Chapter 58: Healing Wounds
(Rhys's POV)
I watched Elara's worried expression as she voiced her fear about carrying my uncle's child. Her request for herbs to prevent conception sent a chill through my body.
"Moon herbs could permanently damage your ability to bear pups—don't even consider that option," I said firmly, more forcefully than I intended.
Those ancient herbs were notorious among our kind. She-wolves desperate to prevent pregnancy sometimes turned to them, but the cost was often their future fertility.
Her beautiful face fell. "But..." she began, those emerald eyes clouding over like morning mist.
I watched her nostrils redden slightly as she fought back tears. My heart clenched painfully in my chest.
For all my training, for all the composure I maintained in pack m
