Oh, the audacity of it all.

 I blinked several times to ensure my eyes weren't deceiving me. My heart thundered in my chest as I stared at the scene before me. My mate, my Alpha Nicholas, was standing in the pack's dining hall beside another woman, her scent mingled with the unmistakable musk of pregnancy. She claimed to be his mate and said Nicholas will banish me from the pack if I dare speak to her like that again.

The air felt charged, suffocating, as I fought the growl threatening ...