“You were protecting the pack before you even realized it.” Sinclair praises, kissing my cheek. “And the way I see it, this is what the Goddess intended. The fact that Ella appeared and conceived my child right when I needed her most? That this baby might save the united packs from a cruel, blood-thirsty tyrant? If that isn’t fate, I don’t know what is.”
“Maybe.” The elder acknowledges, “or maybe it was the design of someone else. You said yourself that someone powerful was involved in switching the sperm samples, and now that you have this piece of the puzzle?” He surmises, gesturing to me. “Whoever it was must have known Ella wasn’t truly a human. And the fact that she was sent to that bank, right when your deposit was made–”
“What do you mean, sent?” I interrupt. “I went there because
