In order to quell the conflict, the Pack Leader of the Immortal Wolf tribe had to offer a treaty, which included giving his own daughter, the infamous she-wolf Lila, as a consort to my mate—the Alpha.

Lila was renowned for her beauty and her fiery temper, as wild as the wolves she led.

Lila was arrogant, relying on her lineage, and her status, to do as she pleased. It didn’t take long for her to cross into the forbidden lands, leading her pack mates, who were more like her cliques, with her.

I remembered the sharpness in her voice when she found me.

“Who is this pathetic human? And hiding in our sacred territory, no less?” She sneered as she approached, with the wolves at her side. “And what is this? A bastard child in her belly?”

Her words stung like a whip. She accused me of sleeping with the guards, of carrying a child not worthy of our Alpha.

Before I could even comprehend what was happening, she barked an order.

“Cut her open! Rip the child from her womb.”

I didn’t even have the opportunity to comprehend what was happening; everything was happening fast and before I knew it, her cliques descended on me.

Not thinking twice about the Morality of Lila’s orders.