153. The Greatest Sacrifice

PRIMUS ALEXANDER’S POV

Those words hit me like a blade through the ribs.

I froze.

For a second, I thought I’d imagined it — that maybe it was just the ringing in my head—

No, what the fuck am I even thinking?

No part of me would ever think such a thing.

But the voice was real. Familiar and loud.

I turned my gaze to him slowly.

He was standing right behind me.

Tall, blue-thick-skinned, horns high and fangs protruding out of his lower and upper lip.

“Say that again and I'll kill you,” I sneered.

“The baby or its mother?” he repeated, like he was asking if I’d finally lost my mind.

“Are you mad?” I rasped. My voice cracked. “Are you out of your freaking mind?”

He just stared at me, then at Aquamarine, who was still trembling, blood pooling beneath her.

I could hear her gasps, broken, desperate — and I swear every single one carved something out of me.

Juliet said, shaking her head, her palms pressed to Aqua’s stomach. “Primus, he's —”

“No!” I snapped.

Lorgan’s hand came down hard on