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He stared at me like I’d nearly lost my mind.“Burke, do you really not know what’s wrong with you?”

I shook my head and regretted it instantly.My head and stomach protested as they pitched, and I had to bend over again.Tim came over and rubbed my back, which was really brave with what had splattered the soil earlier.

“Why’ve you got your hands on my mate?”Ricky asked from the doorway, his tone icy.

“Get your hands off him,” Maximus snarled at his side.

Tim rolled his eyes, but he took a step away from me.“Calm down, you’re both being ridiculous.He was sick, that’s all.We both were.”

Maximus strode over and hauled Tim into his arms.

“Careful,” Tim said, looking queasy again.

Ricky wrapped me in his embrace.“You were sick?”

I rested my head on his chest.“I feel better now.I’ve never been sick before, I want to go home.”

“Take him back to the pride house,” Maximus ordered.

“There are saltines in the kitchen,” Tim added.“That should settle your stomach.”

I was relieved they didn’t need us to stay, but I was worried about Tim, too.And why would saltines help me when I’d up chucked everything I’d eaten?“Shouldn’t you come too?What if others get sick because of us?”

Ricky’s chest jumped beneath my ear.I raised my head and discovered he was laughing.And the other two were beaming from ear to ear.

“Am I missing something?”I asked cautiously, feeling Ricky keep his thoughts to himself.

Maximus waved a hand.“Go with your mate.He can explain the bovines and the rhubarb.”

“The stalks and the bulls,” Tim added, laughing despite how pale he remained.

“What are you talking about?”I asked in exasperation, feeling I was missing something vital but too tired and queasy to figure it out myself.

Ricky drew me against his heart and held me close.You’re pregnant, my ballsy-bull.You’re suffering from morning sickness, like most pregnant omegas.

My jaw dropped open, and I mooed loudly.

What.The.Fuck!

I did what all bulls did when confronted with such earth-shattering news.I fainted.

Chapter Seventeen

Ricky

“Bull down!”Maximus yelled.

I jumped at his bellow, nearly missing what was happening to my mate.Thank Great Rhu, I caught Burke before he slumped to the ground in a dead faint.I shut out the laughter from Tim as I heaved my bull into my arms.

“You’re not funny,” I aimed at Tim and Maximus, who joined Tim in sniggering loudly.“My baby’s in shock.”

“Yeah, sorry, we should have told you he’s prone to fainting,” Maximus agreed.“His brain short-circuits and it’s ‘bull down’.”

I growled at him.My new alpha didn’t look sorry, and their laughter followed me as I stomped off, holding my bull protectively.

Truth was, my brain was just as fried at the news.

Baby rhubarb.

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