The Alpha's Secret Surrogate

"Give me the pen," I whispered raspily.The words felt like poison scorching my throat to ash. Every cell in my body screamed in protest, but the image of Maya’s pale face on the ICU bed paralyzed what little sanity I had left.Uncle Julian hurriedly shoved a black pen into my violently shaking fingers, a sickeningly satisfied grin carved across his face.I stared down at the paper resting on the thick black leather cover in front of me.SECRET SURROGACY AND ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT.The title at the top of the document looked like a death sentence for the pride I had guarded my whole life. The tip of the pen in my hand trembled above the signature line.One drop.Two drops.Cold tears spilled from my eyes, soaking into the fibers of the white paper until the black ink beneath began to bleed.Destroyed.My world, my honor, and my future crumbled to ash in a matter of seconds.Yet, when I closed my eyes, all I could see was Maya shivering as the cruel wolf blood poison consum

"Inject the high-dose sedative now, hurry!" the cold-faced woman hissed in my ear.An icy chill slowly crept through the veins in my left arm. My eyelids felt heavy as lead, robbing me of my remaining consciousness and vision.My world blurred dramatically, but the desperate surge of my wolf senses sharpened my hearing tenfold. From the corner of the dimly lit room, I caught the hushed whispers of two nurses standing near the stainless steel table."This first baby is too small," the first nurse whispered in a cold, empathetic tone. "His breathing is weak, and his body is extremely frail.""The Silvercrest Pack can never find out a defective product was born from this woman's womb," the second nurse replied with a sharp hiss. "Alpha Kaelen only needs one perfect, pureblood heir."My weakening heart leaped wildly as a wave of sheer horror washed over me."Put this small baby into the yellow medical waste bag," the second nurse continued nonchalantly. "We'll toss him into the incinerato