(Arthur's POV)

I paused on the phone, feeling a wave of guilt wash over me as Amanda's question hung in the air.

Despite all my stern warnings to the film crew about keeping quiet, it seemed the gossip had spread anyway.

Word traveled fast in our tight-knit pack community, and secrets were nearly impossible to maintain for long.

"It's not that I wanted to keep it from you, Amanda," I began carefully, choosing my words with ...