The Sorcerer's Bride

Kaldrek was propped up on one hand and smiling as he looked at her womb area. She bit her lip for a moment. It was strange that he did not even notice she had woken up. He was really engrossed….

She placed her hand over his, "Excited by thinking you might be a father?"

He glanced up into her smiling eyes as his smile grew broader. "Yeah. I… really do want this."

He leaned down and kissed her softly on her nose and then captured her mouth when she started giggling. his hand that he had propped his head up with moved to touch her cheek, and his other slid to her waist.

Zylvia grinned when he pulled away and wrapped her arms around his neck. "At this point would you be disappointed if I was not pregnant."

"Well," He looked down at her and then placed a kiss on her forehead, "I would not be disappointed in you, but I would feel disappointed that we were mistaken. And then try to rectify it."

She slapped his chest with a laugh then went to roll away and off the bed. His hands moved to grasp her wrists and he pulled her back to him, snuggling her close to his chest.

As he held her close and buried his nose in her hair, Zylvia sighed happily. She closed her eyes and enjoyed the comfortable way their bodies melded together. She actually rather liked this, being enveloped in his scent and listening to the sound of his breathing.

After a while he was still holding her and there seemed no inclination on his part to let her go. A soft giggle left her mouth at the thought. And she had thought that she was the clingy one. As she did not really mind him holding her, she decided to let him do so for a while at least.

She did not mean to but with her eyes closed it was rather easy for her to fall asleep. When she woke up again, she was still in her husband"s arms. When she moved, he sat up and smiled at her, "Awake?"

"I fell asleep…?" When he nodded, she shook her head, "Sorry, I really did not mean to."

"That is quite alright, love." Kaldrek grinned at her, "You probably needed the sleep."

"I need to get moving," It came out as a mutter and her husband sighed as he helped her up.

"Alright. We probably can"t stay in bed all day."

"I can"t believe this. Is my workaholic husband actually trying to talk me into lazing around all day?" She tapped her finger against his noise as she teased him.

He laughed, "No, not really. Though I will admit if you tried to talk me into it, I would very happily stay in our room for the rest of the day."

His eyes were laughing as he slid off their bed to get dressed. Zylvia let her eyes follow him as she dressed herself up as well. Glancing down at her flat abdomen, she wondered if she really could be pregnant. If she was, then she would finally have a complete family of her own…

Hands wrapped around her waist gently as her husband kissed her cheekbone near her ear. She leaned back for a minute, enjoying the show of affection. She was glad that this man belonged to her. Willingly, even. A flush came to her cheeks as she marveled at the wonder that he loved her.

Smiling she turned to face him and kissed him softly. His eyes looked so tender as she pulled away and he really looked on the verge of keeping her here with him for a while.

Instead though he pulled away and turned her around, picked up her brush and began doing her hair. She smiled to herself at the way he treated her. She really hoped that this would last them the rest of their lives. Well, not the nervousness or the b.u.t.terflies but the friendly love they shared.

Finally, completely ready for the day, she wrapped her hand around her husband"s arm and tugged him to the door. A grin came to his face as he glanced at the hold that she had on him, "I love when my pretty wife latches on to me like this."

The remark had her instantly grinning back at him, "Obviously. With the way you grin over it."

He chuckled and leaned towards her to press a kiss to her forehead. "Maybe I want to be obvious."

She shook her curls at him with a soft laugh. She loved the way he was acting though. It was cute.