IVY POV I stood there, frozen in absolute stunned shock. I never touched her, in yeet with these gathered witnesses and now Sebastian, it was most likely how it appeared. Elle played her card well, and I still can’t quite figure out why. Watching Sebastian rush over and scoop Elle up while glaring at me with a look he’d never given me before shook me. The stir within me stopped, and I was filled with this incredible sense of mourning, a loss of something I couldn’t put my finger on. My hand subconsciously drifted to my own belly. I rubbed calming circles; it seemed even my pups were disturbed by Sebastian's attentiveness and protectiveness of another woman. He was so protective of her pup, but what about mine? Were mine truly that expendable, but Elles was not? I closed my eyes mo

