Expecting The Unexpected

Chapter 6

Snorting, Spencer thought to himself, it was his hard d**k 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 and you deliver it? I’ll hold your hand and tell you to breathe the entire time, I promise,” Spencer said sarcastically.

youElijah 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. s**t, 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?”

“I’m exhausted all the time, throwing up constantly, smells really are a trigger for that s**t. Did you know water has a smell?” Spencer asked.

When Caden shook his head, Spencer replied, “Well it does, and it’s f*****g nasty. My friend Janis mated her high-school sweetheart. I remember when she got pregnant. She would throw up constantly especially if she caught the scent of raw hamburger meat or breakfast sausage cooking. She slept for hours at a time and would wake up saying how damn tired she was. I know I’m pregnant in here.” Spencer pointed to his heart, and then his head. “I just need to prove it here. Besides, Elijah figured it would be good to know for sure.”

“Because, if you are you might need some kind of prenatal care, like Caden just said, and we’d need to start planning for a baby,” Elijah insisted.

andRolling his eyes, Spencer replied, “I’m a shifter, Elijah. We don’t catch or give disease.”

“That doesn’t mean a baby isn’t vulnerable, Spencer. I have to agree with Elijah. We have to find out if you really are pregnant first, and then plan our next move from there. Are you sure this is a gargoyle child?” Caden asked.

Spencer pursed his lips not wanting to answer. Caden raised a brow saying, “I need to know in order to know how to treat you if you are with child.”

Letting out a slow deep breath, Spencer replied, “It’s a gargoyle’s child.”

“I didn’t know you had mated, Spencer. Where is the father?” Caden asked.

“We aren’t mated, and he doesn’t know.” Spencer murmured.

Caden’s brows rose in shock, “But… I mean Peth said that a gargoyle controls whether they bring a child into the world or not. God, after everything you’ve been through I hate to ask, but I have to… was it… did you…”