Chapter 106. Trust

Lilly’s POV

The world spun away, the tension and terror replaced with something fiery and overwhelming. The bond between us snapped taut, impossible to resist. Whatever drugged the air, it pulled us both under, stoking a fire that blazed out of control.

We tumbled onto the bed, tangled together, the room spinning. Every touch, every kiss, was desperate and wild—driven by a need for safety, for love, for life. In Lex’s arms, with the memory of danger still fresh, I let myself surrender, clinging to the only thing that mattered: the feeling of being alive and the man who would do anything to protect me.

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Lex’s POV

Flashes of Darius’s hand clamped around Lilly, dragging her against him, shot through my mind. The sight hit me like a punch to the gut. She looked terrified, her arms instinctively guarding her belly. Was she hiding something?

“She’s pregnant!” Lotus howled excitedly in my mind. “I can smell them!”

“Them? Twins? Why