I slowly tilted my head to look at Alaric's face, hoping to find answers to the questions that had been bothering me. It can't be true; Alaric can't be the father of that child, and he would never do anything like that to me.

He will never betray my trust in him, and he would never consider sleeping with another wolf, let alone impregnating the wolf. It cannot simply be. Jenny is unquestionably lying.

As I looked at him, I noticed that he had no emotions on his face and only stared at Jenny with a straight face. Anger, sadness, and frustration were all absent from his expression, and his...