ALLISON.

“You know that I have heightened senses even for a werewolf, right? I can feel the baby’s aura,” he said, placing his hand gently on my stomach. “The baby is strong, just like you. But it doesn’t have the Morgan bloodline. Trust me—I’d know. I felt it with my older sister during her first and second pregnancy. The Morgan bloodline has a unique aura even from infancy. And I just… I just don’t feel it with your pregnancy.”

I felt a pang of bitterness, though I ...