"Oh. Right. Good." River nodded, then suddenly paused. She looked around, spotted an appropriate alcove, shadowed and mostly out of sight from the main thoroughfare, and quickly dragged her mate into it.
Then she rocked up onto her toes and wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him firmly but briefly before she turned her face into his shoulder and just held him, her own shoulders shaking gently with repressed sobs.
"We're having a baby..."