I held his hand all along and watched his peaceful face, listening to the machine beeping his heartbeats. It sounded okay, but I knew it was faster than usual.The doctor and his assistant were working on the other side of a green sheet. They pulled it up so I wouldn’t see what they were doing, and honestly, I was grateful. The nasty sounds and the smell of blood were enough to make me feel dizzy. Oh my Goddess, he was losing so much blood.It felt like an eternity, till they finally finished stitching him up, and the doctor’s tired face appeared above the sheet.“We are finished, Luna. He should be alright now,” he said, removing his bloody gloves. “We stopped all the bleeding. He still has 4 broken ribs and countless bruises, but his wolf will be able to handle that now. We will move him to a room, but I will keep him in a medically induced coma, so his body can focus on healing.”I watched the young doctor, who assisted the surgery and a nurse, roll him out of the operating room, an

It was on the third day’s evening when the doctor decided that Duncan was almost completely healed, and they would cut back on the medication, letting him wake up naturally by tomorrow.When morning came, I started off as usual, heading back to our room to get ready, then to my office to listen to the reports, but I made the morning meeting super fast, and left any other paperwork to Noah, to hurry back to the clinic.I sat by his bed, my stomach in a tight knot, as I held his hand and looked for any sign of him waking. A wave of relief washed over me when his hand slowly moved in mine, and his eyes finally opened. “Hi,” I smiled at him as he slowly focused.“Hi beautiful,” he tried smiling back, his voice hoarse from the lack of use. “What happened?” he tried to sit, but I pushed him back on the pillow.“You nearly killed yourself, that’s what happened,” I snapped, but I couldn’t help but caress his face. “You had inner bleeding. The doctor had to operate on you,” I said calmer again

“Maybe this wasn’t that good idea after all,” I frowned at my reflection.It was me who said we shouldn’t bother with buying a new dress for the King’s event. The dress they bought me for my welcome party would be more than enough. It was beautiful, I loved it, and I haven’t worn it for more than two hours that night, so there’s nothing wrong with it.What I didn’t take into consideration, that I wasn’t pregnant at my welcome party. “What wasn’t?” Duncan came from the bathroom, all freshly showered and shaved.“This dress,” I nodded towards my reflection, studying the soft silk tightly hugging my belly.Even though I refused to admit it even a week ago, it really started to show. Everyday clothes were fine, but this dress…“You are beautiful,” Duncan stepped behind me, and kissed my shoulder. “What’s wrong with it?”“My belly shows.”He just hummed into my neck as he kissed the sensitive skin, and I shivered as a few drops of water fell from his hair onto my skin.“It’s okay. I want t

I felt like rushing into the alpha meeting and strangling Richard with my own two hands, but I forced myself to stay calm and close the door behind me silently.Jenny would need some time to fix herself.Marissa waved to me, and I forced a smile on my face. Heading towards her, I tried to collect my thoughts, and I was so distracted, I didn’t even realize someone was standing next to her and Noah.And it was none other than Lucas Montalvo, future Alpha of the Crimson Pack.“Luna Moira,” he bowed politely. “It is nice to meet you.”His voice was deeper than I expected, his face friendly and still a little boyish, but his eyes were serious.“The pleasure is mine,” I returned his politeness.“Would you mind taking a walk outside with me?” he asked, and I almost raised my eyebrows. He was so overly polite, and it was even more disturbing from a boy as young as him.“You should go and hear what he wants to talk about,” Noah linked me before I could say anything. “I will be right behind you

Why does he always know what’s on my mind? I groaned internally. I really wanted to keep him out of this, but as things were now, keeping silent might hurt him more than telling everything. “He and Jenny had an argument,” I started reluctantly. “Neither of them told anybody what it was about, but it is ruining their relationship and making things difficult for the whole pack.” “And how does it concern you?” “I think it might be my fault,” I said, resting my head on his arm and staring up at the ceiling. “What is?” “It was about pups,” I blurted out. Wows of secrecy don’t apply to your mate, right? “They argued about having pups?” he asked carefully, and I just nodded. “And how is it your fault?” “I was the one who made Richard like this,” I sighed. “You know, this whole thing would be ridiculous, if it wasn’t ruining their life. Richard wants pups, but Jenny thinks she is too young to have a baby. It is as simple as that. But they got emotional, hurt each other, and now they don