All the sadness Irina felt instantly disappeared. She looked up at Cortis and asked, “Don’t you like kids?”

“I want you to bear me a child because I like you, and you females will show more affection to the child’s father,” Cortis answered her without hesitation, despite his intense dislike of his own kind—especially his own children—for distracting his female.

Irina’s face flushed and she said shyly, “That’s not the point, okay? The point is that I get… that thing every month. It’ll be bad news for me if people find out.”

Cortis chuckled softly and replied, “Don’t worry. This house is my territory. I won’t let anyone come near...