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There was another issue as well. She knew that she was in love with Micah and that she would love to spend the rest of her life with him. However, while he was willing to go through the mating ceremony with her, he had not said that he was in love with her. A one-sided love wasn’t good enough. There would come a time when Micah would want to feel that kind of love, but he would be tied down to her. If he left her, it would break her heart. If he wasn’t free to find a woman he could be in love with, he would resent her.
Groaning, Lucy looked around the room, feeling trapped. At home, she could go out on her back porch or even go for a run in the woods behind her house. Here – well, she could go to the lobby where the vending machines were. She supposed that she could go to the club, but drinking alone didn’t sound like fun.
She was glad when she was starting to get sleepy, as long as her conflict didn’t show up in her dreams. Lucy tossed and turned all night and was tired and grumpy the next morning.
Her face lit up when she saw Zeke and Reno at the café the next morning. Zeke rushed up to her with a big hug, while Reno danced around her feet.
“You guys make me feel like a famous movie star.”
“You’re famous to us,” Zeke announced.
“I never thought about it like that,” Lucy said, smiling.
Zeke excitedly told her all about the books he was reading and how much he loved science.
“I want to be a doctor when I grow up, but I don’t know if I will be a people doctor or an animal doctor.”
“There is a lot of need for both in the world. Whatever you decide, I know that you’ll be great.”
Zeke smiled widely and then went back to his nook as customers started to come in.
“I’m going to kidnap that child and his little dog, too,” Lucy announced to Clara.
Clara laughed.
“He is a terrific kid, but if you don’t mind, I’ll hold on to him.”
“Fine, be that way,” Lucy said, crossing her arms, and pretending to pout.
She hoped that if she was ever blessed with kids that they would turn out to be just like Zeke.
During a lull in customers, Clara asked, “How is Micah doing?”
“He is doing a lot better, although he was tired last night. He went to bed as soon as he got back from his adventure.”
“I imagine that he would be. I’ve not been up there, but I hear that it is quite the climb,” Clara said.
“You haven’t been to the shifter world?”
Clara shook her head.
“No. The rule of thumb is that once you go there, you stay. You aren’t allowed to go in and out between worlds. I’m happy in my human world,” Clara said.
“How is it that Micah was able to visit and leave?”
“I guess the dragon king made an exception for him. It happens once in a while. Plus, people who work for him, like Dillon, are able to go between the worlds. But everyday folks, like us, have to choose.”
“I understand the reasoning, but I would still love to visit,” Lucy said.
Clara just smiled and put her hand on her stomach. Reaching for the stool behind her, she sat down hard.
“What can I do?” Lucy asked, worriedly.
“Nothing. It’s okay. The doctor said that the baby and I are both very healthy. Sometimes, though, she kicks extremely hard and it hurts. Plus, the baby is bigger than most human babies are, so sometimes, it gets a bit rough. The doctor said that since I am a human carrying a shifter baby, that is to be expected.”
Lucy studied Clara’s face. She was pale and was holding onto the counter tightly, her knuckles white.
“You aren’t about to go into labor, are you? I don’t know nothin’ ’bout birthin’ no babies,” Lucy said, quoting the movie,Gone with the Wind.
