Chapter 161
Annalise
"Why are you doing this?" My voice came out raw, trembling.
Demonis stood in front of me, his crimson eyes unreadable, his presence suffocating the space between us.
"You can help us," I pleaded, my fingers curling into fists at my sides. "Why are you asking for something you know I can’t give?"
His lips curled, not in amusement, but in something colder.
"A child is not a thing, Annalise." His voice was low, firm. "It’s a responsibility. And in both my world and yours, it’s a need."
I flinched at the weight of his words, but he wasn’t done.
"If you reject your mates, they will survive." He stepped closer, slow and deliberate. "If you’re worried about the heartbreak, about the lingering pain, then we can give them the forgetting potion. You, too."
I sucked in a
