Page 5 of Expecting The Unexpected

CHAPTER 2

“I changed my mind. I don’t want to do this,” Spencer said, trying to turn around.

Elijah refused to let Spencer get away as he grasped him by the shoulders and turning him back around, “You need to know if you are pregnant or not, Spencer. My brother is a doctor, and he can help us find the truth, and because he’s a doctor, Caden is bound by client patient confidentiality. Now come on.”

Spencer sighed. Gods, how could he have been so stupid as to tell Elijah his suspicions? One time. It had been one stupid mistake… okay, that wasn’t fair, what had happened between him and Throg that fateful day wasn’t a mistake, at least, not to him. After all, Throg was his mate, and Spencer had been hard as a rock from the moment he had scented the man and realized who Throg was to him.

Spencer had been terrified, and as a result always seemed to be at his sarcastic best whenever he and Throg were in the same room from day one. After what had happened to him and his friends when the clutch had been taken over by Chantal and his goons, killing Caliph Tamale and his inner circle, the last thing Spencer had wanted was to find himself mated to a fucking gargoyle, but fate had a funny way of not giving a crap what someone thought. However, Spencer had refused to go down without a fight, and it was one of those fights that had brought Spencer and Throg together in one of the most frenzied, animalistic fuckfests of his life. Just thinking about that day made his dick hard.

Snorting, Spencer thought to himself, it was his hard dick that got him into this in the first place. All the blood went straight to the little head, leaving none for thoughts in the big one.

Who could have known that Nakaka could create life? Damn sure not Spencer.

Hell, men were not built for pregnancy. Spencer had heard horror stories of women that went into birth and how painful it was. Thinking about all the hours of torture he would have to go through if he really was pregnant, had Spencer wanting to run back into his room and hide under his covers, until it was all over.

“Come on, Spencer. It’s going to be alright. I’ll be with you every step of the way, and no matter what we find out, you won’t be going through this alone,” Elijah promised.

“Good, then how about I carry the critter andyoudeliver it? I’ll hold your hand and tell you to breathe the entire time, I promise,” Spencer said sarcastically.

Elijah laughed, “I don’t think so, but I’ll be more than willing to hold yours. Now come on.”

The second Elijah opened the door to the doctor’s office, Spencer damn near turned tail and ran. Both Peth and Caden were in the room talking. Shit, if Peth were to discover what Spencer felt deep into his very soul to be true, Peth would run to Hron, and then Hron would want to know who the father was and damn it, Spencer was nowhere near ready to tell the Caliph the truth.

“Can we help you with something?” Peth asked.

Elijah stopped Spencer from leaving, as he said, “Uh… Peth, do you mind if I have a few minutes alone with my brother?”

Peth looked confused, but then nodded, “Of course.”

Once Peth walked out of the room, Elijah closed the door and practically dragged Spencer towards Caden. “We need a favor, Caden.”

“O... okay.” Caden said hesitantly.

“Wait!” Spencer practically shouted, then asked, “Does patient client confidentiality go in this clutch like it does in the human world?”

Nodding, Caden replied, “It does for me. Why?”

When Spencer didn’t immediately say anything, Elijah jumped in, “We need you to do a pregnancy test.”

Caden smiled wide, “You think you’re pregnant, Eli? That’s fantas…”

“Not me! I have my basil in my eggs every morning,” Elijah said in exasperation.

“Basil?” Caden asked in confusion.

“Yes, basil. Petree told me that it’s what the Nakaka use as birth control.” Elijah said with a wave of his hand, “Something about how the Nakaka were born in Hawaii, and how the gods must have decided we should have a choice about having a baby, and basil grows wild in Hawaii and that’s why they chose it.” Sighing dramatically, Elijah said, “Anyway, it doesn’t matter. What matters is Spencer needing a pregnancy test.”

Caden looked at Spencer, his eyes wide. “You? Wha… how? I mean, unless there’s something about shifters being able to get other shifter’s pregnant?”

“Not that I’m aware of,” Spencer answered, not looking at Caden, feeling his nerves getting the better of him. Gods he didn’t want Caden to know about Throg.

Rolling his eyes, Spencer replied, “Caden, Nakaka have the ability to impregnate. You know this.”

Spencer didn’t say anything and Caden said, “Yes, Peth talked to me about it. He wanted to make sure we had enough supplies for a delivery and prenatal care. But he also said that a Nakaka could only get their partner pregnant if they are ma… Spencer?”

“Can you please just check? I don’t want to go into a lot of details, but the possibility is there,” Spencer quietly said.

Caden quietly asked, “Why do you think you’re pregnant?”