Suze's POV:

"Well, sweetie, I guess we'll see you in a few weeks." Ron said. He and Lara had agreed to let me go home, as long as I finished out my pregnancy with them. Plus, I had a few things to talk to Jesse about.

"Remember, he may have little memory of his previous life," Lara said. "And I'm afraid I cannot tell you more until you've spoken with him."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." I said rolling my eyes. I was about to board their private plane, and added, "You know, by saying that, I tend to doubt how powerful this kid's gonna be."

"Trust me, Susannah," Lara called as I walked up the steps. "This child will be the most powerful shifter, given the right training."

I waved her off and boarded the plane.

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"Susie! Susie, you're back! My baby, who did this?! I'll kill them!" My mom started rattling off a million and one questions for me to answer, seemingly obvlious to the fact that a plane just landed on the beach.

"Paid a surprise visit to Ron and Lara Henlee." I said, watching my mother's reaction. Her face went from relief to anger in about two seconds.

"I knew Lara would do something like this, the second she found out about your pregnancy, and the wedding!" Mom said angrily before covering her mouth with her hand.

"I'm adopted?!" I threw at her. I was about to go on, but I saw someone- the one person I wanted to see more than anything on the planet- starting running up to us.

"We'll talk later, Mom." I said, turning away from her and running towards him.

"Susannah! Mi querida, you're alright! Thank Dios!" Jesse started rambling as he pulled me into a tight hug. I shut him up with a kiss to his lips.

What? Yes, I'd only been gone for 24 hours- give or take- but I missed him! We broke apart after a second and Jesse immediately picked me up in his arms and carried me to the reception hall. I was still in my wedding dress- my now sandy, dirty, slightly torn wedding dress- but I'd left a bag of clothes to change to in there. "Ok, let me get dressed, and then I have to talk to you." I said going into the bathroom.

"What about, querida?" Jesse asked confusedly.

I sighed and pulled on my tank top. Next I grabbed denim shorts and put them them on. "Your previous life." I called out, brushing the tangles out of my hair.

I opened the door and saw Jesse leaning against the wall opposite the door, his dark hair falling over his eyes, jeans tight in all the right places, his white shirt open halfway down- like his ghost shirt used to be. I have amazing self-control abilities, I swear.

"What about my previous life, querida?" Jesse asked. I quickly gave him a rundown of what Ron and Lara had told me.

"How could they have known?" Jesse said quietly.

"Known what?" I asked.

"Querida, when I was alive..." Jesse started, "I was a shifter. A very powerful one, for the 1800s. You'll be just as powerful one day."

"Ok." I nodded. I was beginning to understand. "So, our child is going to be pretty damn powerful, I guess."

Jesse nodded, almost sadly. He hugged me then, and kissed me and my stomach before he and I left for our honeymoon.

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Yes, I know, another short one. I suck. But the next chapter will be super long and will include a -gasp- character death. I'M SORRY IN ADVANCE, ENELYA!