RAFAEL 

I had plans for today. Simple ones. Alpha ones. Respectable ones.

Plans that included being the decent husband, the nice husband, who pampers his pregnant mate, checks in on Derrick's training, and handles the seers who've been more cryptic than helpful lately. You know, normal Pack shit.

What I didn't pencil into my itinerary? Kidnapping Linda Cooper. Again.

By the moon goddess, sometimes being an Alpha feels less like leadership and more like babysitting rabid wolves and toxic in-laws.

Certainly, Lila won't tell me her mother blackmailed her into getting rid of my baby... but it's all on camera. The footage, her ridiculous voice-it's all there.

Lila is a...