to the hospital. After everything I went throug
er glittery diamond-encrusted iP
te coat flying behind her as she moved sharpl
ut the glare from the s
via's wheelchair as they left the office. In the picture, he was gazing at Silvia with such tenderness, his expression full of wa
section? Utt
e true Luna. Poor thing, af
hogged the Luna title for three years and brought no
he divorce to grab more mo
r Luna title, probably because Silvia's t
me like a slap,
rom my hands and turned off the screen. "These ke
t light on the ceiling. The comments kept echoing in my mind, lik
oddly calm. "I don't care what those
e whole world points fingers at you,
fe, technically she's not yet. And think about it-Brian still hasn't officially removed you as Luna. Maybe if you told
t used to comfort me: "Ashley, you are the kindes
s all in th
instinctively. "We're divorced now. His mind is all about
resurfacing-"Even when I was making love to Ashle
dagger, was still lo
" My throat tightened, and my voice trembled slightly.
ed dark with ange
as a burden or fight me for custody, only to dump th
oment, then asked softly, "
here-my carefully decorated room, the orphanage I poured my heart into, even the people I onc
"For my pup's sake, I need to stay
le doesn't seem like someone you can trust. And with the Silvermoon Pack prac
's reputation back when he was alive, I'd have been kicked out of the Silvermoon Pack
n-as dangerous and feral as a be
rritory again. I had a second option. As soon as I moved out of the
ffering her a small, reassuring smile. "I
he ultrasound machine, squeezing a gene
Let's see how your l
e, though I flinched at the sudden chill of
the monitor, accompanied by the steady, rapi
thump
beautiful soun
nitor, and her brows relaxed as she
small glowing dot on the screen. "Yo
ily, then turned up
baby's. You've got one healthy little wolf pup in there. Even though you don
fe on the screen, my ey
hild, my blo
what I decide, this little l
and handed me a few tis
your body is just that of an ordinary human. Carrying a werewolf baby will be really tough on you. It's going to
issue in my hand. "Vicki, I may not have
e for a moment, t
e's one condition-you have to come for regular check-ups. And if your body can't handle
ea
mind during pregnancy. Vicki prescribed me some vitamins and re
lighter inside. At least the baby was healthy
I could move into the apartment near the orphanage-they were short
one month to arrange everything: to find a new pack and to s
very well be one of the last times I returned as the lady of this ho
lpha Manor, the scene in fr
of the master bedroom. Brian had told
r clip Brian had once bought me were tosse
erely picked it up on a whim after an Alpha conference; it was a mere afterthought to him. But that day, I had cradled it in
the dirt, it felt like a re
ly lunged forward, his grip tightening around my ar
ned the divorce papers, Brian," I replied coldly. "You should worry about
belongings strewn on the grass. She wore a mask of fake guilt. "I'm so sorry, Ashley. Brian in
f she were alrea
ismissive hand, finally shoving Brian away. "Don't bother," I sai
into a guest room, pinning me against the wall. His gaze was
hudder ran
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