Regina shivered as he stepped closer. He pulled her into his embrace and held her. This had to be a mistake. This couldn’t be real.
“She’ll come after the kids. She’ll…”
“Do you really think there is anything she can do to them once we announce they are my heirs?” Marcus asked. “You kept them safe by keeping them secret. Now let me keep them safe by telling the world exactly who they are. You’re not alone…and running away is not the answer.”
Regina shook her head. How could she make him see this wouldn’t work? That he was asking too much?
“I’m not…I’m not like them. I can’t be what they want me to be.”
“So?” Marcus smirked. “Who says you have to be? Be you. If they don’t see the beauty in that it doesn’t matter…but they will.”
Regina kept shaking her head.
“Regina, if I may put in
