“Strawberries are delicious,” Serix nodded and popped another into his mouth. “They’re so different than the fruits my people eat. Well… all of your Earth fruits are different than ours, but strawberries taste the best. They stain everything though.” He contemplatively held up his hand, which was tinted red from the berries, and then shrugged, continuing to eat. There was a brief silence between them at they lapsed into thought.

Serix wondered what had become of the other Lunairans on the ship. It had been quite a while since he left them, and apart from the unexpected appearance of the pilot, he had caught neither sight nor sound of his people since the humans took him and Cassie to their hideout. Were they still on the ship or had they started forming colonies on the Earth? Did they ever find out about the remaining humans? The pilot was supposed to have reported back to the higher powers, but after he turned up in the caverns with Hunter, Serix wasn’t sure that he had.

He exhaled and leaned back on the bed next to Cassie, carefully angling his body so he wouldn’t put too much pressure on his healing wounds. No point worrying about future uncertainties when he and his mate were safe for now. Everything was back to normal, so he wanted to savor their day of privacy for as long as he could. He met her kiss and smiled when she changed the subject, obviously eager to put their misfortunes behind them.

[b]“If we had a child, Serix. What would you want, a boy or a girl?”[/b] Cassie asked. [b]“What do you think a child of ours would be like?”[/b]

“To be honest, I haven’t thought much about the child’s sex,” Serix answered with a shrug. “I suppose I can more easily picture myself as the father of a male because the only parent-child interaction I experienced when I was younger was that of myself and my father… but that doesn’t mean I would be disappointed to have a female.” He paused to think. “As for the appearance, I’m confident the child would look more Lunairan than human, given our heritages.” He met Cassie’s eyes thoughtfully. “I’m a pure-blooded Lunairan, and you also share half of my people’s genes, which means any child we have would be mostly Lunairan as well. I don’t know how that would translate physically… It depends on whether the human genes or Lunairan genes are more dominant. Most likely the child would inherit a darker hair color and lighter skin tone, but I don’t know about the eyes.” He tilted his head slightly. “It looks like none of the half-bloods here have luminescent eyes, so I’d guess it’s a recessive trait. But who knows?” He smirked and leaned forward to kiss Cassie again. “We won’t find out until we have a child and see for ourselves.”