Chapter 279

• -Beth
• The hospital hallway buzzed faintly with the low hum of machines and quiet footsteps, but none of it mattered. My focus was locked on the door ahead—the one that led to Lexi and the life she’d just brought into the world. Hades had said she was asking for me, and that alone was enough to send my heart into overdrive.
• When I stepped inside, everything slowed. There she was, my sister—drenched in sweat, her hair clinging to her face, and still somehow glowing like she’d been kissed by the stars. In her arms, swaddled in soft blue fabric, was the smallest, fiercest-looking bundle I’d ever seen.