_Kael's POV_
Roxanne was pregnant.
The words kept spinning in my head like a broken record. Over and over again, louder each time.
She had me trapped, caged and doomed.
I sat in my room. My hands were buried in my hair and my eyes were fixed on nothing. My thoughts were a storm of rage, panic, and hopelessness.
"This isn't fair," I muttered.
Valric growled deep in my mind. "We should've never touched her. This is your fault."
"I know," I snapped. "But I was drunk. She planned it. She knew what she was doing."
"She wants control. A child gives her power over us."
Exactly.
If I refused to marry her now, it wouldn’t matter. My parents would never allow me to break things off. Not with a child in the picture. Especially not their first grandchild. And worse? The heir to the Nightshad
