Ashley’s POV

The countdown to my wedding was well underway, and instead of feeling joy and excitement, I felt this constant knot of anxiety tightening in my chest. The reality of it all was setting in, marriage, commitment, the looming responsibility of becoming a mother.

Every day brought me closer to the one thing I had feared for as long as I could remember: pregnancy and marriage.

My brother, Wilson, had just gotten married to Kiara last weekend. Their wedding at the pack house had been simple yet beautiful, and they were already settled into their new home in the middle of the pack’s territory.

He seemed so calm, so...