Aria’s POV It has been weeks since I found out I was pregnant. The days have blurred together, each one more suffocating than the last. I sat on my bed, staring blankly out the window. The cold light of the evening sun barely reached through the curtains, but it did nothing to dispel the storm swirling inside me. Guilt, fear, and regret twisted in my gut like a knot I couldn’t untangle. “Now that I’ve conspired with the pack’s doctor to lie that I was r***d instead of him telling Alpha Lucien I was pregnant…” I whispered to myself, my hand pressing lightly against my lower belly. “What will happen now?” My breath hitched, and I clutched the test result in my hand, my fingers trembling. The small piece of paper was a death sentence in my hands. It wasn’t just a medical test result; it wa

