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throbbing.
    Liam ran back up to them, handing the knife back to Mick. The silver blade was blackened from the fire and she imagined that it was scalding hot. Without warning, Kris grabbed her shoulders. Liam sat down, reaching over her body to hold her hips down. “Try not to move,” said Mick in a strained voice as she felt the knife pierce her flesh. Ever looked at him for only a second, his face swimming out of focus amidst a fog of overwhelming agony, right before she screamed.
     
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    Mick handed the first child to Liam and Liam handed him to Kris. There was no further reason to hold Ever down. The pain had caused her to pass out. Kris took his son, holding him up to the moon. For a moment, he feared that the child would remain human. He had never doubted that Ever had been faithful until his father had spoken the words. Unfortunately, his father was also right. Humans didn’t have were children.
    Kris closed his eyes, the soft, slick feel of the baby warm in his hands. “Please change,” he silently whispered before lowering the screaming infant back into his chest. He opened his eyes, and smiled brightly. His son was covered with dark brown-and-black fur. His firstborn was not only his, but he was alpha. Kris stood and held the child up in his palms. “Father, you were wrong. Human babies don’t grow fur.”
    His father appeared stunned as he walked closer and looked at his grandson. He gently touched the child’s cheek. “He’s an alpha were, born of a human mother. Impossible.”
    “Not impossible. He is living proof.”
    Renta raced up to them, sliding to kneel beside Mick. Kris looked down at Liam, who now had two other children in his lap. They both had fur. Mick handed him a third bloody babe. “That’s it.” He pulled the blanket back over his head.
    Liam smiled, although his skin was ghostly pale. “Three boys and a girl. The boys both have silver fur. I think the girl is mine, she has light-brown fur. They are beautiful.”
    Kris knelt down beside him, touching each tiny face as Daisy ran up to the podium with Snow at her side. They had a bucket of water and took the two boys to wash them off. Once they were clean, Snow bundled them in the extra blankets that Liam had brought with him. Kris reluctantly handed over his son and went to kneel beside Mick. The amount of blood on the light-blue blanket was disturbing. Mick leaned back on his heels. “I got her stitched up and I think I stopped the bleeding, but she has lost so much blood.”
    “Is she going to die?” Kris had not even imagined that it was this bad. Of course, for Mick to cut her open had indicated that something was wrong, but…
    “I don’t know. Her pulse is really weak. The best thing we can do is to get her back to the house. We need to keep her warm and hope that her body can recover. I have some herbs that I can mix up that might help, but I’m not really sure. Any suggestions, Renta?”
    “I don’t know. If she is half-human, that changes things. Has she had a reaction to anything?”
    “No. Of course, she doesn’t take human medication. She had been drinking a mixture of high-protein vegetables and grains.”
    Renta nodded. “I would keep trying to get her to drink that. It might help.” She hesitated and then looked directly at Kris. “Have any of you tried to bite her?”
    “No. She was turned by Carmen Amar before we met her.”
    “I know that. I’ve heard. It might be the only way to save her life. If she has double genetics from two different alpha males, it might help to make her stronger.”
    “It also might kill her.”
    “True. It was just a suggestion.” Renta got to her feet. She bowed her head reverently to Kris. “I guess you proved your point. Congratulations, you will make an honorable alpha. If you don’t mind, I have things to finish up so I may come join the festivities properly.”
    Kris nodded. The woman’s words gave him no pride or solace. If Ever died, there was little