Nolan's POV
I stared at the two test results laid out on the desk like opposing truths in a courtroom. One claimed Ellie was pregnant. The other, clean and pristine, said she wasn’t.
The Healer stepped forward. "Alpha, I know I have no right to ask this, but… Ellie didn’t lie. Not about this. I’ve been her physician for years. I saw what the stress did to her. I also saw the change, this time, it’s real. Whatever’s happening with her now, she’s carrying your heir."
My heir.
The phrase lodged in my throat like a splinter.
I sat back down hard in the chair, the legs scraping loudly against the floor. I stared down at the test results again, numb.
A child. My child.
My fingers tapped the desk, slow and deliberate. “Then explain this.” I flicked the newer results with the back of my han
