Chapter 304
Tristan
I felt tears forming in my eyes and tried to blink them away but they fell anyway.
“I will protect these babies with my life,” she continued, her voice fierce now. “Anyone who tries to hurt them, anyone who tries to take them from me, they’ll have to go through me first, and I promise you I will fight harder than I’ve ever fought for anything.”
“I know you will,” I said.
“And I trust you to protect me while I protect them,” she said. “We’re a team, we protect each other, that’s what mates do.”
“I know,” I said again.
“And Tristan, it’s not your fault that Jess died,” she said, her thumbs wiping away my tears. “That was all on Daxon, he’s the monster who killed her, he’s the one who should carry that guilt, not you, you did everything you could.”
you.”
“I should have done more,” I said, the old guilt rising up.
“You did enough,” she said firmly. “You loved her, you tried to protect her, that’s all anyone can do, Daxon is the one who failed, not
- me.
I pulled her into my arms and held her tight, burying my face in her neck and breathing in her scent, letting it ground me and calm
“I’m sorry,” I said after a moment. “For getting so angry, for overreacting to a joke.”
“I understand why you did,” she said, her fingers running through my hair in a soothing gesture. “And I’m sorry for not realizing how much that would affect you, I should have been more sensitive.”
“You couldn’t have known,” I said, echoing her words from earlier.
“Still,” she said. “I know now and I won’t joke about things like that anymore.”
I pulled back to look at her. “I’m also sorry for treating you like you’re made of glass, for trying to control what you do.”
“You’re not trying to control me,” she said. “You’re trying to protect me, there’s a difference, and honestly, I love that you care so much, I love that you want to keep me and the babies safe, it makes me feel cherished and special and loved.”
“You are all those things,” I said. “And so much more.”
“I know,” she said with a small smile. “You tell me every day.”
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Chapter 304
“I’ll keep telling you every day for the rest of our lives,” I promised.
She leaned in and kissed me, soft and sweet, and I felt some of the tension that had been coiling in my chest finally start to ease.
When she pulled back she was looking at me with that expression I’d come to recognize, the one that meant she wanted me.
“I love you,” she said. “So much it scares me sometimes because I’ve never felt this way about anyone.”
“I love you too,” I said. “More than I thought it was possible to love someone.”
She kissed me again and this time it was deeper, more heated, her hands were in my hair and mine were on her waist, pulling her
closer.
When we finally broke apart we were both breathing hard.
“I feel like I’m going into heat again,” she said with a breathy laugh.
“Already?” I asked, grinning despite everything. “Didn’t we just deal with that?”
“Pregnancy hormones are apparently no joke,” she said. “Everything is more sensitive and I just want you all the time.”
“Well,” I said, kissing her neck and feeling her shiver. “It’s nothing I can’t handle.”
“Is that so?” she asked, her voice getting breathier as I continued kissing along her neck.
“That’s so,” I confirmed, finding that spot just below her ear that I knew drove her crazy.
She made a sound that was half moan, half laugh and pulled me closer.
“We should probably go back downstairs,” I said against her skin even though I made no move to actually leave. “Derek and Orion are going to think we’re up here fighting.”
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