Talon’s expression darkened immediately. Fenrir growled faintly inside him. Even Diana felt Artemis surge with anger. Ravenna opened her eyes again.
“I thought…”
She pressed her lips together.
“I thought if I told him about our child, it might reach him. That maybe… Just maybe… The man I loved would hear me beneath Gideon’s voice.”
She touched her stomach.
“So I told him. I told him I was pregnant. I told him the child was his. I told him I was still his mate. I reminded him that I had never left him.”
Her breathing became uneven.
“I begged him to remember me.”
Diana’s eyes filled with sympathy.
“What did he say?”
Ravenna looked away.
“He did not believe me.”
Her answer was barely audible.
“He looked at me… But he did not see Ravenna. He saw Agatha. He believed I was trying to
