Lyrica Hale

Rain era la pareja de la infancia de mi compañero. Cuando descubrió que yo había estado expuesta al acónito de cachorra, deslizó una cantidad mínima en mi sopa de champiñones. En el momento en que la tragué, un dolor abrasador me desgarró el pecho. Mis poderes se desvanecieron. Mi loba aulló en mi interior, retorciéndose de agonía. Presa del pánico, agarré mi frasco; años atrás, mi padre había recolectado agua de manantial sagrada que podía neutralizar el acónito, por si acaso. Pero ella también había cambiado eso. El frasco estaba lleno de la misma sopa envenenada. La sangre desapareció de mi rostro. Cada onza de fuerza abandonó mi cuerpo. Me desplomé, aferrándome a la pierna de mi compañero, Liam. —Por favor... he sido envenenada. Acónito. Tienes que ayudarme... Liam vaciló. Pero Rain se cruzó de brazos y se rio. —Liam, tu compañera realmente es toda una actriz. Es solo sopa de champiñones. He sido sanadora durante años y nunca he visto a nadie envenenarse con sopa. Los otros hombres lobo se unieron al ataque. —¡Corta el drama! Nadie se envenena con sopa de champiñones. —Está celosa de que Rain se convirtiera en sanadora. Quiere arruinar la celebración. El rostro de Liam volvió a volverse frío. —Rain es una sanadora. Si hubiera algo malo con la sopa, ella lo sabría. Estarás bien. Dejé de suplicar. Usé el último rastro de mi energía para contactar a través del vínculo mental con mi padre: el Alfa Hale de la manada de Granito.

On the day I was due to give birth to my twins, I bought up every dose of moonsleep suppressant in the healing den and forced my labor to stop. I endured the pain until the next day, just to watch my Alpha mate, Damien Thorne, stand before the entire Black Moon Pack and declare that Victoria Hale—the tenth mistress he had brought in to bear him an heir—had given birth first. Her child, he announced, would be the future heir of Black Moon. Only then did I finally breathe out and let my own twins come into the world. In my past life, Damien had been told he was unlikely to ever produce an heir of strong blood. Desperate to secure a successor, he brought one she-wolf after another into our pack and declared that whichever woman gave birth first, her child would inherit everything. But he promised me this: if I delivered first, he would send every last mistress away, and my children would be the only heirs of Black Moon. I believed him. So when I found out I was carrying twins, I thought the Moon Goddess had finally shown me mercy. But on the day I went into labor, what greeted me was not joy, but Damien’s rage. To protect Victoria and her pup’s claim, he forced my labor to stop and left my twins to die inside me, little by little. Then he dragged me to kneel before Victoria’s grave and smashed my head against the stone until blood covered my face. “Victoria had nothing,” he snarled. “I only wanted her child to become heir, so no one in this pack would ever dare look down on them.” “But you couldn’t even give her that. She died in labor. Her child died with her. You should pay for both their lives.” I was beaten to death before her grave. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the very day my twins were due. This time, I would not fight him. I would give Damien exactly what he wanted—the perfect family of three.