“It meant we could never allow our sons to have children. Both Malec and Ires were aware of what would happen. We didn’t hide it from them. They fully understood the risks.” Seraphena looked up. “So, that was why, as hard and unfair as it was, we denied the heartmate trials. Isbeth was already pregnant, proving to Ash and me that Malec would not take the necessary precautions. And it’s why I helped to entomb my son. He could not be…trusted not to make the same mistakes.”