Page 164 of Death Game: Supernatural Battle

“We haven’t had much time getting to know each other,” she said in her sultry voice.

“I was thinking the same. There hasn’t really been time.”

She leaned back. “We’ll have nothing but time after the transition.”

If I survived it. Because that wasn’t assured.

You will, Kyros’s furious thoughts burst into my thoughts.

His fury wasn’t directed at me but the situation. He was tied in more knots over the transition than me.

An alpha’s blood was necessary to trigger the change, but survival depended on the strength of the other six vampires involved. There was surely a connection between the seven blood exchanges in the mating ritual and the seven Vissimoneeded to change a human, but no one knew what that connection was. Of course, there was a clan dedicated to solving the mystery.

It would have sucked to be the guinea pig for figuring out the answer, was my opinion on the matter.

The queen took my hand. “I wanted to speak with you about my grandchildren.”

My brain slammed on the brakes. I choked on my own spit. “What grandchildren?”

Oh my god, does Kyros have kids?

None, my beauty. Mother’s scaring her off. Intercept.

Kyros started moving through the house toward us.

“Any children you may have with my eldest son,” she clarified.

I blew out a breath and then realised I shouldn’t relax yet. “I’m twenty-one, Queen Titania. I can’t say that’s on the radar for me yet.”

“Which is why I must talk to you.” Her eyes were so beautiful, like the meadow inside a teardrop. It was no wonder her children were the most perfect creations I’d ever seen.

She blinked, glancing down. “Vissimo don’t reproduce easily. It has taken me three hundred years of copious sex with many men to birth two children.”

Kyros turned on his heel at the mention ofcopious sex with many men.

I withheld my grin. Just.

The queen sighed. “My point is that you’ll only have one sexual partner because mates are unable to share each other,” the beautiful vampire continued. “I couldn’t rest easy without telling you how unlikely conceiving will be for you. False hope in motherhood is the greatest challenge Vissimo females face. You will have an eternity with my son, yes, but you need to be aware that eternity may not include children.”

My ideal future had always included children. Two or three.

I was twenty-one, but I’d seen the veiled heartache within Vissimo womenandmen. Angelica was nearly two hundred years old and had never mentioned children. And she had a harem.

Yes, I wanted children with Kyros one day. If they didn’t come, I liked to think I could find joy in my nieces and nephews. Or maybe by helping human children in need. Kyros was enough, and that would always hold true, no matter the heartache I may feel in the future.

“I don’t understand eternity, Queen Titania, so I appreciate that what you’re saying is probably above my comprehension,” I answered. “Children aren’t on my radar yet. If I remain human, Kyros and I are incompatible. There may not be a high chance of conceiving once I’m Vissimo, but that’s more than zero chance.”

“There’s still time to have a child with a human male,” she said quietly.

She was telling me to sleep with another man.

“I wanted to present it as an option,” she added, spotting my shock.

Kyros’s guilt was heavy.

Why do you feel bad?I asked him.

Because a human male could give you children.

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