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Avalyn POV

For the next couple hours, I sat in a chair and watched the rain coming down outside, thinking about all of the time I had spent with Alpha Grey.

With every flash of lightning in the distance, memories of him flashed before my eyes. I thought of the gentleness he'd shown me when we made love.

My hand automatically went to my abdomen where the child was growing.

I couldn't believe that someone would show me tenderness, make a baby with me, watch me give birth to their child… and then kill me.

But that was Alpha Grey's plan, and that meant I had

to go. Even if that meant I needed to trust the likes of

Madalynn, who had told me herself she didn't want her child to be second in line to the throne. My baby's life was hanging in the balance. But I had to take the gamble and try.

A knock on the door pulled me away from the

window. Tonight hadn't been quiet for me at all..”

Rebecca entered, walked toward me, and wrapped her arms around my neck.

"I wish tonight wasn't happen