Page 8 of Expecting The Unexpected

CHAPTER 3

“Shit! Shit! Shit! Is he alright?” Elijah asked frantically.

Nodding, Caden laid Spencer on the bed the man had been sitting on, “Yeah. He just fainted.”

“Fuck, Caden. You’re sure he’s alright?” Elijah asked, sounding as panicked as he felt.

Nodding, Caden checked Spencer’s pulse and used his stethoscope to check his heart, saying, “I promise, he’s fine. I think it was just a panic attack.”

“But he knew. I mean, he’s the one that told me he was pregnant,” Elijah insisted.

Again Caden nodded, “Yes, but sometimes confirming what you know is just as devastating as finding out something by accident. It’s like his brain and body came together at the same time, and it sent him into overload. Thinking it, and discovering it are often two very different things.”

“That doesn’t even make sense,” Elijah stated gruffly.

Caden sighed and started wrapping the rubber band around Spencer’s upper arm, “Think about it like this. You smell gas in your house, you think you have a leak, so you call someone. They come in and say, “Yes, you have a leak.” Now you know for sure and want nothing more than to get the fuck out of there. Spencer knew, but nothing was certain until that test was run. Hearing his thoughts confirmed, made everything very real to him all at once and it sent his brain into overload, so his mind took a break.”

Spencer was pregnant. He was going to be a father. The shock he felt had to be nothing from what Spencer must have been thinking. “So, what can we do to help him”

Shrugging, Caden replied, “There isn’t anything we can do right now. He’ll wake up soon enough. I’m drawing blood to do a second test, just to make sure we didn’t get a false positive and then we seriously need to talk about bringing Peth in.”

“No. You heard Spencer, he doesn’t want Peth or any of the others to know. I won’t go against his wishes like that, Caden,” Elijah insisted. Damn, he needed his mate right now. He needed to feel Khall’s arms around him and do what he did best, calm Elijah’s inner soul.

Songbird is everything alright?

Elijah couldn’t help but smile. Just like his Viata to sense something was wrong with him. Gods, he loved that man.“I’m okay. It’s just… I can’t tell you… well, I promised… damn, I need you right now, but I can’t…”

“Where are you, my songbird? I’ll come to you.”Khall stated.

“I love you my warrior, but I gave my word and…”

“There are no secrets when it comes to our Viatas, everyone knows this. Now where are you? You need me and I need to see you’re safe for myself,”Khall insisted.

Knowing his mate like he did, Elijah sighed and hoped Spencer would forgive him, but he really did need his warrior with him right now.“The infirmary.”

“The infirmary? Are you ill?”Khall anxiously asked.

“No my warrior, it’s not me. It’s… I’ll explain when you get here,”Elijah softly replied.

“We need to contact Hron, Elijah, or at least Peth. I don’t know shit about Nakaka pregnancies, and Spencer is going to need more help than I can give him,” Caden stated firmly.

Shaking his head, Elijah replied, “Not without Spencer’s okay, Caden. I know he’s going to need stuff, but he has to be the one to say it’s okay. I won’t go against my word to him, no matter what I think, or you think is best.”

“If that baby is going to stand a chance in hell of surviving, we need Peth in on this. You know I’m right,” Caden said, through gritted teeth.

The door flew open and Khall rushed in, immediately taking Elijah in his arms, “Songbird.”

“Let me get this right. I can’t talk to Peth, a Nakaka doctor about Spencer’s pregnancy, but you can tell your mate?” Cade snapped.

“What?” Khall gasped, his eyes wide as saucers, “Spencer’s preg… how? Who? I didn’t know shifters had the ability to become pregnant.”

Elijah replied, “I don’t know about all shifters, but Spencer is a sloth shifter, and his kind normally can’t.” Elijah turned to his brother, hissing, “Great job, Caden. I hadn’t told Khall anything, but that I needed him in my arms. You, however, just did, and you can explain to Spencer how my mate knows something that you promised to keep secret.”

“Well, how the hell was I supposed to know you hadn’t said anything to Khall? It isn’t like shifter mates don’t tell each other everything… at least, that’s what I’ve been told. It goes right up there with making sure that said mate is always happy and safe,” Caden grumbled.

A low moan had all three men looking down at Spencer. His eyes slowly blinking open, “Wh…what happened?”

“You passed out when Caden told you about the baby,” Elijah explained, as he went and hugged his friend, “Are you okay?”