Rejected Mate's Freedom

Synopsis

The sterile hospital smell clung to my clothes as I sat alone in the empty recovery room, staring at the white walls that seemed to mock my grief. The second time. The second baby I'd lost because Christopher couldn't be bothered to stay with his true mate when she needed him most. "Mrs. Montgomery?" The nurse's voice was gentle, but I could hear the pity underneath. "Your husband... he left about an hour ago. Said there was an emergency with another pack member." Another emergency. Another crisis that Mallory had manufactured at the exact moment I needed him. My hand instinctively moved to my still-flat stomach, where our pup had been growing just yesterday.