Hycinth was carrying the second-chance baby…which meant I would bet everything I owned that Leander’s sister was the first-chance baby whose life was tragically cut short.

Sydney continued quietly, “Every loss of life is tragic, especially one so precious and innocent, but we just couldn’t understand if her destiny was to change the world, how could she have died? Our hope died that day with her. We didn’t get it back until the week after Leander’s mating ceremony. When all ten ...