AQUAMARINE'S POV Thunder boomed outside and lightning cracked. My heart raced at the heavy sounds of rainfall, reminding me of the storm outside. "Stupid?" I repeated, my voice barely above a whisper. Stupid? For what exactly? Accepting to give him an heir despite knowing I'm weak? Or is it because I believed him when he defended me earlier today in front of the pack? Or am I stupid for believing that he would take me to be his mate and his Luna? I raised my head up to meet his gaze, but then he inserted a single finger inside my softness. I gasped wide-eyed, and my knees trembled as I tried to escape the sudden stretching foreign to me. My heart was pounding loudly in my chest as his fingers wrapped my neck, giving it a squeeze. "You think mercy makes you great? That it makes

