Stronger by Ang Chris

hapter 76

I held his hand as Charlotte rubbed the wand over my belly and he squeezed it tightly when the baby came up on the screen. He inhaled a breath and his eyes widened.

I felt him sadden greatly when he saw our baby on the screen. In the blink of an eye a little human had formed and he felt like he had lost a precious moment.

“Already so large?” He commented.

“The Luna is doing very well growing the heir. The pup is larger for his gestation and from all accounts healthy,” she smiled proudly.

It was an odd feeling knowing my people were proud of me for growing the heir, but it wasn’t something I actively try to do. I eat healthy for sure, I rest, exercise, and stretch but I’m not concentrating every second on making the baby grow big and strong.

I felt such sorrow for the Lunas who couldn’t do what I was. They indeed would have to undergo watchful stares and the knowing judgment of everyone around them, all these strangers who may have welcomed them open only to be spurned for nothing they could control.

I had been a tad bit more emotional since Grayson’s return.

“Any idea of the gender?” He asked.

He’d been so questionable about my surety it was a boy, and now he was desperate to know.

“No alpha I’m afraid not for at least another week will we know and anyways right now the baby is covering themselves too much,” she pointed out at the perfectly folded legs.

“Shame,” he nodded.

Charlotte gave me a washcloth and I wiped off my stomach.

“I don’t know how you stay awake growing that baby all day,” he k*ssed my forehead.

“I know it’s astonishing when you see it. Thinking of how he’s in there the whole time and I’m the one keeping him alive,” I chuckled at the hard thought that was, an impossible thought, almost.

“Come on help me off the table,” I huffed.

He did as I asked even though I wasn’t at the point where moving was a two–person task the table was high up and I

was short.

After our appointment, we made our way to the dungeon. Jessica hadn’t been cooperating at all with us. She knew nothing about the enemy at least she claimed to know nothing, even after all we’d done to her.

The blood loss trick Id pulled proved fruitless, silver didn’t loosen her tongue, and starvation, dehydration, sleep deprivation, none of it worked to get her to speak.

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Grayson was tired of no information and even the little jail rat next to her telling just to talk did nothing.

This poor man had watched our mole endure it all and he slowly came to realize that Grayson had gone east on him. He gave us what Jessica wouldn’t.

are not trained warriors,” he spilled. “They’ll

a way to get the enemy to

doings. Grayson was itching to chain her up and let Elizebeth work

me, all we have to do is think

might work,” Grayson agreed, giving me

gave Jessica her lunch and sat down outside her cell. Grayson and I watched from the monitor in his office.

get tired of your sour face or maybe she just wanted someone else’s nose up her ass” Jessica sneered at

asked of my station even if I loathe the woman,” Elizebeth rolled her eyes.

“Do you?”

head. “I cannot say

“And to think

if you’d done that you wouldn’t be here,” Elizebeth pointed out.

because that little tramp stole

your personality,” Grayson monotoned at the

hadn’t proven herself a traitor they would have but Grayson needed a woman he could trust above anything else and she had definitely shone

you’d have a Luna you could stand and we wouldn’t be in this situation,” Jessica gave haughty noise at the end of her

the only ones who dislike the Luna,” Elizebeth baited her.

we’re not,” Jessica

everyone had been welcoming

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that one teacher.

don’t all hate me do

most certainly do not

Elizebeth pushed.

inhaled a breath..

should know he-

going on?!” Someone else’s voice came over the

down and Grayson stood marthug out the door to

the interrogation.

to calin

down to the jail panting slightly but thank the goddess only arrivelattavery stern Grayson.

two prisoners,”

a mole behind bars, Grayson steppeilatuxer tolhim.

where you questioned my protecting my wife. Aarstemmed upto Grayson.

would watch your tone. I do not care if youline wories about Elizebeth’s safety, she is competent and can asses risks on her own. I trust her to guard my wife, you stimullittust her

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wan, you’ve mude–some–desisuonsttoot respect

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tut led the way I have. You have no sense of loyalty on the willl. godder to call woe Lumms dumily atrungen. If you were not

bet you would.