Liam She had a child. As I sat in the back of my car, the Varynthorn estate disappearing behind us as we sped back to Blue Ridge, I could not stop thinking about that. Lyra had a child with Caine—a beautiful baby girl. I didn’t know what hurt the most. Knowing this, or standing there and watching Caine lean over her, being the perfect father figure I longed to be. The family I had dreamed of, the one I had spent every night for a year praying to the Moon Goddess for, was gone. It should have been me, not him. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME. “How dare that bastard have a pup with our mate?” Aries growled weakly. Like me, he was filled with sadness. And anger. I closed my eyes, and the scene from moments ago played in my head. "Is that your child, Lyra?" I had asked. My voice had sounded

