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ainst my face, leaving it as numb as my heart. When the thermometer p
Beep
bell hanging at the main gate was immed
here was no respect in their eyes for me, their Luna, only indifference a
r fertile window w
er, Mary, rushed out first, her tone sharp and hur
k like I was a surrogate mot
the
ime, it was like this: confirmed by the thermomete
because, as Luna, I had only given birth to a daughter in all these years, failing to produce a male heir for this pack. Even thou
f this pack. Without a male heir, Damian's position would be questioned, even challenged by other Alphas. And I, Damian's mate, forced upon him, standing in the way of him and hi
y step through the familiar yet alien hallway to Damian's door. This place I
me
ed to knock when the voic
he can always catch my scent, just as I can catch his. Only in mo
y the window, his back to me, broad shoulders etched in cold, hard lines by the
ts. Get on the bed
should be used to it-I still couldn't help but
uth, wanting t
first?" But before the words could
you prefer Mary
rs curle
a threat, he
I would never forget. So I clenched my jaw, walked to the bed, and began unbuttoning my clothes with trembling fingers. With each piece that fell,
t turning, about speaking, but then a tall,
o tenderness.
ving with rough,
shame int
to make a sound, only faint
counting i
wo, th
detach myself from this
inety-seven,
as o
e, he didn't speak a word, didn't look at me once. I pushed myself up, wra
.. can w
ed for a second, b
was icy. "About how you stil
bling despite my efforts to steady it. "Can Ashley com
seeing her." Damian cut me
expression unreadable, but h
and bear an heir. Until that's done, do
She's my daughter
dly. "She doesn't need a mo
ise and brutal. Without another g
l
ard, rattling t
blanket, like a discarded ghost. The wolf ins
l her pain,
tection, but Damian gave us only indifference and humiliation
spered to my wolf.
even believ
e her, to soothe myself. Even
and. My fingers moved mechanically, swiping and tapping open the
e, visible only to the pack, I had
path
social media to catch a glimpse
so, I kep
rcare. A hol
were meant for me, pretend that gentle Damian still existed, pretend I still mattered i
the flashbulbs. And the joy on Damian's
in hand, fingers laced, smilin
e between them. That kind of harmony, that chem
ffany, you're the one who truly suits
hia is so
ouldn't hurt me
hley isn't even
lies we
gala, Ashley clung to Tiffany the whole
er? Maybe the Alpha only let Sophia be t
nder she hasn't been able to
ds tre
know. They k
declared my condition critical. Since I was carrying a "useless" girl,
ter. Even if no one in this world welc
feeling it was all worth it. But now they said she might not b
tcase wheels and footsteps
ring caught
Damian. He was leaving
This was my only c
humiliation, the vicious words online. But I could not en
e for one hour each month. I grabbed the blanket from th
hurried down the stairs. Too fast. I slipped, nearly tumbling down
the dark stairwell, a familiar vo
you going
en, Damian
ely, I stopped, shrinking back
nning late. Tif
tenderness and urgen
wasn't disapproving, it was unders
amian cut her
hear my own heartbeat, l
ulating edge. "If you ask me, you shouldn't pin your ho
et tighter, nails di
amian sound
t at least say it was the Moon Goddess's will, or that it was for
fr
h
hought I'd
ords came again
dbirth is life-threatening. I
n. And it was my mate, sa
g my wolf down, silencing even my breath
approval. "You're right. Someone as p
Sophia is different. Best if she gives you a son and
on so horrifying, so vici
i
anted
place as Luna of this pack, as my
u
hear anything else they said. Then came the sound of the front do
e wall, holding still until
wave of na
irs barefoot, rushing into my room an
etching violently. My stomach was empty; a
he cold tile floor, back against
ye
hought if I was obedient enough, if I could j
y want
, broken sound that echoed i
ou
ears and pus
le, eyes swollen, but in those
t of res
r. I refuse to endure this humiliation. I r
d severed. I want to take Ashley
pack law forbids it. Even if it means stri
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