REINER
Becky stared at me like she had just seen death itself, and I knew my expression wasn’t much better. One moment, I was at the peak of happiness, cuddling in bed with my kids and my pregnant mate– and the next, the sound I had both hoped and dreaded to hear again had filled the room.
My old work phone, which for some stupid psychological reason I insisted on keeping charged and on, had rung.
And the call was from my sister-in-law.
"Jenny?" I answered, shocked.
All I heard on the other end were her sobs and gasps for a good thirty seconds, making my heart race. Why was Jenny, the new Luna of the Blood Moon for the past six months, calling me, the deposed Alpha? Why was she sobbing and panting?
"Jenny, what’s going on?" I repeated.
"Reiner..."
"Yeah, it's me," I replied. "Sta
