The Beta’s Betrayal,Her Bond Rejection

Seven moons along with pup. Confined to my chambers on healer's orders. Anxiety clawing at my chest as I scrolled obsessively through the pack-net mark-threads.

"Should I make my mate try a whelping simulation?"

A reply with captured images caught my eye.

"Definitely! My intended did one and swore he'd never let me endure that alone. But I'm about to become a mother anyway."

Someone challenged her: "If you're not carrying the pup yourself, where's it coming from?"

The poster replied smugly: "My intended's bonded mate spent five heat cycles trying to conceive and finally caught with pup.