Bonds at War: The Untouched is Mine novel Chapter 215

Chapter 215 Mommy!

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“Stay here with your aunt and uncle Sol, okay?” I whispered softly to Calla, crouching down so I could be at her eye level. Her big, wide eyes looked up at me, full of innocence.

We were inside the South’s pack clinic, and thankfully, the doctor said Rowan was in a meeting with the elders because of the intrusion the other day.

Thank the elders despite their traditional, conservative views in life!

“Is that alright, Calla?” I asked again, brushing her hair back beneath her cap.

“Mommy’s leaving?” she asked.

I shook my head with a smile. “I will just be in the next room,” I whispered, kissing her forehead. “We’ll be going home soon.”

Her face lit up with a grin, excitement bubbling in her chest as she bounced a little in Sol’s arms. “Okay!”

With that, I stood and narrowed my eyes at Sol and Noelle, who appeared to be enjoying the extravagant room in the clinic. Well, with Fenra’s economy, the clinic seemed more like a hospital.

Sol raised one hand in a lazy “okay” sign, his other arm secure around Calla, while Noelle smirked knowingly like she always did when I worried too much.

“You can trust us,” Sol said simply.

“I mean it,” I pressed, lowering my voice as though the walls had ears. “We’re lucky the doctor let us in. Don’t remove her cap and mask, not even for a second. If anyone sees her-”

“They’d immediately recognize her. We know,” Noelle interrupted, rolling her eyes a little. “Relax, Tessa. We’ve got her.”

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I exhaled shakily. It wasn’t that I didn’t trust them–it was that I didn’t trust anyone else.

“Just go already,” Noelle muttered, shifting Calla’s small bag on her shoulder. “We were excited when you said you’d take us here and let us explore-”

“Noelle,” I warned sharply, cutting her off with a glare.

She raised her hands in surrender. “Fine, fine. We won’t explore. We’ll stay right here in this room. Safe. Hidden. Invisible. Happy now?”

“Almost,” I muttered, still unconvinced.

“Now go,” she said again, softer this time, her teasing stripped away. “So we can go home early. The faster you do what you need to do, the faster Calla gets her mom back.”

I looked at Calla one last time–her small hand clutching the sleeve of Sol’s shirt, her big eyes peeking out above the mask. She gave me a muffled little giggle and waved.

I swallowed hard and nodded. “Okay.”

Turning on my heel, I pushed the door open quietly.

I moved quickly until my feet carried me toward the end of the hall.

Arden was in the biggest room of the clinic, so it wasn’t hard to find.

I paused just before the door, pressing my palm flat against the wood.

With one last glance over my shoulder, making sure no one had followed, I pushed the door open and stepped quietly inside.

The moment I saw Arden, I immediately knew something was wrong.

The nurses moved around, muttering to each other, appearing like they didn’t know what else to do. The faint beeping of the monitor was steady, but somehow it made everything feel more suffocating.

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“Tessa.”

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I turned my head at the sound of Cade’s voice.

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He was sitting right by her side, his large frame hunched over, arms around her.

He hadn’t left her side. I could see it in the way his shirt was wrinkled, the faint stubble on his jaw, and the hollowed look in his eyes. He appeared to be sick with

worry.

“Goodness,” I muttered under my breath, shaking my head. “You haven’t left her side, have you?”

He pursed his lips and didn’t say anything.

“Take a shower and eat,” I said firmly, crossing the room toward them.

“But-”

“No buts, Cade.” My tone left no room for argument. “You don’t want to get sick now, do you? You’ll be useless to her if you collapse. This is going to be a long, complicated pregnancy.”

He hesitated, glancing down at Arden, then at me again.

“So I suggest you take care of yourself first,” I added.

After a long pause, he bit his lip and finally nodded.

“Fine,” he said reluctantly, before letting the nurses lead him out.

I exhaled slowly, then turned back to Arden.

“Leave us alone,” I told the nurses.

They exchanged a look but nodded, shuffling out until the room was silent again.

I moved closer, kneeling by the bed. Arden was breathing, but shallowly, unconscious and still as stone. I reached out and gently placed my hand over her

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stomach, closing my eyes.

I didn’t know when I started feeling like this.

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Maybe it was before Dr. Saylor’s death. She’d been the first one to truly see my potential to become a doctor. When she passed, it left a hole in me so deep that I threw myself into my work and studies, desperate to find a way to save someone next time.

Somewhere in that search, I discovered this… gift.

It wasn’t anything flashy. It was just an intuition, an understanding, a way of feeling what was wrong in a body. I felt it now in Arden’s.

It was still the rogue’s poison lingering, complicating everything. The baby’s heartbeat was faint, not because the child wasn’t strong but because Arden’s body was exhausted.

She needed Puresylva. More of it. She needed fluids, rest, a very careful balance of herbs to flush out the poison without harming the baby.

I clicked my tongue, pushing to my feet and rifling through their things. The clinic had stocked up on medicine. That would make this easier. I worked quickly, mixing, crushing, measuring until I had exactly what she needed.

When I administered the concoction, her color began to shift, causing me to sigh

in relief.

Her eyelids fluttered.

“Tessa?” she whispered, voice raspy but alive.

Relief crashed through me. “You’re alright,” I said quickly, brushing the hair from her face. “You’re alright.”

She looked up at me, still weak. “Cade? Where is he?”

“He’ll come here in a bit,” I reassured her. “I told him to shower.”

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She let out a small, tired laugh. “I’ve been telling him to leave, but he hasn’t.”

“That man is a fool for you,” I said, smiling despite my worry. “So make sure to keep yourself strong, alright?”

Before she could answer, the doors burst open so loudly that both of us jumped.

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