Kendrik Pacing back and forth in my office, a low rumble of anger radiates through my chest. Just over two weeks have passed since I marked and mated Victoria. Two days after our ceremony, she had gone into heat, and we quickly worked on gaining an heir during her most fertile time. What we didn’t expect was for her to begin to bleed a day after her heat ended, signaling that we’d failed to create a pup. Disappointed, we agreed to keep trying, the two of us wanting to start a family right away. It seemed fate was on our side when she once again went into heat two days later, something completely unheard of. But that heat, too, failed to produce a pup. Victoria suggested we should be tested to see if there was something wrong with our fertility, and just an hour ago, the tests arrived. My

