Simone “Kane is your what?!” my mother screeched at the same time my father yelled, “ He got you pregnant?!” Hell. This was going exactly as well as I’d expected. I’d messaged my parents that the troops weren’t needed since the Kellan loyalists were fewer than we’d anticipated, so only the alphas and a few selected enforcers had made the trip here. Irene and Kenzi had been too tired to travel back immediately, so against their wishes they’d returned to Aerith, cursing the entire way. Now we were all crammed into Irene’s recovery room in the guest wing, sitting wherever we could find space or just leaning against the walls. I’d chosen to lean, figuring it would be easier to dodge flying objects if this conversation went sideways. “I’m gone three months and you get yourself knocked up b

