I slipped my hand into Alexis', and he squeezed my hand gently.
"Oni," I said carefully. "The baby is…healthy?" As if anything undead can be healthy.
Oni nodded. "Yes. Healthy."
I sagged in relief. I didn't want to be pregnant a minute ago, but knowing that I was pregnant changed everything.
I was pregnant.
"Wait." Ran held Oni back from him at arm's length. "We can't have a baby, can we?" He looked horrified that he might have impregnated Oni with all the "feedings" that he'd been giving her.
Oni smiled. "Un-living cannot have child with living. Only two living have child."
"Then why did you call our child undead?" Alexis asked. "Two living things…I mean two humans make another human, right?"
Oni shrugged. "Not in this realm. The un-living have always been here—never born, never m
