~Aria~

“My Luna, Lady Bertha is here to see you,” Beatrice announced to me from outside the door.

“Come… come in,” I called, clenching my teeth at a sudden headache.

“The door is locked,” she called back.

“Locked? Ho—” I sighed, recalling I had banged it locked angrily earlier. “I'll join her soon. She better have something important to say,” I grunted as I pushed the bedsheet off my body and dragged myself out of bed. I walked to the mirror and gasped on seeing my swollen face.

As I washed my face, there was a sudden kick in my belly.

“My pup,” I gasped, holding my belly. It was...