Page 53 of My Bad Boy Alpha

“It could be years before you have a pup then,” she whispered, glancing down at the dirt between us and wrapping her arms around her thin body.“We’ve been fighting Derrit for a long, long time, Zuri.”

A frown crossed my lips, and I dropped my gaze too.My stomach twisted and turned, a soft voice drifting through my ear.For a moment, I thought it was Derrit’s, but then the Moon Goddess appeared behind Sapphire.

“It won’t take that long,”the Moon Goddess said.“You’ll be pregnant before the week’s end.”

“I’m not putting our pup in danger,”I said through my mind to her because I didn’t want Sapphire to think I was crazy and talking to myself.

I hadn’t discussed my relationship with the Moon Goddess in detail with everyone.It had taken a lot of courage to mention it to the girls yesterday.

“You need to have this pup, Zuri.It’s essential,”she replied.

“Essential?”I repeated, disbelief and annoyance rushing through my veins.“How?”

The Moon Goddess stepped into Sapphire’s body, her ghost making Sapphire’s skin glow.“You must have this baby,” she repeated.“You must have this baby soon.It’s the only way you’ll defeat Derrit.”

“If you know how we’re going to defeat him, why can’t you just tell me?!”I shouted.

Suddenly, Sapphire’s glowing skin disappeared, and she stood in front of me with wide eyes.“Are you okay?”she asked, brow furrowed.She glanced over her shoulder to see empty woods behind us.

My cheeks warmed at my outburst.“Y-yes, I’m fine.”

I tightened my hands into fists next to my sides and gritted my teeth.The next time I saw the Moon Goddess, it’d better be while I was alone so I could actually talk to her—or more like scream at her.If she knew how this was all going to end—or more specifically what I needed to do to end this war for good—then why couldn’t she tell me?

This was madness!

“Your eyes are glowing again,” Sapphire said.“Are you sure you’re okay?”

After blinking a handful of times, I watched the brightness fade in Sapphire’s pupils.And then I collapsed against a tree, running my hands across my face because I was so freaking tired of not knowing what was going on with me.

“I’m fine, but thank you.”

She grabbed my hand.“I should bring you back to Alpha Stone.”

“No,” I reassured, pulling back.“I’m fine.Really.”

While she went to grab my hand again, she stopped inches from my wrist and then pulled her hand away.“Who were you talking to just now?”She glanced over her shoulder again.“Is someone here?Derrit?”

“No,” I said, my stomach turning.“It’s the Moon Goddess.”

Her eyes widened.“The Moon Goddess?!She is here?”

“Was.”

“Really?!”

My lips curled into a small smile.“Yes.”

“What did she say?”

I swallowed hard and stared at Stone making his way through the forest to us.He must’ve heard my outburst at Sapphire, which would’ve never happened if the Moon Goddess had just been honest with me for once.

“Hmm?”Sapphire said.

“She said that I have to get pregnant,” I whispered.“For us to win the war.”

“How will that help us win the war?”she asked.

“Beats me.”

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