Chapter Nineteen

“Wait wait, hold on,” Nell says stepping back and beginning to pace, “ you can’t mean to say your ‘pregnant’, can you?”

“What else could it mean?” Ariella says as she flops on the couch, “I have a parasite?”

“I just can’t wrap my head around it,” he runs his hands through his hair, “we only started having sex a month ago and we-“

“Did you use any form of protection” she cut him off. “You did learn how babies are made right?”

“Of course I…” he paused when he realizes, “didn’t.” He turns his attention back to her, “but I was under the impression that women didn’t know until they’re almost two months along.”

“In normal circumstances, but not when your companion is a dragon that lays eggs.” She retorts. “But usually they lay an egg a little after conception,” she looks at Kia who was wrapped around their egg, “but judging by the size of the egg, they were holding on until they were here.”

“How DO you know any of this when-“

“You better choose your next words carefully.” She glared a