Page 55 of Forbidden Desires

“One minute you weren’t there and then you were.”

Amelia hugged him tighter as she smiled.Thank you, goddess, for letting me know it was real.

Anytime child.

“Am I good to go?”

“You are, Healer Bly cleared you earlier while you were sleeping. I’m clearing you now.”

Amelia stood and wrapped her arm around Zylar. She didn’t want to be parted from him.

“Are you all right?” he asked as they entered the lift.

“I am. When I woke earlier, everything felt like too much to manage. Why? It was all I could ask, and that one word covered the spectrum. I was drowning in the memories of all that’s happened. Now… It’s still there but I know I can handle it. I never said thank you for coming to my rescue.” Amelia gave him a smile to show she was all right.

“There was never a question, but Amelia, you saved me long before I saved you.”

“You’re so sweet.”

“No, love, when you found me, I was drowning. You pulled me out of that ocean calling to me.” She gave him a quick kiss. “How about we call it a draw and say we saved each other?”

“I like it, in fact, I love it.”

When they entered their cabin, Zylar walked her backward through the living room until they reached the bedroom. Hishand went to her ass, and she knew there was a spanking in her future. Her pussy dripped and her nipples tingled.

Forgetting her mate would have been a crime of epic proportions.

“Do you feel safe enough to work on our first youngling?”

She thought about it not wanting to lie.

“Yes.”

***

A loud sound went off in the room, making Amelia flinch in her sleep. She woke up tense, wondering who they were going to have to fight now.

“Zylar?” She was clinging to him.

“Shh, love, it’s a call coming in from Earth. Someone used the emergency override protocol.” He answered the call to hear lots of noise and distress in the background.

“Zylar,” Rakha sounded frantic, and his voice was pitched several octaves higher than his normal range. “Bella has gone into labor. Stop sleeping and…”

Amelia never heard the rest. She was up and in the shower, taking the record for the fastest shower ever. By the time Zylar was out of the shower and dressed, Amelia was pacing in front of the door waiting impatiently to leave.

They didn’t say anything as they ran through the ship to the hangar.

“Strap in. We’re using emergency protocols.” When the hangar door opened, and they were a safe distance away from the ship, the shuttle picked up speed.

Holy hell, Amelia thought. She hadn’t realized it could fly through space like this. Her hand went to her mouth to encourage her stomach not to rebel. However, she kind of thought she left that part of her anatomy somewhere in space. Before she knew it, they were at Bella and Rakha’s place.

“Bedroom,” Theo shouted.

Amelia almost tripped. It had been too long since she had seen her friend. Theo winked at her and waved her on.Zylar growled, but Amelia was laughing and leaving him behind. They burst into the bedroom to find a pale Rakha. SaKura was looking like he may pass out, and Jenna was holding Bella’s hands crooning sweet words of encouragement.

Amelia had never seen childbirth before. Was this what she was signing up for? Bella was sweating, and there was a look of pain on her face. Her belly was contorting, and she opened her mouth wide in a silent scream.

Oh, hell no. There was no way she was going through this hell. Amelia watched in horror for four hours. Where was the joy of childbirth that men said was so special? They waxed lyrical about how it was a woman’s sacred duty to give birth. She was ready to stick a watermelon up their asses and tell them to give birth to that.

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