Kyro - A.G. Wilde Page 0,104

will need Kyro to crack the code and get us in. It is paramount that we do so. There’s one human female in there who’s...” Xul trailed off, his eyes flicking to Yce.

“She’s been awake the entire time, I believe,” Yce said. “I cannot endure her mind. It is...extremely frayed.”

“That has got to be the worst torture...” Piper said, her hand moving over her belly. “This world is...a scary place. It makes me almost scared to have this baby.”

“Baby?” Evren’s eyes fastened on the woman’s hand and when she looked back up at Piper, the woman’s cheeks were rosy with a blush.

“Surprise!” she said. “Found out a few days ago.” She grinned.

Evren’s eyes widened some more.

“Ohmigod!” She gripped Piper in a hug. “That’s amazing news!”

“So you found a way to tell her?” Kyro asked, his eyes on Crex, who nodded. “Congratulations, brother.”

When his eyes fell on hers once more, Evren didn’t miss the look that was there. It was a longing that was as clear as day in his gray orbs.

She didn’t know if children would ever be in their future, but if there was anyone who would be a great father, Kyro was it.

As the conversation continued around them, she smiled at him and crossed her arms over her chest.

To think she’d been worrying about her future when her future had been by her side all along.

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He had to be the happiest man alive.

As his friends and their mates left, he moved over to his woman and pulled her into his arms.

He’d thought they’d bring up the fact that he hadn’t been truthful to them, that he had lied to them, pretending to be something he wasn’t for the entire time they’d known him. He’d thought they’d be scornful of him, wary even, or at least angry, but his brothers had displayed none of those feelings.

Instead, they’d treated him as if nothing had changed.

It created an unexpected feeling within him...freedom. For once in his adult life, he felt as if he wasn’t judged for the color of his skin or his abilities. He was simply seen as himself. Not different. Not more dangerous. Not something to be used and exploited. Just himself.

“Why are you smiling like that?” Her question caught him off guard.

“I’m just...happy.” He looked down at her. These emotions were all because of her. This lightness in his being, it was all because of her.

His hand slid to her stomach as he rubbed it gently.

Her eyes were guarded as she looked at him.

It must be obvious what he was thinking.

“Kyro?”

“Do you think...do you think that one day we could have the gift bestowed to my brother, Crex?”

It took only a second for her to smile.

“You want us to have kids?”

“You speak in the plural. I was thinking in the singular. I had never even hoped for one. To hope for many is more than I can even imagine.”

She chuckled then, a sound so light it felt like it flowed within him and made him feel light too.

“We can have as many as you want. I’ve always loved kids. But...”

He stilled.

Buts were never good.

“...I don’t know if we are compatible...”

His shoulders relaxed at that.

If they weren’t completely compatible, there was always biological assistance they could use.

He was going to say that to her but, instead, he had another idea.

Lowering his head so his lips brushed her ears, he whispered. “I know the best way to find out...”

“Hmmm?” She giggled. “What’s that?”

“Let me show you.”

Lifting her off her feet, her little yelp had him grinning as he brought her to the bed. He would enjoy testing whether they could bear young together.

He would enjoy it immensely and he would make sure she did too.

“You know what?” he asked as he settled her against the bedding. Looking down into her blue eyes reminded him of calm, calm waters. It settled him and made him feel grounded.

“I won’t be scared of living anymore.” His lips found hers as he took them between his. “Because every single day is worth living with you.”

Suddenly, he had a life to look forward to and he was going to enjoy every second of it.

Epilogue

“Kyr—Kh’Ziami?”

Evren moved through the section of the space station they’d colonized for themselves, checking the rooms for her male.

She’d taken to calling him by his birth name now that he was living his true self and they were alone.

There was no more need for disguises or pretense. The freedom it gave him created such change, she wasn’t sure he even realized how