BETA MILO's POV

"That child she's carrying is dangerous!" One of the elders spat bitterly as he paced the room, "Why hasn't she gotten rid of it yet?"

Other elders present murmured, low, poisonous whispers curling through the chamber, and the Elder Thomas raised his hand to speak.

"Perhaps she doesn't fully understand the danger that having that child puts us in."

"'Doesn't fully understand it,' my arse. The Alpha told her, the healer told her as well. But she's chosen to keep the ...