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Story: Three Mates & A Tribrid
Rose's POV
"Rose? Rose, baby, can you hear me?" Everett's voice broke through my hazy fog of thoughts. I groaned, feeling a headache form behind my eyes from the amount of light trying to shine through.
I had tried time and time again to open my eyes but as I heard my mate's voices, I forced with all my might to open them. I barely had them open before they shut again from the intensity of the light in the room.
"Turn the damn lights off," Axel said in his usual asshole tone, I could just imagine his signature scowl was in place.
I could tell the room was now darker since I was unable to see any light through my eyelids. I blinked my eyes open slowly, adjusting to my surroundings. I blinked away the blurry images as I struggled to remain conscious.
My vision finally came into focus and what was sitting in front of me, broke my heart into two. My mate's faces looked tired, worried, and scared, and it was all for me. I tried to speak but my voice was caught in my throat, which was drier than the desert.
Everett jumped up, bringing me a glass of water as he brought it to my lips carefully. I greedily drank the water which resulted in me choking a little. You would have thought I had just been shot by the way my guys jumped up, trying to help me.
I raised my hand up weakly, showing them that I was fine. "How do you feel, Princess?" Axel asked, his usual scowl was replaced with a small frown.
"I don't know," I replied with a small, scratchy voice. I looked down towards the wires stuck in my arms before trying to pull them out.
"Woah, woah, woah. Calm down, these are just here to help you, Roe," Atticus said in a calming voice. I didn't see it that way though. Looking down at the wires made me feel like I was back at the council headquarters, being experimented on. I didn't like it one bit.
I tried again to pull them out, as my anxiety spiked and grew higher. I felt trapped even though, reasonably, I knew I wasn't, but you can't tell that to someone who was about to have a panic attack.
"Baby girl, we got you. You're safe, nothing bad is going to happen. This is for you and the babies," Everett said, placing his hand gently on my stomach.
That gave me pause as I let his words sink in. My babies. I looked down to where his hand laid on my round belly. I blinked back tears as I placed my hand on top of his. "Are they okay?" I whispered, dreading the answer.
Axel looked between the guys before his gaze landed on me. "We think so, but it's hard to tell. We're just afraid your magic may have affected them. The nurses want to keep you here until we know for sure."
The guys must have noticed my panicked looked as they were quick to reassure me. "I'm sure they're perfectly healthy, baby. It's just a precaution," Everett said as his hand rubbed soothing circles on my belly.
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"Fucking finally! I'm free!" I screamed at the top of my lungs as I fell to my knees in the soft grass outside. Considering I was the size of a six-month pregnant woman, I'm pretty sure I looked like a boiled egg falling to the ground.
"You're always one for the dramatics, Princess," Axel said, rolling his eyes but smiling.
"Let's hurry up and get you home, baby girl," Everett said, grabbing my hand and helping me to my feet. I'd like to say I could have done it myself, but I'm pretty sure that I would have looked like a baby taking its first steps.
"My house?" I asked since we've only ever been stayed at two houses before.
Atticus shook his head. "No, we've had a new place set up for us. Somewhere safe." That caught my attention. They've found us a place? A home?
Atticus grabbed my hand as he chanted out the spell to teleport us, "Renotusted amenu latuce."
I blinked my eyes before they widened at the sight in front of me.
To say the house was beautiful is an understatement.
It was a cute two-story white brick house with a wrap-around porch, double doors, and four rocking chairs sitting out front.
I was speechless. Not because it was too much or too little, but because. ...it was perfect.
I almost jumped out of my skin when Everett put his hand on my shoulder, startling me out of my thoughts. "What do you think?"
I looked up at him and smiled so big, I think I might have been showing my gums. "I love it!" I yelled, feeling all giddy like a little school girl.
"Want to go in, Princess?" Axel asked coming up and putting a hand on the small of my back. I nodded my head eagerly.
We made our way into the house and I was immediately hit with an abundance of smells. Clean, fresh, and food. I wobbled my way towards what I assumed was the kitchen, following the promise of food.
I could hear the guys chuckling behind me but I didn't care. I haven't had real food in months. Yeah sure, the food at the council headquarters was good, but it's hard to really taste the food when you had your arms bound by silver.
I stopped at the counter, vaguely taking in what the kitchen looked like before tearing off the aluminum wrapped around a plate. I moaned just looking at the steak and baked potato before eating it with my hands. Yup, I know I probably looked like a rabid animal at that moment.
"Woah, baby girl. We have forks and knives in here," Everett said, trying to hold in his laughs. I openly glared at him as I stuffed the rest of the food in my mouth.
"Did you like the food?" Atticus asked, although I'm sure he already knows the answer to that.
I nodded my head and rubbed my belly. "It was delicious. How did you have the time to make it though?" I asked because I didn't understand how the food got here considering it was still hot.
"Lindsey has a spare key for the house and brought it over for us," Axel said.
I scrunched my nose up and jealousy instantly flared through me. "Lindsey? Why would you give a girl the key to our house?"
The guys remained quiet as they looked between each other before bending over laughing. I was confused by their reaction to my question which just made me madder.
Axel calmed down before replying with a smirk, "Lindsey is Everett's beta.... Lindsey is a guy."
Well, shit. My hormonal ass just loves coming to conclusions then. Atticus just smirked at me, giving me a cocky expression. "You jealous, Roe?"
I glared at him because like, what the fuck. It's Axel's job to be a dick, not Atticus's. "Me, jealous?" I scoffed, although we all knew I was indeed jealous.
Everett grabbed my hand and smiled affectionately at me. "Come on. We got something to show you."
I grumbled that I wasn't jealous until we went up the stairs and towards a room. I stopped as we walked in through the door. I stood, mouth, and eyes wide open as I looked around the room. I didn't know what to say, I was speechless.
"What do you think?" Axel asked nervously as he fidgeted with the door handle.
I took a few more steps in the room before turning back around to look at my mates and breaking down into a sobbing mess.
"Shit, is it the walls? We wanted to go for a gender-neutral color since they'll be sharing a room," Atticus said.
I laughed through my tears at the fact that they thought I was upset. I shook my head. "No, I love it. The walls are perfect, the rooms perfect, you guys are perfect," I said, meaning every word.
I looked back at the room, scanning the pastel yellow walls that house bigger versions of my ultrasound pictures. I looked down at the three small beds that would soon be filled with the most precious beings to ever exist.
"I love you guys," I said with tears in my eyes before looking down at my swollen belly. "I love being pregnant, but I can't wait to get them out of me," I laughed lightly.
I felt each of my mate's hands touch my belly. I haven't felt this calm since before I was kidnapped. "And we can't wait to meet them," Everett said quietly.