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“Home?” I asked as we got back in the car.

“Nope.” Alexander directed Gabriel to drive toward the shopping district. When the Beta parked outside of the biggest baby supply store in the territory, I turned to stare at Alexander.

“Alexander, what are we doing here?”

“Shopping for the baby.” He was already getting out of the car, and when he opened my door, he was in such a rush that I practically had to jog to catch up with him.

“Isn’t it a little early for that? I’m barely three months along.”

“It’s never too early to be prepared. I’m just being practical.” Rigl. Practical. As if I couldn’t see the excitement in his green eyes. “Besides, the good stuff takes time to order.”

The store was massive, with different sections for furniture, clothes, toys, and feeding supplies. Everything was displayed in little mock nurseries that made my heart leap and my mind race with all kinds of ideas for our future baby’s room.

“Alpha Alexander! Luna Ella!” A cheerful woman in her fifties approached us with a clipboard. “I’m so honored that you’re considering my humble shop for your little heir.”

“Hardly humble,” I laughed, gesturing around at the massive space and making the woman blush.

Alexander placed his arm around my shoulders, and now I was the one who was blushing. “We’re just looking for the essentials for now. Crib, changing table, that sort of thing. But I only want the best.”

“Wonderful! Congratulations. When are you due?”

“January,” I said.

She gestured for us to follow her toward the furniture section.

hour, we wandered through displays of cribs and dressers and rocking chairs. Alexander was surprisingly

features on one crib

decisively, running his hand along the smooth wood

admit it was gorgeous. Classic but not fussy, with clean lines and expert woodworking. “I

matching changing table,” Alexander told the sales

full set?

“Perfect.”

was something deeply satisfying about picking out furniture for our baby,

seeing Alexander in such

were debating the merits of different rocking chairs when I heard a commotion near the front of the store. Voices, car doors slamming,

is that really

told you they were

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buying baby stuff! This

and I exchanged a look of horror as a group of about ten people burst through the store entrance, phones already out and

Can you tell us about the

“When are you due?”

are you hoping for, a