eta. Don’t shape-shifters feel that sort of thing?” She took a deep breath and tried to calm down, least she’d make herself sick again.
Seth knocked gently, then entered without waiting for her answer. He could hear and smell her, so he knew there was something wrong. She was distressed. Was there any way she had heard him talk to Blake and Roman about her parents? No, that was impossible. She didn’t have the hearing of a shape-shifter. He had expected to find her with the doctor, but when he realized he wasn’t there, worry rose in his chest.
“Are you all right? Why did the doctor leave? What did he tell you?”
Amelia smiled at his nervousness. A crease had appeared on his forehead, as it always did when he was worried or thinking deeply about something. She loved it.
“Everything is fine. Or… I think it is. I’m not sure.”
“What are you talking about?” He stepped closer to her and ran his hands up and down her arms. “Are you feeling better?”
“Well, given that my stomach is empty, I believe I’ll be all right for the next couple of hours. Just as long as I don’t see or smell food.” She wrinkled her nose in a way Seth found adorable. “Listen, I… I wanted to tell you first.”
“Tell me what? See? Now you’re scaring me. Just say it already!”
She took a deep breath and released it with her next words: “I’m pregnant.”
Seth blinked a few times, but remained silent. Her words hadn’t exactly registered, and he felt confused. What did she say? Pregnant? Did that mean… a baby? Yeah… pregnancy usually resulted in a baby… He shook his head lightly.
“You’re…” He left the sentence hanging, hoping she’d finish it for him and clear the fog in his mind.
“… pregnant. I’m pregnant.” This wasn’t the reaction she had expected. Her heart sank a little when she realized Seth was just standing there, his hands still on her arms, as if he had forgotten them there. Then, a huge smile spread on his lips and his eerie, purple eyes started sparkling with something she had never seen before.
“Baby, that’s amazing!” His hands moved down to her waist and he lifted her up effortlessly. He spun her in the air until she dug her nails in his shoulders and he figured she was still feeling nauseated and spinning her like that wasn’t a good idea given her condition. “I can’t believe it! Are you serious? Is this really happening? Amelia, this is the best!”
She closed her eyes and waited for the dizziness to pass. “I thought… I don’t know what I thought. I was afraid you wouldn’t like it.”
“Why wouldn’t I? God, this is the greatest news you could have given me!”
“Well, much better than stomach flu… although it will last longer.”
“Come here…” Seth pulled her in his arms and kissed her hard on the lips. His tongue soon sought hers, and Amelia melted in his embrace. Her hands ran up and down his back, enjoying the feel of his big, taut muscles. It wasn’t long before her panties got wet and her pussy throbbed with desire. Pulling away was even more difficult now that she could feel his erection pressed up against her stomach, but they couldn’t do anything now. Not in her and Blake’s room, not at the mansion.
“I’m so happy…” she whispered against his lips. Now that she knew Seth wanted the baby, she allowed herself to give in to the sweet, sweet images of the next couple of months. Baby foxes were usually born after five or six months, much like in the case of baby wolves. Amelia couldn’t wait to hold her and Seth’s little bundle of joy in her arms. Then, she remembered her initial fears.
Seth noticed the sudden change in her eyes. “What’s wrong? What are you thinking about?”
“It’s just… what if this isn’t such a good thing? I mean, yeah… it’s the only way Blake can have an heir, but… there are so many things which can go wrong…”
“Nothing will go wrong, I promise you.” He kissed the top of her head. “We’ll be careful, and no one will ever know.”
“You won’t be able to spend a lot of time with the child… with me… He will never know you’re his real father.”
“It’s a small price to pay.” He offered her a reassuring smile and smoothed down her hair. “I wouldn’t have it any other way. A baby with the woman I love? I had given up this dream a long time ago, and then I met you. We’ll raise our child together… the three of us. When he’s old enough, we’ll tell him the truth. With two Alpha mothers and a Beta father, he’s the luckiest baby fox in the world!”
Amelia laughed at the idea. She had to admit it wasn’t a bad one. “Yeah, you’re right. You, Blake and I will be some awesome parents. In a weird way, but still…”
“We’re quite a triad.”
She buried her head in his chest. “We are.”
They stayed like that for long minutes, each making their own scenario of how things would work when the baby would be born.
“So… how do you want to do this?” asked Seth. “Do you want to tell Blake and Roman yourself or do you want me there with you?”
“I was thinking…” She pulled away so she could look into his eyes. “What if we invite everyone to dinner… Roman and Blake, of course, Aaron, Elena, Sebastian, Julian, and Charles… and I tell them then? The clan should be delighted to find out that only a month after the mating ritual their future Inari is already giving them an heir.”
Seth thought for a second. “I don’t know… Taking Blake and Roman by surprise?”