“I wasn’t—”
“Liar,” Robert said, nipping the shell of my ear. “But a cute one.”
I let out a soft laugh, tension leaking from my body like steam.
“I just…” I paused. “I woke up and couldn’t believe it. That you’re here. That you’re mine. That I have this.”
Robert’s hand moved from my stomach to my hip, anchoring me there.
“You do,” he said simply. “You have us. Forever.”
“And nothing your bloodline has ever done can change that,” Rett added, his voice firmer now. “You’re not her. You’re not them.”
“I know,” I whispered. “I just… I needed a second to remember it.”
They held me tighter.
Not crushing. Just enough. Just right.
And then Rett leaned in and said, “Still, if you ever feel that guilt creeping up again, we can spank it out of you.”
“Rett!”
Robert snorted.
“I hate you bot
