Selma laughed and let go of his waist to press against his chest when his hands began sliding down her body in a rather familiar way.

“Really? This makes you horny? I practically had to rape you when we were at the hotel, but now—in the middle of nowhere, after I tell you I’m pregnant, you suddenly want it? I thought I smelled bad.”

“You stink. I don’t care.”

It was pretty impossible to hold back the smile pulling at her lips at his sudden change. She hadn’t seen him like this before—unrestrained, yet still in control. It made her chest feel light.

“I’m not having sex with you right now. There’s too much to discuss. Like what do we do now? This wasn’t exactly in the plan.”

He rubbed at her hips with his thumbs, the gesture still suggestive, though he kept his palms still. “Now you come back with me.”

“And then what?” She frowned, trying to wrap her head around the crazy turn this evening had taken. A few hours ago she’d thought she would be saying goodbye to him forever, and now here they were, on a road in the middle of nowhere discussing their futures. “No offense, but I’m not about to raise a kid in a penthouse on top of a casino.”

His soft lips quirked in a smile. “No? And where would you prefer to build a nest, my little mate?”

“Nest? I was more thinking a house. You know, in the country. With fresh air and…” She blushed when the damned picket fence popped into the forefront of her mind again.

“And?” he asked, eyebrows lifted in amusement. “If you want it, it’s yours.”

“We can talk about that later. I… I also want you to meet my parents, and preferably make such a good impression that they don’t think you’re in the modern slave trade and have brainwashed and/or abused me while I’ve been missing for the past two months. They’ve got to be worried sick.”

“Hmm,” he said, the amusement withering on his face.

“What?”

“Breeders usually don’t keep in contact with their human relations. It’s… too complicated.”

Selma arched her brows until they met her hairline. “Too complicated? You mean because the poor woman has to explain to her family why she’s suddenly not allowed to be farther than three feet from her new boyfriend?”

Kain looked distinctly uncomfortable. “That and the lack of aging, along with a few other… issues.”

“Kain, I’m going to see my parents. They’ve been through enough because of my condition. I’m not just going to disappear.”

Though his expression remained grim, he nodded. “We will find a way. I suppose I will have to officially introduce you to my family too, once we’ve settled in a bit.”