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“Just two, but there’s room to add on if we wanted to.”
“Yeah, listen, I love the idea of living with you and your mate, but I guarantee that spare room isn’t going to be a spare room much longer.”
“What do you mean?” I asked, knowing full well what he was hinting at, but not quite ready to formalize an answer about it.
“Well, ya’ll have been intimate, have you not? I know you don’t have a bite on your neck, but you’ve screwed, right?”
I had. Of course, I had. “Yes. And there was a knot.” I may not have worded it quite that way, but we had been intimate.
“We’ll get back to the knot. I want to hear everything, but first—what exactly do you think happens when you and your fated mate get together in such a way? Did you miss biology class?”
“Of course not,” I said. “But I guess it just didn’t occur to me.”
“Goodness gracious, Corey. It didn’t occur to you that you could get pregnant? You need to get your butt down to the healer and get yourself a test.”
Fuck. What if he was right? “Listen, Jayce, I gotta go.”
“Give me the results later!” he shouted just before I hung up the phone on him.
I didn’t necessarily look forward to seeing anyone else if I left the house, not after what happened this morning, but I did need to get to the healer. Luckily, they were close by. I sent them a quick text, and they let me know that I could come right over.
I ran—not in my bear form, as I didn’t wish to arrive naked—but I ran as fast as my human legs could take me. They met me on the front porch, eyebrows raised in question.
“I think I might need a pregnancy test.” I knew as a healer, they would keep the information confidential.
“Yes, I assumed that you would be coming to me for that sooner or later. Let’s go ahead and get it done here.”
I squeaked. “Here?”
“Well, do you want to carry it back home and have to explain to your brother why you have one?” They had a very solid point.
“No, no, that does not sound good.”
Five minutes later, I had the answer to the question I didn’t even know was on my mind until good old Jayce.
Pregnant.
I was pregnant with Zane’s baby.
And currently, my brother was not speaking to either one of us.
What a clusterfuck.
“What are we going to do?” I said to Rissa.
“Everything’s going to be fine,” they said. “This isn’t the first time I’ve seen two fated mates having some trouble, whether it’s with each other or some outside force. Someday, I’ll give you the lowdown of all the fun things that happened at Northbay when I lived there. Your brother’s a stubborn man, but he’s reasonable when he is forced to sit down and listen.”
“That’s what I’m hoping,” I said.
“Now, your mate is going to be over-the-moon excited when you give him this news. So why don’t you go on home?”
“I don’t even know if I’m allowed to see Zane right now.”
“You will be. Your brother might set some rules, but he can’t keep fated mates apart. Go home, get some rest, and start taking your prenatal vitamins. And if you start getting some morning sickness, I have a tea that works well.”
“Thank you,” I said. “I do appreciate all your help.”
“Yeah, yeah, get out of here.”
