Chapter 14: What's he doing here?

Chapter fourteen

What's he doing here?

Egad's p o v

I laugh out loud. " Yes, she was always quite the drama queen."

She chuckles." That's putting it mildly, it's almost like her pregnancy has increased her flair for theatrics." I chuckle

Goddess be praised, this feels so good, sitting here in the library laughing while Megan massages my shoulders, " mmmmmm.."

It feels like my own little bit of heaven. I lean back in my chair as she works her magic, I can literally feel all the tension I've been carrying around ease. I close my eyes as her hands trail down my chest. I'm drifting off to sleep when I hear her murmur " I'm sorry Egad."

" About what?" I ask sleepily.

She must have thought I was asleep, she clearly wasn't expecting a response.

" Nothing…. I was just talking to myself," she stutters. Sounding flustered.

My eyes fly open.

" Since when do you talk to yourself?"

She laughs nervously.

" I'll leave you to rest, you still have a long day ahead of you." I grab her hand and move her to Stand in front me, I pill her down to sit on my laps, wrap an arm around her waist and tip her chin up with one hand.

" What is it Megan?" I ask.

" Nothing, I was just being silly." She tries to hide her face.

" Fine, tell me, we'll be silly together."

" Really it's nothing Egad."

I arched an eyebrow. " I seem to remember you giving me the I know you so well, you can't hide anything from me speech, several weeks ago, permit me to say the same goes."

" I'm not hiding anything from you Egad."

" Well, your eyes say otherwise, you always were a shitty liar. Talk to me Megan, what's bothering you."

She sighs. " It's nothing serious, just me being silly and feeling sorry for myself."

" Why?"

" Isn't it obvious, I'm your only mate who's not expecting a child, both of your other mates are about to provide you with heirs, and here I am, never even had a miscarriage."

I glared at her. " You were right, it's silly, very silly. If I didn't love you as much as I do, I might be tempted to have you flogged, so you can have some reasoning flogged into you. Your job as my mate is to be my companion, not a sort of breed mare or something. I trust you're smart enough to know that."

She sighed. " I know that, like I said it was silly."

" Yes." I agreed. I settled back in my chair, drew her closer and rested my chin on her head.

We sat there wrapped in each other's arms, breathing in unison, enjoying the sensation.

" Howdy hey little brother," Kavon said, poking his head into the library.

" Hey Megan, sorry to interrupt, just wanted to rile my baby brother a little, I'll just go back and come back later," he continued.

" It's okay," Megan says, getting up." I was just leaving."

" You always did have bad timing," I growl at him as soon as I'm sure Megan is out of earshot.

"Apologies your eminence."

" Don't test my patience, kavon."

"Ohh come on Egad, I'm sure Megan won't mind picking off where you stopped later tonight."

" That's besides the point."

" Ohhh puhleease. I had nothing better to do so I thought I'd get a few bottles of firewhiskey and convince my baby brother there's nothing better to do on a Saturday afternoon than get tipsy with his brother." He held up the six pack of firewhiskey he was holding.

" I'm a king, I've always got something better to do, than get drunk with my annoying brother who has awful timing."

He dropped the beer pack on a footstool and tossed me a can, taking one for himself.

" Oh come of it already will you, the way I see it, I did you a favor."

I pulled the tab of my drink.

" Pray tell, what grand favor have you done for me this time."

He pulled the tab of his drink and took a long swig.

" I never said it was grand," he said, wiping his lips.

" But it's a favor you should thank me for nonetheless."

" Please enlighten me dear brother," I said sarcastically.

He took another swig. " I don't suppose you have any protection in here, if I hadn't come in when I did, you would have been well on your way to having three pregnant women on your hands at once, and that's a dilemma I'm sure you don't want to find yourself in."

I sipped my drink.

" Don't be so sure, big brother, having all three of my mates pregnant at once is actually something I want with all my heart."

He guzzled the rest of his drink, crumpled the can, threw it in the wastebasket and opened another beer.

" You don't know what you're talking about baby brother."

" And you do?"

He shuddered dramatically.

" The goddess be praised, she hasn't seen it fit, to make me go through that torture just yet."

" It's not torture."

" Just you wait baby brother, just you wait until you have three women crying because you couldn't get them chocolate chip cakes at two in the morning."

I chuckled.

" I'll just wake the cook and hand her over to them."

" Pregnant werewolves also have high libidos. Who will you pass them off to when all three of them want hanky-panky at the same time."

" I believe I'm man enough for mates."

" So you say now, just don't come running to me naked and panting at one in the morning."

I scoff.

" Oh you mean, like when you were sixteen and Hernando talked you into using enhancement herbs for your night with Leigh conric."

We both laugh.

" What can I say? I was just a child." He says.

I snort.

" Yeah right. I still remember how panicky you sounded." I raise my voice to a squeak.

" It's not coming down Egad, it's not coming down, you have to do something before father finds out."

He smirks.

" You're never going to let me forget that, are you?"

" Not in this life." I assure him.

There's a soft knock on the door and Ryker comes in.

" Alpha Zita to see you," your eminence, he announces.

" You didn't tell me he was coming." Kavon says.

" I didn't know he was," I reply.

" Must have been an unplanned visit," I turned to Ryker, " did he say why he was here?"

" No, your eminence, he did seem quite agitated."

" Send him in then."

" As you wish your eminence," he bowed and went out.

" Agitated huh," Kavon says. " What could be wrong?"

I shrug. " We'll find out soon enough."

Ryker knocks softly and ushers in the young alpha of the biggest and most powerful pack in the whole Lycan empire.

" Greetings your eminence, greetings your grace," he says and bows slightly.

" Greetings Alpha Zita, to what do we owe the pleasure of this visit."

" I've come to take my mate back home with me."