NOAH'S POV

"And that was how the Alpha King slayed the evil rogue that had been terrorizing the pack. Just like your dad did," I finished, gently rubbing my baby bump as I whispered to my child.

Penny once said it was creepy—talking to a baby still in the womb—that he or she couldn't hear me. But I never bothered arguing. Because I knew my baby could. Maybe not in words. But in spirit. And I wanted them to know their roots, their story, and the strength that pulses in their blood. And not ...