Chapter 324

Kane’s POV

I sit on the couch in the dark living room, watching the glowing embers in the fireplace, trying to ignore the call of Willow’s heat and the fever that's trying to consume me.

I'd go to her, but she's still asleep. t’s not time, she can’t feel it yet, but she will in another few hours.

I should be sleeping, prepare myself properly this time, but I can’t switch my milling thoughts tumbling through my head off long enough so I can go to sleep.

I’ve already sent orders out to bring the power stations back online and ordered our army to stand its ground. There’s nothing else to do now but wait for Clement to come back so we can finish up the peace agreement.

In the absence of entertainment or imminent danger, the only thing I have to keep myself occupied is my own thoughts, and all I can think about is the possibility that Willow will get pregnant.

Here, in the quiet of the night, all by myself, I have to admit the truth. I never want her to get pregnant again – not becaus