Faye was now 7 centimeters dilated, thanks to Malo's suggestion, which was successful. The idea had worked perfectly to calm the room down. Instead of forcing the medical staff to bring out the terrifying spinal needle again, Malo had remembered that they didn't have to rely only the hospital methods when they had access to people who actually knew about Weres medicine.
Faye had calmed down. The wild, unhinged screaming had stopped, and her breathing was finally matching a steady, normal rhythm instead of the short, panicked gasps from before.
