“We have laws in our world and a body to help uphold and keep those Laws,” Alpha Aesop said, and I wondered why he chose those words. His eyes scanned the room, sharp, calculating. “Clara is here because of those laws, Dominic. When Margaret demanded her rights a few days after the incident at the border, I told her, as her Alpha, to be patient for you.” I felt my chest tighten instantly. My fingers clenched over my belly. The life inside me stirred, and I felt the weight of everything pressing down. Dominic’s hand rested over mine, offering warmth and grounding, but my thoughts refused to settle. Clara. Seeing her name, even spoken by my father-in-law, was like a knife twisting in my chest. I could see her clearly in my mind, standing there, her stomach already rounding, carrying Eric’s child, carrying a part of my past. Memories I thought I had buried my first love, the way Eric had looked at me, the promises we had whispered in the dark—flooded back, uninvited and cruel. Mar
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