VALERIA

My body was exhausted, not just physically but mentally as well.

Ever since I was tricked into fighting Aldric on that cliff, up until the moment everything around me fell apart, I had been tense and stressed, overthinking my options, fearing the future, not knowing how to survive in the present.

I don’t know where I am or what has happened.

My confused mind reconnects with reality, but something immediately comes to mind—I’m pregnant.

Scared, I shift my senses, checking my belly where my pup’s healthy life continues to grow and develop.

I let out a sigh of relief. That was the most important thing, and then I focus on the person beside me.

Someone is breathing behind me, a warm body, much larger than mine.

I’m lying down, blinking as I try to focus on the strange furniture in the room.

The hand around my waist tightens gently, possessively, pulling me closer to the broad chest, merging me with the powerful body.

“Vale, are you awake?” The rough, familiar male voice pours into