“Right,” Alistair said, his voice tight. “Let’s get back to this prophecy. What book is it in, and can we have it brought down?”
Drew rattled off the title of an obscure text on seventeenth century werewolf law.
“I’ll mindlink Trisha to fetch it,” Russ offered quickly.
“So you assumed Donovan was the son from the prophecy?” Jake asked, fixing Drew with a hard stare.
Drew nodded, his face paling. “But Mary panicked. She was convinced she would lose the baby. We thought…” He hesitated, glancing at Christian. His throat bobbed with a heavy swallow. “We thought if we found a way to sabotage the pregnancy, he wouldn’t be born.”
“But why?” Lyra’s forehead creased. “Why would you want to sabotage the pregnancy?”
“He was supposed to be an alpha,” Drew explained, his voice shaking. “Someone p
