Chapter 211

He pulled her into his arms, then wrapped his arms around her neck and whispered, “Thank you for being the mother I lost. You are the mother I have now.”

An emotional dam broke free inside Baski, and she began crying earnestly. Arms tightly around him, she basked in close proximity to him, which was as rare as a cold day in hell.

“Thank you for being alive, son. Thanks for surviving slavery. You are a great king, and I’m sure your father is so proud of you from above.” Her hand patted his back as her tears soaked his expensive kingly garment.

“Do not ever leave me, Baski. It will hurt me immensely,” he admitted.

“I am going nowhere, my son.”

“I still leave Danika in your care. No one could protect them more than you. No one could take care of them more than you. Take good care of my unborn child like you took care of me, Baski,” he requested in a barely inaudible voice that she wouldn’t have heard if she wasn’t pressing close to him.

“I will. You