Flawless Performance

ROWAN’S POV

The sterile air in the clinic room turns to ice in my lungs. My pulse spikes, sending a frantic erratic beat across the green monitor line beside my bed. No. This is not possible.

Vance narrows his dark eyes at the trembling nurse standing in the doorway. "Her mother?"

I grip the folded edge of the thin hospital blanket, letting the rough fabric dig into my palms. My chest tighten