Page 54 of The Beta's Heart
She chuckled. “Notthat. There’s a little ceremony my people do to celebrate a pregnancy. It’s kind of like a blessing or a good luck spell.”
“Sounds cool. What do we need?”
“Some special flowers and a shovel.”
His brow arched. “A shovel?”
She laughed. “You’ll see. There’s a magical lake about a two-hour walk from here. At midnight, I’ll perform the blessing and we’ll share a vision of our baby.”
“A vision? Like of the future?”
“Yep.”
“Did you say a ‘two-hourwalk’? Why can’t you open a portal?”
“It represents the journey.”
“Okay. I’m game.” He moved over top of her, his arms straight and a sexy gleam in his eyes. “Now what should we do in the meantime?”
She ran her hands up his arms, tracing the hard muscles. “I can think of a few dozen activities. But we need to be done by sunset.”
He glanced at the window where the sun was just starting to push the darkness from the sky. “I’lltry.”
* * *
Kismet put on comfortable tennis shoes for their long walk and grabbed a small pack from the shelf in the closet, which she handed to Ren.
“This is for the flowers.”
He followed her to the cabinet in the mudroom and she pulled out a small shovel with a bright blue handle. She put the shovel in the pack and he put it on his back, adjusting the straps so it hung comfortably.
“Ready?” she asked, looking at her phone.
“Sure.”
She set the GPS app for the lake, opened the back door, and took Ren’s hand.
“Do you want to have a boy or a girl?” she asked as they started on their journey.
“Is it too cliché to say I just want our baby to be healthy?”
She grinned. “Yes and no.”
“Well, I’d love a son to teach wolfy things to. A little girl as beautiful as you will take some serious looking after. Can’t have boys sniffing around her.”
“You’re going to be an overprotective father, I take it?”
“Naturally.”
“Between you and my father, I think any little girls we have will be so protected and loved.”
“And for our sons, I’ll teach them how to kick ass in wolf form, and your dad can teach them mad sword skills. How about you?”
“Well, I always wanted a little girl, because they are totally awesome, but I’d be honestly happy for either.”
“What’s the story about the lake?”
They stopped at a crossing and she looked at her phone to get her bearings, and then they headed into the woods to pick up a trail that would lead to the base of a mountain and the magical lake.