I shrug my shoulders.

"If you say so then."

"I'm happy for you. When the elders find out about this, they will advocate for Ashanti to be thrown out so you can take her place as Alpha Reagan's wife. It seems you'll finally get what you've been fighting for."

"That's exactly what's going to happen." I say that with all confidence.

I've gotten this far already, there's no way I'm going to lose to Ashanti.

A long moment of silence goes by and I'm buried in my thoughts. Now that I've told her about my pregnancy, it's about time I brought up the real reason why I sent for her.

"Nelly." My voice is so small, I'm sure she heard only thanks to our heightened hearing abilities.

"Yes, Alina."

"I need a favour from you." My face is wiped clean of every emotion. Irritation boils in my chest when she chuckles.

"Why do you sound so tense, Alina? You know I'd do anything for you. You just have to name it."

a bit of a difficult task. Dangerous even and you must not get caught." Her brows crease. Fear grows on her face, but her zeal to serve me makes her swallow her fear and give me

"Say it."

taken aback by my request. Her already wide eyes grow even wider as she gives

asks, mortified. I nod my head. "That's a very dangerous substance and it's not

Good question.

to do with the

pregnancy test and find out I was

Yes, you heard right.

Alpha Reagan. I'm four weeks pregnant, but the last time I had sex with Alpha Reagan was about six

of the consequences because I know overthinking would get me frightened and make me change my mind. I didn't want

back to

day this baby is born, a D.N.A test will be carried out to confirm his or her paternity and if it's discovered that I lied about Alpha Reagan being his or her father, I will face dire

I don't want that.

who's patiently waiting for my

need it. I'm sorry I can't share the reason with you. Can you get it for me? I'll

need the wolfsbane. I cannot even tell her that Alpha Reagan is not the father of this child I'm carrying because she

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