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The monitor’s glow bathes the room in a pulse of electric blue and violent red. Kellan’s fingers are a frantic blur over the keyboard, his world narrowed to the clash on-screen, when a piercing, desperate cry shreds the atmosphere. He goes rigid. His gaze snaps toward the bassinet in the shadowed corner. A tight coil of tension winds through his shoulders as he shoves back from the desk, his tattooed, imposing frame crossing the floor in three long, silent strides. He stares down at the wailing infant, completely lost. "My love, the baby is crying!" he calls out, his voice rough with a plea only you can answer.