Northstar Vale A New Life

The fact that Ibis was pregnant had certainly stunned him—but shouldn’t he have expected that? Akavir might have come across as stupid thus far to the creamy dove, but he was (or so he hoped) far from it.

It terrified him. It exhilarated him. It was likely to define him.

His pace around the borders was quickened when the scent of another drifted to him. He had yet to truly prove himself to the pack, and the Mayfair not only had pups of his own on the way, but the Empress also was expecting. There would be no room for mistakes on the borders—and the howl of the stranger caused his guard to raise further, the swarthy shadow uttering a low bark to garner her attention as she came to view.