Elliot: Danica was sleeping peacefully on the bed while my brothers sat up watching her. She had seen her step-father's body leaving the packhouse and became really upset when we tried to lie to her. I truly hated lying to our mate, but it was to protect her. She was pregnant, and it was still earlier on. We didn’t want her to become overwhelmed and risk losing the pups. Her pregnancy wasn’t in the right place for any stress. But the stress just keeps rolling in. Her birth father, her adoptive family it was too much drama for our mate. She was supposed to be on bed rest. She was supposed to be living stress free. But she wasn’t. I hate it for her. I hate it for us. We are supposed to growing on mate bond. I expect us to be exploring each other. We haven’t had the time. We had some bondi

