Page 13 of Lucian's Soul

He drove towards his estate, glancing over to see her eyes closed. She was close to falling asleep. “I’m going to take you home, kitten.”

“Mmm, home sounds good. I’m tired. The baby and I are ready for a nap.”

Lucian felt his heart almost burst out of his chest at the mention of his son. He could tell how much Tessa loved their baby. Lucian fell in love with her right then. With her fearing the worst about him and thinking he was something out of ancient lore, she loved their child unconditionally, even when he showed the signs of being just like his father.

Lucian wished he’d told Tessa what he was at the beginning. He wished he’d given her a reason more than great sex to stick around. “I’m sorry I never told you any of this. I was trying to get you to like me before I threw this all on you. I acted arrogantly, assuming you would do as I want and not question me.”

Tessa’s hand came across and patted his legs. “Yep, you did. I’m tired now. I can ask questions when I see you again.”

Lucian didn’t know what she meant by see him again. He wasn’t letting Tessa out of his sight, and if he had to leave she’d have only the best of guards.

Chapter Six

Tessa vaguely remembered beingcarried, stripped of her shoes, socks, and clothes, before being laid on a bed and her head hit a soft pillow. Lucian had talked her to sleep. She was so exhausted from being scared of Lucian’s transformation, then finding out she was pregnant and worrying about her baby, that when she was safe and knew things could work she let the exhaustion take over and slept deeply for the first time in months.

Slowing opening her eyes to the pitch-black room, Tessa sighed when she saw it wasn’t her little flat at her parents’. She was at Lucian’s house, in his bedroom. “I wonder where your daddy is?” She glanced beside her and rubbed her baby bump. She knew Lucian had lain with her last night. Tessa wasn’t sure if Lucian had slept or just lay on or in the bed with her. Did demons sleep? That was something she’d have to ask, along with what she should call him now. Did she call him Lucifer or Lucian?

Stretching her rested body, her stomach growled and she covered it with her hands. “Let me go to the bathroom and then I’ll go hunt us up some breakfast. What do you feel like this morning?”

“What does he like to eat?” Lucian’s voice had her squealing in fright and falling off the bed. Quick as lightening, before she hit the ground, Lucian’s wing broke her fall. He lifted her up and gathered her to him.

“I didn’t know you were in the room.”

His lips brushed over hers and she couldn’t resist melting into him. “I wasn’t. I heard you talking and came up.”

“Oh.” It dawned on her he’d said he heard her when he wasn’t in the room. “Wow. How well can you hear?”

“Very good. I can hear anything you say in this house and probably if I strained close outside. The only time I can’t sense or hear you is when I’m feeding or drinking, when I’m at my most vulnerable. It’s why you snuck up on me when I first met you and when you saw me feeding off Xore.”

Tessa nodded and wanted to know more, but she was dying for the bathroom. She crossed her legs and groaned. “I really want to talk and know more, but since I’ve become pregnant I can’t hold on. I swear the baby dances on my bladder.”

Lucian didn’t say anything, but walked her to the bathroom. Letting go of her hand, he backed out and shut the door. She sat on the toilet and her brain swam with question after question she wanted to ask Lucian.

Once done, she got up and washed her hands. Splashing water on her face, she cleaned herself and then opened the door to see Lucian waiting for her with a t-shirt in his hand. Grabbing it, she slipped it over her naked body. “I have so many questions, but I’m hungry for food first. What is the time?”

“I’ll answer any question you ask.” He reached for her hands and held them tight as they left the room, walked down the hall and the stairs. “It’s late afternoon, just after three.”

“Oh my God, I haven’t slept more than four or five hours since I left you. I’ve just slept over thirteen hours. I’m so sorry Mummy hasn’t fed you,” she whispered as she rubbed her tummy. Tessa looked up at Lucian as they walked down the hall toward the kitchen. “I’m always hungry. All I do is eat. I haven’t gone that long without food since finding out I was pregnant. Do you think she is okay?”

“Yes. He is fine.” They walked hand in hand into the kitchen. Tessa was surprised to see the guy that had been sitting behind the bottom floor reception desk at Devil’s Inc.

“Lucifer helped me feed your baby last night. That’s why you slept so long,” the redheaded man said. He winked at her as she stared at him. “Hi, Lucifer’s mate. I’m Xore.” He held his hand out and Tessa slowly went to place her hand in his when Lucian snatched it away.

“Don’t touch my mate.” Lucian snarled at Xore, who chuckled. Lucian moved them to opposite ends of the breakfast table and settled her on his lap.

She narrowed her eyes on Xore, eager to get an answer. “What do you mean, you and Lucian fed my baby last night? I don’t remember eating.” Lucian’s hands rubbed her stomach and she felt a calm come over her at his touch.

A wicked grin took over Xore’s face. His green eyes sparkled and his dimples popped, making him utterly gorgeous. “Did Lucifer tell you what he is?”

It was strange hearing Lucian being called Lucifer—to her he would always be Lucian. It would take some time getting used to his other name. “He told me he was a demon and that what he did to you when I walked in on you and ran is called ‘sin eating.’ He explained about angels and that I’m his mate.”

“Think about it. Your baby is like his daddy. What do you think it wanted to eat?”

She gasped and jumped off Lucian, who’d sat quietly underneath her. Tessa cradled her stomach and shot death stares at the two men before her. “You didn’t. How?”

Lucian stood and she backed away from him. “Tessa, they were hungry.”

She blinked a couple of times and thought for a moment she’d misheard him. All of a sudden, she couldn’t breathe. Backing up, she bent over and took deep gasps of air in before she straightened and moaned. “They. What do you mean bythey? And what the hell are you saying when you say they were hungry? Surely you can’t mean they somehow ate sin?”

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