"I'm sorry I was angry and not letting you touch me before." I whispered to him. Ryder shook his head and hooked an arm around my shoulders and one underneath my knees as he lifted me up. My head spun a little and I dropped it against his chest as he carefully carried me up the steps and to our suite. "How about for the next five months I never hear the words sorry out of your mouth. You're not only giving me an heir, you are giving me a child to love and that has you in it. You can do whatever you want as long you're safe." "So maybe we can go back to see Reynolds." Ryder paused and looked down at me when I said that. Quickly he shook of what he was thinking about and kept walking towards the double doors leading into our suite. "Riley told me what they were going to do to him. He's going to be in a lot of pain and I don't want you to see that. Especially when you're supposed to be resting." His hand brushed over my stomach as he placed me onto the bed gently. If I couldn't see Reynolds I had to get my mind off him. "So I only have a little over two months left?" My fingers caressed my stomach as he sat down across from me. "Give or take. Riley put your due date at March 3rd but it all depends on how everything goes." "I want a baby boy." I took his hand and placed it on my lower stomach. Ryder smiled at me and splayed his fingers across the area where our child was growing underneath. "So you are ok with it?" He seemed unsure but there was still a glow in his eyes. "You're not regretting finally doing this?" "I wouldn't be telling you I wanted a boy if I didn't want it anymore." Moving my hand from his I cup his cheek and gently press a kiss to his lips. His reaction is slow but eventually his lips are moving back against mine causing a ravishing heat to start between my legs. Hormones. Again. "I'd love to see you nursing our baby boy. I think you'd become very possessive and barely let him leave your arms." He breathed out as he pulled back from the kiss. He'd moved his hand from my stomach and wound his arms around my waist, pulling me up onto his lap. "If you have a girl though. She'd change history. The first female to be born as the heir to the throne. I'd be the one not letting her go though. My baby, baby girl." The image of my big muscled mate and husband holding a very small bundle wrapped up in pink warmed my heart. I could get used to that idea very fast and I did prefer my little boy but I could live with the idea of a little girl. Ryder tried reconnecting our kiss but I pulled back from him and his lips landed on my neck instead. My heartbeat quickened as I remembered some of Ryder's earlier words. "You said that Heidi was coming if the rebels weren't a problem. Do you think they're going to be a problem" I asked my voice slightly breathless but I didn't know if it was because of the kiss or the potential of another attack. "George is still alive." He said solemnly, pushing his head into my neck. "It was his wolf that was pressing down on your stomach. My warriors chased after him but he got away, along with a little less than half the rebel's on his side. The rest are dead except for the four that are in the dungeons waiting to be questioned." Letting out a shaky breathe I fist my hand into the soft material of his shirt. "You think the ones that survived are going to come back?" Ryder was breathing shakily as well and he tightened his grip around me as he lied the both of us down on the bed. "He won't do it soon. He'll have to recoup and strengthening his numbers first. I doubt he's going to give up on getting the throne. Or you." "What about the pup?" my voice was a whisper and my hands shook as I placed them over my stomach. "You and the pup are going to be safe." Ryder tells me as he places his hand over the top of mine. "This room is the best security and you're not going to leave it unless I'm with you." his voice held a commanding tone to it. My head dropped. "I don't regret going out there. I know I put our pup in danger and if I had just come back up here, Reynolds would be fine but I can't just sit back and know that wolves are dying and that I can help them." "I know the urge sweetheart." The sound of his voice tells me that he agrees with what I had said but he doesn't want to. "One of the wolves you have to protect now is growing inside of you. The wolves will not sacrifice you or their future king or queen. They would die for you." My eyes stung but I felt all cried out. "Does George know that I'm pregnant?" Ryder still had his head buried in the hollow of my neck and when I mentioned that name to him he took a deep inhale of my scent. He hadn't replied but his reaction was an answer enough itself. "That why he pressed down on your stomach." He growled out and the vibrations moved through me. "I saw the exact moment that he heard it. I'm supposed to be the only one that can smell the hormone change in you but I think he could as well." I didn't say anything to him after that. He kept growling every now and then, his nose running along the line of my neck before he kissed his mark. I was half asleep just starring at an empty spot across from the end of the bed where I could see a crib in the future holding our sleeping child, when he spoke again. "If he does attack again your guards have permission to carry you back to the room kicking and screaming if they have to." His words were just asking to be questioned. Chuckling lightly I closed my eyes. "Reynolds only." "Reynolds only." His repeated words were the last I heard before I fell asleep.