Aria's POV
“A pregnant woman’s dead body was found at the border of the pack.”
Mia’s words hung in the air, heavy and scary. I stared at her, my mind struggling to process what she had just said.
“What did you just say?”
Mia looked at me with a grim expression, then entered my cottage through the door I left open. “That’s all I know, Aria. I heard it from the women in the marketplace. They were talking about it this morning. We have to be more careful now."
I felt my heart pound against my ribs, my breath quickening as fear took hold of me. “But who was she? How did she die?” I pressed, needing to know more, even though the thought of it terrified me.
Mia shook her head, her eyes filled with sorrow. “I don’t know. No one knows for sure. Some say she was killed, others think it might
