Chapter 127

I ran through the halls of Mercy Point Hospital like my life depended on it, my heart pounding so hard it hurt to breathe. The fluorescent lights blurred above me, and the antiseptic smell made me queasy—or maybe it was the pregnancy hormones mixing with sheer panic.

"Gideon Vandermere," I gasped to the nurse at the floor's reception desk. "Where is Gideon Vandermere?"

"One moment, please." The