Dominic never came back.The grandfather clock in the corridor struck one, then two, then four. Each chime sounded like a death knell in the cavernous, empty bedroom.I sat on the cold floor by the bedside, my trembling fingers resting over my flat stomach. A tiny life was quietly blooming inside me, completely unaware that its father was spending the night in the infirmary, hovering over another woman and another child.Outside, the packhouse was alive with hushed celebration. Servants hurried back and forth carrying fresh linens, hot water, and tonics. Not a single person knocked on my door to ask if their Luna had eaten, or if she was even alive.An orphan with no wolf, no bloodline, and no powerful family to back her up. To them, my five years of devotion meant nothing against a swollen belly carrying the Alpha’s bloodline.Exhaustion finally dragged me under, my head resting against the edge of the mattress, my cheeks crusty with dried salt.I was startled awake by loud crashes a
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