Alaia POV Every day I felt my body grow weaker and weaker. Amethyst had stopped responding to me almost six days ago, and I feared she was gone for good. Maximus was becoming more and more erratic, and I was afraid that soon he would snap. He would come into the room every day to bring me scraps of food and water, but he didn’t allow himself to get too close to me. I believe when I touched him the first night, I somehow reached Alexi, and Max didn’t want that. All of his talk about me being his Luna was put on hold until he could find a way around my powers. And that frustrated him. And to make matters worse, I was pretty sure I was pregnant with Xander’s pup: My breasts were sore and sensitive. My stomach was a constant sea of turmoil, I couldn’t keep anything down, and my sense of

