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“I won’t say no, that’s for certain.” Owen handed Vaughn the snowflake, and I laughed as my mate was suddenly recruited to help him hang snowflakes higher than he could reach on the short stool.

“Owen, stop having the alphas decorate for you,” Dr. King said as he stepped into the front room. “How are you feeling, Lewis? Everything going okay for you? Keeping food down? Energy back up?”

“Hi, Dr. King. I’m doing amazing,” I said. I bounced over to him. “I’m so ready for my ultrasound. I saw the pictures of Beau’s little fae last week, and I’m super excited to go share mine with him. I’m curious if I’m having a fae baby and, if so, if I’m having a boy, and if that’s the case, will they grow up together and be besties like Beau and I are?”

Dr. King simply nodded as I continued to talk. “Well, we can certainly answer all of those questions for you in just a bit.” He glanced toward Owen and Vaughn again before he sighed. “Owen, I said I would help you put the decorations up during our lunch break.”

Owen turned and scowled. “That’s lunch break. It is not supposed to be for working extra time.”

Dr. King sighed again before he shook his head. “Very well.” He waved his hand in the general direction of my mate and his office manager before returning his attention to me. “Are you ready, then?” he asked.

“I am.” I grinned. “Vaughn?” I said as I glanced that way. My mate was staring up at the decorations that were now all around the room.

“That isn’t exactly how I wanted them,” Owen said, a bit of displeasure in his voice.

“Then you will have to wait until this afternoon after our last patient, and I can help you move them all to where you would like them.” Dr. King turned and started down the hallway.

I was torn as to what to do. Did I stay and help Owen, or did I follow the doctor and have my ultrasound? I was here for the ultrasound, but I wanted to help Owen. I met his gaze, and he winked at me.

“Go on and have your ultrasound,” he whispered. “Everything is exactly how I want out here now.”

I blinked a few times before I turned and followed Dr. King down the hallway. Vaughn was right behind me, and I felt his hand on my shoulder as we approached the door. It wasn’t until we were standing just outside of the room that it registered that I’d not seen Dr. Kennedy. “Dr. King, is your One doing well? I don’t register that he’s here.”

Dr. King smiled at the mention of his One. “Camden is doing quite well, yes. Thank you for asking. We didn’t have but a few patients today, and he’s taken the day off to take Merlin down to Timber Valley and spend it with his brothers and Yúzé. I’ll be joining them for dinner later this evening.”

“That sounds like a fun time,” I said as I pointed to the comfortable-looking exam bed. “Do I get up there?”

“With your mate’s help, yes.”

I grinned as Vaughn simply swept me up into his arms and carefully placed me on the bed. It was just as comfortable as it looked, but Beau had told me about it already. I was just happy to finally have the chance to experience it myself. I had a mate, and we were starting our family.

“All right. I will assume you wish to have a magical ultrasound, but if you want the standard one, I can do that as well.”

I shook my head. “No to that one. I’d like the magical one, please.” I had magic, yet I couldn’t do an ultrasound. Actually, I probably could, but I didn’t know how. And honestly, the thought of using magic anywhere near our unborn baby was scary for me. Well, it was when I was doing it. I completely trusted Dr. King, and I knew his magic wasn’t wonky at times. I sighed at the thought of yesterday’s mishap.

“Is something wrong?” Dr. King asked.

“Not really. I was having some issues with my magic yesterday. Nothing too serious, just a little mishap at home.”

Vaughn chuckled. “He tried to use magic to get a glass of juice. He ended up with a pitcher of juice and a glass of broth.”

“We don’t even have broth at the house, Dr. King,” I added. The doctor chuckled along with Vaughn.

“It does happen. I’ve heard about a fae that is in a coven in St. Louis. He ended up dropping oranges from the middle of the room. That probably wouldn’t have been much of an issue if it weren’t for the fact that it was in the middle of a crowded casino that the coven owns.” I gasped. “Luckily, everyone there was either paranormal or mated to one, so they weren’t too freaked out when oranges suddenly appeared and started dropping from midair.”

Oh, that could have been so incredibly bad. If there had been unknowing humans there, they most likely would have thought the place was haunted, and that would have been bad for the casino. “How did that turn out though?” I asked.

“As far as I know, nobody was hurt seriously. Master Nikolai laughed it off. The vampire mate of the fae spent some time trying to comfort the incredibly embarrassed fae, but nobody was upset. Things such as that happen.”

I sighed. There had been others in our village who couldn’t use magic even a little once they were pregnant because it was so unpredictable. I was lucky that mine hadn’t given me too many issues.

“Are you ready for your ultrasound?”

I couldn’t answer fast enough. “Yes. More than. I want to know all the things, so don’t hide anything from me. I want to know if we’re having a boy or a girl and if we’re having a fae or not. I mean, if it’s a girl, it will be obvious, and I’m almost positive I’m not having a gargoyle baby because I’m not really sick, and I’m not overly large. Can you imagine a tiny little gargoyle alpha?”

Dr. King chuckled and nodded. “You are right. You are not having a gargoyle baby. The baby is fae.” Vaughn squeezed my hand, and I looked over at him, hoping he wasn’t disappointed. His smile said no, as did the rush of happiness I felt through our bond.

“We’re having a fae baby!” I told him. “Just like Beau is.”