Chapter 13

ANDREA'S POV The twins were supposed to meet me after the Hunting Festival, as I didn’t want them caught up in the heat of the arrangements. But somehow, they were here. “A surprise,” Matteo had said so excitedly I couldn’t find it in me to be angry. Now, due to the excitement of their journey, they were exhausted. I carried both of them in my arms as we entered the hotel and lay them on the bed in my room. Even though Zayne had checked them thoroughly on the way over and assured me nothing was wrong, I couldn’t help but watch them carefully and assess for myself. I couldn’t stand the idea of anything bad happening to my babies, especially not from their hateful paternal side. I pushed the sudden ire that rose at the thought of Kade and his family down and pulled the blanket over Matteo and Luca, kissing their foreheads, one after the other. “I love you,” I whispered. A fierce surge of protectiveness and possessiveness washed over me as I remembered Kade looking down at them. They were