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“Where?” Frederick seemed upset, and that wasn’t what I wanted.
“Between here and the house on the pathway. I was maybe five minutes from the house. Whatever it was, the shimmer seemed to circle me before it gave me a hug. It lingered for a moment before it trailed off and disappeared into the trees. I don’t know what it was. But it definitely didn’t feel threatening”
Frederick looked as if he wanted to chase after it but instead, he simply nodded and then wrapped his arms around me.
“I’m not going to be controlling, and I’m not going to tell you that you can’t leave the house. I am only going to ask that you please keep our bond open and let me know if you ever feel as if you were in danger. I understand you can take care of yourself, but I love you and the need to protect you is overwhelming at times.”
I could certainly accept that. “I understand,” I told him before I leaned in and gave him a quick kiss. “Should we go in and see if Dr. King is ready for us? We’re a little early, but maybe he’s not busy.”
Frederick nodded before he pulled away. He opened the door for me, and after we entered the clinic, we were greeted by notonly Dr. King, but Todd as well. Dr. King happened to be in the waiting room leaning against the front counter and talking to Todd, his office assistant. I had heard that his office manager had, according to him, sadly decided to stay home with his twins. Dr. King of course supported Cecil’s decision, but Todd, who was there to replace Cecil, was still struggling to figure out the computer system. And wasn’t it just a tiny little world? Cecil was Warwick’s mate, and they were the proud fathers to twin hellhounds.
As we approached the counter, Dr. King stood up and offered us a friendly smile. “There is the expecting couple. Are you ready to see your baby for the first time?”
“We are,” I told him. “I think that Frederick might be more excited about it than I am,” I said, teasing my One. Frederick knew I wasn’t upset, nor was I being too serious. In fact, I loved that he was so excited about the new life we were creating together.
“That is good to hear. Shall we?” Dr. King asked.
After smiling at Todd, we followed Dr. King down the short hallway and into the second room on the right. Since this wasn’t my first visit at the clinic, I knew that I needed to climb up onto the exam table. Thankfully, it was sitting somewhat upright, and was quite comfortable. When I reclined back and got settled, immediately I relaxed. This was an ultrasound, a magical one at that. There was no need for me to be so worried and nervous.
“So tell me how you have been feeling,” Dr. King said. “Any sickness? Aches? Pains? Food aversions? Anything amiss?”
I shook my head as he asked questions. This pregnancy, I had learned, had been a dream and many omegas and carriers would love to experience a pregnancy such as mine.
“No, none of that,” I responded. “The only thing that I’ve really noticed is that my sexual need has increased. It wasalready fairly high before I became pregnant, and I really wasn’t expecting it to increase, but it has.”
Dr. King chuckled “That is most certainly expected at this phase of your pregnancy. I have very rarely met an alpha or sire that had issue with that aspect of pregnancy.”
Frederick snorted. “No issues from this sire either. I think having a healthy sex life is beneficial to our relationship and has helped strengthen our bond so quickly.”
“You are correct,” Dr. King said. “In my experience, mated couples that are more sexually active tend to have a stronger bond. I can say that until I am blue in the face, but some alpha just don’t seem to understand that. It is rare, but it does happen, sadly.”
I looked at Frederick in horror. How could an alpha not sexually desire his omega? Was that even possible? I was lucky in that not only did Frederick desire me, but he met me desire-for-desire.
“But we are not here to discuss the sexual doings of other couples,” Dr. King said, pulling my attention back to him. “Yours? Absolutely if you so wish or if you have questions. But if you have read through the book I provided to you during your initial appointment, you will know that sex, even rough sex, is perfectly safe up until the day you deliver as long as there is no pain associated with it. Once you experience pain or discomfort of any sort, it is time for sex to be shelved until at least a week postpartum. Personally, I truly recommend you wait at least three weeks, simply to give your body and mind time to adjust. Because we are paranormal beings, our body heals and rebounds within days. But that does not mean that mentally you will be ready to resume those activities two days after you give birth.”
I looked back at Frederick, who was shaking his head. “I’m good to wait however long it takes for him to tell me he’s ready. Ido not see that as being an issue, as he already has no problems with telling me how he is feeling.”
I shrugged because it was true. We could be in the middle of having dinner and the mood would suddenly hit me. More than once we had stopped in the middle of a meal, and Frederick had stripped me naked and slid into me while I lay on the table. Those had certainly been enjoyable moments, and at times the memories alone were enough to cause us to take off running for the bedroom.
“Then I don’t see any need for us to have the sex talk in further detail. As always, I am here if you have any questions. You both have the clinic number, as well as my personal cell number. Feel free to call me anytime day or night if you have any questions or concerns that you feel are urgent.”
I still had nothing that I needed to discuss with him. I looked at Frederick, who once again shook his head.
“I don’t have any questions,” Frederick said. “I was going to ask when he was going to start showing, but it seems like in the last week his bump went from nothing to showing. It’s a cute little bump.”
Dr. King chuckled. “Yes. Dominic will show some, but he has a long torso, and since the two of you are both warlocks and warlock babies tend to be on the more slender side just as their parents are, I don’t foresee Dominic as becoming overly large during his pregnancies.”
Frederick nodded and seemed satisfied with the doctor’s response.
“Any other questions or concerns?”
“No,” I said after meeting Frederick’s eyes again.
“Good. Let’s get on with the fun part then.”
Several things happened all at once. The light in the room suddenly dimmed, the head of the table started to recline, and there was a sudden swoosh-swoosh sound that filled the room. Ilooked at Frederick in question, wondering what that sound was. It took a moment for me to realize that it was actually our baby’s heartbeat. When I realized what it was, my eyes widened in awe moments before they started to tear up. That was our baby’s heartbeat, and we could hear it.
In front of me, there was suddenly something fuzzy hovering above the table, and then it came into focus. There he was. There was a 4D image of our baby floating in the air in front of us.
