"We are uniting two worlds. If we decide to have a child..." He stirred restlessly, his dark eyes glittering. She caught the imperious Carpathian decree before he could censor his thoughts. "If we decide someday to have a child," she persisted, ignoring his authority, "if it is male, he will be raised in both worlds. And if it is a girl, she will be raised with free will and a mind of her own. I mean it, Mikhail. I will never, ever, consent to bringing a child into this world to be a broodmare for one of these men."