ALPHA'S HUMAN SURROGATE 18

JAYDEN

“What did you just say, Doctor?”

“Miscarried… one twin?”

I stared at him like he’d spoken a foreign language. My voice came out hoarse, raw. “How’s that even possible?”

“Yes, Alpha. It’s very possible to miscarry a twin,” the doctor said gently.

I didn’t respond at first. I just arched a brow, my mind spinning, my heart dropping. I’d already imagined holding two small, warm lives in my arms. A boy and a girl. Or maybe both boys—fighters like their father. Now, one was gone. Just… gone.

“How’s Catriona?” I asked, my voice lower now.

“She lost a dangerous amount of blood… but she’s strong. She survived, though barely. Frankly, it’s a miracle the second twin made it. The way they tortured her—”

He shook his head.

“—might be nothing to wolves like us. But she’s human. And pregnant. Her body was ……