Page 24 of Omega Haunting

“Astral, the doctor will see you now,” a perky blonde with iced tips on his short, spiky hair called out. He was a few years behind me in school and I didn’t remember his name until I saw the nametag that read: Seas.

“Aren’t you a doctor yet?” I teased him, falling back on the old bad humor our pack was so well known for.

“Not yet. I take the boards next summer, though,” Seas shrugged. “Any symptoms?”

“Morning sickness. Positive star test.”

“He almost cried this morning too,” Marsin added on.

“That is private,” I snapped at him and regret filled up my belly before the last word was even out of my mouth. “Sorry, mate. I…”

“It’s okay. Pregnancy messes with your emotions. I don’t know that they can do anything about that but I think it’s important we tell them all of your symptoms.”

“I know but… It is private,” I sighed.

“How about I don’t ask any more questions and leave that to the doctor,” Nurse Seas said, showing us into Exam Room 3. “You’re right in here. You can go ahead and gown up if you want.”

“Gown up?” Marsin asked, shutting the door behind the nurse as if he suddenly decided he didn’t want Seas anywhere near me. “That doesn’t sound pleasant and if you don’t want to you don’t have to.”

“Sheesh, mate,” I sighed and rubbed the bridge of my nose.

“What did I do? If it’s about what I told him, I’m sorry. He did ask and I thought you forgot with everything going on….” Marsin said.

“It’s not that. I mean, I might’ve told the doctor anyway. Maybe. Gowning up is just switching into a hospital gown. It’s not the gown that’s unpleasant. I forgot about the well omega exam. It’s really for the baby.”

Marsin furrowed his brows together as if he’d never heard of such a barbaric thing. He tilted his head to the side as I turned my back and pulled my shirt off over my head.

“He’s doing something on the flight link,”my wolf chimed into my thoughts.

“We don’t do those unless we suspect something is wrong. I know it’s a bit different for us. Eggs and all. You don’t have to do this if you don’t want to,” Marsin said. “They literally can’t make you do anything and if they try, they’ll have to deal with me.”

“They’ll nag but they won’t make me do anything. I just want to make sure the baby’s okay,” I said. “It’s not something I want to talk about or dwell on or…”

Marsin dropped down to his knees in front of me.

“This definitely isn’t a ‘while you’re down there situation, mate,’” I laughed despite the nerves swishing around my belly.

“Shush for a moment, please and thank you,” Marsin said and pressed his ear against my belly.

I did shut up because I wanted to hear what he heard. I homed in on our mating link and let the rest of the world fade away. I heard the faintest heartbeat. It sounded healthy to me but what did I know? I wasn’t a doctor.

“The baby is not inside of an egg,” Marsin announced. “You wouldn’t hear a heartbeat quite like that if it was.”

“Are you disappointed?” I asked, biting my lip.

“No. You’re a wolf and I love you. I just don’t know as much about non-egg pregnancies,” Marsin frowned. “It’s a gap in my knowledge that no amount of reading has filled.”

“I’ve seen plenty of them,” I said, popping up on the table. “So have my parents. We’ll be okay. If it’s the exam you’re worried about, don’t be. Believe me, you’ll be glad when it’s over and we know the baby is okay.”

“Only if you’re okay too,” Marsin said, taking my hand and entwining his fingers through mine.

“I will be. It’ll take more than a doctor making me flash him to tear me down,” I laughed. “Don’t you eat him while he’s trying to do the ultrasound either.”

“Why would I do that?” Marsin cocked a brow at me.

“Because you’re my mate and I’m pregnant and you’re already in a bad mood at him,” I grinned and squeezed his hand. “It’s more common than you think. Just remember Doctor Leem is a wolf, and you are a dragon. Remember you broke the truck scale at the junkyard when we tried to weigh you.”

“That was for your science,” he teased but he was right. It was my idea. Though the wolves who owned the junkyard seemed keen to find out how much he weighed in dragon form too. To be fair, Marsin did fix their scale and updated it in some high-tech ways that I didn’t understand and wasn’t sure the junkyard guys did either.

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