Lycia

“Now,” the beast continued, leading me into my suite. “We will be married as soon as possible in a private ceremony, and you will move into my suite. We can expand my suite into this one and have plenty of room for the baby.”

“Over my dead body!” I scoffed. “Just because I spent one night with you, you think I’m going to marry you?”

He looked at me as if I had lost my mind. “Yes.”

I rolled my eyes. “What about ...