A heavy sound echoed from the south wing, making the guards rush quickly toward where the noise was coming from.

Alpha Klein managed to push himself up from the bed, gathering the little strength left in his weak body.

The loud cry came again, followed by hurried footsteps and panicked voices.

“Kira is in labour!”

The maids whispered as they hurried past the room Alpha Klein had been lying in.

Alpha Klein’s eyes widened instantly.

Without thinking further, he staggered out of the room, holding the wall briefly before forcing himself forward.

The hallway spun slightly around him, but the moment he sighted Serene, every weakness in him seemed to...