A/N: Sean heads off to Europe. Lorelei focuses on her studies, while Nick seeks to save a young boy from the Wesen Council.

By the time Lorelei reached 20 weeks, she had well and truly moved into Sean's place. Lorelei was grateful she had been able to do so before the end of semester. And now with the move out of the way, Lorelei was able focus on her final assignment and exams. A visit to her OBGYN had shown that her blood pressure was stubbornly remaining high. Thankfully, it hadn't risen, but Dr Brody did still want to see her fortnightly to ensure her little girl was continuing to grow as expected. Additionally, Lorelei's baby belly was definitely becoming much more noticeable. Most of the only clothing options she had were leggings with a loose dress or an oversized shirt. She would definitely need go shopping for some maternity clothes soon. But for now, Lorelei was fine with what she had, including wearing Sean's shirts. The first time he had seen her wearing his shirt, it had resulted in him whisking her off to the bedroom to show her just how much he liked it.

Eventually, exam season was upon her. Thankfully, Lorelei only had two exams in the first week and then she would be free. The Thursday before her exams, Sean had to go out of town for a short while. He said the less she knew, the better and that if anyone asked, he was attending a funeral for a distant family member. He had warned her that he may not be able to contact her much, and to disregard any emails or text messages from him. He would contact her indirectly through Rosalee. Sean had been anxious about leaving her alone, trying to convince her stay with Nick or one of her friends. However, Lorelei was insistent on staying in her own home. She reminded Sean that Melody had a key and came by daily to take Molly for her walks. He had eventually caved in, although Lorelei was sure she would be hearing from her friends and family even more regularly while he was gone. Before he left, he promised her that when he returned, he would be taking her out on a real date. One that involved dinner at a high-end restaurant and the Symphony.

The next day, Lorelei decided to give herself the day off from studying and headed down to hang out with Monroe and Rosalee at the spice shop. Rosalee and Monroe had greeted her warmly. "Lorelei, I thought you'd be studying at home." Rosalee said, giving her a hug.

"I've been studying all week. I thought I'd give myself a break for the day. And the spice shop is one of my favourite places." Lorelei replied, as Monroe came over to give her a hug as well.

"Woah." He said as they pulled apart, him hand coming to rest on her growing belly. "You got a bump now. A little one, but there it is."

Lorelei laughed. "Yeah, baby girl is making her appearance known to the world." She said, giving her belly a little rub."

"Is she kicking yet?" Rosalee asked.

"Not yet, but any day now. Although, I've read the only person who will feel it for a while is me."

"Awww." Monroe said. Rosalee and Lorelei smiled at his antics, with Rosalee giving him a pat on the shoulder.

Rosalee walked into the side room, to find Lorelei working on her laptop. "I thought you were taking a break from study."

Lorelei looked at her. "I am. I'm working on a spreadsheet with my favourite baby names, including their history, meanings, popularity, pros and cons."

Rosalee laughed as Monroe joined them. "You are such a nerd." Rosalee told her.

"And damn proud of it."

"So, what are some of the contenders?" Monroe asked Lorelei.

"I do have a top 12. I wanted to name her after Aunt Marie. But I am wondering if that would be a little weird considering, you know, her father ordered her great aunt to be killed."

Monroe nodded. "That could be a little awkward." He agreed.

"You could do a variation or something similar to Marie or incorporate it into her middle name." Rosalee suggested.

"One step ahead of you. Some names I've found that are variations or similar are: Maria, Marielle, Mariella, and Marissa."

"Those are nice." Rosalee said. "What the other names are in your top 12?"

"Olivia, Charlotte, Amelia, Liliana, Isabella, Sophia, Davina, and obviously Marie."

"Lot of names ending in A." Monroe commented.

Lorelei laughed. "Yeah. I noticed that." She shrugged. "Guess I have, like, a type, or something."

Not long after that Nick and Hank arrived, asking questions as per usual. They were a little surprised to see Lorelei, also assuming she'd be at home studying.

"So, if one parent is wesen and the other isn't, what would the child be?" Nick asked Rosalee.

"You mean, a wesen and a kehrseite?" Rosalee asked, crossing her arms as Monroe moved to turn the sign in the door to closed.

"Yeah." Hank said.

"So, I guess it's time for the whole birds and the bienen wesen talk." Monroe said, turning to them, rubbing his hands together as he gave Rosalee a look. He glanced at Lorelei. "Listen closely." He and Rosalee headed towards the counter. "Ok." He cleared his throat. "If both parents are wesen. Then the child will be too."

"Or if one parent is wesen and the other is kehrseite, then there's a 50/50 chance the child will be wesen." Rosalee said.

"Unless the kehrseite is a kehrseite-gentrager. Then you're definitely getting a wesen." Monroe continued.

"Let's pretend that I just understood what you just said." Hank said. "What if both parents are wesen but they're different kinds?"

Rosalee and Monroe glanced at each other. "You mean like a Grundverschiedene situation like us?" Rosalee asked.

Hank and Nick exchanged a look. "Well, we don't mean to pry." Nick told them.

"Yeah, we do." Hank said.

Monroe and Rosalee exchanged another look. "Well, then you're looking at a vorherrscher. But, as long as it's healthy." He said, looking at Rosalee, who smiled up at him. Monroe looked back at them. "We don't care."

Nick and Hank left after that, apparently one of their victims was awake. Nick thanked Rosalee and Monroe as the two detectives left. Lorelei watched as Monroe and Rosalee smiled at each other again, and she couldn't help but smile. Their love for each other was obvious to anyone who met them. A slight frown came across Lorelei's face, as she began to wonder what would happen if a wesen and a Grimm had a child. Strangely, it was not something had considered.

"You ok Lorelei?" Rosalee asked her.

"Yeah. It's just, what if a Grimm and a wesen, or part wesen had a child. What would you get?"

Another look was exchanged between Monroe and Rosalee. "Honestly. I don't know." Monroe told her. "I've never heard of a wesen having a child with a Grimm. If it has happened, I doubt the parents made it public knowledge. It would probably cause a stir among some circles of wesen."

"Probably among Grimms as well." Lorelei commented, still deep in thought.

"I think it could be the same as a vorherrscher. A hybrid with the more dominant gene presenting. I suppose we'll have to wait and see which gene is more dominant." Rosalee told her.

Lorelei nodded. "From what Aunt Marie told me, not everyone born to a Grimm will become a Grimm. My Uncle George wasn't. And Sean is only half wesen."

Monroe shrugged. "It's like Rosalee said, we'll just have to wait and see."

Nick and Hank returned a couple of hours later. After interviewing their surviving witness, they had gone to see the boy responsible. And they were confused. Even Hank had seen the boy's face change. Lorelei joined them, Rosalee and Monroe in the side room.

"You're sure the parents aren't wesen?" Monroe asked them.

"I'm not sure of anything." Nick replied. "I just haven't seen any indication that they are. And this is different from anything I've ever seen."

Rosalee looked up from the book she was taking notes in. "You mean he didn't woge?"

Nick shook his head. "This was more like, a battle within."

"It's classic devil worship as far as I'm concerned, but we're hoping you have another explanation." Hank added.

Lorelei saw Monroe and Rosalee give each other a wary look. "What?" She asked.

Monroe looked away for a moment, before sighing and turning back to look at them all. "I kinda thought…I mean, they're myths, right?" He asked Rosalee as she came to stand beside him.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Rosalee asked Monroe.

"I think I am." Monroe answered. "Grausen, right?"

"It's what it sounds like."

"Is that a Wesen?" Hank asked.

"Not really." Monroe told him.

Rosalee sighed. "Every generation has heard stories about grausens. They go way back."

"They used to think they were a wesen spirit that would invade a child." Monroe explained.

"But never a wesen child."

"Kehrseite kids only."

"But the thinking has changed since medicine and science has advanced. Now some believe that its…a mutation."

"So, which is it?" Nick asked.

"Nick, these are incredibly rare occurrences." Monroe said, looking as if he didn't believe it was a grausen in this situation. "I mean…"

"It doesn't really matter, because they've always been dealt with the same way." Rosalee said, a dark look crossing her face.

"How?"

Rosalee looked towards Monroe. She sighed again. "They would disappear. The Wesen Council is responsible for dealing with them…sometime in the, 1600s, the council communicated for the first time with Royals…and Grimms." She said, looking to Nick and Lorelei. "They forged an alliance. For the safety of all of them."

"Supposedly, grausens if left to grow to maturity become some of the world's most notorious psychopaths, wreaking havoc, on like, whole continents sometimes."

"Historically, wesen were to blame for what grausens have done. That's why the council steps in."

"Who is this council anyway?" Hank asked.

"They enforce wesen law."

Hank looked surprised. "You guys have your own laws?"

"Oh baby." Monroe said, looking toward Rosalee.

"If this is indeed a grausen, we have no choice but to inform the council."

Lorelei felt her eyebrows raise. "Inform them means what? Daniel disappears?" Hank asked.

"Basically." Monroe said. "Yeah, it's a death sentence for the kid."

"It's a death sentence for us if we don't." Rosalee told him.

Dammit. This was not good. Lorelei could understand where Rosalee was coming from. But this kid was innocent. Although if what Monroe said was true, the older he got, the more dangerous he would become. He had already killed a priest and injured a seminary student. Who would be next?

"How do we even know he is grausen?" Nick asked.

"The law is clear, even if it's a possibility, we have to inform the council."

"That's why we shouldn't even be having this conversation." Monroe told Rosalee.

"Now you tell us?" Nick said angrily.

"Well, look. If we knew you were gonna talk about grausen, we would have said don't…talk about grausens."

"We're not worried about the council; we're worried about the kid." Hank told them.

Nick looked at him. "Well, now we get to worry about both." Nick told him. He looked back at Monroe and Rosalee. "Thanks." He said solemnly, before the detectives headed off again.

Lorelei watched them go, before looking back at Monroe and Rosalee. Monroe sighed and turned to face Rosalee. "Can't we just let Nick run with this?" He asked her.

"If they found out that we didn't report it, plus, we're in agreement with a Grimm or Grimms behind their back."

Monroe sighed again. "Then I guess it's just a matter of who goes to whose funeral first."

"Well, I'm not going to your funeral. I have to tell them." Rosalee looked at Lorelei. "You get where I'm coming from right?"

Lorelei sighed. "I do. But would they really kill you guys for not reporting it? Or for working with us for that matter?"

Rosalee shrugged. "I don't know. But I don't want to risk it."

Lorelei rubbed her back. Maybe she should sit down, it was really starting to hurt. "Surely there must be something we can do to help this kid. It's not his fault. He shouldn't have to die because of some…wesen spirit that's possessing him." She sighed, glancing around the shop. "Maybe one of these books has an answer. I don't want you guys to get in trouble, and possibly be killed. But this kid doesn't deserve to die either."

Rosalee sighed, looking distressed as she too glanced around the shop. "I…I don't know. I…I don't know if anyone bothered to look for a solution that didn't involve the grausen disappearing."

"I understand that you have a…civic duty to report this. But, while we wait for the council to make a move, can't I try?" Lorelei ran her hands over her growing belly and shrugged. "Maybe I am a little biased, because I am expecting a child of my own."

Rosalee gave her a sad smile. "You're not biased." She sighed. "There is no harm in looking."

"Thank you."

The three of them did start looking through books, without much luck. Eventually it got dark. Lorelei had insisted that Monroe and Rosalee go home. Neither wanted to leave, but Lorelei promised she wouldn't be far behind them, asking Rosalee if she could take some books home. She had agreed. Lorelei stayed for another hour or so, before heading home, a large number of books in her backpack that she could read in the comfort of her own home.

Lorelei arrived home, greeted by Molly and Daisy. After making up some dinner, she had settled on the couch, eating and reading. Nothing really jumped out. Lorelei sighed, shifting to find a more comfortable position. Maybe this was hopeless. There was little information about grausens and there certainly wasn't anything about curing them. Lorelei guessed wesen weren't overly concerned with trying to help kehrseite children. Lorelei felt like she was missing something. Maybe if she wasn't pregnant, her brain would be able to connect the dots. Was she thinking too much like a Grimm? Should she be thinking like a public health student?

Lorelei woke to the sun blinding her. She was still on the couch, surrounded by books. "Well, this feels familiar." Lorelei said to herself. How many times over the years had she fallen asleep after pulling all-nighters. Stretching, Lorelei groaned. God, everything hurt. Although the couch was pretty comfortable to lay down on, Lorelei had fallen asleep half sitting up. Lorelei rubbed her face before looking at her watch. It was almost nine. She had slept through her alarm. Reaching over to grab her phone off the floor, Lorelei noticed a few messages, including from Nick letting her know they believed they had cured the boy. He was undergoing tests, but it was believed to have been a protozoa picked on a holiday in the Middle East. Yep, she should have been thinking like a public health student. Lorelei checked the other messages, a little disappointed there were not any from Sean. He had warned her he would be uncontactable. Didn't mean she had to like it though. She missed him. Hopefully he was safe, wherever he was.