Chapter 67

Damiano

Her stunning emerald eyes gazed up at me, sparkling with brightness, as she smiled with a touch of amusement playing on her lips.

“Do you really not know how happy you make me?” She asked, her fingers intertwined with mine.

“I want to make sure.” I told her honestly.

She was happy now, but as her mother made clear several times, she would constantly be a target for my enemies; especially now that she was carrying my child. What if she came to resent me for it?

This was one of the reasons her mother left her father; to protect her from the brutality that comes with living this life. Yet I dragged her right into it because of my obsession with her.

“I guess it’s my fault for not telling you enough.” Althaia chuckled, making me smile at the sound. Her face beamed with joy and innocence, swelling my heart with a need for closeness, a desire to protect that radiant happiness she exuded.

“I wouldn’t mind if you told me fro