Expecting His Baby

AS HE WATCHED the tiny dot appear through the clouds the ambassador of Niroli’s

throat dried. What if this precious heir to the throne should perish? And with

Nico Fierezza’s addiction to extreme sports that seemed extremely likely; if not

today, then some day soon. The ambassador’s nerves refused to steady even

when the dot turned into six feet four of solid muscle and Nico hit the ground on

target. Only Nico didn’t hit the ground, he landed like a cat.

As someone took away his parachute Nico lifted off his helmet and stared