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was horrific. “Do what you want to me,” she rasped, “but don’t… don’t hurt the baby.”
    His eyes popped open. For a moment, he stared at her, his blond eyebrows pulled low over golden eyes. “Baby?”
    How could he have missed the fact that she looked as if she’d swallowed a watermelon? The baby kicked, as if aware he was being talked about, and Thanatos looked down.
    “What the—?” Thanatos leaped away, eyes wide and glued to her belly. “When?” He swallowed audibly. “Who’s the father?”
    Now she had to tread carefully. The plan had been to wait until after the baby’s birth to rouse Thanatos and tell him about it … the hope being that if he came after Regan in a murderous fury, at least the baby would be safe. Now… shit. She wasn’t sure what to do. Weird, since she’d always been able to think on her feet.
    “Listen to me—”
    “
Who?
”
    She inhaled a shaky breath. “I’d feel better if Kynan was here—”
    “
Kynan?
” Thanatos let out a godawful snarl, and she swore she saw the flash of fangs. “The Aegi is the father? He dared to touch you?”
    Dared?
“No—”
    “Kynan!” His roar shook the entire building, and then his sword was in his hand and those creepy shadows were circling his feet.
    “It’s not Kynan,” she blurted, but Than wasn’t listening.
    “Kynan is a dead man.”
    “
Thanatos!
Yo, deaf Horseman. It’s not Kynan. It’s you.” She smoothed her hand over her belly. “This baby is yours.”

     
    Thanatos had lived during the days when being poleaxed wasn’t just an expression. He’d managed to avoid it … until now.
    Now he knew exactly how it felt as he stood there like a dolt, staring numbly at Regan’s belly. He dragged his gaze upward, to breasts that seemed larger than before, to her slender throat, and finally, he met her hazel eyes. They were as beautiful as he remembered, bright, with a warrior’s hard ice behind fire. But they were also tinged with fear, proving she wasn’t stupid.
    When he’d first entered the auditorium, he’d been prepared to kill her. Now he just wanted a stiff drink.
    He was going to be a father.
    From virgin to dad in zero to sixty.
    The door burst open, and both Kynan and Decker were there, pistols trained on Than. Bullets wouldn’t penetrate his armor or kill him, but they’d hurt like hell if they struck exposed body parts. Like his head.
    “Fire those guns,” Than said quietly, “and every Aegi in the building will pay for it.”
    “We don’t want any trouble,” Kynan said. “Leave now.”
    “Leave?” Than laughed even as the souls in his armor spun like thousands of little tornadoes. Thousands? Why would there be so many? Didn’t matter. Not right now. He took Regan’s arm before she could scoot away. “I’ll leave. But she’s coming with me.”
    Decker’s finger slipped from his pistol’s trigger guard to the trigger. “No way in hell.”
    “It’s all right,” Regan said quickly. “I’ll be fine.”
    “Presumptuous, don’t you think?” Than said, and then felt like an asshole when she paled.
    “Regan, you don’t have to protect us.” Kynan stepped closer, and Decker moved with him, their bodies in practiced sync. “Let’s talk about this, Horseman.”
    “Stall until you can summon my brother and sister? I don’t think so.” He dragged Regan to the door at the other end of the auditorium, and when he slammed it open he wasn’t surprised to find over a dozen Guardians, all armed to the teeth, waiting for him. Well, one female held a dagger
and
a menacing-looking cup of tea.
    “First person who moves against me dies,” he told them. “Second person gets you all killed.”
    Regan remained stiffly at his side. “Stay back, everyone. I’m going willingly.”
    All but one obeyed, and the one, the idiot who dared to swing a skinny blade at him, found out how fast Thanatos could launch a soul from his armor. The other slayers found out how loudly humans screamed when they