Chapter Forty-nine

"So... Jake.. your dad.." Lucy leaned forward and wiggled her eyebrows.

"Oh dear Goddess..." Trixies entire face turned red. "I don't want to talk about that."

"Oh come on! It's all over the kingdom! It's absolutely crazy how the last male phoenix is mated to another guy! Well Xander doesn't count but you know what I mean!" Lucy squealed. "So many women are upset that your father is officially off the market."

"Seriously?" Trixie asked, a bit surprised.

"Hell yeah! He's extremely hot! That milky brown hair and those green eyes, those eyes are enough to get any girls panties wet!" Lucy giggled. "Hell, if I was gay, your eyes could do the trick!"

"What!" Mike squeaked out.

"LUCY!" Trixie screamed, her face becoming even more red. "I don't need to know whose panties get wet because of my father!" Trixie whispered yelled.

"Whatever." Lucy rolled her eyes. Changing the subject for the sake of her friend. "So.. are you nervous? You look like you are going to pop any second!"

"I'm only nervous for my vagina. What if she never bounces back." Trixie winced at the thought of labor.

"Right?? Like our mates are all beefy and huge and we're tiny little butterflies.. how are we supposed to pop out their monster babies." Lucy joked.

"I'm leaving!" Mike yelled while walking into the kitchen, not being able to handle this talk.

"I never saw a brother enjoy spending so much time with his little sister." Trixie chuckled. "He's put up with a lot of our girl talks, that's for sure."

"We enjoy each others company. Our parents passed away a while ago so we're the only family we have left. We're pretty close. Plus, he is so excited to be an uncle. He enjoys getting to be by my side through this." Lucy smiled.

"I don't have any siblings. I have Theodore and he drives me up a fucking wall. If Kane isn't with me, it's Theo. Demy isn't allowed anymore because I was able to do stuff on my own but it didn't take long for those two to figure it out. I can't even grab my drink from the coffee table without one of them acting like I'm trying to move a mountain. It's so frustrating. They act like I'm so fragile.." Trixie complained with a frown. "Hell, I'm surprised he let me hang out here with just you and Mike."

Lucy leaned forward, slightly glaring at Trixie. "You secretly love being treated like a princess.. don't lie to me."

Trixies frown slowly turned into a smirk. "Shh... don't tell them." Trixie whispered with a small giggle.

"Too late." Kane spoke up from the doorway. He walked over to them and sat down next to Trixie.

"How did it go?" Trixie whispered in his ear.

"Let's talk about it later." Kane gave Trixie a soft kiss and placed another on her belly. Trixie didn't argue. It wasn't her place to really pry but she couldn't help but worry about Theodore.

Trixie and Lucys friendship has only grown stronger since Trixie got back home. Since Trixies pregnancy is faster than normal, she caught up with Lucys timeline. They are both due any day now and are extremely excited to have their babies be born so close together. They already plan for their two boys to be best of friends.

"Where's Mike?" Kane asked, a bit annoyed, taking a sip of Trixies water.

"He ran away to the kitchen when we started talking about giving birth to yours and Kols monster babies and how it'll ruin our vaginas." Lucy stated nonchalantly.

Kane choked on his drink, desperately trying to regain his composure. "Wh-what?"

Before Kane could question any further, there was a knock at the front door.

"Ahh, that's probably, Kol." Lucy smiled and tried to push herself up off the couch. Mike was already by her side, helping. They all said their goodbyes and made plans for the next day.

It was just Trixie and Kane left in the living room. Kane slowly turned his attention to her once the door closed. "Monster babies?" He raised an eyebrow at her.

Trixie blushed slightly. "I mean look how small I am but look how big you are.. look how fat I am.." Trixie lowered her gaze to her hands.

"You're not fat, baby. You're pregnant." Kane stated. "And um.. your um.. vagina will be fine.." Kane awkwardly said, rubbing the back of his neck.

"I am fat! I can't even fit in my jeans anymore! My shorts are so tight that my thighs fat pokes out around the edges! My arms and face are chubby and my boobs don't fit in any of my bras!!" Trixie nearly yelled. "I'm ugly... that's probably why you haven't touched me for days.. huh?"

Kane let out a sensual groan. He grabbed Trixies hand and placed it over his crotch. "Do you feel that?"

Trixies eyes only widened while she slowly nodded her head.

"That's just from you talking about how none of your clothes fit.. every time I see you in those shorts, I have to control myself from taking you. Right now, I want to shove my face in between those two delicious breasts of yours." Kane growled while he grabbed a hold of Trixies thighs and pulled her towards him, forcing her to lay flat on the couch while he hovered over her. "You. Are. Not. Fat. You. Are. Not. Ugly. You're so fucking beautiful and sexy, baby. I have to control myself every time I'm near you. I haven't 'touched' you for the past few days because I could see and feel how it started to become uncomfortable for you and I know you are too sweet to tell me and scared I'll run off or something crazy that your hormones will tell you. Theo said that we can have all the sex in the world until it becomes uncomfortable for you." Kane gently pressed a soft kiss to her forehead.

"Kane.." Trixie whispered out, trying to hold back her tears, her emotions getting the best of her.

"Shhh, don't cry. Let's go lay in bed with all your favorite snacks and watch all the scary movies you want." Kane pushed himself off the couch and swooped Trixie up in his arms.

"I love you." Trixie mumbled while rubbing her face in the crook of his neck.

"I love you too, princess."

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"What are you doing?" Theodore asked while walking into the kitchen with Miles, his and Kanes assistant.

"Grabbing all the snacks." Kane chuckled.

"Date night? Well day I guess." Theodore gave a small chuckle.

Kane turned to look at Theodore, noticing Miles as well. "What are you guys up to?" Kane gave a warm smile towards Theodore.

"Wait for Tatum to get back from the gym.." Theodore lowered his gaze.

"It'll be okay, BB." Kane placed his arm around Theodores shoulder, pulling him into a tight hug. "We'll figure it out, okay?"

Theodore returned the hug and only nodded his response. Kane took one last good look at his little brother and headed out the door to spend the day with his mate.

Theodore eventually made his way towards the living room and plopped down on the couch. Miles took the seat next to him.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Miles asked.

Theodore just shook his head. "Nothing to talk about." He leaned forward, placing his head in his hands, letting out a small sob.

Miles slid himself closer to Theodore, placing his arm around his back while leaning his head on his shoulder. "It's okay." Miles tried to comfort him.

"What the fuck is this?" Tatums angered voice sounded from the front door.

*He shouldn't be touching our mate like that!!* Jasper yelled inside Tatums head.

Miles quickly removed his arm from Theodore, sitting up straighter but not moving away from him. Theodore slowly lifted his head to look at Tatum. The second Tatum saw the tears falling from Theodores eyes, he ran over to him, shoving himself in between Theodore and Miles.

"What's wrong, baby?" Tatum whispered while wrapping Theodore in his arms. Theodore shoved his face into Tatums chest while wrapping his arms around his waist. Tatum turned his head towards Miles and sent him a deadly glare. "Get out." Tatum growled through clenched teeth.

Miles just glared back but let his eyes fall on Theodore for a few seconds before getting up and leaving out the front door.

"Theo, baby, what's wrong?" Tatum tried to lift his face to look at him but Theodore just shook his, rubbing his face against Tatums chest. "Okay.." Tatum sighed. "We will just lay here until you're ready." Tatum pulled Theodore closer while laying back on the couch.

The two of them just laid there for what felt like hours until Theodore finally let out a shaky breath. "We went to the doctors.." He paused looking up at his mate. Tatum just gave him a reassuring smile to continue. "You know the story of how Kane found me and saved me? It wasn't the first time I got that sick though. I had a 'life partner' five years prior to Kane finding me.. We were pregnant, going to start a family but that plague came and killed her before the baby was born. Our entire village got sick, only a handful of us passed away but the ones who survived, we were never right again after that. Some were constantly sick, others problems were beneath the surface." Theodore paused. "I'm not going to lie, our ways were completely different from now. After I was better, I purposely started sleeping around, trying my damnedest to get someone pregnant but it never happened.. for five years of sleeping around, not a single woman got pregnant.. well you know from there what happened with Kane.."

Tatum could hear the worry in his voice. "Theo, I'm not going to judge you for your past.. that was literally over ten thousand years ago, baby. All that matters is now." Tatum placed a soft kiss on his lips.

"After Kane saved me, Mania and my dad said it was like my plate was wiped clean. I was reborn again so being a demon now, I waited for you." Theodore gave a small smile. "But anyways Kane and I went to a fertility doctor.. I can't have kids, Tatum." Theodore took in a deep breath, closing his eyes shut, preparing himself for the worst.

"Is that it?" Tatum asked, not seeming bothered at all.

Theodore shot up from his laying position to look down at his mate. "What do you mean, 'is that it?' I know that you want a baby and I can't have one!"

Tatum nodded his head. "I do want a baby.. with you. So if we can't fertilize an egg together then guess what? We don't fertilize an egg. There are a handful of different ways we can have a baby together, Theodore. It doesn't have to come directly from our seed. Adoption can be a beautiful thing." Tatum gave Theodore the sweetest smile.

Theodore just slammed his body on Tatums and gave him the tightest hug he could muster. "I love you so fucking much, Tatum."

"I love you too, Theodore."