IA'S

DAYS

hroom sink, staring at

Two lines

ly displayed t

gna

tually p

he second, then the third. I checked them over and ove

o leave, hadn't even begun to make arran

I suppo

. Not now. Not at the very

quietly taking root. If it was a son, I'd be forced to stay, only to die in some "

ughingstock once more-the failure who

his child wou

phi

voice cut thr

l three tests into my coat pocket. My heart hammered

a

s thrown op

and two maids trailing behind her. Her face was alight w

el

was the time of the

new. The cook probably knew. Even

e details were public knowledge within the pack. No one

reath, steadyin

me aside and marched straight to the sink, snatching up th

ext s

ac

e stick onto the marble floor,

ood are

her rage i

voice climbed higher, sharper. "What have you brought this family

u're eager to tell m

learly taken abac

e. That because of you, Damien's authority is undermined! He shoul

ight," I said, lifting

in the r

n's voice be

ach word deliberate. I took two steps forward, my face shadowed. "So

face paled. Helen's face flushed crimson. She poin

.. yo

now you prefer Tiffany. Damien loves her more.

s matched you with Damien! It is your obligation to bear his

he Moon Goddess commands me to breed but grants me no real marriage?

ow dare you

ac

p landed ac

ped to the side, ears ringing. I could ev

was my son who gave you the title of Luna! Who g

back, running my tongue

had I been struck in these

d, told myself everything would be fine once I produced

sed m

I would f

phi

mped around my wrist, t

ed out of nowhere. His Alpha pres

heir heads, hold

ould have done the same. But

me," I sa

en stared at me, his gaze icy.

pointed to my swollen

lingering on the vivid handprint for

ed her first,"

fr

He had seen Helen strik

o Mother," h

shoul

r Luna," Damien's tone was one of s

my voice tremble. "I am the c

as if the ques

don't be

ze dropped to the shattered

hrough his eyes. The look one gives a defective

keeper standing by the door. He too

it r

plied respectfully. "All Miss Ti

. That was why

results. Not even

o fetch Tiffany

uldn't be found, I had no doubt Damien would have taken our personal

ully cradle the carrier, a trace

been since I'd s

years

't even

.." Hele

y is waiting," Damien cut

," I ca

k impatiently

r the bond. I w

rything felt calmer

the room

two maids gasped into their han

fixed on me. There was no shoc

e said, as if dealing with a minor nuisance

hat, he ac

llowed by the sound of the door openi

as g

rce, and he said,

weighed less than on

he spot, and sudden

the silent room, bor

elen stared at me. "Wh

, wiping nonexistent tears from the corner

walked towa

Helen shouted after me.

didn't

I couldn't bear to see Helen's contorted fac

s le

ission. No longer heeding Helen's c

ke the child in my womb. And I

n the door t

avily guarded, but now it stood empty. He'd been in such

to his desk and pu

k accounting ledgers-all meticulously filed and

them on the desk. Then I turned on the comp

Custod

h clause born from a decade o

e end, I added

ffect immediately upon signi

typed, I took a deep

ge after page. I gathered them, collated t

eded to f

daughter I hadn't

turing a future Alpha female, that my quarters were too oppressive, that I would hinder her growth.But I knew the real rea

y arm, stood up, and took o

is room that symbolized Damien's power and s

lt the urgent

y daughter. To tell

tarting a