Royal shuffle: Vampire’s mate

ANDREA

Two months turned into three months, and then into four months. There’s a saying that has lasted for many generations. It says ‘Time will tell’. And time really did tell. I started showing after the second month, and by then it was sure that I was in fact pregnant. I haven’t seen William since his outburst a few months ago, and somehow it worried me a little. What was he doing? Something told me his silence wasn’t a good one.

The door opened, and Savannah came in with my tray of food. Despite being pregnant, my portion of food hadn’t increased, neither had the number of times I was fed. It was still the same portions once a week.

“I’ve brought your meal, you vampire cum bucket!!!”

She announced to the whole world as she dropped my tray on the floor, doing her signature move and sticking her chewing gum on the tray. I remained silent and waited for her to leave. These days, I only had energy to simply exist, and not get into fights.

As I ate, I wondered about a few things. Like when the baby would be due. I was an omega, and I carried to nine months like a regular human. But Leo was vampire, and not just any vampire but a royal, and vampires babies were already fully developed at five months. I was already at four months, and I was quite swollen. I wondered if it would be a boy or a girl. I wondered if William would take this child away from me if I gave birth here. I wondered if he would kill my baby just for the fun of it. I wondered if I would be getting a midwife at the very least, or if I would be left to tough it out on my own.

I closed my eyes, and took a deep breath, clearing my head. I rubbed my tummy lovingly. I had felt his first movement yesterday. For some reason, I just felt that he was a boy. I lay back on the bed, making sure to lay in my side. Every time I lay on my back, I always woke up with the worst type or pain. Savannah returned, and I pretended to be asleep until she left. I didn’t have the energy to cater to her shenanigans. Soon light stopped coming in through the tiny window, and I could tell that it was night.

The night was unusually quiet, if I didn’t know better, I would say that the guards stationed outside my door had retired for the night. I still remember the night I had attempted to escape. That didn’t end well. The second my hand touched the door, it had opened and I had received a slap on my cheek that sent me flying back, and went back to bed. Now, I just waited for some miracle intervention. The night progressed, and yet I couldn’t sleep. I was rested, but sleep wasn’t coming. I heard a soft thump outside my door, and almost immediately another one followed. I strained my ears and listened intently, and when I heard no other noise, I relaxed. Maybe the guards had dropped a bag or something.

I heard the unmistakable jingle of keys, and sat up slowly on the bed. I heard the keys get inserted into the several locks and soon my door came open. My heart was filled with gladness, unadulterated joy when Leo and Leopold came in through the door.

“My love…” Leo whispered as he walked over to me, and hugged me tightly.

I gasped in pain, and he pulled away immediately.

“Be careful…” I said.

“Are you okay?”

I nodded, and looked down at my tummy. His eyes followed mine, and they opened wide.

Leopold’s mouth opened in shock. “You’re…pregnant…”

“It’s yours.”

“Of course, it’s mine…” Leopold said, giggling in excitement.

Leo leaned down, and kissed me on my lips, his tongue tangling in mine. I wrapped my hands around the back of his neck, and pulled him closer.

“Um, guys. I’m right here, and we do not have the time for this,” Leopold said from the door.

We broke away breathing out, and a lone tear fell from my eyes. Leo wiped it away.

“No need for tears, love,” Leonidas said.

I nodded. “It’s so good to see you.” I looked up at Leopold. “And you too.”

He waved me off, but I could see his cheeks turn a little pink.

“Come on…we need to get you out of here…”

I nodded, and Leo helped me get to my feet. I walked silently behind them with both Leo and Leopold leading in the front. We went down a couple of stairs, and everywhere we turned, there was the body of a dead guard with blood pouring out. I swallowed the bile that rose in my throat. Now wasn’t the time for theatrics. We finally made it out of the palace through the back door, and we’re already at the edge of the forest when we heard a loud, soul-piercing scream.

“She’s getting away!!!” And of course, it was Savannah.

“Shit.”

My heart began to beat faster as panic began to set in.

“Calm down. A lot of their wolves are dead, they don’t have much here presently to come after us with. There’s a vehicle waiting for us on the other side. We just need to get there, Leopold said.

We continued into the forest, walking faster and faster. Almost running. I began feeling some pressure in my lower back, and some pain in my lower abdomen, but I was determined to ignore it. We walked for a while, and then we heard the howling of wolves, and thundering of paws, and feet.

“Fuck!!!” I screamed.

“It’s okay…we need to keep going…”

“I can’t…” I whispered, tears gathering in my eyes.

“What’s wrong?” Leo asked.

Another pain hit me in my lower abdomen, and the pressure in my back increased, forcing me to buckle to my knees.

“I don’t know…”

Leo helped me get back up on my feet, and was staring at the floor in shock. Same as Leopold.

“Fuck…”

“What…”

I looked down, and saw blood flowing on the floor. I looked around and saw that it was coming from me. I extended the helm of my joggers, and looked down to see that I was bleeding.

“Oh my goddess!!!”

“Shhh…” Leonidas hushed me. “I think our baby is on the way, love…”

“What? It’s only being four months.”

“Yet here we are. We need to find a safe place.”

“I found a cave the last time I came scouting.” Leopold said.

Leonidas nodded, flinging my right hand over his shoulder, and his other hand around my waist.

“Take us there.”

As we approached the cave in the woods, the entrance of the cave is surrounded by soft, green grasses which seem to the thriving. Long rope like plants covered the mouth of the cave, providing a curtain of sorts. Leopold moved the plants to the side, and we entered the cave. Holding on to the walls so as not to miss our footing. Navigating the darkness wasn’t a difficulty for us as we were already genetically equipped to handle vision in the darkness, and we could see that the cave’s interior is unlike any I’ve seen before. I couldn’t believe I had loved all my lives in this territory, and only now discovering the existence of such a beautiful place.

I know for a fact that my sisters and I would have enjoyed several adventures here. We moved deeper into the cave, and saw that the floor was covered in a soft layer of grasses which provided a cushioned surface. We moved deeper and finally decided that we were safe enough. The air in the cave was cold and fresh, with a hint of earthiness coming from the damp soil beneath the grasses.

“Come on…”

I held on to the wall for support as Leo gently lowered me to the floor till I was somewhat comfortably seated on the grasses. I couldn’t believe that this child chose now of all times to come. I gasped as another contraction hit me, this one more painful than the other ones.

“What are we going to do, Leo?”

“We’re going to deliver our baby,” Leonidas replied.

My eyes opened in fear and shock.

“What?! Where is the doctor?!”

“I’m right here.”

“Leo, not is not the time to joke,” I could feel my temper rising.

“He’s not joking. He’s actually a doctor. Stopped practicing some few years ago,” Leopold said.

“Oh. I didn’t know that…” I whispered to myself.

Leo simply smiled at my and kissed my forehead.

“This won’t be easy, my love. Blood is not a good sign, and this baby is coming prematurely. But we need to get this baby out of you now, okay?”

I nodded slowly. I didn’t have a choice. Besides, I trusted this man.

“I’ll scan the perimeter and make sure to lead them away,” Leopold said, moving to the mouth of the cave. “You better make sure that our newest addition makes it here fine.”

“Okay, brother.”

We both watched as Leopold crouched low, and exited the cave, and then Leo returned his attention to me.

“Babe, we need to get these off.”

He yanked on my joggers. I nodder and lifted my hips as much as my swollen stomach would allow, and let him pull the joggers off. He then placed it under my hips for me to sit on.

“They couldn’t even give you a change of clothes…the bastards.”

I was still in the same clothes that I wore when I was kidnapped and brought here.

“It’s okay,” I reassured Leo.

It wasn’t actually okay, but right now we had bigger fish to fry, and that was a baby trying to push itself out of my vagina. Leo spread my legs and swore.

“What is it?” I asked.

“This is going to be a tricky birth. Shit, why didn’t I think of this?” He muttered to himself.

“You’re omega, and I’m a royal vampire.”

“I am quite aware of that.”

“Your body. It’s not strong enough for you to push this child out. This child is already feeding on your life force. He’s going to use up more of it to come out.”

My heart fell into my stomach.

“What can be done?”

I groaned as the strongest contraction hit me, and I instinctively began pushing the baby out. I was gasping and sweating and gnashing my teeth, and it was just the first push.

“Come on, you can do it…” Leo whispered, his head between my legs, and his hands ready to receive our child.

At some point, it seemed that I had been pushing for hours, and the child wasn’t forthcoming. I was tired. I was exhausted, and I couldn’t do it anymore.

“Leo, I can’t…” I whispered to him, shaking my head and tears rolling freely down my cheeks.

“You can.”

“I’m tired.”

He took a deep breath, and said something under his breath.

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“Mark me?”

He nodded.

“Okay. Do it.”

“It has its own dangers.”

“Like what?! What could be more dangerous than this?”

“You could actually die.”

I scoffed, and rolled my eyes. “It’s not looking like I’m going to survive this one!!!”

With the way I was screaming, I was surprised that no one had come in here yet. Leopold must be really doing a good job.

“No. One of the reasons I hadn’t marked you before was Leah,” Leo said.

That bitch.

“The second was that my venom could kill you. You’re an Omega, your body isn’t, well…It might go the wrong way. And coupled with this…”

“If you mark me, is there a chance of this baby coming out?”

“Yes.”

“Then do it,” I said firmly.

“Andrea…”

“I fucking said you should do it!!!” I screamed as another painful contraction hit me.

Leo sighed, and came closer to me till we both shared the same breath. In the darkness, I could see his fangs elongated, and his eyes that shone in the dark. He gave me a soft kiss on my cheek, and began kissing my neck. He placed soft, light kisses from the back of my ear, down until he got to the middle, and then without any preamble, he bit down on my neck. I was caught between shock and pain, and I just sat there, scratching Leo’s back, confused at what I was feeling. It was a near orgasmic experience, and at the same time it was too painful to be pleasurable, I could feel his venom course through me, and I groaned as it felt as though hot lead was melted into my bloodstreams. It became a struggle to stay awake.

“Hey…stay with me. It’s okay,” Leo said, gently tapping my face to stop me from passing out. The combined pain was too much.

I began to take deep, calming breaths, and it took a while but my body adjusted. By the time I opened my eyes, my vision had sharpened, and I felt stronger. There was renewed energy in me.

“You feel it, huh?” He asked.

I smiled and nodded. “Andrea!!!”

A loud scream tore through the forest. And it was William. I gasped and fear filled me. What were we going to do?

“I can smell you…and that little brat you’re about to bring into this world!!!”

“Leo…”

“Don’t worry about him, Leopold would take care of him.”

William was silent for a while, and just when another contraction hit, we saw his silhouette at the mouth of the cave.

“Gotcha!!!”

Fuck!!!