Pregnant For My Father-in-Law
He took another breath, longer this time, and when he continued, his voice was softer.
“Before everything happened, my brothers and I were close.”
I looked at him carefully, choosing to listen rather than interrupt.
“Not perfect,” he said. “No family like ours is perfect. We argued, fought, challenged each other and sometimes disappeared for months when duty became too suffocating, but there was harmony. There was trust. Shadowfen had many branches then, not like now where so much power has been pulled inward for survival. My parents and Ayla managed the first old pack, the original heart of our territory, while Valerio, Asher and I oversaw a newer branch that had grown near the weaker edges