"Hasn't hatched yet?" he asked.
She rolled her eyes at him. Gabe watched as she crossed the gym to give her mate a kiss on the cheek. The tension in Rhyn's body doubled. Gabe cleared his throat, amused at seeing the half-demon putting so much effort into restraining himself.
"Good to see you, Gabe," she said, moving to stand near him. Rhyn trailed, never farther than arms reach when she was around.
"You, too, Katie," Gabriel replied. He reached out to rest a hand on her belly, as he did every time they met the past few months. The life within always greeted him.
"So you let Gabe touch you but not me," Rhyn said, bristling.
"Gabe didn't knock me up," Katie replied archly.
"Trade you an iPad for your mate," Gabe replied. He tried to grab the iPad with his other hand. Rhyn yanked it away.
"Take her. Keep her, until she's normal again," Rhyn growled.
Katie ignored him. Gabe lifted his chin towards Rhyn in a silent request. She winked.
"What color are her eyes?" she asked. "Can you tell yet?"
Gabe used his magic to communicate with the small life.
"Silver, like Rhyn's," he said.
"Well, I guess you're right, Rhyn. It is your kid," she said with a sigh. "I wasn't sure there for awhile. Kind of a blur. Nothing memorable."
"Nothing memorable?" Rhyn shifted his attention to glower down at his mate. The edge in his voice and the flash of his eyes made Gabe hide a smile.
Sensing his dangerous mood, Katie leaned into Rhyn and gazed up at him. He wrapped one arm around her instinctively.
"I'm having a mood," she said.
"Gods. What now?" he snapped. "Cheeseburgers? Ice cream? Another fucking week on the couch?"
"More like, you give Gabe the iPad and take me upstairs," she murmured. "Now." As she spoke, she pulled the iPad loose and handed it to Gabe. She tilted her head to the side, exposing the delicate skin on her neck in an unmistakable invitation to the demon side of her mate. Rhyn made no attempt to reclaim the iPad, attention fully on her.
"I'll find you later, Gabe," he said, his fangs growing.
Gabe didn't waste time. He silently thanked Katie and grabbed his gear. With Rhyn nuzzling Katie's neck already, Gabe sensed they weren't going to make it to their bedroom a few floors up.
He returned to his underworld, reading the information on the iPad as he walked. The talking points Kiki had given Rhyn told him nothing aside from the name, date the Immortals found her and the human-Immortal blood percentage. She was ninety eight percent human.