“It’s nice, small, but nice. Won’t do for long, a few months. I can get a lot done in a few months.”
Cassandra sighed. “I think it will work for a time. The baby won’t be here for a while.”
“Well, take whatever time you think you have in mind and half it.”
“Half it?”
“Yeah, it’s about half the time, even for humans.”
Cassandra shook her head. She had so much to learn and now she had even less time. “You don’t think you could have told me that a while ago?”
“We had a lot going on.”
She smiled and agreed. They’d been running ragged for weeks now and she hoped that it was finally time to settle down. It’s what she needed.
“Yeah, we did. Is it always going to be like that? It seems like shifters move a little faster than normal people.”
He scoffed. “That may be true for a lot of them, but I am not bothered by any of it. The only thing I want to do is live peacefully. I’ve found my mate, kids are on the way, this is what I’m looking forward to. I don’t like all of the excitement. I can truly do without it.”
She smiled and showed him where they’d be sleeping. “I’d like something slow for a while. I think I’ve had enough excitement to last me for a while.”
Antoine liked the sound of that and told her so. Cassandra was still trying to get over how strange it was to have him there. She wanted to believe that everything was going to work out, but he wasn’t human.
“So, what other secrets do you have?”
He laughed. “You don’t forget anything, do you?”
“When it comes to things like that, no, I guess I don’t.”
“There isn’t much else. I am sure that there are going to be incidences that I don’t even think about, until I see them or they happen.”
“So, that’s all of it?”
“Yeah, dragon, you’re pregnant, I love you. That’s about the gist of it.”
“The last one wasn’t a secret.”
“No? I never said anything about it.”
“You didn’t have to. I think I have always known, just like I always knew that I wanted to be with you.”
“Fate?”
Cassandra shrugged. He said it so casually, but it was a pretty big deal. The worst part of it all was the fact that there was no other explanation.
“Maybe.”
“Do you know how much I look forward to all of the mating ceremonies?”
“I hate to break it to you, Antoine, but the best has already happened.”
He grinned. “It has all been just warm-ups.”
She giggled. “Is that right?”
He agreed. “We have a lot of work yet to do.”
“You don’t say.”
