Mag-log in** Alaric’s POV **The problem with being an Alpha in 2026 is that you can no longer pretend politics don’t exist. You can’t just patrol your borders, snap a few necks, and call it leadership. Now it’s all diplomacy and meetings, and not even the exciting ones where there’s the potential of a fight
** Poppy’s POV **I’ve learned two things in the last eight months.The first is that oat milk people are the most judgmental people in this town. The second is that if you talk back to the voices in your head out loud, strangers will absolutely assume you’re unhinged. Which is honestly pretty fair.
“How is she? She seems worried,” I ask them.“She is well,” one of them sends, the words not spoken so much as felt.Relief floods me so fast that my breath stutters.“Thank you,” I send back. “Did something scare her?”“She drew attention,” the second replies. “A local pack sensed her. They followe
** Paige’s POV **The screen flickers once more. Then Poppy’s face fills it. For half a second she just stares, her eyes wide, and her hair pulled back messily as if she’s been pacing. Then her gaze drops straight to the tiny bundle against my chest.“Oh my goodness,” she breathes. “Paige.”My chest
“You have a baby sister,” I smile at him through tear-filled eyes.“She’s so tiny,” he says.Parker crouches slightly so Jaxon can see her better, angling her gently. “She’s perfect,” he says quietly. “Just like you.”Jaxon straightens at that, pride shining in his eyes.“She’s my sister,” he says,
**Paige’s POV **I don’t remember when the pain stops, not really. I remember heat, pressure, noise. Then suddenly it all goes quiet.It’s not silence, exactly. Just a shift. Like the world exhales and rearranges itself around something new.Her, my daughter, with the brightest, purest of souls.She







