Kingdom of Ash

were carrying our child?”
He failed to block out the image of that
dream—of Aelin, heavily pregnant, their
children around her. “I don’t let you do
anything.”
She waved a hand. “You know what I
mean.”
He took a moment to answer. “No. Even if
the world ended because of it, I couldn’t bear
it.”
And with that Lock, he might very well
have to make that decision, too.
Rowan ran his fingers over the claiming
marks on her neck. “I told you that love was a
weakness. It would be far easier if we all
hated each other.”
She snorted. “Give it a few weeks on the
road with this army, in those mountains, and
we might not be such pleasant allies
anymore.”