Alexa was not surprised. If she could try to murder her on many occasions, wiping out the evidence of that night was child's play.

'So, you now know the reason I wanted to see your navel', Hector continued. 'I just wanted to confirm what I already knew I would find', he said and Alexa nodded.

'I never suspected you were the father of my pups', Alexa started. 'My father threatened to banish me after Camellia revealed to them that I had slept with a stranger. She didn't tell me it was the son of the Lyncan king and I tortured myself, wondering who you were. When I found myself pregnant,...