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“You’re fucking scaring me, babe.”
Christina pulled her hand back, and from the white marks on her fingers it was obvious that Boulder had been squeezing way too hard.
Finally, Christina lifted her gaze and locked eyes with him. “Since Kya already ruined the surprise I had planned for you, I’m just gonna come right out and say it.” She took a deep inhalation of air and breathed out the words: “I’m pregnant.”
“What?”
“I’m pregnant,” she repeated but unlike what I had expected, Boulder didn’t break into a happy grin.
“How long have you known?”
“A little over two weeks.”
“But you don’t want the child here, with me?” Boulder was starting to look a little crazed with the way his eyes were burning.
Christina tilted her head. “What are you talking about?”
“All the secrecy and your moodiness.” He went on in a long rant. “Why would you keep it a secret from me when you know my biggest wish is to have children with you? You’re leaving me, aren’t you?”
“No, I just wanted it to be perfect when I told you, and I’m not moody.” She lowered her eyebrows. “It’s justhormones.”
“Are you sure about this?”
“About staying with you or about being pregnant?” A smile grew on her face, and it was like Boulder blew out fifty pounds of worries when he exhaled deeply.
“How could you think I would leave you?” She chuckled and grinned when he picked her up in his arms, making her feet dangle above the ground.
“I’m really going to be a father?” His voice was full of awe and then he swung her around with a loud howl of joy.
I quickly stepped back to avoid being knocked down by her feet, swinging through the air.
“What’s happening?” Boulder’s euphoria was attracting the others and soon Pearl, Archer, and Khan had joined us.
“We’re going to have a baby,” Boulder boomed and rained kisses on Christina, who was laughing with her mouth open and eyes all moist.
When her eyes fell on me, I grinned back at my best friend. “Told you it would be perfect, didn’t I?”
CHAPTER 17
Going to the Motherlands
Archer
It had been almost three weeks since I made love to Kya for the first time. Finn had given me a hard time about the situation he walked in on, but at least he had promised not to tell others about it.
If it was up to me, we would have been making love morning, day, and night, but unfortunately Kya had a say in the matter and she was adamant that our sexual relationship stay a secret. That complicated things and limited our time together. So far, we had only managed to sneak in sex five times, and every time had left me longing for more. Her scent, her softness, her sweet moans, and the way she willingly spread her legs and invited me to enter her had me feeling like a possessed man.
Never would a sex-bot be able to satisfy me again. I wanted the real thing and I wanted it with Kya.
I was hopeful that our trip to the Motherlands would give me more time with her, or at least distract me enough to not obsess about wanting her constantly.
The excitement in our group was palpable.
The children from the Motherlands were excited to go back, and talked about their favorite foods and possibly seeing some of their loved ones.
We boys and men from the Northlands were ecstatic that we would actually get to see the mysterious Motherlands with our own eyes. It was a historic event that Khan proudly shared with the press.
I understood his need to show progress and spread hope around our country that someday, we would all be welcome in the Motherlands. At the same time, I was concerned about the safety of the girls and wanted to make sure that he didn’t compromise the secrecy surrounding our experiment. He didn’t! He completely left out anything relating to the girls, and focused on the fact that the Council had invited a group of boys and three caretakers to visit with them for ten days – something that Khan attributed to his marriage to Pearl. He also promised that our delegation would be documenting our experiences and that highlights would be broadcast for everyone to see. “This,” he had boasted, “is a promising sign of the Motlanders’ curiosity when it comes to us Nmen. May the day come when we are all welcome to cross the border whenever we wish to.” Not surprisingly, Khan’s popularity spiked after that speech.
