"Sam, can you give us a few minutes, please?" Luca asked, never taking his eyes off mine.
"Of course, I'll just go watch the movie with the little one. Call me when you're ready."
"Thank you," Luca and I said together.
As soon as Sam left the room and closed the door behind him, Luca stood and pulled me to my feet. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me so close I could feel his muscles tense under his shirt. He was afraid. We both were.
"I want to tell you not to do this. I want to tell you that we never have to get married, we never have to mate, we never have to have children, just to have some kind of guarantee that you'll be by my side every day."
"But I would be incomplete. What kind of life would that be for me?" I argued. I knew he was sad that I didn't agree, but I also
