Mortify

It wasn't my place to step up and claim to be her baby's father, but it was the only way to protect her, and the unborn life inside her.

Regnor

Protecting Everly meant putting myself in Kraken's war path, but I couldn't care less. The only thing he asked of us was to stay away from her, to let her have a normal life . . . but how could I do that when I knew the man she was fooling around with?

He was no good for her, and I knew his track record. He would ruin Everly like he ruined every woman ...