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“Yes, I’m an alpha and the first alpha of my family. Which means as the first alpha son, when my dad retires, I’ll be the alpha of our family, even though all my brothers are alphas.”

“I’m still following, but I’ve got to tell you I don’t see what this has to do with us getting a surrogate.”

“Well, omegas can be either designation, male or female.”

“Right... okay…” Axel replied.

Malek paused, and waited, hoping his mate was putting things together.

“So, omegas can be either male or female.” Axel’s brow had this cute little wrinkle, clearly trying to figure out what Malek was getting at. “What does that mean for us?”

Malek nodded, “Well, since they are the carriers, omegas, male or female can have babies.”

Okay, so he wasn’t freaking out. That was good, Malek noted.

“So, you want a wolf omega to carry our baby?” Axel queried, leaning back to look Malek in the eye.

“Not quite,” Malek replied.

Malek saw his mate's brow was furrowed in confusion, but he still didn’t seem to be freaked out, so that was a good sign.

Well, maybe, because he doesn’t know everything yet.

Malek held on to the fact that his mate wasn’t freaking out about men having babies. There might be hope for them yet.

“Did you hear the part about omegas being either male or female?”

“Yeah,” Axel nodded.

“And did you also hear the part about omegas being the carriers for shifter kind?”

“Yesss,” Axel nodded, a little slower this time.

“So that means that omegas, male and female can have babies. They do have babies.”

“Wait, what?” Axel moved on his lap so fast, he would have fallen if Malek didn’t have a good hold on him. “Cis men can’t get pregnant.”

“They can and they do,” Malek informed his stunned mate.

“Wow, oh my days… wow... that’s amazing, right? It is, imagine if all same-sex couples could do that without any outside help? Well, some can, the lucky ones.”

Okay, so Malek’s hope climbed at the awe instead of distaste coming from his mate.

“What if I told you that you could?” Malek bit his lips after delivering that titbit.

“Could what?” Axel tilted his head to the side in confusion.

“Have our baby,” Malek both blurted and replied slowly, if that was even possible. He held his breath, or maybe he stopped breathing completely, he wasn't sure... all he knew was everything stopped as he waited for Axel’s reaction.

Axel threw his head back and laughed.

Well, that wasn’t the reaction he was expecting.

“Damn, I really thought this wasn’t a dream,” Axel snorted, speaking to himself “Maybe I’m in a coma. Maybe I hit my head and I’m in the hospital in a coma and this is my dreamscape.”

Malek wasn’t sure whether to laugh or groan. His mate clearly didn’t want to believe what he was being told.

“This isnota dream, and you arenotin a coma,” Malek assured his mate, who seemed to have forgotten Malek was even present.