Chapter 40 The Determination

• Leora
• "Leora, I hate to ask, but I need to know. Who is the father of your pup?"
• My blood ran cold. This wasn't a question I wanted to face. Charlotte and Nathaniel had once been alphas, and they understood better than anyone the weight of an heir. It was the unspoken expectation woven into their kind. Yet, they had chosen a different path, rejecting the traditions they were born into, turning their backs on the titles that bound them. That was why they had come here—to the rogue territory, to carve out a life separate from the rules that had shaped them.