CHAPTER 274 — Where a Father and a Mother Are Born

Those first few hours were filled with shared prayers, silent fears, and a hope no one dared to say out loud.

Time seemed to stand still in that hallway, where glances met without the need for words, where every second carried a different weight—deeper, slower.

Ayden was the first to go see them.

Not because he wanted to be first.

Not because of any privilege.

Simply because someone had to do it…

and, without quite knowing why, he unders