is it a kind of dream

Vail did as he asked and lapped gently at the cup of water before she went through another contraction. He could hear shaye counting to Vail as the albino woman called out. Shaye and Solor both seemed eager to comfort her, and Rhyme waiting and watched as she brought for her first child. She was a healer, he was sure she had delivered many babies, as was obvious when she went to work on her firstborn. Rhyme nodded in approval as she eventually got him gently to her stomach. ”One down,” he told her and Solor as he locked eyes with the father. He looked worried, but full of wonder. Rhyme remembered clearly how nervous he had felt at the birth of his own children. He felt his gaze shift to Shaye.