“Thank you.”
He held out his arms. “May I?”
“Uh…okay.” I let him hug me, but I kept it short.
“You’re very lucky, nephew.” The Rege touched his shoulder and returned to the dining hall, leaving me and Adam alone.
“Adam!” I threw myself into his arms. “It’s okay if I change my major.”
He closed his hands on my shoulders and put me away from him. “That’s all?”
“That’s part of it.” I bit my lip. Suppose Adam didn’t want this? “I thought if I became a geneticist, I could find a way to combine our semen, and we could have children.”
“We already have—You want a baby with me?”
“Yes, please.” I wasn’t going to tell him it was so he’d always have a part of me with him. Thinking about the time I would be gone was too morbid, especially since I wasn’t even nineteen yet.
I suddenly realized A
