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• I fed Enzi, brushing the small wisps of her hair before kissing her forehead. I thought back on Taylor in the heat when she was infuriated with the lack of sating and ready to rip heads off. It brought a smirk to my lips. Maybe Derik had a point.
• Derik smiled and then looked down at Zale before he met my gaze.
• “I would like to see you swollen with my children too,” he whispered. His vulnerability in the admission made me hide my wide eyes. Memories of pain and fear flashed in me, and I swallowed, trying to convince myself that it was fine, it wouldn’t be like that this time.