Elena
Two months later
Jake has a friend in the city who is an obstetrician and owes him a favor. So, for a check-up, we go to see her. She is a little quirky, but nice, as she checks me over before doing the ultrasound. I can’t wipe the smile off my face as I stare down at the ultrasound picture in my hand: two identical twin boys. Both are healthy and seemingly okay despite everything we have endured.
“I can’t wait to get home to show Alisha,” I tell Jake. “Thank you.”
He stares out the windshield, his hands gripping the steering wheel so tightly, the skin looks on the verge of splitting across his knuckles.
“You’re welcome, Elena,” Jake tells me, turning his head to smile at me.
I stare down at the picture in my hand. Werewolf pregnancies are only six months long, and time fl
