Antonio POV
I still couldn't bring myself to tell her. I know how much she wanted to protect her daughter from the supernatural world, and I can’t bring myself to be the one to ruin that desire and fantasy. Not yet.
Rina is lying in my arms, sleeping, beautifully naked and regal as always. I want her to always be like this. Sated and naively happy. I don’t want her to face the missteps of her past again, or to add any more regrets than she is already carrying.
I don’t want her to regret becoming mine.
I can’t keep pushing back the inevitable. She never truly desired my world. Even if it was a farce, I was grateful to the Luna all those years ago for convincing Rina to join me. I knew her fate if she didn’t. If she left me, she may have been momentarily happy with her daughter and mo
