Chapter 304\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tristan\u00a0<\/p>\n
I felt tears forming in my eyes and tried to blink them away but they fell anyway.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI will protect these babies with my life,\u201d she continued, her voice fierce now. \u201cAnyone who tries to hurt them, anyone who tries to take them from me, they\u2019ll have to go through me first, and I promise you I will fight harder than I\u2019ve ever fought for anything.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know you will,\u201d I said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I trust you to protect me while I protect them,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re a team, we protect each other, that\u2019s what mates do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know,\u201d I said again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Tristan, it\u2019s not your fault that Jess died,\u201d she said, her thumbs wiping away my tears. \u201cThat was all on Daxon, he\u2019s the monster who killed her, he\u2019s the one who should carry that guilt, not you, you did everything you could.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI should have done more,\u201d I said, the old guilt rising up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou did enough,\u201d she said firmly. \u201cYou loved her, you tried to protect her, that\u2019s all anyone can do, Daxon is the one who failed, not\u00a0<\/p>\n
I pulled her into my arms and held her tight, burying my face in her neck and breathing in her scent, letting it ground me and calm\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d I said after a moment. \u201cFor getting so angry, for overreacting to a joke.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand why you did,\u201d she said, her fingers running through my hair in a soothing gesture. \u201cAnd I\u2019m sorry for not realizing how much that would affect you, I should have been more sensitive.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou couldn\u2019t have known,\u201d I said, echoing her words from earlier.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cStill,\u201d she said. \u201cI know now and I won\u2019t joke about things like that anymore.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I pulled back to look at her. \u201cI\u2019m also sorry for treating you like you\u2019re made of glass, for trying to control what you do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re not trying to control me,\u201d she said. \u201cYou\u2019re trying to protect me, there\u2019s a difference, and honestly, I love that you care so much, I love that you want to keep me and the babies safe, it makes me feel cherished and special and loved.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are all those things,\u201d I said. \u201cAnd so much more.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know,\u201d she said with a small smile. \u201cYou tell me every day.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
11:48 Fri, Jan 23\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 304\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll keep telling you every day for the rest of our lives,\u201d I promised.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She leaned in and kissed me, soft and sweet, and I felt some of the tension that had been coiling in my chest finally start to ease.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When she pulled back she was looking at me with that expression I\u2019d come to recognize, the one that meant she wanted me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI love you,\u201d she said. \u201cSo much it scares me sometimes because I\u2019ve never felt this way about anyone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI love you too,\u201d I said. \u201cMore than I thought it was possible to love someone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She kissed me again and this time it was deeper, more heated, her hands were in my hair and mine were on her waist, pulling her\u00a0<\/p>\n
closer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When we finally broke apart we were both breathing hard.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like I\u2019m going into heat again,\u201d she said with a breathy laugh.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAlready?\u201d I asked, grinning despite everything. \u201cDidn\u2019t we just deal with that?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPregnancy hormones are apparently no joke,\u201d she said. \u201cEverything is more sensitive and I just want you all the time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWell,\u201d I said, kissing her neck and feeling her shiver. \u201cIt\u2019s nothing I can\u2019t handle.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIs that so?\u201d she asked, her voice getting breathier as I continued kissing along her neck.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s so,\u201d I confirmed, finding that spot just below her ear that I knew drove her crazy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She made a sound that was half moan, half laugh and pulled me closer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe should probably go back downstairs,\u201d I said against her skin even though I made no move to actually leave. \u201cDerek and Orion are going to think we\u2019re up here fighting.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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