Kyra's POV 'My future mate is your best friend, so we're expecting you at our engagement party. Don't disappoint us, Kyra.' Sylvia snarled, "That b***h dares rub salt in our wounds? Let me out—I'll tear her throat open at their damned ceremony!" I balled my fists and threw the invitation on the floor. I sat on the bed and cupped my head as I tried to calm myself down. I couldn't break down again. I might put my pup's life at risk, and that was the very last thing I'd want to happen. My pup—the last tether binding me to a man who'd chosen another before anything else. I caressed my belly, now almost four months along. The bump was starting to show. I swallowed hard and squeezed my eyes shut as memories of the old days washed over me. Sophia had always been Nathan's great love. He'd been

