Chapter 62

December 7th

“Find yourself a chair, and don't stand in our legs!" exclaimed Dr. Hamilton.

But Ian couldn't sit still. 

He paced tirelessly over the carpet of his study. 

A roaring fire burned in the fireplace, while outside, the first flakes of winter swirled by the windows.

 The short December afternoon was already drawing to a close. 

Eden, like the doctor, thought the baby would arrive the week before; but it was December 7, and she had been having contractions since dawn, when the omega had woken him, apologizing for interrupting his sleep. 

Ian rushed to the stables, woke up two grooms and sent them for the doctor, then rushed back to his wife, only to be firmly barred from her door by Gwen and Mrs. Kingston. 

He had to content himself with pacing up and down the corridor, his ear to the ground. 

Nothing, silence. Then a shout. He ran to the door and opened it: Eden’s