He pulled my face back and looked deep into my eyes. “How are you here in the underworld? You’re alive.”
I pulled out the coins and Cronus grinned. “Thanatos. My new best buddy.”
“Hey, what about me?” Hyperion called out, tone only half-joking.
Cronus freed me from his deathly-tight hug to embrace hisactualbest friend. “I knew you wouldn’t let her come alone. Thank you, brother.”
Standing at Cronus’ side, he held me against him like he was afraid to let go. Rhea moved a little closer, her face set in what I liked to think of as her “resting bitch face” stare.
“Hey, Rhea. Death looks good on you.”
Me and this bitch would be frenemies for life.
She grinned, shaking her head, but when she opened her mouth to speak, she sort of froze before she could start. Eyes wide with shock, she ran her gaze along my body, slowing over my stomach, before she gasped.
Oh gods.
“Shit, what?” I looked down, wondering if some of that nasty water had given me a rash.
“Cronus,” Rhea breathed. “She’s pregnant.”
I think I time traveled then, or left my body, because my brain short circuited and everything spun. The oppressive heat, dizziness, and underworld flu overtook me, and I fell backward into Cronus’ arms.
Through my daze I heard Hyperion say, “Ahh that makes sense.”
Cronus stared at my belly, chest heaving as he held me. Our eyes met, and I wasn’t sure what my face was saying, but his didn’t look as freaked out as I would have expected.
“Is the baby okay?” he asked Rhea, not looking away from me.
“Heartbeat is strong,” she said. “But best to get her out of here and back to Earth obviously.”
I raised my hand, finding some equilibrium. “Hold up. What the fuck is going on?”
Cronus reached out and caressed my cheek. “Rhea can sense when someone is pregnant.”
“It’s a wonderful gift when it isn't your ex-husband’s twenty-something girlfriend,” the Titaness said with a slight curl of her lips.
Holy shit. This was really real. The underworld flu was actually a small case of unprotected sex resulting in me being pregnant with a Titan baby.
“We were attacked. She used light magic,” Hyperion told Cronus. “I thought it was the power Thanatos’ had leant her … but now I’m thinking it might be because of …” He cleared his throat. “The little one.”
What?Seriously,what?Was he saying my fetus had given melight magic?
Cronus reached out and cupped my belly, which now that I looked, seemed a bit more pronounced than normal. The rest of me had gotten skinnier, but the belly was holding strong.
“Hold up, we just barely … I mean it’s only been a few days. The baby is in no way developed enough to be shooting light magic.”
#BabyMama #BabyTitanOnBoard #HolyShit
Rhea waved her hand. “Wrong. You’re about ten weeks I would say. Time is different down here, and by the time you make it back to Earth, you’ll probably be about four months along.”
What. The. Fuck. Did she just say?
“Food. I need food.”
My poor baby went ten weeks without food! Wait, how was that possible? How was I not dead? What the hell was happening?
Cronus stroked my face. “Don’t try to figure it out, love,” he said softly. “It will be okay. Especially if Thanatos leant you power.”
