Goddess Of The Underworld (Sheridan Hartin) novel Chapter 165

Chapter 165

A sound broke through. Fast. Strong. Rhythmic. Thump–thump–thump–thump. A heartbeat.

Sharlene’s lips curved into the first smile we’d seen from her all night. “There she is,” she said softly, angling the monitor so we all could see. “Strong heartbeat. Your pup’s holding on just fine.”

The room exhaled at once. Noah bowed his head like he’d been punched in the chest with relief. Xavier squeezed my hand so hard it almost hurt. Haiden muttered something under his breath that sounded like a prayer. Levi scrubbed his face with both hands, the sharp line of his shoulders loosening for the first time in hours.

I pressed my hand over my mouth as tears spilled free. On the screen, she moved, a tiny flutter, a little kick like she knew we were all watching.

“There,” Sharlene said, her voice warm now. “That’s a fighter if I’ve ever seen one.”

I couldn’t stop smiling through the tears. “That’s my girl,” I whispered. “That’s our girl.”

Felix, pale and weak in the corner bed, let out a shaky laugh that turned into a cough. “Told you,” he rasped, voice thin but sure. “Little warrior.”

Sharlene’s brows pinched in concentration. She angled the wand again, lips pressing together. “Actually…” She paused just long enough for everyone to still. “…that, right there, is a boy.”

The room froze.

“What?” My voice cracked, and I whipped my head toward her.

“A boy,” she confirmed, her smile quirking like she’d been waiting for us to notice. She tapped the screen gently, pointing out the proof.

Xavier swore under his breath. Haiden sat up straighter. Noah barked a laugh that sounded half like disbelief. Levi blinked so hard I thought he might faint.

Mum clapped her hands together, tears springing back into her eyes. “A grandson!” she squealed. “Oh, Envy, a grandson!”

From beside me, Aleisha let out a choked laugh. “Elliot is going to be so mad he was wrong.”

I laughed too, shaky and wet. My son had sworn to anyone who would listen that he had a little sister growing in me.

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Sharlene kept moving the wand, her eyes flicking over the monitor with the steady calm of someone who’d done this a thousand times. “He’s healthy,” she said, her tone professional again. “Heartbeat strong, measuring right where he should be. No signs of distress.”

Relief shivered through me, but it lasted only a heartbeat before her expression shifted again. She tilted the wand. Paused. Tilted again.

“Wait…”

The whole room stilled.

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“Oh my god,” Sharlene whispered. “There’s another one.”

The room erupted.

“What?!” Xavier and Levi shouted together.

Sharlene adjusted the image, zooming slightly, and sure enough, another tiny form flickered to life on the screen.

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“Another boy,” she said, her voice firm, her finger circling the image for us. “Heartbeat steady. Strong. Perfectly healthy.”

Haiden’s jaw dropped. He dropped back into the nearest chair as if his legs had given out. “No

way.”

Noah dragged his hand down his face. “You’ve got to be kidding me. Two?”

I laughed again, stunned, pressing my hand over my mouth. “Two. We’re having two.”

“Twins!” Mum cried, bouncing like a girl. Dad groaned, but his eyes glistened, his hand clamping over hers.

The wand moved again, slow, careful. Sharlene’s lips parted and her eyes widened.

“You’re joking,” I whispered, my stomach dropping.

She shook her head. “I’m not. A third.” She angled the monitor and tapped the screen. “Another boy.”

Silence. Absolute silence. My mates all looked pale, four sets of stunned eyes flicking from me to the monitor and back again.

I pressed both hands to my face, half laughing, half sobbing. “Three? Three boys? Are you

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serious?”

Haiden groaned, tipping his head back toward the ceiling. “We’ll have to build a bigger house. Or at least a wing dedicated to cribs. And soundproof the walls.”

Levi, ever the planner, was already calculating. “We’ll need quadruple the bottles, quadruple the blankets, quadruple the…” He froze. “We don’t even own one crib yet. We’re behind before

we’ve even started.”

Their voices overlapped, building into a chorus of nerves and disbelief until Mum finally clapped her hands, loud and sharp, like she was silencing a room full of squabbling pups.

“Enough.” She looked at each of them. “You’ll be fine. More than fine. I did just fine raising four of you, and I didn’t have a quarter of the help you lot have. One mate. One set of hands. That was it. You?” She jabbed a finger at them. “You’ve got a whole army of people who’d die for those babies. You’ll manage.‘

And then Aleisha, bless her blunt little heart, leaned forward in her chair with a sly grin. “But your tits are probably never going to look the same afterwards.”

I blinked at her, mouth falling open. “Excuse me?”

She shrugged innocently. “Just saying. Four kids. That’s… a lot of mileage.”

Before I could even respond, Mum glanced down at her own chest, then back up at me with a deadpan expression. “She’s right. They won’t.”

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I love this book omg I need at least 2 chapters at a time

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I wish Elliot was there to hear the news…this book is one of my favorites.

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