"You spoiled the surprise for yourself, though," Loki commented, but was paying much more attention to her belly than to her words.

He hoped that Bast had told the truth. Not because he wanted the baby to be a boy, no. Girls were fine with him, too. He wanted to know the baby, though and he most likely never would. It didn't seem so much longer until it was born, but he doubted that he'd live that long.