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Actually I’d prefer if the parasite just took over my body permanently. Less to deal with.
Kidding.
I want you to snap my neck if that ever happens.
I want you to snap my neck if that ever happens.
So I do.
CHAPTER40
BLAISE: PRESENT
Pain cracks through me, reverberating through my bones and paralyzing my muscles, making the task at hand impossible.
“You have to push, Blaise.”
“I can’t!” It comes out more like a garbled scream than a string of words that are supposed to hold any meaning, but Nox understands.
He’s the only one who understands.
My mate refrains from wiping at the sweat beading on my brow. The last time he tried that, I snapped my teeth at him; he wisely refrained from offering me a wicked grin.
Instead, he laces his fingers through mine, squeezing so tightly it hurts, so thoroughly it’s likely to form a bruise, but I’m grateful for it.
It gives me somewhere to fixate, another focal point of pain to distract me from—
Another contraction sweeps through me, and I almost choke on my own saliva.
I scream and scream and scream.
Nox only squeezes tighter.
“You have to push, Blaise.”
I push, and it’s as if the pain explodes within me.
But then it’s gone—well, not completely. It seeps away, soaking into the blankets tucked close to my splayed feet.
“It’s a boy,” says the midwife as she wipes him off, as she swaddles my son.
A boy.
My son.
Nox’s cheeks drain of color, and his brilliant blue eyes water. Tears spill down his cheeks as the maid tucks our child into my arms.
He’s warm, a pleasant weight against my chest, and I know better than to let him out of my sight, out of my arms.
When he coos, my lips part in delight, and when I brush my pinkie finger against his cheek, he turns into my touch.
Nox slips into the bed behind me, cradling the both of us in his grasp.
Sunlight peeks through the window and highlights the glinting ring on Nox’s finger.
“Thomas,quit harassing your sister while she’s trying to get her work done.”
My voice is firm, but not harsh, as our youngest son flashes me a grin that melts my heart and threatens my resolve, but I point to the door and he scampers away.
