DELPHINE POINT OF VIEW
Days had passed, yet we were no closer to finding out how the leader of that cruel pack had died. The uncertainty loomed over us like a dark cloud. Meanwhile, Alpha Japhet has been facing the council, answering for imprisoning an entire pack. But none of that compared to the worst of it—the news of my infertility had spread like wildfire.
I couldn’t step outside without feeling the weight of their whispers pressing down on me. Some murmured words of pity, their voices dripping with false sympathy. Others weren’t as kind, their hushed tones laced with mockery, giggles trailing behind them like poison. They spoke as if I were deaf, as if my ears had suddenly stopped working.
It was painful. Excruciating, even. But the cruelest part of all? I had to pretend it didn’
