DANIEL

Alpha frowned deeply, his thick eyebrows snapping together as he took a long, heavy step toward the bickering women.

Nurse Nyra didn't back down.

She squared her shoulders, matching Livia’s annoying, high-pitched tone completely.

"I'm not saying you can't see her, Livia. I'm just saying you can follow another person inside. You don't have to walk behind me."

Little Claire was standing right beside them, her tiny fingers clutching tightly onto her grandmother's skirt.

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