Due to Miss Carter's unexpected death, both Ignatius Leclair and Stone Leclair faced accusations. The turmoil in the South Seas was escalating, and martial law had reached unprecedented levels, leaving his efforts to replace Delphine and the children with substitutes utterly impossible.
Moreover, both children were born prematurely, and Delphine had been in a coma for ten days before emerging from danger. At this moment, moving her was entirely inadvisable.
"I want to go see the children. Will you accompany me?" Delphine struggled to rise, her voice hoarse as she spoke.
Finnian noticed that despite only a few months since they'd last met, after giving birth, she didn't gain weight; instead, she appeared frighteningly thin. With a trace of compassion in his eyes, he nodded and softly said, "I'll help you over. I visited them on my way here—both children are in the incubators and seem quite healthy and lively."
