MARK The whole world seemed to stop around me for a moment as Zayla’s words sunk in. If Adira was pregnant, that meant that I was going to be a father. I hadn’t really thought about what that meant exactly. I had just been so focused on trying to start my future with Adira, but I didn’t really know what that meant. I loved her and wanted to be with her. She was my family, and I never wanted that to change. I knew I wanted a future with her, and one day I wanted kids, but I didn’t anticipate that day to come so soon. If it came. I had to get Adira back before a future with her could start. This was so much more now than just saving my mate. I had to save my mate to save my pup too. The world was spinning suddenly, and I needed a moment. I stumbled back and sat in the patient’s chair behin

