“Aefre,” he says to me in warning.
“It’s not like that anyway,” I say, brushing off his hurtful comments. “He left the Underworld and I wanted to know why he didn’t say goodbye.”
“He left?” CK asks and I can see the relief on his face. Jerk.
“Yes, he’s gone back to L.A. It’s not like there is anything here for him anymore,” I say.
“But you slept with him,” CK presses. “I can smell the Wolf all over you.”
“Oh, damn you and your Vampire senses!” I exclaim, getting annoyed, but he just looks back at me in that mildly infuriating way of his.
“Perhaps we should speak about this upstairs,” he murmurs.
“Oh, don’t mind me,” Devon says. “It’s quite entertaining watching you two go at it.”
“Fuck you,” CK drawls and Teleports us off to our bedroom. I wrench my hands out of his and stare at him with a hurtful look.
“Do you really think that about me?” I ask.
“You know it about yourself, Aefre,” he says. “Why else would you go to Cole and have sex with him and then the very next day do the same with Lincoln? I can satisfy your need for love and comfort, Aefre, trust me on that. You just need to let me.”
“Oh, I know you can satisfy me,” I say seductively.
“That’s not what I mean,” he says. “You aren’t being serious.”
“And you are being too serious,” I complain.
“Well, someone has to be, Aefre, because you aren’t dealing with this,” he says.
“I am,” I insist. “I have.”
“Fine,” he says with a shrug. “There is something more important to deal with.”
“Oh?” I ask.
“Now that you are without child, this has to be our chance to conceive, Aefre. Only ours. You promised me before and you broke that promise. This time, you have to mean you will only have sex with me until you are pregnant again.” He sees my hesitation and, give the man a medal, he doesn’t get angry with me. “When you go into your Heat you must lie with me, understand?”
I make a decision and intend to stick with it. I really mean it, right now. “Okay,” I say with a decisive nod, and then he frowns at me. “What?” I ask. “I said okay.”
“You said you were four months along,” he says. “You went into your Heat a couple of months ago. How is that possible?”
“I don’t know,” I say. “I have also been wondering the same thing.”
“Allow me to explain,” Xanthe says from the doorway.
We both turn to look at her.
“Sorry, the door was open,” she says and walks inside. “Mr. Aquila. I believe you have been looking for me?”
CK casts a quick glance at me and then back to Xanthe. “I was, but I no longer need to see you,” he says.
“Very well,” she murmurs. “Your mother never told you about the various parts in you?” she asks to me.
“No, She never told me anything,” I say angrily.
“Well, the Demon and Dragon in you both go into Heat, but at separate times. It is why it is so frequent with you. Even though you were pregnant, you would still have gone into Heat with one or another of your
sides,” she explains.