Mated in the Shadow of My Sister novel Chapter 39

Chapter 0039

(Margie POV)

After Jane agreed to back off, I stomped out of the hospital and headed straight back to the packhouse. A few pack members tried to greet me as I walked by, but I ignored them. I was so angry at Jane that I would have enjoyed spitting fire at her if I was a dragon. Heck, I was so angry at Jane that I was half- tempted to hire a dragon,

I have tried very hard to forgive her for what she did. Not today, but before. It has been 27 years, but sometimes the pain feels just as fresh as it did the day that it all happened.

I know Jane still feels a lot of guilt, but after she tried to scale back Stephanie’s memorial, I have to wonder if she feels guilty enough. After what she did -and after what she took from me- she should know that I am the LAST person that she should be messing with.

Jane knows how important Stephanie was to me. How important Stephanie still is to me. Don’t get me wrong; I love my other pups too. Well… mostly. I definitely love Nick. Lily is a bit of a complicated

situation for me, as you might imagine:

Regardless of how I feel about my other two pups, I will admit that I have always favored Stephanie. But, you have to understand: Stephanie was my rainbow; my present under the sun for all the pain that I had

suffered. I often do not understand some of the choices that the Moon Goddess makes, but Stephanie was an answer to my prayers. Before I found out that I was pregnant with Stephanie, I had concluded

that the Moon Goddess hated me. I was sure that I had done something wrong, either in this life or a prior one, to earn her ire.

When I found out that I was pregnant with Stephanie-and so quickly at that- it felt like a blessing. It was like the Moon Goddess was telling me that she had not given up on me, that she was not angry with me, and that things were going to be okay.

I vowed, from the moment that I found out tha

would give my pup the best life, and I would make sure that he or she wanted for nothing.

I was pregnant, that I was going to honor her blessing. I

When I found out that my pup would be a girl, that is when everything in my mind really clicked into place.

My prior suffering now made sense: it had to happen, to allow me to conceive a mate for the future alpha of our pack. Jane’s pup and my pup would be mated. It would be perfect.

I knew my theory was a little bit premature, but I told Jane about it anyway. Seeing the joy and hope in my face, Jane agreed with me that our pups would most likely be mates. Jane’s reaction confirmed for me that I was on the right track. I felt honored and blessed to be carrying the pack’s next Luna.

Robert wanted to have a big family, so we tried to have more pups after Stephanie was born.

reason to pour everything that I had into Stephanie.

Then, when Stephanie was around five years old, Robert’s brother and sister-in-law died. They left behind

a young son, Nick, who was about six months older than Stephanie. We immediately adopted Nick and

began raising him as our own.