She would still crave our touch, but only because she fed the crystal with that primal energy—it was her life force that sustained it, literally—and because so much was taken from her as Queen to feed it, she would never be able to have a baby. No Queen of the past had been able to. Although this is exactly what Sera wanted, and I should have been happy about that, I couldn't help but feel slightly saddened. As her mate, I longed to see her belly round with our son.
