109

THORNE

This was wrong. Everything about it. I couldn’t let her leave thinking I was angry with her for what we’d done. My fingers twitched as I tensed, ready to blur to her side, but a strong hand landed on my shoulder, anchoring me.

“Leave her be. You and I have other matters to discuss.” Something in Caleb’s cool voice stopped me.

“I can’t just let her think I abandoned her.”

“You know what happens to hybrid babes. To their mothers.”

I did. That’s what had me so upset. If I’d done this to her, if I was the reason her life was now at risk... I’d never forgive myself. I could survive a lot of things, but not losing her.

“We need to make a plan.”

I snorted. “It’s bloody late for that. She’s already pregnant. The odds of it being one of ours...”

“It can’t be mine.”

“Why?”

“Because... fecking hell, I don’t know why. I’ve already ruined her, desecrated her. I can’t have done this to her as well.”

My lip curled up in a cruel smile. “Denial won’t save you now, Father.”