Rachel was wearing a silky pink blouse and smart black jeans. I greeted her with a cheery ‘hello’. As she stepped through the door, she kissed me...on the cheek and handed me a bottle of red wine. I looked at the label. ‘I thought as we were eating pasta it needed to be Italian.” she said. “Absolutely,” I agreed. We moved into the lounge and I said, “I have prepared the sauce, I will just need to cook the pasta when we are ready to eat.” “What music have you got?” she said, as she made a. ‘Just once,’ he confirmed bitterly. Nina let out a long breath, relieved. ‘So, it would be easy to calculate how far along she is.’ ‘I don’t know,’ he repeated. ‘Why wouldn’t she want you at the doctor appointments?’ Nina asked. ‘I don’t know,’ he said again, sounding impatient. Nina gave a start as some horrible thoughts occurred to her. She blurted the words before she could tell herself not to. ‘Gavin – are you sure she’s really pregnant?’ Or that you’re the father if she is? she added. Lord Brion grabbed the old priests’ hands and stopped him. ‘Save your divine prayers Paragon, it isn’t as bad as it looks and it will heal in time. You know I like to recover from my wounds without magik if at all possible, it keeps me in better shape.’ The Paragon shook his head and rolled his eyes, ‘Young warriors…’ William instructed the page at the door to run to the kitchen and have them send up a mid-day meal. When it arrived they all sat around the table in the common room eating,. At first, I had to sit with the notion and think about it, as it was slightly unsettling to think of this guy being in the same suite as us for the weekend. Was my girlfriend going to sneak into his room at night or something? If it were ANY other person in the world, Id say no, but in this case&hellip, who knew? I had gotten past that little uncomfortable feeling pretty quickly, though, as I trust my girlfriend completely, and know that she isnt the type of person to do that stuff, even if she.