Matei held me in his arms, whispering sweet nothings in my ear until finally, the tears had subsided. His fingers threaded their way through my ebony hair soothingly and I sighed, snuggling deeper into his muscular chest, the cool metal of his mother's ring on his necklace brushing against my cheek.

"What are we going to do?" I finally asked him, breaking the silence as I entangled myself from his embrace.

My honey-brown gaze bored into his, searching - hoping - for answers buried there. He let out a ragged breath, running a hand through his dark hair. Slowly, he shook his head.

"I don't know. I've never had a child before." he said, cracking a smile and I rolled my eyes.

I shoved him lightly on the shoulder, "This is serious, Matei. I don't...I don't know what to do. I mean, is-is it a baby I'm carrying or a wolf? And will it be born human or a wolf? I can't just go to a hospital when the time comes and just give birth to a-"

"Hey, hey, hey," Matei cut me off, taking my hands in his, "It's going to be alright. We'll figure this out,"

I shot him an incredulous look.

"How, Matei? How can we figure this out? If we..." I started but then a horrible thought occurred to me.

One that turned my stomach by nearly thinking it.

"Matei...you...you want this baby, right?" I asked, fear seeping into my voice as I looked up at him.

"Hey..." he said softly, moving closer to me on the grass.

Pulling me into his side, he took my chin and forced me to meet his brown orbs. Staring into his eyes like this left me breathless and ever so slowly, he pressed his soft lips to mine. And just like all the times before, I felt fireworks go off in my head and trails of fire across my mouth. I kissed him back instantly, my lips moving in sync with his. And finally, he pulled away. He pressed his forehead to mine, fingers brushing across my cheek briefly in a sweet caress.

"More than anything, Jemma," he whispered to me softly, "I want this baby with you more than anything I've ever wanted in my life,"

Suddenly, I let out a breath I didn't know I'd been holding and my mouth turned up into a grin that reached from ear-to-ear.

"Really?" I asked, cupping his face in my hands gently.

He nodded excitedly, "I'm gonna be a dad!"

I laughed through a cloud of happy tears in my eyes and he tackled me to the ground in a hug. I hugged him back even tighter, the scent of vanilla and pine trees filling my senses as he released me.

"Ah, I love you," he smiled down at me, propping his elbows on the grass as he hovered over me.

His fingers brushed back strands of dark hair from my face and I smiled back at him, feeling my heart soar at his words.

"I love you, too, Matei..." I admitted, blushing furiously.

He laughed at my blush, placing kisses on both cheeks and all over my face. I giggled as he did it. And in this moment, everything was right in the world. It didn't last long though before Matei spoke up again as our laughter died away.

"But Jemma? We need to go see Jana. While you left, there were some...developments."