The mindlink had barely faded when Seraphine's water broke.
The sudden gush soaked the bed, and she instinctively sucked in a deep breath through her nose, trying to steady herself as the first wave of labor pain tightened around her abdomen.
As a doctor and a mother who had already gone through childbirth once, she knew exactly what was happening and what she needed to do.
No screaming, not yet. Voren, on the other hand, looked as though he was about to lose his mind. He had been preparing himself for this moment for months, but nothing could have prepared him for watching his wife go through the pain.
"It's too much, Sera. Let's do a C-section," he pleaded, his voice strained with panic as he watched her struggle through another wave of discomfort.
Seraphine shook her head, her jaw tightening as she fought to regain control of her breathing.
"This is only the beginning, V. It gets worse before the pups arrive."
