The Barren Luna's Secret: Pregnant with the Alpha's Heir

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pulsing embers, casting long, skeletal

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of the local pack link-that constant, low-level hum of other p

accept the trade agreem

f mental energy that washed away the coldn

t. It was no longer a cage;

ing. It was a delicate chain with two wolves intertwined, frozen in an ete

d walked to t

story," I said aloud. The sound of my own voice

klace into the he

glowing cherry-red, the metal tarnishing. I watched until the delicate chains began to wa

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hall. I spent my days in the dusty silence of the archives, memorizing the trade routes to the

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as packing my books, a v

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traying me, forcing me to stand. The Command is absolute for pack mem

trained dog. I forced myself to walk slowly, dragging my

ing. He looked... frazzled. His hair was

ng me," he growled,

rossing my arms over my chest. I

been

ked at me. "You're blocking

oice flat. "I assumed Victoria was

d. He hadn't ex

s. You are the L

Inside, I was screaming. *I am actin

" I asked, opening m

ard, his anger spiking.

g pain ripped through my lower abdomen

a cramp. I

s, and doubled over. A sudden, wa

now. It's

ght, arterial red against

g of all color. The anger vanished, replaced by horror

en! H

ady Victoria! She's collapsed! She's holding h

looked at me, bleeding and trembling on

a heartbeat, but it

he

the door.

blinding me. I was alone in

g a smear of red in my wake. A passing

lled of antiseptic,

rolled through me like tidal waves. The Healer, an old woman name

"This... this is impossible. The pup is

ng her wrist with desperate stren

ut

pointed to

ictoria's hand. She was wailing, clutching her stomach theatrically. But I saw her face in the reflec

he was strok

aid, my voice breaking.

open. Damien stood there. He look

ping in. "They said you

The sheet was covering th

ng, glass-shattering scream. "Damien! Don't le

ed at me, then back at t

e hardest word I had ev

ena

d hurling it at him. It clattered loudly a

t, but the pull of Victoria's manipulation

ed at

ing," I s

o restrain me. "You're in labor. It

han give birth in this house," I

loded in my spine, white-hot and para

t the back door of the clinic,

blinding sheets. The world wa

the absolute certainty that if I stayed

and walked straight into