A new little chapter for you. Enjoy and thanks for reading.

Rodrick escorted Kia to the castle in relative silence. It had been nice to see Attros again, but she quickly moved on from the encounter. She had too many things to worry about, at the moment, old boyfriends and their jealous wives could not be one of them.

When they reached the castle, she went directly to Anduin's chambers. He had decided that once they were married, they would both move into his parent's old chambers. Until then, he was staying put in his chambers. He said he needed the familiarity of them to help get through all the other changes in his life. Kia suspected his delay in moving into his father's old chambers was more an emotional procrastination then anything else, but she didn't press the issue.

Anduin's guards opened the door for her and the sight she saw when she entered made her gasp. The gasp must have been loud enough to be heard, since the sound made Anduin turn, giving Kia a concerned look. "What's wrong?"

Kia recovered quickly, smiling at him. "Nothing. I just thought you were Varian for a moment." He was dressed in the traditional formal wear of the king of Stormwind. Besides the blonde hair, we looked just like his father.

"Is that a good thing?" He asked, looking down at his attire.

Kia walked up to him, placing a gentle kiss on his lips. "It's a very good thing. You look like a king."

He kissed her back, giving her a quick hug.

"So, how'd it go?" He asked.

Kia had gone home to Darnassus to met with a night elf healer. She wanted to confirm she'd be able to have children. The human healers had said she was perfectly healthy, but they had limited knowledge of night elves and hybrids. Even though It didn't matter to Anduin, he'd already told Kia he was going to marry her regardless, it mattered to Kia. She could never forgive herself if she couldn't give Anduin an heir.

"They said everything is functioning and I should have no problems carrying a baby to term. They did say getting pregnant might be a challenge. They really have very little reference on hybrid conception, besides information on other less sentient species. But they seem to think any pregnancy will go more towards human than night elf, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Sounds like our biggest obstacle will be getting pregnant."

"So, what I'm hearing is we're just going to have to work hard to get you pregnant, once we start trying."

Kia took a seat at his desk, chuckling lightly. Anduin was such a male, sometime. "Pretty much."

Anduin's expression grew serious. He walked to the window, looking out over his kingdom. "I can't believe I'm talking to my future wife about having a baby. I don't feel old enough. It's surreal." He sighed. "I wish father were still here."

Kia joined Anduin at the window, wrapping her arms around him supportingly. "I miss him, too, but I know he'd be proud of you. He was before he died. You could see it in his eyes when he thought no one else was watching. I was watching."

They stood quietly, looking out the window. Just when he thought he couldn't love Kia any more, she'd say something like that and his love would reach a new level.

"You're trembling. What's wrong?" He asked, looking into Kia's eyes. "Are you nervous?"

"A little." She admitted, pulling away from Anduin, so she could pace across the room. She hadn't realized she was actually shaking enough to be noticeable.

"I'm the one who's supposed to be nervous."

Kia scoffed. "You're a born diplomat. You've been speaking in front of crowds your whole life. This kind of stuff doesn't make you nervous anymore."

"True, but I've never announced my own engagement before. I'm slightly nervous. I don't understand why you are. You don't get nervous."

Kia sighed, looking down. "I don't get nervous when my own feelings and wellbeing are the only ones at stake. But this is you. I don't want the people to turn on you, just because of me. What if the people don't like me? What if they reject me as their queen?"

"They already love you, Ki. They'll love you even more as their queen. Trust me."

Kia didn't really believe him, but their conversation was interrupted by a knock at the door.

"Your Majesty, it's time." Genn Greymane said, opening the door just a crack at first, not wanting to interrupt too suddenly. The older man stepped into the chambers. He was also dressed like a king, but he had a regal air to him, something you only got with age.

Anduin nodded, taking Kia's hand and kissing it gently. "It'll be alright."

Kia nodded agreement, then followed Anduin out the door. Genn gave her a reassuring smile as they passed, no doubt he had heard some of their conversation, having worgan hearing.

Anduin believed everything would be alright. They were about to find out.

To Be Continued...