Thor closed the book carefully and looked out at the audience, then back at Celina.

“That was the day she told me the babies were mine. By blood. But as you already know… even if they hadn’t been, I would have claimed them anyway. Because I loved those children long before I ever saw them.” He paused briefly, his voice breaking. “How could I ever forget? Right after that, our daughters moved for the first time. It was in that moment… in that exact instant… that my world changed.”

He paused, too