Chapter 177

Theo's POV Several days after Dr. Maddy's confirmation, I was reviewing pack projections in my home office when my phone rang. It was mom. "Theodore Alexander Valmont!" Luna Roanna's voice crackled through the line with the kind of righteous fury that had made grown Alphas cower during my childhood. "Do you want to explain to me why I had to learn about my future grandchildren through pack gossip rather than from my own son?" I froze mid-signature on a contract approval, my pen hovering over documents that suddenly seemed completely irrelevant. How had she found out? Only a few people knew—Dr. Maddy, Charlie, and Jennifer. The news was supposed to remain private until we decided how and when to make the announcement to the broader pack community, werewolves never fucking keep quiet or mind theoirown business. Either that, or shed been keeping an eye on us, just for this moment. "Mother, I can explain—" "Explain?" she interrupted, her tone suggesting that explanation would be insufficie