Cassie’s POV
They knew about the baby.
The whole pack.
There was no more hiding. No more pretending.
Every hallway I walked through felt colder. People stopped talking when I passed. Some looked away. Others just stared, like I was something they didn’t understand.
I kept Lucas close. He was the only thing that still felt real. His small hands. His soft breathing. The way he curled into me, like he didn’t care what the world thought.
But I cared.
I was scared. Not about them but of what came next.
Would they treat him differently? Would they treat him like he didn’t belong?
I knew how it felt to be an outcast and one thing I didn't want to do was cause such ill fate for my child
I didn’t know what to say. What to do. I had kept him a secret to protect him. But now the truth was
