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"Josie?" Her quiet voice snappedto worry me"

"I’m sorry I don’t mean to It’s just that" I took a deep breath and pulled et aa pregnancy test?"

Alex tripped over her own feet Throwing out a hand, she caught my araze swung in htened "U a thousand shades of red, I glanced around No one was near us "I thinkI think Ia complete circle Several seconds passed while she looked like a fish out of water

I started to get super unco once and then twice "I’uard Was not expecting that"

"You anda hand, I pushed the hair out of my face "I mean, we used protection except for that one ti crazy or what"

Alex facedyou have real reasons to suspect the whole pregnancy thing?"

I nodded, deciding I really didn’t want to get into the whole Cora thing "I just need to know if I aet one here?"

"You’d have to go to the infired "Seriously?"

"Yeah" A look of sympathy crossed her face "They don’t sell the tests in the stores here because they like to keep track of who’s getting pregnant Co violation of privacy, but unless we can leave here--which wouldn’t be set one done in the infirmary"

"Oh, sweet baby Jesus," I murmured under o now? I’ll go with you"

What other choice did I have? Resigning hed "Yeah I’d like that"

She sain, this tis "It wouldsick," she explained "Maybe it’s not just the bands on your wrists"

Feeling like I just ht pass out, I was silent for a couple of minutes "I justI don’t kno I could be after ent doith Hyperion"

Her sharp gaze foundthat housed so stations

I looked away, focusing on the bronze-colored double doors ahead "I fought hi in the back of hts"

"I get it" Alex reached down and took "

Wetness rushed my eyes and I blinked it away "So I’o of my hand and reached for the door "Maybe" There was a pause "But you’re a deod and Seth’s an Apollyon--or was I have no idea what that wouldone"

I opened un to think about what kind of kid could be inside od as a parent

"Or it could just be weird cycles? That’s possible I nant before?" She tried to sound reassuring, because I figured the panicked expression on nant once and it turned out I had two lesser gods living inside ods inside you, but you know, it could be anything Anyway" She opened the door "Let’s find out"