Fated Tragedy
I had buried it, locked it away, promised myself he would never have a hold on me again.
And yet… the timing. The sickness. The gnawing dread in my gut.
The more I tried to push the thought away, the more it clawed back with brutal persistence.
What if the pup inside me was his?
My heart shattered at the idea. I couldn’t let him know—not now, not ever. If this baby belonged to Deiniol, then I would take the secret to my grave.
But the fear went deeper than him.
Pups born from unfated mates often carried burdens of their own—fragile bodies, sicknesses, lives cut short. Society rarely accepted them, and even when some found protection, too many never survived long enough to see the life they d