He waited on pins and needles the next few days. It was a roll of the dice sometimes with male cinders to pass on their DNA. It was the only downside to being a magic user with one X chromosome.
Part of him wanted to give his first wife the child she craved - but the other knew that war wasn't great a time to have children (but is any time a good time?).
Hell, Dagon was born in a war - and he turned out just fine. Even if he was against it, it didn't matter when it came to the desires of his wife. Especially now that she had it in her head that she was ready to have the one child she would cherish forever.
....but that was part of the issue. She could only have one. All women could only have one. If they lost that child in the middle of this war, it would destroy her - and him. It didn't matter if a first born was female or male - the father always had a deep connection to their progeny. Azier would be no different, especially if it was the child of himself and Azrianna.
