The Hideous Secret

Getting Close

Kennith had left the same night. After their moment of making up to each other, she had let Alek sleep while Kennith protected him with his unending magic. Afterwards she stayed with her mate while the other dark lord left to fetch Lousen.

Her mate was now perched on the couch in their home by the fire. He groaned painfully as he stopped eating the juciy peach. He shifted his leg up and studied his belly. "Come now my son, I undersatnd you are ready to come out, but I'm not ready yet."

"I'm pretty positive he's going to come out first...." Allahie stated. While he had recharged his magic earlier she had gone fully shopping. She had cloths, diapers, bottles, and all such...even a crip that she had just finished asembling. Since they were going to be assumingly smaller, they would share one for now.

"Well he's going to fucking be fun to push out." Alek growled tapping his stomach back. It just made his stomach jumble more, to a point he hissed in pain. "Ow ow ow! Allahie one's super low!"

She frowned at him and sat beside him on the couch. She watched him shift awkwardly in pain as she reached out her hand and set it on his stomach and let her magic run throuh him looking for a problem.

It was Kenniths' kicking him...but his pain was coming from their winged devil. Their son was shifted into her mates hips. He was going to have them pretty quick.

"Alek my god...."

"I know..." Alek panted, and he actually grabbed himself anticipating the pain. "I'm not ready Allahie."

"Alek...I think tonight...."

Tears began running down his face as he studied his belly, "I'm not ready. There has to be something that can be done. Please....please use your magic to move him!"

"Alek...."

"Allahie do it! I'm not ready!" And because her mate was in such hysterics, and because she had read books about that being done, she shifted their baby back to were he belonged. Her mate screamed in agony, especially as she placed a slight baracade to prevent it from happening again.

Afterward she grabbed her mate and hugged him tightly. "Alek, when Kennith get's back you hare having them. I will drop the baracade and Lousen will break your water. I don't want you to get hurt becase you are fighting having them. You aren't going to be ready but it's happening and you have to deal with it."

"I just need time..." Alek cried as she smoothed his hair and kissed his face.

"Alright darling," Allahie murmured, watcing the peach roll around on the floor. Hawlor stayed quiet just watching Alek with worried eyes. She was surprised he hadn't interjected or stopped her from moving the baby. She could have hurt her mate or their child horribly....she was lucky nothing went wrong.

After a few moments she shifted to be behind her mate. She saw with im between her legs and his head on her shoulder. She reached her hands around and placed it on his belly. "Show me Alek, who is who?"

Her mate sniffled but his breathing steadied. For being a dark lord of 300 years she had not seen anything upset him so badly before.

"Isabella is...she's the little one right here." He moved their hands to hover on the left side of his stomach. Their daughter was tiny. She didn't seem ready to be born. Allahie had small hands, and she bet their daughter could fit in them. She bet their daughter could fit in just one of her mate's massive hands. Allahie kissed her mate's cheek. After Isabella was born, if her mate wasn't extremely gentle he could hurt their baby simply but holding her too tight.

"Lucrien is right here...." He moved their hands to be on his belly button. Their son was surprisngly massive--no wonder Alek had yelped when their son had shifted. In addition Lucriens wings were unfurled within her mate as well. Their son must have been so uncomfortable. He was not going to be easy to have either. She couldn't fathom having a baby that big herself. Lucrien was what made Alek's stomach so swollen. But for how large their baby was...he was still delicate and precious.

Her mate just rested his head heavily against her shoulder and nuzzled her neck. He didn't move onto the third baby inside him.

"And Alek? Are you forgetting about Lackrin?"

His eyes opened and he swallowed heavily. Allahie just kissed his nose. "He's your baby too Alek. I've been selfish. He hurts you and I don't like that...but I'm growing to love him, even if he is Kennith's."

With a heavy breath he moved their hands to the right side of his stomach. "That...that is Lackrin." Allahie winced. The baby seemed so...so dark. So foreign to her. The baby was very large like Lucrien. She could sense the baby resisting Alek and her. That if it had been born protective spikes would be around it, but since it was still in him...it couldn't yet.

"He will be trouble to have....in all honesty I want...no I need Kennith there. He's going to have to pull his son out....Lousen will only make it worse. Kennith can comfort his son and trick him as I push him out."

Allahie kissed her mate again, "I will be there."

"You will hold me right?"

"Of course." Allahie rubbed her mate's belly comfortingly. "I wish I could have tied little ribbons around it."

"On the next baby...." Alek mumbled, "On the next baby you can do whatever you want."

"What do you mean? Won't you be having more than one?"

"Perhaps....I will have to see how it goes down."

"Won't Rath...."

"You are his daughter. You can take his throne. I have a plan. To get him to stop hating his mate and love her once again. They can rule the light kingdom and we can rule the dark one."

Allahie frowned, "And your...our...next baby...."

"He or she will be our planned heir. I will only have one because....because it's safer and easier. Allahie gifted or not I can't handle a lot of babies. I wont chose Lucrien or Isabella because...because its too hard to pick a heir."

"And then Alek...I will have one?" Allahie responded and he nodded.

"I would love you to have one. You will be so cute." He purred, "And it will be fun getting you pregnant too."

She rolled her eyes and went along with her mate's fantasy because she wanted to ease him. Part of her believed it would happen as well. If not...to keep her mate safe she was starting to realize she needed to take the throne. Her father wasn't a horrid king...but her mate...her mate would come first over her parents.