thank you Samael’ The doctor cried harder. “I don’t know if all of them are dead. I swear I don’t. Some are taken there after delivery. Some before, when the pregnancy fails. Some are moved through the morgue because it connects to the lower east wing. Maternity extraction is past the second

