Gloria POV
I feel so confused right now, the fogginess in my brain refusing to let me concentrate properly. I look down at my hand resting inside Alpha Leonard’s warm one and smile sadly. He just promised he would always protect me. They are beautiful words, yes, but I have heard them before from my ex-mate. A mate who made that exact same vow, only to throw me into a prison cell for a crime I didn’t commit. The very same mate who shattered our sacred bond for a deceitful, vile she-wolf.
I would be dead right now if Alpha Leonard hadn't arrived when he did. The only anchor keeping me sane is the certainty that my baby is still alive. I can't explain how I know; I can just feel it. There is still a connection there. I can't feel his father in my heart anymore, but strangely, that emptines
