lin'

o a familiar voice calling

oach and urgency. "Another month gone, and still no sign of a child? A

expression calm, pre

other, rest assured. Kaitlin and I planned to have a child this year. This a

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low, anger surgi

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only held a bonding cerem

eply that I wanted to g

e without hesitation and marry t

r, we entered the

change into the gown. We'll administer the injection at the most comfo

, bitterness flo

the. "Don't be afraid. Haven't you always wanted a pup? In vitro

narled in

he'd rather use in

plan to deceive me into be

trembling as I shook

As the tribe's Luna, you h

It's better than natural mating. You never received the tribe's Luna

y clothing, my heart

rom my mother now, alright? Take the Luna for h

o healers, everyone answered to him. Before I could

dizziness overwhelme

he next morning. A si

. Your body reacted strongly during

ed a box contai

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ryo for implantation... L

ocked the box to the floor, the

plan-to trick me with someone else's e

floor, my heart twisting. The

eir knees, terrified. "I

let hi

marked by him, of beari

thing but to lea

.

one grave. "Luna, border patrol found so

d. It could be a

now," I s

e Phillip, I still had a

rm and led two guards

s damp, the air heavy wi

g the patrol zone from the northern territor

n," Rosalyn's voice

your shoes." Phillip's expression was

e, her face stiff