Karla bit her lip, looking from this new child to the man she'd come to consider a friend and back. Audric made a valid point. There was a version of herself out there that knew exactly what he was capable of and still trusted him enough to give him full paternal rights to her son.

And again, looking around the room, the person with the most blood on her hands while still in her right mind was...Karla herself.

"You haven't given me any reason to distrust you," she admitted softly. "Quite the opposite, in fact."

He'd been allowed astride a unicorn when no one else had been!