Annalise’s POV
The last of my drunken fog melts away as Kane drops to his knees in front of me, his hands holding mine tight to his chest. His eyes are glowing a steadfast blue, just bright enough to know that his wolf, Conri, is also in agreement.
He’s serious. This isn’t a trick or a game. He wants to give my children his name, his lineage, even though I haven’t agreed to marry him.
“Let me claim them as my heirs, Annie. If they are officially mine, claimed and confirmed, there is nothing Logan can do to take them. Ever. They will be children of Lakeshore now and forever.”
Now and forever. Those words feel heavy as I hear them reverberating in my mind. Not many men would take in another man’s children, not only that but set them upon his throne as his own blood, even though he knows
