Chapter 3

I’d been asleep for nearly twenty hours. As I struggled to open my eyes, a wave of pain washed over me again. I was just about to shift my position for some relief when I heard the nurse’s hurried footsteps outside the hospital room.

"Luna Bridget, congratulations! You have a pup," she announced cheerfully. "The little one weighs eight pounds and is perfectly healthy. You fainted earlier and didn’t get the chance to see him."

With that, the nurse handed over the swaddled pup, not noticing my indifferent expression.

"Not now, thanks. I’ll have plenty of time to see him…