NARRATIVE POV
Tom paced the floor in their private suite. His mate repeatedly shook her head over and over, refusing to believe that this was all happening within their once harmonious pack.
Oliver was supposed to be better; yet, despite how much she wanted to be right, despite her refusal to believe the nagging doubt when Tom first voiced his worries, Margie could no longer deny what was blatantly in front of their faces.
Margie knew this was harder for her mate. Oliver was his biological son, and he made a promise at Annabelle's grave to always take care of him. Oliver lost his mother so young, but Tom made sure he never wanted anything. When Margie came into Tom’s life, she saw the sweetness within the boy and the need for a mother's love, so she didn’t hesitate to give it.
It never
