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“You can tell me anything.”
“I know.” She smiled at him and cleared her throat. “I’m pregnant.”
He stopped swaying, freezing in place as he stared down at her, his eyes wide and his mouth open.
She held her breath.
Then he lifted his head and let out a glorious roar. The music stopped and everyone looked at them in surprise.
“My heart-match is having my baby!” he shouted, cupping her face and kissing her.
The pride cheered and Mercy laughed as Barron lifted her into the air and smiled. “I’m the happiest male on the planet!”
Her eyes stung with happy tears as he lowered her to the ground, and she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. “I’m happy, too.”
Pride members congratulated them on the wonderful news.
“Is the baby why you’re craving mac and cheese?” he asked when they were alone once more.
“I’m only three weeks along, so I think it’s too early for that. I was just hungry for it.”
“Gotcha.”
She pressed her palm to his cheek, smiling at how golden his eyes were. “Barron, I love you so much. I’m so glad you’re my mate.”
“I love you, too, Mercy. You’re the best thing that ever happened to me. In fact…” He slipped from her embrace and dropped to one knee, pulling a square box out of his pocket. “I was going to do this later, baby, but I can’t think of a better way to celebrate our good news by adding some more to it.” He opened the box and a diamond solitaire winked in the overhead lights.
“Oh, Barron,” she said, her eyes stinging with more tears.
“I had a speech,” he said, taking out the ring and shoving the box back into his pocket, “but I think I’ll just tell you what’s on my heart. I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life being the best mate and husband to you, the best father to our kids. Will you marry me?”
“Of course!”
He pushed the ring onto her finger and stood, giving her a hug and lifting her off her feet. The nearby pride members who had witnessed the proposal cheered, and the news quickly spread throughout the pride. Barron and Mercy stepped off the dance floor and found themselves getting hugged by Duke and Ree.
“I’m going to be an aunt!” Ree said. “How far along are you?”
“Just three weeks.”
“I can’t wait to be the best aunt in the world to your little one.”
“Congratulations to both of you,” Duke said. “We’ll have to have a pride hunt for the baby shower.”
“A what?” Mercy asked.
“The males like to hunt to celebrate a baby,” Barron said. “The females all get together for a shower and the males go hunting.”
“As long as I don’t have to hunt, too,” Mercy said.
After stopping to see Donnie and getting congratulatory hugs, they left the celebration to do some celebrating of their own.
“When did you find out?” Barron asked as they walked home along a well-worn path through the woods.
“This morning. I realized my period was late yesterday, but because of the birth control shot, I didn’t think it was late for any reason other than stress. I didn’t want to get your hopes up if it wasn’t anything. I picked up some tests on the way home yesterday and took them this morning.”
“I wouldn’t have been disappointed. I knew it would happen when the time was right for us.”
“You’re not mad I didn’t share it right away?”
