Rey was given her own private quarters. Kylo assigned his most trusted guards to protect her. He knew Hux wanted to kill Rey and their unborn son, to get back at him. Hux was still bitter that Tessa did not choose him.

"Thank you," Kylo said to Tessa, as they got into bed that night. "I know this is not easy for you."

"I'm not the one you should worry about. Rey lost her freedom, forever," Tessa argued.

"But her life, and my son's life, were spared. Thanks to you. You could have let Hux kill her, and I would have never known the truth."

"But I would have known. Kylo, I couldn't do that to you. I... I love you." Tessa trembled when she said the words.

"Tessa, it's okay," he assured her, as his knuckle traced her cheek. "I love you, too." He gave Tessa a soft kiss.

"In fact," Kylo continued, with a mischievous smile. "Let me show you how much I love you." The couple kissed passionately and made love before falling asleep.

The next morning, Tessa woke up and dashed to the bathroom. She threw up. After she healed herself, she decided to get dressed. This was frustrating. Now she was getting sick without doing any battle meditation!

"Wait a minute!" she thought. "When did I get my last period?" She realized her last cycle was when she was back on Arkanis.

"Oh no!" Tessa gasped to herself. Very quietly, she snuck past a sleeping Kylo and headed down to the medic bay. She saw a medical droid.

"I want a pregnancy test done on me," she commanded. The droid drew blood from Tessa, and went to perform the test. It was the most anxious moments of Tessa's life.

"Congratulations, you are pregnant," the droid beeped. Tessa bit her lip. She didn't want to ask the question, but she needed to know.

"How many weeks am I along?" she asked the droid.

"Twelve weeks," was the response she got. Tessa rose to her feet and bolted from the medic bay.

"I have to leave!" she cried to herself, as she headed towards the hanger. Tessa was frightened and ashamed. She did not know if the baby was Kylo's or Hux's.

She nearly made it onto a TIE fighter when she was frozen in place. Tessa shook nervously, the tears streaking down her face.

"Don't leave," she heard Kylo beg her from behind.

"Kylo, you don't understand..." Tessa moaned sorrowfully. He came around and faced her.

"I know you are scared. But running away is not going to help you, or the baby. I love you, Tessa, and I love this baby. Whether I am the biological father or not."

Tessa broke down sobbing. Kylo tightly embraced her. He knew her thought and told her,

"This is not your fault. Hux and I are to blame. You were innocent, sweetheart."

"But I slept with both of you willingly," Tessa reminded him.

"You did what you needed to do to survive. Come, let's go back to the medic bay."

"Why?"

"To find out who the father is."

Tessa did not want to go back. She was afraid of the answer she might get.

"It's better to know now that wait anxiously until she's born," Kylo argued. He smiled. Tessa was having a girl.

"Okay," she managed to utter. She was still unsure, but she was happy that she was having a girl.

They went back to the medic bay. Kylo instructed the medical droid to perform the in utero DNA test. As they waited for the results, he held her hand.

"Kylo, I'm scared!" Tessa confessed honestly.

"Don't be afraid, I feel it too," he admitted.

The droid came back a few minutes later with the results. It gave the paperwork to Tessa. She read it, and bitterly wept. Kylo immediately destroyed the droid with his lightsaber.

"I'm sorry!" she screamed, covering her face with her hands.

"You have nothing to be sorry about," Kylo insisted, gently removing Tessa's hands so that he could look at her.

"Kylo, please don't tell Hux!"

"I understand." He cradled Tessa close to him. "You are afraid he will hurt you and the baby."

"I know he should know, but he tried to kill Rey and your son..."

"Tessa, you don't have to explain yourself. As far as everyone is concerned, you are expecting my daughter."

Tessa tightly embraced Kylo. She felt awful. She wanted her child to be Kylo's. If only things were different. If only Kylo had captured her first. If only she had not slept with Hux.

"Stop," Kylo told her, his forehead leaning against hers. "She is mine in the way that matters."

"Thank you," Tessa whispered, before giving Kylo a soft kiss. "This is not fair to you."

"Is it fair that Rey is pregnant with my child? Life is not fair, Tessa. You know that as well as I do. But we will make the best of this," he promised her.

Later that day, Kylo and Tessa brought Rey to the medic bay, to check up on her baby. Tessa and Rey were surprised that both babies were due around the same time.

"The Force has blessed me with two children," Kylo stated proudly, as he placed one hand on Rey's belly and the other hand on Tessa's.

"You are going to raise Tessa's daughter as your own," Rey uttered in surprise. Tessa's eyes widened in horror.

"Don't worry. I am not going to tell anyone, especially Hux," Rey added. Both Tessa and Kylo breathed a sigh of relief.

Tessa's pregnancy was officially announced to the galaxy. Hux was not happy to hear that she was pregnant. She should have been his, not Kylo's.

Throughout her pregnancy, Hux kept asking Tessa to come back to him. He made various arguments, from Rey would steal Kylo from Tessa to Hux saying he and Tessa were meant to be together. It broke her heart. Tessa knew Hux just wanted her to be with him to get back at Kylo, and not because he cared about her.

Kylo did his best to be attentive to both Tessa and Rey. He hoped that the babies would not be born at the same time. Then he would choose to be with Tessa. As much as he cared for Rey, he loved Tessa, and wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.

Hux was frustrated. Kylo had everything; power, a woman who loved him, and two children on the way. It was time to make the Supreme Leader suffer. He was able to access the pre-natal vitamins the women were taking. He injected a poison into them. The poison would kill the scavenger and her child, and it would also kill Tessa's child. But he did not put enough poison to kill Tessa. Despite her rejection of him, he still cared about her. Hux vowed to himself that he would take Tessa away from Kylo, and that she would be his lover once again.