"Enough! All of you, shut up! 'Seraphina' and 'Corvina'? Do none of you have any sense of right and wrong? This isn't the dark ages. An Alpha doesn't get to keep a mate and a mistress! Theron broke the bond. That's on him! And even if I did hit Corvina, she had it coming!"
My outburst stunned the room into silence. For one breath, the Alpha aura that had been pressing down on everyone wavered. Theron's eyes narrowed.
"Theron was only kind to me and the pup because of my late mate!" Corvina sobbed, crawling to Theron's legs. The scent of vanilla and honeysuckle surged again, so thick it coated the back of my throat. "The pup fell from a height. I don't even know if he'll survive. Theron, please, don't waste any more time. Call a healer!"
"Don't be scared. I won't let anything happen to him."
Theron turned to leave with the pup in his arms.
And in that moment, I felt something warm and wet sliding down between my legs.
The sensation froze me with terror.
My wolf went silent. Completely, utterly silent. As if she had stopped breathing. As if she already knew.
I looked down. A shock of red was spreading beneath me.
"Theron, my pup... our pup!"