Click.

The surgical lights came on, and though I was supposed to drift off under the anesthesia, I kept hearing snippets of conversation:

“It’s a boy.”

“Such a shame. The child is already fully formed.”

“Luna and Alpha Joseph were a perfect match, but I heard they’re not fated mates. That made their pregnancy even more difficult. It’s a tragic irony that such a rare child ended up being lost this way.”

Yes.

Alpha Joseph and I were true childhood sweethearts.

Our backgrounds and statuses were a perfect match.

He was to be the future Alpha of the Wilderness Pack, and I was the only daughter of the Alpha of...