Chapter 301

It wasn’t like hearing someone say ‘I love you’. I felt the depth of their commitment to me. It was like nothing I’d felt before.

My shining eyes met each of theirs across the table. I was overcome with the feelings they had for me. Inadvertently, I started to choke up and tear.

That snapped Evan out of it. “If you vomit, it isn’t morning sickness and it doesn’t mean we lose,” he warned me.

Bane and Kein agreed with him. This did not count and it wasn’t the same thing.

“I will not vomit,” I laughed taking a big swig of the fizzy drink they’d had prepared; it was oddly settling.

I focused on my stomach and didn’t feel nauseated at all. They concentrated on me for a moment before they got back to eating. It would still be dishonorable to have me vomit my meal all over the floor.

“Told you the root would work,” Kein said emptying his plate a second time.

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After dinner we took a long, meandering walk to our rooms. The men were looking a