#Chapter 118: Stolen Identity

Cara’s POV “What does your heart say?” Colin asks me. He must already know the answer, to be asking me something like that. Looking inward, there’s really no question. I’ve held a lot of guilt over the years over allowing Alaric to believe my pregnancy ended from that accident. At the time, to protect myself, it seemed like the best course of action. But now that we’ve more or less reconciled, I’m less sure than I was before. Even if he was a lousy mate, Alaric would be a good father. His protective instincts would extend to our children and he would fight the whole world to keep us safe. Of that I’m incredibly sure. Even if in the end, I refuse his pursuit of me, he would still want to protect our children. Shouldn’t he have the right to do so? Yet, even knowing that, I’m still afraid. Maybe because I kept the secret for so long. Telling him now… will he forgive me for keeping the secret? Or will he resent me for hiding his children away for so long? As I share my