Angel's Redemption (The Fallen Warriors Series Book 6) by Rosalie Lario Page A

finish.”
    He took a breath, but in the end he only nodded. She deserved to say whatever was on her mind. It was the least he owed her.
    “I got a sense of that. With Adam.”
    Seth’s heart clenched, but he did his best to ignore it. He had no right to complain about what she’d felt for Adam, not when he hadn’t been able to control his own feelings.
    “It was a sense that… that it could work between us. That he, I don’t know, needed me. It made me feel good because that was the one thing I never got from you.”
    Seth slid his bent arm beneath his ear, resting his head on it. Maybe she did understand.
    Lily licked her lips, clearly working out what she wanted to say. “I guess it made me realize that love isn’t perfect. It isn’t absolute.”
    “But Lily, I do love you.”
    “I know.” She nodded her head. “That’s just it, don’t you see?”
    When he cocked his brow, she continued.
    “I’ve come to realize that when you love someone, that love is worth fighting for, no matter what difficulties you might go through.” Her eyelids fluttered, and then she looked him straight-on. “Maybe I asked too much of you, to love me to the exclusion of all others. Maybe what I should have asked instead was that you choose me.”
    “I did,” he told her. “I always would have. I always will. ”
    Yet, even as he said it, he knew talk was cheap. There was no way he could prove his words to her. Isabelle was already dead.
    “Lily, I’m so sorry for the pain I’ve caused you.”
    Her hand slid onto his chest, her fingers gliding along his skin. “I forgive you, Seth.”
    There was no mistaking the veracity of her words. She meant them.
    His chest lightened, and he slid forward to press a kiss against Lily’s lips. “I love you. And I’ll spend all of eternity proving that to you.”
    Lily pressed back on his chest, and a glimmer of nervousness flicked through her.
    Frowning, he pulled back to meet her gaze. “What’s wrong?”
    “There’s something else.” She took a deep breath, then grabbed his hand and pressed it to her stomach.
    For a moment he simply stared at her, not understanding. But then her joy and astonishment broke through, and his mouth dropped open. “You... you’re…. you’re—”
    “Pregnant,” she supplied helpfully.
    He went stiff with shock. “Bu-but… how? When?”
    “I think you know how,” she said dryly. “As to when, since before the battle at the tower. I think it was that night at the stream.”
    Since before the battle?
    He frowned as concern overshadowed his joy. She’d already been pregnant when she’d been captured and tortured?
    “Are you sure you’re okay?”
    Her hand wrapped around his. “I’m fine . Perfectly healthy.”
    “ I didn’t hurt you, did I? Just now, I mean?”
    “No, of course not. Nothing we do when it comes to lovemaking could hurt our baby.”
    A relieved breath tore out of him and he crushed her to him. “Heavens, Lily. Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
    “I didn’t know,” she murmured into his chest. “Didn’t realize. After so long… I didn’t think that would ever happen for us.”
    Neither had he. Conception was so difficult for angels it was practically impossible. The fact that, after all these years, she had become pregnant… well, it was nothing short of a miracle.
    He broke free and scooted down to press a kiss to Lily’s stomach. Now that she’d told him, he recognized the signs: the fullness in her stomach, how her breasts had grown. But never in a million years would he have guessed the cause.
    “I am the luckiest angel on this Earth,” he murmured, lifting his gaze to his beloved, the mother of his child, for heaven’s sake.
    Grinning, she pressed her palms against his cheeks. “No. We both are.”
    As Seth pulled Lily in for another hug, he couldn’t help but be thankful for second chances. He would never again take their love for granted. It was worth more than anything in this world.
    Seth sat