He smiled at her faith in her father. He only wished that his own spawn would have the same kind of feelings for him. He took a moment of pause. He was already thinking like a father to be, not even a day after he found out that she was expecting. He shrugged it off as something to be expected of mates.<br/><br/>"I am sure that he could defeat me as I am now. But as you know, just from our own little fights, I don't stay defeated for long. I will always rise up to overcome the challenge, no matter how many times I fail at it."<br/><br/>He thought over her words about what her family does. He thought that it was not something hard to believe, after seeing her skills in battle and that of her fathers as well. But then there was the trip to the gates that added into her story. He nodded, and the story only made him swell with pride that his mate and spawn would have such power. If he himself along with his mate did not concur everything that they could touch, then his hairs would surely do so in his stead.<br/><br/>"I can see why you have such power now. My family has no duty like that to strive to be great, other then power itself. Once my family used to rain as nobles, kings, concurs. But now it seems that we have been pushed back. Too many of us are killed by humans and demons alike. We never back down from anything, that is both our strength and weakness."<br/><br/>Her last words might have been off the breath of a yawn, but they where deadly none the less. He knew that the power the ring was giving him only took away there natural advantage when he had it activated. And he could not sustain that at all times, it would drain him greatly. So he knew that he was still at a great disadvantage. He put all those thoughts aside, and snuggled into his mate. Right now he had only one main worry. What was going to become of his mate? He knew that she was the just about the second in command in this wing of the company. And she had been defeated, and mated by a rookie by all means. He was sure that many of the female demons that lurked around the company was going to think that she was weak. He smiled as he thought the true reason he was thinking about this. The image of his mate covered in the blood of her fallen foes came to his head. She should have fun.<br/><br/>Then he thought about what the boss around here is going to do to him. It would be wonderful for him to try and test him to see if the mating was worthy of his second. That way he would be able to judge the power that this demon wielded, giving him a vast knowledge on just who this male was. His last thought before slipping off into the darkness was that of his lost son. The small little being that one day was going to come back to him.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>He awoke sooner then he wanted to. He looked to his side to see his mate laying there just as she was when he drifted off. He looked over her with his hazy eyes, seeing that she was breathing fine. His hand moved down to her lower belly, feeling the slight raise there, he smiled at it but then his hunger took over. He raised up out of the bed as slowly and easy as he could. He was able to get up and out of the bed with out waking her up to his knowing. He walked out of the room, only to look back to take one last look at his tempting mate. He growled low at the fiery need that budded just as seeing her sprawled out like that. He shook his head and moved into the kitchen. He quickly made something for him to eat, the smell quickly filling the space of the kitchen, and moving out.<br/><br/>After he ate, he looked over at his weapon placed on a wall, but he did not remember putting it there. It was odd to have such enchanted rooms like the one that he was in now. I guess he could look at it as a plus for being a mate to a high ranking member of the company. He walked over to the halberd and picked it up. He looked over the blade, seeing a few nicks and scratches from the ware that he had been putting it through. He walked over to the small love seat that was a part of her old room, and sat down with his weapon, caring for it.