Chapter 147

"You could be covered in slimy boils," he continued, "and I would still be standing right here, Absidy. Nothing will ever change that."

"Slimy boils?" I choked out. "Really?"

He pressed his smile into my forehead. "I'd just put a bag over your head."

I chuckled.

"Only one thing kept me going at the Byrians'." His warm breath fanned over my scales. "And she's standing right in front of me."

"I love you," I sighed into him.

"I love you too."

"Mase..."

"Yeah?"

I pulled away to read his face, and didn't hesitate a moment longer. "I'm pregnant."

He blinked. A wrinkle of confusion bunched his eyebrows, and then he leaned back on his heels as shock dropped his jaw. "With...with a baby?"

"That's usually how this works, yes," I said, grinning.

"When?"

"Uh, probably one of the times we had sex?"

"I mean when do we get to meet it...him...her...?" His eyes flared wide, and he stumbled away a few steps. "The baby."