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CHAPTER 56

Author: Natalie May
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-13 08:06:17

LILITH

Alaric was waiting for me outside the council room, the way a storm waits just beyond the horizon. His jaw was tight, he had one hand fisted at his side, the other dragging over his face as if trying to erase the last few weeks from existence. I smiled anyway, because watching him struggle was almost sweet.

“Don’t you dare smile at me,” he said the moment the door shut behind us. His voice was low enough that it wouldn’t carry down the corridor, but the anger in it burned. “What the hell? I’ve been trying to talk to you for two weeks!”

I shrugged. “I’ve been busy.”

Alaric sighed. “What the hell was that?”

I tilted my head. “What was what, darling?”

He stepped closer, eyes flashing. “The announcement. You walked into the middle of a dedication ceremony and told the entire pack you were pregnant. Do you have any idea what that means? What it does to me and to this family?”

“Alaric…”

“You’re pregnant? For my son? What the hell, Lilith? He’s my son for goodness sake! I knew
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