No, it wasn’t. The drink Evan was bringing me would keep my stomach settled. They’d planned to start giving it to me as soon as they knew. Nu-reeh had interrupted their plans by putting us all in that cave. They would have preferred I was taking it days ago.

My mind was bombarded suddenly with information about nausea and vomiting. Damien and his Brothers were sure this idea would work.

“No new bets, though,” Bane explained stoically. “You sided with Christof. We’re keeping the original wager.”

I grinned at Bane’s sense of right and wrong when it came to betting. You couldn’t change your side just because new information came up. That just wasn’t how it worked.

Bets were so far off my radar, I’d forgotten the wager we made outside the cabin. Christof and I had said I’d have morning sickness. The other Brothers had said I would not. They’d been working on it since then.

Evan approached the table with a confident swagger. He was sure he’d be on the winning side of this.

me the cup, “it

not objectionable. I felt like I should know the flavor,

root,” Kein said grinning, “concentrated and made into a drink.

chunk of meat and Laid it on my plate. Kein handed me what resembled warm, heavy bread. They encouraged

During our time in the cave they’d kept tight reign on their hunger. Conversation was

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so they watched as their friends entered and settled at a table.

everyone knew that. Damien didn’t see the point in forcing someone to stare at the floor. It was not a threat

looked out over the crowds. Their eyes were even done up so it

memories of Earth as we ate. I thought of every female I’d ever seen, from the most beautiful

the women on this planet called to him. Their feral nature was both dangerous and attractive. He

I’d want to keep in my home, though,” Kein muttered. Paterian women were exciting, but they weren’t like me. You’d be horrified to see Nu-reeh sleeping on your bed at home. Evan remembered my last pregnancy and all the times they had found me curled in their colors, fast asleep. Something about that picture made them all feel warm and

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