Natalia’s POV
“She’ll be fine with me, Alpha,” Alina said as we prepared to return to the Moonshadow estate. “I won’t let her out of my sight. You have my word.”
The thought of having to have a bodyguard, even if it was someone I trusted like Alina, made my stomach churn. It felt like a step backward in time; it was like I was back in Ashmoor during those five years of hiding, constantly having to look over my shoulder and keep to the shadows.
But I had agreed for the baby’s sake. For the twins’ sake. I was no use to any of them if I was kidnapped by rogues. Finding out why they wanted me in the first place could be done safely, not by actually letting them rip me away.
“I’d love to come back with you, but I have business to attend to here,” Andrei muttered, turning to me. He would be
