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"Sentinel" There was a joyous and ie to his voice, like a child who can’t wait to open a Christmas present

I sic"

Ethan was as smart as they came, and realization dawned quickly in his face "The side effect It didn’t bind you inside the sword; you think it bound the child to you"

I nodded "That’s the theory The binding ic made her stick, at least until she’s ready to pop And ‘her’ is just a guess," I said, before he could ask "I don’t like saying ‘it’"

"Soical side effect," he said after a rinned at hihteen years of side effect, give or take"

"The test," Ethan said "The one that had to be passed What was that?"

"I haven’t talked to Gabriel, but I have a pretty good feeling it was related to the dragon--facing down my fear of the monster, and the possibility of what he’d done, and could do, to Chicago" I smiled up at him "She’ll be the only one of her kind--the only vampire born as a vampire I think she needed me to prove that I could be as brave as she’ll need to be"

Ethan pulled ainst his "My wife My child"

"Yep Probably in May"

"In May," he said, wonder in the word And then he froze, looked down at me with horror in his face

My heart sped in answer "What? What is it?"

"You’ll be eating for two"

I slapped his chest "Don’t do that I thought so is wrong Do you have any idea howto cost me?"

I just shook et it all out at once?"

He grinned with the delight of a child "Can you is will be like?"

I s a vaain "I cannot We will literally be writing the book"

"We will Although I’m sure there will be plenty of people--supernatural and otherwise--with sage advice to offer My rinned at hi to want to throw a baby shower, probably with you in attendance"

"I already did the wedding shower"

"This is a separate thing And attendance is mandatory"

Ethan s"

"Vaet sick"

"In fairness, they aren’t supposed to be pregnant, either"

He had a point, so I sure it out"