Nicole
"You're not going to tell him?" I stared at Weslee in shock.
Was she really planning to be a single mom?
Did she have any idea how tough that would be?
I grew up in a single-parent home myself.
After Mom and I were forced out of the Starfall Pack by Alpha Timothy, it was just the two of us against the world.
I watched her struggle every day to provide for us, the toll it took on her physically and emotionally.
That's why I couldn't stand the thought of Weslee going through the same thing.
This was Shawn's pup too—he had a responsibility to help raise it, regardless of their broken bond.
"No. Don't tell him," Weslee's voice turned desperate, her eyes wide with fear. "If he finds out, he'll take my baby away. The Runebeast Pack would back him completely—th
