Eve’s life these past two months has been filled with a sense of alarm. She flinched every time she heard a knock on her door, or when she was at work and someone came to her desk.

She lived in fear that Lucas would return, perhaps kidnap her, and kill her after taking the baby from her womb.

But her fears were not confirmed until one morning when she dared to breathe a sigh of relief.

Her fears were well-founded, but it was unlikely that Lucas would go that far. After all, he could have gotten the baby from another woman, right?

What was so special about the baby in...