Chapter 426

Kaelen's POV

She was still asleep when I woke. She had my shirt on and nothing underneath it. One leg rested outside the sheet, and I could still see the mark my mouth had left on her thigh the night before.

I did not move her. Instead, I watched her breathe and counted everything I had. A wife who had taken my name and given me my children. A son at home with my grandmother. A daughter safe with