“I can’t fault that logic. Where are you two? Is that why you both quit and ran? Did someone find out? Was it your great uncle?! Did he come after you?!”
He frowned at how panicked, or rather, fearful, she sounded. “No? No one’s found out.”
“I…good.” His mother took a deep breath and slowly let it out. “Where are you?”
Cyrus let out a hesitant chuckle. “Well, I can’t tell you the exact location, and to explain why, I need to tell you the rest of what happened.”
“Okay…?”
“So my changing Killian's fate sort of ended with Ender Imorus being dragged into things.”
“Is that why you were asking about the Cryptid-Human War and the Great Gorgon Massacre?”
“So…about that… Ender was sort of trapped on the ships with us in space, and with the anniversary nearing, he kind of lost it.”
She gasped. “Was anyone hurt?”
“No, no one was hurt. But…we, well, more Killian, managed to calm him down.”
“It makes sense. Gorgons share a good number of instincts with snakes. His voice would likely be a great weakness to him.”
“Yeah, well, after that the two of us…sort of…” Cyrus trailed off with a grimace.
Oh, did he really have to say this out loud, and to his mother of all people?!
“Sort of…?”
“Comforted the man.”
“‘Comforted,’” she repeated dryly.
“Yeah…comforted.”
“Cyrus Bartholomew Grimm, that man is more than three times your age!”
“I know, okay!”
“Why would you—No, why exactly are you even telling me this?!”
“Well, you see?—”
His mother gasped, once again cutting him off as she blurted, “Oh, by the Goddess, tell me what I’m thinking you’re trying to say is true!”
Cyrus rolled his eyes. “Yes, Mother, Ender is pregnant.”
He winced, pulling the phone away from his ear as his mother let out an ear piercing squeal.
“FINALLY! Oh, there is so much to be done! So much to buy! We’ll need car seats, toys, and of course, some redecorating is a must, maybe a few rooms, and then?—”
“Mom,” he tried to cut in, but she just kept going. “MOTHER!” Cyrus barked.
“What?!” She let out an irritated huff. “You made me lose my train of thought, not to mention the list I was making in my head!”
“You can make your list after I give you the rest of the news.”
“Fine!” she groaned. “Tell away, but be quick!There’s so much to do!”
“As I’m sure you’ve realized already, we quit because we found out Ender was pregnant, but with not one, but two babies.”
