Rheia laughed. "Didn't you hurt him?"

Meryn shook her head and lowered her voice. "He liked it. Secretly he's a... a... mannequin... a machinist... Beth what word am I trying to say?"

Beth was laughing too hard to answer.

"Meryn! Quit telling them I'm a masochist and come check out this paint color for the nursery," Aiden yelled from down the hall.

Rheia laughed along with Beth, Meryn was absolutely crazy, but that was part of her charm. Meryn got up and then whispered down at them. "Whoocha." She pulled her hand back and made a whipping motion.

"Meryn!" Aiden yelled again.

Meryn stood up straight. "That is Mistress to you, slave."

Colton's head popped around the corner with the biggest grin Rheia had ever seen on his face. "Hey babe, Aiden is turning purple, that can't be healthy."

Meryn walked past him. "He'll be fine. He's such a drama bear."

Colton held out his hand to Rheia. "Come see. We're done with Penny's room."

Rheia, Beth and Penny hurried down the hallway. Since the trainees now had their own barracks, they had converted the guest suite adjacent to Colton's suite into Penny's new room. Walking through the door Penny literally began to bounce up and down all over the room. The men had lost their minds. They had built her bed into a princess tower, complete with real ivy. Rows of bookshelves filled with fairy tales and stuffed animals lined one wall. Rheia snorted at the small chalkboard sign that read "Mommies and Papas Only" next to her bed. They had made the entire length of another wall a chalkboard, with buckets and buckets of colored chalk. Everything was done in greens and teals instead of pinks and purples, but it still looked dainty and feminine. In one corner Ryuu was putting the finishing touches on a small bistro style table with its own tea set.

He bowed. "Lady Penny, your tea is ready." He poured a small cup for her and an even tinier cup for Felix. Penny sat down and raised her tea cup, sipping it prettily. Already Rheia could see Beth's elegant influence on her daughter.

"Do you like it, Doodlebug?"

Penny nodded emphatically.

Colton walked up beside Rheia and wrapped an arm around her waist. "I may have gone a bit overboard with the toys and stuffed animals, but in my defense, they're not all from me." Colton jerked his thumb to what could only be described as Penny's own toy store. The entire corner from floor to ceiling was shelves of toys, dollhouses, puzzles and dolls.

"Colton! Christmas is right around the corner, what are we going to get her now?" Rheia groaned.

Colton gave her a sidelong glance. "Don't worry I already have it covered."

"What'd you do?"

"Nothing, well, nothing too big anyway."

"Speaking of presents, I still have one to give you," Rheia said taking his hand. "Beth can you watch her for a while?"

Beth nodded from where she stood at the long dresser. "I'm just going to organize her clothes a bit."

"Thanks."

Rheia led Colton from the room to their own suite. She went over to their dresser and pulled out a small pouch.

"What's that?" Colton asked, looking like a kid on Christmas morning.

"Something Adam gave me. Evidently, paranormals don't take blood tests to determine if they're pregnant. This bespelled stone can detect the most minute form of life. I haven't checked yet." She held the pouch out to him.

Colton didn't move, he didn't even blink.

"Colton?" She walked over and waved her hand in front of his face.

He inhaled sharply. "Can we check?"

She handed him the pouch; he opened it before upending it, dumping the stone into her hand.

They both looked down.

Nothing. It remained a dull black stone.

Rheia sighed. "I was hoping I was. I know you want children so badly."

Colton smiled and plucked the stone from her hand. "That just means we get to try harder to perfect our methods."

She looked up at him through her lashes. "Do you think you can just knock me up as easy as that?"

Colton's eyes flickered to yellow. "Challenge accepted."

Rheia sucked in her breath. "Shit." She giggled and began to peel off her clothes, heading to the bed. She'd almost made it when a warm arm snaked around her middle and lifted her high off the ground.

She squealed as he dropped her onto the bed. He dropped the stone and pouch onto the nightstand.

"How do you want it, my love?" he asked kissing down her neck.

"Like our first time, hard and fast. I love it when you're barely in control."

"On your hands and knees," he ordered.

With anticipation thrumming through her she got on her hands and knees. She looked over her shoulder and watched as he slowly stroked his cock. Every time he reached the head he would flick his thumb into his slit and moan. Watching him stoked levels of arousal she didn't know she was capable of. Going onto on elbow she reached down her body and began to play with her clit.

"Shit baby, are you touching yourself?" he asked.

"You started without me, so I figured I'd better catch up."

"Ungrateful wench." He grabbed one of her ass cheeks in each hand and spread her wide. One hand moved then he was easing the head of his cock inside of her. She loved it when he took her at this angle; the head of his cock stroked her 'g' spot perfectly. She moved her hand away from her clit and held on to the comforter. She knew she didn't have long before he sent her over the edge. She could feel the pleasure mounting.