I got ahold of my father and he berated me for being so irresponsible until he promptly realized it was one of those power freak things that I have been having since I was a kid.

He decided to call in a favor to Queen Vasalissa Dragomir, a personal friend of mine. About 15 minutes after I got off the phone with my Dad Lissa called.

"Hey your majesty-"

"Cut the crap. Spiritscaping knocked an alchemist up and you need my help to keep them from punishing her?"

"That actually sums it pretty well Lissa"

"You have two choices. Let her get in trouble or marry her and come live at court. She will be our ambassador to the Alchemists. Mull it over with Sydney and call me back." Click. That was what Lissa had to say to me. Wow.

I went back into the bedroom with Sydney and sat down by her. "I cacn offer you the protection of court if you will marry me." I told her.

"That sounds nice. Let's tell everyone when they come back." She said with a far off look.

"You ok Sage?" I asked concerned.

"Yeah just realizing how much my life is gonna change." She muttered.

"Sage. You. Have. To. Marry. Me."

"Can have a real honeymoon? I'm still a literal virgin." She whispered.

I blinked at her repeatedly. My eyes bugged out as I realized that Sage wanted a real family with me. I pulled her against me and my lips crashed into hers. A 40 year old royal-ish Moroi with no prospects accidentally knocked up a 20 year old Alchemist with his weird superpowers and she wants to marry him.

I pushed her onto the bed and started to kiss down her neck. "Maybe not yet." She muttered. "Arousal and nausea do weird things to my stomach." She groaned.

I pulled back and moved down to kiss the unblemished skin of her slightly pudgy stomach. "Adrian!" She groaned.

I let her up and she leaned over to puke. I went to get a cool cloth and put it on her head. I put a pan in front of her and got her a sheet. She seemed to nod off and I changed the washcloth. She shivered when the new one got cold, but otherwise stayed sleeping.

Jill came back, and spotted me at Sydneys bedside in a chair changinh her cool cloth. "How bad is it?" She asked solemnly.

"She'll be fine in 7 and a half months."

"Why so long?" She asked concerned.

"Because Jill, babies take time to cook" Eddie said with a laugh. Adrian shooshed him and Jill's eyes went wide. 'You two?' She mouthed. I nodded and and she went berserk. Eddie shoved her out of the room and Sage woke up.

"Hey Sunshine. How you feeling?"

"Thirsty." She mumbled.

"I can get some water."

"Blood Adrian. I want blood." She looked at me like it was the simplest thing in the world.

Eddie came back with Jill close behind. "I'm betting that since you want blood, you have fangs."

"Sydney sat up and poked her fangs. "That means that you are going to have that venom that Moroi have. Fuck, this is insane!" I knew that Eddie would get addicted to the feeding. He was young."

"Eddie straddled her lap and she bit down. With a moan he sagged against her. "Sage!" He moaned as he trembled in her arms. He held onto her and she let go, pushing him to fallinto the bed.

Eddie waas dazed and Jill tried bring him back as he graned and squirmed in pleasure. Sydney just held her knees as I rubbed her back.

Eddie came back to his senses and he reached out for Sage. She pulled back and in a hoarce voice he said. "Don't let anyone else feed you."

"Eddie you are gonnas say that-" Sydney started.

"Correction. I can feel it inside of you. Mortal blood isn't enough for you. It has to be Dhampir. Half blood, right now that baby has all of his fathers blood and none of yours. That baby is pure Moroi."

Sydney and Jill both looked at him shocked. "How do you know that?" She asked.

"I don't quite know. I do remember what happened though. As you were feeding, I could hear it. It was happy. It felt like a Moroi. It specializes in water, that's why Sydney always feels so bloated. Baby is playing in the water." Eddie's eyes are out of focus., but he's saying so many things. "Baby's scared of Grandpa. Baby knows everything in Mommy and Daddies hearts, their very spirit." Sydeney covered his mouth as she began to cry. Eddie crawled closer and pulled her into his arms.

Sydney fell asleep with her head on Eddie's lap and Jill petted her hair. What scared her so bad, that she didn't want him to say? "Sydney almost killed you." I said matter-of-factly as it all started to make sense in my head. "You let her. The baby's powers brought you back. That's why you can hear it."

My eyes snapped up and Eddie gulped. "I didn't notice how mukch she took, until I couldn't breathe anymore and then I woke up almost invigoated and then she pushed me away. While I was gone, I heard the baby.

My child was already bound to Castille for teh rest of it's life and it was barely formed yet.

"Eddie you won't be my guardian anymore."

"Jill baby-"

"Eddie you won't be able to focus with that baby's fears running through your head."

"Lissa has Rose. "I'm sure she will understand your need to guard the baby." I said by way of comfort.

Castille put his hand on her belly and muttered something. After he was satisfied he layed her down and covered her correctly. "Don't stop what you are doing. Baby says it feels loads better."

He walked out will Jill, still eyeing Sydney.I packed our things, for court and contemplated life.