An Unexpected Proposal

She fled into the night carrying their child, convinced her bond with the man who razed her homeland had shattered beyond repair.

"Whether he shares my blood or not, whether he was born of another—I'll claim him as mine."

Yet he hunted her down, eyes blazing with feral intensity.

"Don't dare escape behind the boy. I'm barely holding back the instinct to destroy the creature that stole you from me."