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“Oh…”
Zen and I looked at her as Endora cackled, clapping her weathered hands together. “You see?!”
“I don’t see!” I snapped. “Enough with this subterfuge, Endora!”
“You’re with child, Miri!”
The news fell around me in crashing waves, every word chirping like tinkling glass.
“W-what?” Zen and I sputtered together.
“A baby! You’re having a baby!” Endora screeched, leaning forward to touch my stomach. I almost slapped her away, but I stopped myself at the last minute. “Would you like to know if it’s a prince or princess?”
“NO!” Zen and I yelled together.
“Get out, Endora,” Zen added, nodding toward the door. He smiled with more kindness at the healer. “Jorga, thank you for coming. Please, give my queen and me a moment.”
“Yes, Alpha,” Jorga agreed, hurrying to leave.
“A BABY!” Endora shrieked, clicking her heels together in some kind of obscure dance as she made her way toward the hallway.
“Keep this to yourself!” Zen yelled out after her. “Until we’re ready to announce it!”
When the door clicked, confirming that we were alone, Zen threw his arms around me.
“We’re having a baby!” he choked, emotion cracking in his voice. “You’ve made me so happy, Miri. How can one fae make me so incredibly happy?”
“I wonder the same thing about you all the time.” I buried my face in his shoulder. He raised his head back to look at me, the love in his eyes shining, but I was still dizzy from the aftershock of learning this news.
“Are you all right?” he asked, brushing tendrils of hair out of my face.
“I think so.”
“Are you not happy?” he asked worriedly.
“So happy. But…”
He waited patiently.
“What if I don’t know how to be a good mother?” I breathed. “I never had one for very long…”
His strong palms cupped my cheeks, and he shook his head. “That’s impossible. You will be the best mother ever.”
“How can you be sure?” I mumbled, wanting to believe him.
“Because you are a natural. You have a big, beautiful heart filled with so much love for everyone and everything. Because you don’t give up on those you care about. Because you can survive in any circumstance. You are the definition of a great mother already. Our baby is lucky to have you. I have only been surer of one other thing in my life, and that is my love for you.”
Tears spilled over my eyelashes and onto my cheeks as I began to sob.
“Shh, shh, no crying,” he begged. “We’re going to have a baby! That’s wonderful news!”
“Yes,” I whimpered through my tears of happiness. “I know! I’m crying because I just realized how incredible my life is.”
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