Because the fear of my baby not being wanted even by my own mate had been made worse by Liira's neutral reaction, it had been the first thing I'd blurted out when Eugan had shut the secret entrance to his chambers.
"You can't be. She can't be pregnant!" Tears fell anew as Eugan's bewildered reaction to my news echoed in my heart. He didn't want our child!
"Aryn...its not what you think." Remorse and regret still painted his face as it had moments after the words left his mouth, but the damage had already been done and I couldn't bring myself to listen anymore.
Heart heavy with grief, I stepped back from him, barely ignoring every other eye present in the chambers. "Perhaps we should concentrate on the reason you dragged us all here-"
"Like hell we are! What is this?!" Eugan stepped i
