You're full of nerves. You're anxiously awaiting your mates arrival home. You weren't sure how to tell him. You decided on a gift, you thought it might soften the blow, if there is a blow. You hope there isn't.

You suppose you shouldn't be so surprised, but you are. You and cassian haven't been using protection, but it's also so rare for fae to conceive. It often takes years for fae to conceive, to conceive within a year of mating is unheard of. Maybe you should be overjoyed, the baby growing in your womb is a miracle. But you can't help but be terrified. You and cassian weren't trying by any means, you hadn't even mentioned kids. You just sort of overlooked the idea of using protection, your chances of conceiving were so low and with the current court instabilities and cassian's mind preoccupied with illyria, you hadn't really thought about something that seemed so small. But now it had turned into something so much bigger, lifelong.

You've prepared a gift box for cassian, inside is a newborn baby onesie, with the 3 positive pregnancy tests you took. You kept taking them because you didn't believe the result. Yours and cassians 1st anniversary is coming up so you're going to tell cassian that it's an early anniversary gift.

You hear the front door open and your heart pounds.