Jason staggered back a step. He couldn't believe Julia would choose to leave him. That she would risk her life and that of their pup.
“So she had no safe option?” Kirk pressed.
“No,” the healer said softly. “There was no choice where both she and her pup were guaranteed survival.”
Jason’s wolf turned on him viciously.
"This is your fault."
Jason squeezed his eyes shut. "No."
"You were killing her slowly with your infidelity."
Jason clenched his fists.
"You even told her you would remove her womb."
The memory hit him like another rejection wave. He had said it. Casually. Strategically. To protect the alliance.
“You said the only heir this pack would recognize would be Willow’s,” his wolf continued. "You pushed her to the edge."
Jason could not breathe.
Kirk saw the war inside hi
