VALERIE
After Caleb left the other day, I did not know what to do. This was not supposed to be. I wanted to tell him about Kaia, that I had got back my wolf after so many years, but it seemed like the news was futile. Our future hung in the balance anyway. And with Esther being pregnant with Caleb’s pup, it was even more pointless.
The Council has already ruled in Esther’s favour. How could I ask Caleb to choose between a child and me? It would be ruthless. I had been orphaned at such a young age, would it not be hypocritical to expect the same of an unborn child?
I could not do it.
And if I stayed in that pack-house, Caleb would have to choose eventually. And he cannot NOT choose the child—his heir.
Kaia woke inside of me, trying to reach out to me. “You should talk to Caleb once,
