Noctisardor Bypass Be my rest, be my fantasy

The news of Tauris’s child came as a shock, and not a very pleasant one. He did his best not to react visibly as she spoke of him, though his mind raced with a hundred different thoughts. Surprisingly, the first was jealousy, but that quickly settled once he learned the boy was not her own. She did not truly belong to him, and yet already he didn’t like the thought of her with another man, even one before he ever knew her.

The rest was simpler and more straightforward—reluctance.

Eventually he nodded. What else would he do? He didn’t like it, but he respected her for being honest and for her loyalty to the child. ”I understand,” he said simply, though he knew it wasn’t enough. What else could he say? It was too soon to assume she would want him to play some sort of role in the boy’s life. Wasn’t it? He searched her face, hoping she might say more and help him off the hook.