Bound For Eternity

11

The taunts continued as the months went on, each one becoming more and more gruesome. The one that was the hardest for me to stomach was the threats Natasha sent about our baby.

The very graphic threats about our baby.

Dimitri and I tried not to be too cautious, but there wasn't much we could do to stop it. We were worried about so many things that were beyond our power. Dr. Claire had said that while I was pregnant, there was a higher chance that I could miscarry. Despite not having the surgery to confirm if I had endometriosis, she wanted to treat my pregnancy as if I did, just to be safe.

I loved watching my body change. There were parts that I hated, but there were parts that I was enthralled by. I loved how my body changed to accommodate the baby, and the first moment I felt the baby moved, I stopped everything I was doing to see if I could feel it again.

Dimitri was excited but nervous. He was excited to be a father, but nervous at the same time because he didn't have a good father figure. He was also nervous about Natasha coming after me while pregnant, or after our child once they were born.

When I sat down for lunch with Sydney about a month after I found I was pregnant, I was nervous. I wanted her to find out directly from me, but I wasn't to be gentle about it. I didn't want to upset her.

When I told her she looked at me for a moment before she shed a few tears, getting up and coming around the table to hug me. I was surprised by the reaction but hugged her back. She wept quietly, telling me how happy she was for us and that she couldn't wait to meet the baby. I squeezed her and rested m head against hers, happy that she was taking the news well.

"I was a little worried you'd get upset," I said once she sat down, both of us wiping our faces with a tissue.

"Why would I be upset? I've known that you've been having pain and such and suspected that you might have endo. To hear that you are pregnant, after already having a miscarriage, gives me a little bit of hope for the future," she said quietly with a smile.

Our families were happy, and our coven was ecstatic over the news. It had been too long since a new member was added through birth, and everyone was excited. The women of our coven threw me a baby shower, stating that none of them ever got the experience and were determined that I get to enjoy it.

Our friends were all excited too, Lissa and Mia fighting for the title of 'best aunt'. Ellison was adjusting to being an Ekon and would sit on the floor beside me as my pregnancy progressed, just listening to the baby. He would always smile when I would talk, saying that he could hear the baby move around more at the sound of my voice.

Ellison and Mia started to mend. We weren't wrong when stating that Mia was his mate, but they needed to work through their baggage the same way Dimitri and I did.

I started nesting around my fifth month, and Dimitri tried to help me by doing the heavy lifting, but I was so excited about some things that I didn't exactly wait for him to get home. So there were a few times I ended up with large bruises on my legs from boxes hitting them. I could barely contain my excitement as we planned the nursery. I wanted to paint all the woodland creatures on the walls, and while I had to do it in stages, I was more than happy with the end result. The bedding for the crib was a mixture of bears, foxes, and deer. It was perfect and I couldn't wait for us to welcome our baby home.

I did everything I could to try and pretend that our world wasn't messed up and that there wasn't a Strigoi that was out for blood. But it wasn't always easy to do that. And when that happened, finer details were painted in the nursery.

I knew that Dimitri wasn't going to be thrilled by it, but I couldn't wait until he finished work to bring home ice cream. I needed it now, and I was starting to feel grouchy. And once I got to the store, there was more and more that looked appealing and I ended up filling a cart. It wasn't all junk, some of the food was things that we needed at the house and I figured I might as well get it while I was here.