RAFAEL

The moon goddess knows how fucking excited I was when she told me she was pregnant.

It was like every ounce of anger, betrayal, and silence I'd been holding onto just cracked. Crumbled. Dissolved.

The thought of her carrying my pup, our pup, inside her... and this time, I'd be here. I'd do it right. No missed years. No regrets.

Goddess, kill me already... That was more than a dream come true. That was everything.

But that excitement? It died the moment the Pack doctor opened his damn mouth.

I swear my entire world stopped spinning.

Why the hell does everything in my life have to be so fucking...