“Whoa! Calm down. Ye dinna know anythin’ about yer kind’s pregnancy?” Brian asked.
“Fuck no! I told you. It’s been a thousand years since any of my people had a child. My parents never discussed it with me and I’m not even sure they know anymore.”
Nodding, Brian said, “I think we need to see the King and maybe he can help us.”
Grabbing the lifeline his mate threw him, Reif said, “Really, good, fucking idea. I don’t want to do anything to hurt our son.”
“Guid, cause my friend will be here shortly and the King is ready to examine ye when we get there.”
Reif’s eyes narrowed, “You set this up, already?”
“Ay, I did. When ye were gettin' dressed, I sent the Shaman a message and he took care of everything,” Brian said, sheepishly. “I was hopin’ ye would agree.”
Standing, Reif walked over to his mate, pulling him up into his arms. “I don’t know what I did to deserve a caring mate like you,” he murmured, “but I’m the luckiest man alive. Thanks for being here for me…and our son.”
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“Do you know about a sea dragon’s pregnancy?” asked Colton, checking Ian’s medical bag, making sure everything was there.
“No, but I’m thinking it will be similar to a sea serpent’s one. Was that covered in your studies?” Ian asked, putting on his bathing suit.
“Sea serpents? Uhmm, I think so… but not in depth.”
“Now you’ll have a crash course. Are you ready?” asked Ian.
“In a second,” Colton said, tucking his cock inside his swim trunks. “Ugh, I like swimming au naturel.”
“Sorry, not today,” replied Ian, slipping into a pair of sweat pants. “Let’s go. I want to get down there and see what’s what.”
Grabbing Ian’s bag, Colton opened the door, ushering his mate out of their suite and found Groose waiting for him. “No problem with setting it up?”
“No, the pool is closed to everyone else except us. My enforcers are checking the area out, making sure there aren’t any hotel guests lingering,” Groose said. “Logan asked for you to join him in his suite.”
“Yeah, got the message,” replied Colton, grasping his mate’s hand and heading there.
“Let him know the helicopter has landed and that I’ll be there shortly with Brian and his mate,” Groose said.
“Will do. See you,” Colton said, opening the door to his brother’s suite.
Kieran hustled towards them, his face alight with excitement. “Oh, my gods, a baby Nessie! Do you have your swimming suits on? Logan and I have matching ones. Luckily they were on sale.Macushlasaid he didn’t need one but I bought him one because they were this gorgeous rosy pink and I had never seen a shade of pink like this before, but I was so happy I did because he needed one after all. Isn’t it just perfect?”
Coming up behind his mate, Logan murmured, “And I can’t wait to peel you out of yours with my teeth.”
“Oh,macushla,” Kieran sighed.
Shifting his glance to Colton and Ian, Logan said, “This is a new one for me. A baby Nessie…who knew?”
“I did,macushla. Sea dragons are one of the extinct shifters I studied. I mean obviously they aren’t extinct but everyone thinks they are and here they were living right under our noses,” replied Kieran.
“You knew Reif would get pregnant?” Colton asked.
“I knew hecouldget pregnant but in order for that to happen, Brian and Reif would have to fuck in their animal forms and I certainly didn’t know if they were going to dothat,” explained Kieran, giggling. “Do youknow how a serpent gets pregnant because I can explain that to you.”
“Not really,” Colton said.
“Well, the male has two penises and…”
“Before this goes farther,” interrupted Logan, “and I have that image permanently etched in my brain, let’s just go. Brian and Reif are waiting at the pool.”
