After a while, I finally left my room and went downstairs. When I got to the dining room, Dan and Tom had left, and Crimson was elsewhere in the estate, so the room was empty. As I walked into the dining room, Jasmin approached me, "Miss, I heard the news. Congratulations!" My mind was still trying to process the information, so I didn't know how to feel about being congratulated, "Thank you..." "Are you still feeling sick, miss?" I walked over to the table and took a seat as I said, "No, I'm just completely overwhelmed..." "What's overwhelming you?" "Everything. I never planned on having kids. I wasn't opposed to the idea, but I didn't think it would happen so soon..." Jasmin sat in the seat next to me as she said, "Miss, did you know I have kids?" "No, I didn't." "I have two. When I had my eldest, I was terrified and had no idea what to do." "How did you deal with it?" "I didn't, at first. I was panicking all the way through my pregnancy. It wasn't until after I had the e
When Terry came back into the room, he sat next to me and said, "I spoke with him. He said he couldn't find us an estate in time for when you're due, but he suggested you move into my family estate. We have an incubation room there." "I'm not sure. Is that our only option?" "We could move into an estate without one, but you would have to stay with the egg while the room is being constructed. Also, if you're living in my family estate, you'll be able to call for me any time you need me." "That's true... Alright, I'll move into your family estate. It's a shame we couldn't go to my family estate." "What do you mean? We're in your family's estate." "This isn't my family estate. Our estate is in Vaseya. It's where my brothers and I were born." "Where's your estate in the Vaseya territory?" "I'm not sure. I just know it's deep in the territory inside a mountain. I still remember my Father showing me above the clouds at the mountain's peak." "Weren't you only six months old when you f
Over the next two weeks, Terry and I spent nearly every day together went he didn't have to work. Luckily the Marquis didn't give Terry work often since he knew that he wanted to be with me during this time and that I also needed him for support. Terry had already left to do his work when I woke up in the morning. As I got out of bed, I headed over to my dresser and grabbed my hairbrush. As I sat in front of the dresser mirror, I was surprised by what I saw. When I looked in the mirror, I noticed I had a patch of scales forming on my face, 'Am I already starting to lose control of my form? I thought this wasn't supposed to happen for another month?' After I noticed it, I focused slightly and made it turn back, 'If I'm starting to lose control this early, does it mean I'll have to spend over a month in my dragon form?' I decided not to think about it and started brushing my hair. While I was, Jill came into the room, "Miss, are you awake?" "Yes, I only just woke up. I'm just brushi
Over the next month, I slowly started to lose more and more control over my form. After being pregnant for two months, most of my skin had turned to scales, I grew horns, my tail was out, and my wings were starting to come out my back, so I had to sleep on my front. When I woke up in the morning, I looked around to Terry's side of the bed. He was still there, watching me sleep. I smiled at him, "How long have you been watching me sleep, weirdo..." "What's weird about waking up before my wife and watching her cute face while she's still asleep for a minute?" "Don't call me cute. I'm covered in scales." "Would it make you feel better if I turned my skin into scales as well?" "You don't need to do that, but I appreciate the offer." "Personally, I think you look cuter when your horns are out." "Enjoy my face while you can, any day now, I won't be able to stay in my human form, and I'll be stuck in my full form for the next month." "Your full form is just as cute. I can even spend s
As Terry comforted me, I passed out from exhaustion. After I passed out, Terry made sure the blanket covering me was secure as he picked me up and carried me out of the incubation room and down the hall to our room. As we walked down the hall, we ran into Jill. When she saw us, she was surprised to see me in human form, "Sir Terry, has miss Sasha finally laid the egg?" Hearing her question reminded Terry of the fact that there could be something wrong with the egg as he looked at her concerned, "Yes, she did. She's currently just passed out from exhaustion." "Would you like me to watch the egg for you?" "No! I'm going to put Sash down and go back and check on it myself. You can go back to bed. It's still late in the night." After Terry said that, he continued to our room to put me down. As he did, Jill went to the incubation room and looked inside at the egg before she continued back to the servant's rooms. When I woke up the next day, I was still out of it from last night, "Wher
Late in the evening, I woke up to find myself alone in my bed, 'I told Terry he wasn't allowed to leave until I said he could...' I sat up in my bed and looked around to see if Terry was still in the room, "He even left the room..." I went to get out of bed, although I still felt exhausted. Even though I was still physically and mentally exhausted, I climbed out of bed and headed down the hall to the incubation room. When I entered the room, I saw Crimson sitting on Terry's seat next to the pedestal, "Mom?" The moment Crimson heard me, she got out of her seat as she looked over at me, "Sash!" Crimson rushed over to me and hugged me, "I'm so happy to see you! But what are you doing out of bed? You should be resting right now." "I had to come and see my egg. And when I woke up, Terry wasn't there." "I know how you feel. When I had you and your brothers, your Father had to make me leave the incubation room." As Crimson and I talked, I walked over to the pedestal and rested my hand
Over the next week, Terry kept visiting the library, looking for any helpful books, shelf by shelf. Finally, as Terry finished searching the left bookshelf, a man came up to him, "I've noticed you coming here for the past week. Are you looking for something specific?" Terry looked at the man. He had lime eyes and normal brown hair, wearing common clothes, "I'm afraid that's rather personal." "Please, allow me to help. I'm rather knowledgeable. I may be able to help you find what you're looking for." Terry thought it over for a minute before he asked, "Have you ever heard of an egg being born with an odd-coloured shell?" "I have, actually. I believe it was in a village outside the capital. I heard a rumour that a woman there gave birth to a black-coloured egg." Terry's eyes grew wide as he dropped the book in his hand and walked over to the man, "Which village was this?" "I believe it was the Simoa village." "Thank you!" After the man told Terry the village name, Terry rushed ou
Terry walked me into the living room and put me on the settee. Seeing that I couldn't stop crying, Terry crouched in front of me and held my hand, "Sash, we'll get our child back, I promise you. But right now, I need you to stay here. I'm going to call the guard. While they're on their way here, I'm going to go to the incubation room and see if they left anything behind we can use to find them." I was too emotional to talk at this point, so Terry reached into his pocket, gave me his handkerchief and then got to his feet, "I'll be back soon..." Terry then left me to calm down in the living room while he went upstairs to the incubation room. He looked around the room and couldn't find anything, only some scratches on the floor from where they had placed something heavy down, "Looks like I was right. They were smart enough to bring a transport box for the egg to keep it warm." He then went out of the room and checked on the guards. Unfortunately, they were all severely knocked out and