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Thankfully, Fox understood what he meant and Elwood felt a little less like a dummy. He was relieved; he didn't want her to go back to Peregrine and say, "Hey, that Elwood character seems a little dim to be our Beta male." If that happened, Finley would never let him live it down.

She began detailing the changes that would happen to her body over the next few weeks, and Elwood couldn't help but wrinkle his nose. Vomiting? Loss of appetite? Okay, so the second thing didn't seem so bad, but he was sure there were other things about pregnancy that weren't pleasant. It wouldn't be all sunshine and rainbows, but Fox didn't try to sugarcoat it.

"One of my older sisters was pregnant around my first birthday, but I wasn't around her much," he replied, thinking back to that time. He remembered that her stomach had gotten very round, and he had enjoyed playing with his little nieces and nephews once they were born, but he had been lucky to miss out on all the gross stuff.