"No!"
Mia screamed in terror. One hand flew to her belly as she stumbled backward, trying to put distance between them.
"Lawrence, have you lost your mind? I'm carrying your pup. He's going to inherit your Alpha title. You can't risk our pup just to save yourself."
Lawrence was dying. The commanding presence that had once come so easily to him was gone, stripped away by illness. At this point, staying alive was the only thing that mattered. Nothing else came close.
He lay in bed, staring at Mia with hollow, desperate eyes. "Please, Mia." He rasped. "If I survive, we can have more pups. As many as you want. You love me, don't you? Didn't you say you wanted to be with me forever?"
"No!" Mia's voice went hard. "I won't do it. Lawrence, you've completely lost your mind. I'm not having thi
