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Regan grimaced, throwing both hands onto her belly. A tear spilled from her eye as she breathed through a wave of what must have been agony.
“I’ll get Thanatos.” Eva hurried toward the door but drew to a sudden stop at the threshold. The warm, syrupy feeling returned, but stronger. Hotter. Pleasant to the point of pain. A musical hum rang in her ears as a powerful instinct to go to Regan overcame her.
Almost automatically, drawn in a way she couldn’t describe, Eva returned to Regan. As if in a dream, she reached out and took the other woman’s hand. Something surged inside her, a vibrating tingle, the same as she’d felt at Limos’s place when the lightning apparently struck her—if that’s what happened.
All around the room, machines beeped and shrieked. People poured inside, expressions ranging from stunned to confused and, in Thanatos’s case, terror and fury.
Eva still felt distanced from it all, as if she was only spectating as light exploded from where her hand joined with Regan’s and spread to engulf them both.
People shielded their eyes as a sense of peace washed through her, and then…a heartbeat. But not hers. Not Regan’s. Strong and sure.
The baby.
Pure joy swept through Eva, and Regan began to laugh.
A doctor whose name tag read EIDOLON reached for Regan, the glyphs on his arm aglow. Before his hand got within six inches, he was thrown backward in a violent lurch, crashing into one of the beeping machines, mercifully destroying the thing.
Abruptly, the light disappeared, and Eva stumbled back a step. Would have gone down if not for a pair of strong arms catching her.
Logan.
“I don’t know what just happened,” she breathed. “I touched your mom, and I…felt the baby.”
“What is happening?” Thanatos bellowed, and then Eidolon was on his feet, his hand on Regan’s wrist, his arm glowing again.
“I haven’t experienced that since she was pregnant with Logan.” His brow furrowed, and then his dark eyes shot wide. “Holy…damn.” Eidolon looked at Regan in disbelief. “The baby is…fine. Everything’s fine.” He glanced over at Thanatos. “I can’t explain it.”
Logan turned Eva toward him. “What did you do?”
Eva had no idea. She was as confused as everyone else. “Nothing. I mean, I don’t know. I had an urge to go to her, and after that, I can’t explain it. I wasn’t in control.”
“Whatever it was,” Regan said, her face split in a wide grin, “thank you.”
Thanatos’s eyes narrowed on the doctor. “You’re sure everything is okay?”
“I’m going to run some tests, but yeah, I’m optimistic about the results.”
“Logan!” Cara burst into the room, smiling as widely as Regan. “Cujo’s going to be fine. I came as soon as I was sure.”
Relief flooded Eva, and Logan’s entire body loosened, his head falling back as he whispered, “Thank you, Cara.”
“It wasn’t me,” she said, and his head snapped forward again. “Stryke sent the cure for whatever was inside those bullets.”
Everyone in the room froze.
“He also said to tell you he had a package delivered to your house. Said it’ll help you find Draven.”
Thanatos rounded on them. “Go,” he said. “I’ll be here with your mom. Let us know when you need our help.”
Logan nodded and turned to Regan. “Mom…I’m sorry for earlier. I—”
“It’s okay. We’ll discuss it all later,” she said. “Right now, Draven needs you to stop him. And Eva needs that too.”
The well-wishes and thank-yous and hugs were all a blur, and as Logan led her out of his mom’s room, all Eva could think about was how incredibly wrong The Aegis had been.
About everything.
Chapter Thirty-Eight
