Piper
The word demon landed like a hard slap across my face.
I knew Charlie didn’t mean to scare me, but my body still trembled. Because he was right. I had gone and gotten pregnant by a demon, a ruthless, terrifying Alpha who was now legally my brother. And I had no idea what to do anymore.
I couldn’t harm my child. That option wasn’t even on the table. But I also couldn’t avoid Dominic, not if I wanted the baby to survive. Everything felt impossibly complicated, tangled in ways I couldn’t begin to unravel.
Seeing the fear on my face, Charlie softened. He reached out and gently took my hand, squeezing it.
“Piper…”
“I didn’t know,” I whispered, my voice cracking. “At the summit… I didn’t know who he was. I was in heat, I was desperate, and he… he helped me. But now everything is so
