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“PRETTY!”

Oops.

It poofed away after it flew around for a bit, and his heart pounded. That was what she would look like. Their girl. Oh, goddess.

“Well, congratulations are in order, Bron,” Mother said.

“What?” Dad blinked at Elliot, then at them.

“Oh, my dear, you are so oblivious. Cullen is with child.”

“Yes, Elliot is right there.”

Mom stared at Dad, not blinking.

“What?”

Did she learn the lizard stare from a dragon, because that is impressive.

He nodded to Orion.I’m pretty sure it was Corbin. They don’t get along.

Really? That’s hard to see. I like him a lot.

Cullen nodded. He got along with his brothers, his parents, he was basically easy. He loved them all, and while they could be difficult, he was used to being the peacemaker.

Dad finally looked at him. Really looked. “Oh. Oh! Well, congratulations, son.”

“Thanks, Dad.” Cullen chuckled, shaking his head.

“’Rion! Make rainbow!” Elliot demanded.

“Of course, my liege,” Orion said, and a bright rainbow filled the ceiling of his parents’ home, clouds floating about it.

“You are well-matched, son,” his dad said.

His mother’s delighted laugh sounded very much like Elliot’s. “How lovely.”

“Yeah, yeah, he’s not the pregnant one,” Cullen said with mock fierceness.

Orion took his hand. “Hormones. Have you seen his old man human disguise? It’s amazing.”

His cheeks heated with pleasure, and his mom and dad laughed along with them, and Cullen decided he could handle being pregnant.

As long as he didn’t slip in his own goo and hit his head like Cosmo had.

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Orion found a flute in a drawer in the buffet that Basil had brought him and Cullen as a gift from…somewhere. It wasn’t his. He wondered if it had belonged to someone who used to live in this house, but Cullen assured him that was all over on Corbin’s side, so goddess knew where it came from.

But the flute was lovely.

And he was bored, because Cullen had taken Cosmo to visit their parents with Elliot and the new baby. Even Corbin had gone. Hawk had gone to the dragonlands.

It was just him and the magpie.

So Orion took it apart and cleaned it, then reassembled it and started to play.

Oh, that was rather good.