All Chapters of The Luna They Called Wolfless: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Blenda POVThe day I found out I was pregnant was the best day of my life, and it lasted about three hours.I was sitting on a metal stool in the treatment room of Jeff’s lab, holding the test result in both hands, and I read the one word on it three times before my thumb left a dent in the corner. ---Positive.“Congratulations, Luna.” Nora, the healer, wrapped both of her hands around my free one, and her eyes had gone wet. “After five years of effort, you’re finally going to have a baby. I’d say you’re about two weeks along.”“Yeah, finally.” I was so excited I could not help but read the word again.Five years.I had spent them on needles every new moon, on pack gatherings where somebody always dropped their voice when I walked by, and on nights beside Jeff while he slept with his back to me. I pressed my fist against my mouth so that he wouldn’t hear me cry.They called me the Luna with no wolf, and I had smiled and refilled their glasses, anyway.I tipped my head back and whispe

BlendaJeff patted Molly’s hand until she let go of his arm, then took a step toward me with perfectly calm eyes and let out a slow breath. “That’s never going to happen.”“You don’t get to decide that,” I said. “It’s my marriage too.”“It’s a marriage this pack believes in.”He rolled his shoulders back and slid his hands into his pockets. “It stays that way.”“Why?” I turned to Molly. “You have each other, and you have a daughter. What do you even need me for?”Molly shook her head slowly.“Fine. He’s terrible at explaining things, so I’ll do it. Pack law says the Alpha’s heir has to be born to his Luna, and that’s you, so Jess doesn’t count no matter whose she is. We need another baby, a son, and on paper, he’ll be yours.”“Mine?”“Yeah, carried by you,” Jeff said, pressing his lips together.“You want me to carry your baby?”“Our baby, to be exact.” Molly smiled. “I carried Jess myself and nearly died doing it, and I’m not doing that twice. We tried a surrogate last year, but sh

JeffI told the two guards by the door, in a firm voice, “She isn’t allowed to leave this room. Not a single step. If she attempts to, you prevent her. Tough.”“Yes, Alpha.”I pushed the door open.Blenda stood by the window, one shoulder pressed against the glass.Her hair was a mess. Her face was too pale.Those eyes of hers—usually soft and clear—were empty, staring at the floor as if the world had already ended.I closed the door behind me. The soft click sounded too loud in the silence.She didn’t look up.I approached slowly and with intention. As I approached, the scent grew stronger—fear, anger, and a sharpness beneath that stirred my wolf slightly.“Planning to run away with Caleb?” I inquired softly.She turned her face away from me like I wasn’t even worth looking at.That small rejection lit something ugly in my chest.I reached out, caught her chin between two fingers, and forced her head up. Her skin was cold. Her pulse jumped under my thumb.“Blenda.” I made her meet