Chapter 152. Let the Whole World Know I'm Marrying You

Tristan

I felt tears forming in my eyes and tried to blink them away but they fell anyway.

"I will protect these babies with my life," she continued, her voice fierce now. "Anyone who tries to hurt them, anyone who tries to take them from me, they'll have to go through me first, and I promise you I will fight harder than I've ever fought for anything."

"I know you will," I said.

"And I trust you to protect me while I protect them," she said. "We're a team, we protect each other, that's what mates do."

"I know," I said again.

"And Tristan, it's not your fault that Jess died," she said, her thumbs wiping away my tears. "That was all on Daxon, he's the monster who killed her, he's the one who should carry that guilt, not you, you did everything you could."

"I should have done more," I said, the old guilt rising up.

"You did enough," she said firmly. "You loved her, you tried to protect her, that's all anyone can do, Daxon