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She shakes her head. “No, it’s not.”
Then, her voice trails off. There’s something she’s not saying.
Danielle is pretty secretive, and I feel like I’ve figured out when she’s hiding things now.
“I don’t want to push you,” I say. “But remember, you can tell me things when they’re bothering you.”
I’m looking at her now, and she gazes up at me.
I feel so close to her. Like I have the patience of a lifetime, which is something extremely new for me.
“You’re not,” she shakes her head. “You’re perfect. I just find it hard to always say everything that’s going on.”
I smile. “I know you do.”
She takes a deep breath, as though what she’s going to say needs to be physically forced out of her.
“Woah,” she sighs. “This is harder than I thought.”
I take her hand into mine. She feels cold, rather than hot, like she usually does after casting. She’s trembling, too.
“It’s okay,” I tell her. “Whatever it is.”
She parts her lips slightly, sighs again, and then tells me two words that take a few seconds to register.
“I’m pregnant.”
I blink.
I don’t respond at first. I can’t. I’m in shock.
“It’s yours, of course, and I don’t want you to feel like you need to help me with looking after the child or anything. I know that you didn’t ask for this.”
She looks nervous and afraid.
“Come here,” I say, taking her into my chest.
My heart is beating at lightning speed. I can’t believe that I’m going to be a father. I can’t fathom it.
I’m shocked, but then I’m overwhelmed with joy.
“I can’t wait to be the father of our child, Danielle. This is amazing.”
She freezes in my arms.
“You mean that?” She asks, shocked.
“Unless it’s not mine,” I joke.
She laughs in my arms. “Oh, it’s yours, all right. I can feel its energy.”
Chapter 25 - Danielle
Maybe the fact that I’ve finally come clean to Ellis about the pregnancy has allowed me to think more clearly, but I have an idea that I feel super good about.
A different idea about what to do to spark the same magic again.
When I had that second, more powerful vision, Ellis and I were on our way back from a date, walking through the woods. We were close to the pack, coming from the direction of one of the nearest human towns.
