"No. There's... well there's only one man I'd even consider it with and I've asked him to break too many of his vows as it is. I'll not ask him this." I pressed a kiss to baby Gregory's forehead. So sweet and innocent of the cruelties of the world, and yet with the wonders of it ahead of him as well.

"Besides, I'd rather not pass along my more... unique attributes. It's never been an inherited condition, but I'd not take that chance if I might avoid it. Besides, I have a lifetime of raising Imriel ahead of me back home, if I make it back home. I think that will be motherhood enough."