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“Uh…”
Nathaniel glanced at me. “You don’t want kids?”
“I hadn’t really thought about it.”
He shrugged. “We have plenty of time.”
We were all quiet for the rest of the drive to the tower. Nathaniel was lost in his own thoughts, while Danica was busy ensuring everyone knew where we were meeting. Kyla hadn’t said a word since she’d shifted back to human.
Meanwhile, I was busy picturing kids with blond curls and Nathaniel’s eyes. Kids had always been amaybefor some time far off in the distant future. I’d never been overly concerned about whether I had them, and I’d figured I’d decide at some point in the next ten or fifteen years.
Nathaniel would be a great father.
Except, if we thought Vas was overprotective, I couldn’t even fucking imagine my Alpha mate if I let him knock me up.
“You’re thinking too hard,” he murmured, squeezing my hand. “Relax, Evie. I don’t need to impregnate you tomorrow.”
My cheeks flamed. Behind us, Danica and Kyla sniggered, whispering back and forth. I shot Nathaniel a dirty look. He smirked, unconcerned.
Samael had apparently instructed us to park in the underground garage, so Danica directed us, waving at several of the demons who dropped into low bows. It was my turn to snigger.
“Guess the wholeno bowing and scrapingmessage hasn’t yet made it to this realm, huh?”
Danica just sighed, nodding to the demons as we drove into the garage. Once there, we took the elevator up to one of the conference floors. Twenty or thirty of Samael’s top demons were already gathered. Danica wandered away to her mate, who was deep in discussion with Bael. Samael immediately grabbed her hand, pulled her to him, and kissed her, long and deep. From the pained look on Bael’s face, this was a common occurrence. I stifled a smirk.
“The seelie are on their way,” Kyla told me.
I glanced at her. “Are you okay?”
Clearly, she wasn’t. She’d been quiet since she’d met us in the forest. I had a feeling her talk with Selina hadn’t gone all that well.
Kyla sighed, opening her mouth. Then she let out a strangled sound. “What the hell ishedoing here?”
I knew that tone. Which meant I knew who had just walked in before I turned.
Finvarra stood in the doorway, dressed—as usual—in black. On one hip, the hilt of the golden sword gleamed, tantalizingly close.
“I have absolutely no idea,” I said.
The room went quiet. Finvarra met Samael’s eyes, and the demon king nodded at him, clearly not at all surprised to be hosting the unseelie king. Behind me, Nathaniel had gone very still, in the way of wolves on the hunt.
This much testosterone in one room? I’d be surprised if itdidn’tend in bloodshed.
Nathaniel leaned over and murmured something in Kyla’s ear. Her chin jutted out, but she nodded, stalking over to talk to Aubrey as he walked in.
Across the room, Lilith began walking toward us, her hips rolling in that way of hers. Within the blink of an eye, she was standing close.Too close.
Lilith flipped her long, glossy red hair over one shoulder. Her lush lips curled as she smiled at Nathaniel.
“Well, hi,” she purred.
He flicked her a distracted glance and then dropped his gaze to his phone. “Hello.”
Lilith’s eyes lit up at the challenge. My teeth clenched, and I glanced away. Across the room, Bael sent me a grin. As Lilith’s mate, he knew exactly what was happening.
Nathaniel lifted his head, his gaze finding mine.
“What’s wrong?”
