I’d kept that secret from Olivia, as I’d kept other things secret. Though I did consider Olivia a friend, and we had a past connection together, lately she had grown to be manipulated. I couldn’t trust her not to use the knowledge of Alice against me somehow.
Or against Amber.
Or against Alice herself.
But this was all the more reason I needed to convince Amber to allow me to take Alice back to the pack and make her my heir. Surely, Olivia would then give up her chase. And with an heir in place, the elder council would stop pushing for me to marry Olivia.
Perhaps, in time, they would even come to accept Amber as the true Luna of the pack.
All of this was only additional benefits of having my daughter and my wife back in my life, which was what I wanted the most.
But first I had to de
