Evelyn’s POV

Evelyn woke with a sharp pain in her abdomen, the kind that made her catch her breath before she even understood what was happening. At first she thought it was just another false alarm. The Braxton Hicks had been going on for days, tightening her belly every now and then, enough to make her pause but never enough to worry Damian.

But this one felt different, deeper and more painful. Like something inside her body was shifting into place.

She lay still for a moment, ...