I frowned, motioning for her to continue. “Recently, Alpha Alexander has been taking herbs from the pack’s sacred stores,” she explained carefully. “Rare ones. Fertility-enhancing herbs, to be precise.” The food turned to ash in my mouth. I swallowed hard, trying to maintain my composure. “Fertility-enhancing?” Sarah nodded, her expression unreadable but her silence heavy with meaning. It was like the air had been knocked from my lungs. My grip on the edge of the plate tightened subconsciously as her words settled. Everything suddenly seemed to align—the private meetings, the tenderness he showed Victoria, the unspoken plans about the future. Of course. He was preparing. Thinking ahead. With her. It didn’t matter that I was the one carrying his pups now. In his mind, Vict

