e Hal

aw, an unmarried Omega carrying an unverified child could be locked away in a containment ward, stripped of all legal autonomy until the Alpha determ

ook. "I need to use the

med his knuckles against the fireplace mantel, watching

m, slipped past the kitchen corridor, and pushed through the heavy wooden side

and pulled out the broken halves of the pregnancy test, wrapped in the toilet paper from earlier-and b

trash bin near the stone wall, lift

round my right w

nd, slamming back against the stone wall. J

back on my own estate?" he snarled, his grip t

r the garage stepped

le wall of muscle. He caught my left wrist before I could break free, then pinned both w

commanded, his Alpha tone v

y test rolled into the ivy at the base of the stone wall and

d, bearing the crest of Silvercreek Design Studios, a luxur

paper. The air went cold en

nd smoothed the crinkled edges. His eyes scanned the he

g chuckle rumble

oice deceptively soft. "You tried to sneak a

rk with honors at Pack Academy's Design School. I only have the final submissi

of fabric on your back, every bite of food you choke down, the roof over your

ore the thick parchment in

the night air, scattering acros

pressed against mine. His fingers dug into the nape of my neck. "As lon

and dragged me bac