Raquel had expected everything to reach this point.
She understood something that almost no one else did. Carlisle believed she was the royal princess, and because of that, if the situation ever became so desperate that only one life could be saved, she already knew which choice he would make.
He would save her.
To Raquel, losing this pregnancy was not the end of the world. There could always be another child in the future. Her own death, however, would create a political catastrophe. If the woman Carlisle believed to be the royal princess died inside his territory, he would have to answer directly to the Alpha King. It would become a failure that could cost him everything.
Carlisle would never willingly let that happen, and Raquel was counting on it.
She was gambling with her own lif
