“It’s not only for our baby, or babies if what the pregnant Healer claims that we have twins comes to that. It’s also for the pack, for the Moonflame Pack. I know they didn’t know that Marcus was not treating me well, and you expect me to punish this pack because of that, but I don’t want the Moonflame Pack to be harmed by its former Alpha’s twin brother because of that pain. I want to be there for my pack when it needed my protection, even when they weren’t there for me to protect me against my father.”

A long silence stretched between us, and then he kissed me...