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Cora's POVThe next morning, I wake up before Jasper does. As the sunlight filters in past the breezy curtains and I stretch my arms up to the sky, I catch sight of Jasper still asleep in the blankets beside me. At the sight of him I can’t help the blush that spreads across my face, the faint rush of heat that fills my entire body. Memories of his touch from the night before ghost along my skin. Even though we hadn’t done much more than kiss, just the slightest bit of remembrance is enough to make my heart race and my face turn red. Today is the day I’d promised the Moongrove pack members at the Waiting Bar that I’d join them in the pack run. I rush out of bed hurriedly and freshen up for the day. As I get changed, I pick up the compression wrap Dr. Shelley had given me. Gently but firmly, I secure the wrap around my slightly-rounded belly. As my stomach continues to expand due to the pregnancy, it’s going to be harder and harder to conceal that I’m with child–which will inevitably

Cora's POVBy the time me, Jasper, and Felicity make it to the edge of the forest, the rest of the pack is already waiting for us. Felicity steps away from the two of us quickly, shooting me a sly smirk. Cautiously I loop my arm through Jasper’s, and the two of us, Alpha and Luna of the Moongrove pack, approach the pack arm in arm. As we draw near, the crowd immediately erupts into cheers and playful whistles. “Can you believe our Luna is actually going to join us?” “This is the perfect day for a pack run!” “I can’t wait to see how she keeps up!” I feel a little shy with all the attention, as well as the weight of whatever performance is expected of me. Still, I gather my courage deep in my chest and look out at the gathered crowd. “Thank you all for inviting me!” I exclaim, projecting my voice and beaming. “I look forward to today’s run, and I can’t wait to get started!” The crowd cheers and applauds once more before dissolving back into idle chatter and running preparations.

Cora's POV“How did you manage to escape?” The question is posed cautiously–of course I want to know how Teresa got out of such a terrible place, but there’s other information to be gleaned besides the obvious. The obstacles she faced could provide information on the scale of the operation, the extent of their control, their numbers and size. Whoever did this is capable of a large amount of evil, but do they have the resources to back it up?As Teresa’s face scrunches up in concentration, Felicity stands up and takes a couple steps backward. She casts another horrified glance at Teresa. “I’m going to mind link the others,” Felicity tells me. “Good. She–she needs help,” I say sadly, looking down at Teresa again. Her tears are falling even harder now as she remembers what it took to get out of that hellhole. Her voice is barely above a whisper, haunted by despair. “It was another woman,” she says quietly. “Another woman–one of the other prisoners who was stuck with me down in that

Jasper's POVThe moment I speak the Snowcrest pack’s name, Cora visibly tenses up. A wave of anger surges through me before I can reel myself in. Does Cora really care about Liam that much? Even after everything–the way he’s treated her, the wars he’s tried to wage, and now his hand in what’s clearly an utterly despicable scheme–he seems to hold some special place in her heart. We know the kind of scum he is. Cora should have let him go a long time ago. Cora looks at me with wide eyes. “Is that true? Did they really–could they really be involved with… all of this?”I nod. “Unfortunately, it does seem like something suspicious is going on, and has been going on for the past little while at least. I’ve noticed that over the past month or so, multiple packs have reported slightly higher numbers of missing wolves than would be expected. Not a huge spike, but enough to be suspicious. And every single one of them was a she-wolf with a reasonable excuse for leaving their packs, only to t

Cora's POVBy the fire in his eyes and the cruel twist of his lips, it’s obvious that Jasper is far from pleased with me. “So… you’re saying it doesn’t bother you when other girls are in love with me?” I play his words through my mind over and over again, staring at him blankly and doing my best to come up with a response that will satisfy whatever concerns I seem to have brought up. But more and more with Jasper it seems like I run the risk of saying the wrong thing–and I don’t want to make him even more upset than he already is. “It’s not that I don’t care!” I stammer out. “Obviously I don’t like that other girls are in love with you, but I–it’s kind of expected, you know? You’re the handsome, powerful Alpha of the strongest pack out there. Of course you’re going to have a handful of female admirers. I… I don’t know. I understand them. I understand the sweetness and pain that comes with loving someone.” I shrug, looking up at Jasper and smiling slightly. “Love has a tendency to