Page 20 of Unruly Omega

Markus knocked on the door. “Kellan? Are you okay in there? Did you read the instructions?”

“Uh, yeah. They weren’t too complicated. Now I’m waiting for the results.”

“Open the door, and we can wait together.”

I did and came out to sit in a chair while the seconds counted down. “You really don’t think the suppressor could have made me sick?”

“It might have, but that would have been right after you got it. Not weeks later.”

“I see.” I looked up at the wall, watching the clock, the second hand ticking slowly around. “That’s good anyway.”

“But, what I’m concerned about is all the things you were injected with or given in your water or all the other things they might have done to you at the labs.” I’d sat with both Markus and my alpha for hours on end, telling them anything I could remember and disappointing them because I didn’t have nearly enough information.

“You don’t think that’s all out of my system?” If I’d been upset about what I suffered, the idea that their testing might affect my future children made me want to go back there and blow the damn place up. Of course, there were other omegas in there, and I wouldn’t want to hurt them.

“I don’t know. It’s hard to do tests for things we don’t have names for. Or information about. So, I’d say we watch this pregnancy closely.” He stood up and pointed at the clock. “If indeed there is one. Want to go check?”

I dragged my feet on the way into the bathroom, unsure what I wanted the results to be. I absolutely wanted children, but if there was something wrong with me that could affect the baby? Then I’d rather wait at least for a while. How long was the curse of these humans going to hang over my life?

Lifting the stick, I held it up to the healer who clapped his hands. “Positive. Now, go along and give the good news to your alpha. We’ll monitor you and do some tests later on, but for now, be happy and don’t borrow trouble. You are fine and fit, considering.”

“Thank you, Markus. I just hope the baby is okay.”

As I was leaving the healer’s place, I ran into my alpha coming in. He grabbed my shoulders and looked me up and down. “What’s wrong, omega? Were you just visiting our healer?”

“Not exactly.”

“Are you sick?” He towed me back inside. “Markus, what is wrong with my omega?”

The healer emerged from the back, wiping his hands on a towel. “Wrong? Nothing at all.”

“Then why is he here?” Locke’s voice climbed with each word, and I only wanted to ease his worries. “He needs the best treatment. One of the betas heard him getting sick earlier today.”

“Alpha, I’m pregnant.”

“No. Whatever is wrong with…did you say pregnant?”

“Yes.” I studied my shoes. “Are you okay with that?”

“Okay?” He lifted me in the air and spun around in a circle. “I’m over the moon. What a great idea!”

“Another one is stop spinning before I lose what’s left of my breakfast on your shoes.”

He stopped and planted a big kiss on me. “And I wouldn’t mind at all.”

I thought he probably would, but wasn’t it sweet of him to say he wouldn’t.

Chapter Nineteen

Locke

“Kellan, what are you doing, mate?” I woke up and patted the side of the bed only to find him perched on the edge, elbows resting on his knees. The buzzing of anxiety reached me through the ever-thickening bond we shared.

“I couldn’t sleep any more. I kept dreaming about the baby and what might happen. I dreamed that I had the baby and Markus scowled at it and wouldn’t show her to me.”

“Her?” I asked.

“I don’t know why but I think of this baby as a her now. I might be wrong; it’s just a hunch.”

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