The Last Voice of the Mental Link

"I lay on the hospital bed in the Tower, the IV port on my hand connected to cold fluids.

Kael stood at the foot of the bed, clutching a mental impairment assessment report. Three hours earlier, I'd just had a miscarriage. He asked: ""Whose child was it?"" I thought he was speaking in anger. Until his old acquaintance Serena called: ""Don't scare her with that face. She's pregnant—if something really happens, you'll be the one hurting in the end."" She paused: ""The report's already out. If you want to pretend you didn't see it, I can't stop you."""