Chapter 24
“Holy shit on a fucking stick! You did, didn’t you? Oh, man! I wish I could have seen Blake tear you a new asshole for that.”
Mason chuckled and nodded. “Blake was livid.”
“I bet. I met Blake through James long before you three got together. Blake won’t appreciate being treated like a weak omega who needs to be taken care of by his alphas. You’re lucky he hasn’t chopped your head off for that remark.”
“True,” Mason conceded. “Anyway, there’s something I’ve always been curious about. Blake is a very beautiful omega. Why didn’t you and James go after him?”
“He’s gorgeous, but he and I don’t have the chemistry between us. Besides, I was too focused on James back then. As for James, he once told me Blake is like a brother to him.”
“Great.”
Anthony snickered. “Feeling a little insecure?”
Mason gave Anthony both his middle fingers and scowled. “As if. Blake would never go for your sorry ass and tiny dick.”
“But at least it’s way bigger than yours.”
He and Anthony burst out laughing after that. Anthony stayed for another few minutes before leaving the diner. Mason didn’t get to read many of the documents in his office before he had to return to the house to check on Blake, but he was glad Anthony had stopped by for a short visit. Their conversation helped him to relax a bit more. He didn’t feel as stressed out as he had been earlier. He was looking forward to the birth of his babies. The doctor had scheduled a C-section in six weeks’ time. He had to wait for more than a month before he could hold the babies in his arms. He didn’t expect fate to have a different plan in mind. 15
Blake grunted in pain. He was certain something was going on with his babies. The doctor had told him he had to keep the babies in him for as long as possible. That was the reason why the C-section was scheduled for the thirty-sixth week. He should have been able to hold off for another week. Then again, he was aware that most triplets were birthed in their thirty-fourth week. He tried to remain calm as he shook the two alphas on either side of him to get them to wake up. Mason and Kian scrambled up in an instant. Blake attempted to quell his internal panic, but he failed to do so. The pain was overwhelming him. He could smell his own pheromones leaking out, so he was certain that the alphas could detect them, too.
“Baby, what is it?” Kian inquired while rubbing his stomach in a comforting manner. “Are the babies kicking you too much?”
He suppressed the temptation to roll his eyes in annoyance. “They started doing that in their twenty-fifth week, alpha. You and Mase haven’t stopped whispering to them while pressing your ears to my stomach for weeks now. This is…holy shitty hell! Fuck! Oh, crap. It…it hurts.”
Mason stared at him in shock. “What…what should we do?”
“Call the doctor, alpha,” he half-yelled at Mason as he panted through another contraction.
He ignored his alphas, who were running around and grabbing all the bags they’d prepared weeks earlier. He glanced at the clock on the bedside table before turning toward Mason, who was talking to the doctor on the phone. It was almost six in the morning. He sighed and did his best to calm down.
He should have told the alphas to drive him to the hospital the previous evening when he felt signs of contractions, but he thought he had imagined them. He didn’t want to cry, but he was terrified something might happen to his babies. He loved them already, and he didn’t think he could survive losing them. Maybe he was being irrational, but he was in too much pain to think clearly.
Ten minutes later, he was thankful to reach the first floor of the house. It took longer than normal for him to put on a shirt amid the periodic contractions, not to mention the heaviness of the babies inside his womb. He wondered if pregnant women felt the same way he did when they were ready to give birth. After all, women and omega males had that one thing in common, which was a womb. The only difference was the women’s ability to have natural birth, while a pregnant omega male had to undergo a C-section to get the babies out into the world.
It was a random thought, but it distracted him from thinking about possibly losing his babies. He didn’t like that thought at all, but he couldn’t control himself. He was sweating like crazy as he caught his breath. Mason left him alone with Kian in order to get the car from the garage. Getting into the car in his present condition was a chore, but he managed with some difficulties. He could smell the sour odor of his alphas, especially Kian, who was seated right next to him. He knew they were worried, but the stench of their fear would amplify his own.