ARIA POV
"Breathe, push, breathe!" Elder Malin pushed as I screamed, my body feeling like it was being torn apart.
The first baby slid into the world with a cry that cut the air like a wolf's howl. A boy.
"One more big push," Lucien urged, his eyes filled with tears as he held our son.
With a final, painful effort, I pushed our second baby into the world. Another boy.
"Where's the third?" I gasped, knowing there should be three. I could still feel something inside me.
Elder Malin put her hands on my stomach, her expression changing to concern. "The third baby isn't moving."
"No!" I cried, reaching for my link to the Moon Goddess. "Please, save my baby!"
The silver light I'd used to cleanse wolf spirits now flowed through me into my womb. I would not lose a child, not now, not after everything we'd been through.
"There!" Elder Malin exclaimed. "Movement!"
