Chosen by Fate, Rejected by the Alpha

Shawn     

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Dietrich and I had fallen asleep as the sun was coming up, so we ended up sleeping a little later than we had planned. Still, we didn't sleep as late as we could have. It was about ten in the morning when we woke up. I think it was the rumbling in my stomach that had woken me. And maybe even Dietrich. I couldn't help it, I had used up all my energy last night, and now I was starving for some sustenance.     

"Hmm heh heh heh." Dietrich laughed at the growling in my tummy as it shattered the silence of the room. "You are being loud, Liebe."     

"My stomach is." I laughed with him. "I can't help it. I was ravenous last night, and I don't mean with food."     

"As was I, Liebe." As he said that, his stomach also growled. "Do you smell something?" He whispered into my ear. "Something like roses?"     

"No." I shook my head. "What is it?" I finally opened my eyes and let the morning light pierce my retinas. It was a little painful, but not so much that I couldn't handle it. When I turned my face, I saw that Dietrich still had his eyes closed, but he was burying his nose in my hair, smelling me intensely.     

"You smell different, Liebe." He finally opened his eyes and looked at me then. He looked at me all over and as he did so, I watched his face change.      

The expression on my mate's face went from curious to shocked, to disbelieving, and finally to pure joy. I was still confused at the moment, not sure what it was that he was seeing that made him experience so much.      

"Dietrich? What is it?"      

"Shawn, my love, if I tell you, will you promise not to get upset with me?"     

"Huh? Why would I get mad at you?" I asked him, still confused.     

"Well my love, the thing is, you are not alone right now."     

"I know, I am in your arms, Dietrich." I said this even as I pulled away from him and sat up in the bed. "What are you talking about?"     

"I am not talking about me, Shawn. You are not alone, even without me being in the equation."     

"Not alone? You're not making any-."     

I paused there and just looked at him. I could feel my face falling as the meaning behind his words finally sank in. He was saying that I was not alone. And he wasn't referring to himself. He said that there was someone else with me aside from him. And that could only mean one thing.     

"D..D..D..Dietrich, a..a..are you t..t..t..telling me that I am p..p..p..preg-." I couldn't get the word out. It was so hard to wrap my mind around what he was telling me. "Th..th..that I am p..p..p..preg-." I tried and stopped again.     

"Yes, Geliebte, I am saying that you are pregnant. You are carrying twin girls." He was grinning so happily and proudly as he said that. "You are not mad, are you, my love?" Suddenly there was worry in his eyes. He was afraid that I was going to be upset that I was pregnant again.     

I don't know why he would think this. Yes, OK, the first time that I had found out I was pregnant, I had been upset. I was a man and this was something that seemed impossible to me. However, I had quickly learned that I didn't mind being pregnant. I liked that I was able to have a child that was mine and Dietrich's. We had ended up with four children that time, because I had to prove to him that I was a man and I had ended up impregnating him as well. This time though, I wasn't so stupid as to try and prove that point. He and I were the same people we had been twenty years ago, so there was nothing at all that needed to be proven to us.      

Also, I don't know why he would think that I was angry. Over the last two and a half months, we had been talking about adoption and when it would be the right time to add to our family. I had been feeling that family bug again, and I wanted to add more children to the home. I was not ready for it to be so quiet in the house with all the kids getting older and most of them being in college now.     

"No, Dietrich, I am not mad." I grinned at him. "Actually, I am happy. I was the more motherly type when the kids were born last time. Not that I am feminine or anything, but you know what I mean. Also I am the one that wanted to add more kids to the family recently. This is the perfect opportunity for us. Although, I am still not against adopting when we get the chance. There are so many children in the world that need our help after all."     

"Yes, there are. And we will help many of them in our lifetime, Liebe. I am so happy right now." He buried his face in the crook of my neck, smelling the change in my scent as well as kissing me affectionately. "I am so happy that we are going to have more babies. Two more little girls. This is going to be wonderful." As he rolled, he pulled me down on top of him.     

"It is wonderful, that is for sure. However, I do not want to tell the kids until we are home. We can tell all eight of them together."      

"Yes, I completely agree." He beamed up at me as he held me on his chest. "I cannot wait to see what our little girls look like."     

"Yes, I wonder who they will take after." I beamed at him. "Well, come on, Dietrich, we need to get dressed. I still need breakfast, and so do the babies. Not only that, but we were taking the kids into the city for the museum today."     

"Ah, yes, you are right. We need to take them to see the history of my ancestral lands."     

"Ha ha ha." I laughed at him. "You are the ancestor of these lands."     

"Yes, but I did have ancestors when I was human. I do not remember them much, most of my human life faded a long time ago, but I did have them at one point in time."      

"I know. At least you now have another life, one that is filled with love and family that will never leave you."     

"Yes, of that I will be eternally grateful."     

While we got dressed, I thought of different things, and about why it was that I was able to get pregnant again. It was supposed to have been a one time thing only. That was what we had been told before. Now I was pregnant again, and it was an actual miracle.     

Then again, there had been changes in circumstances that might have led to this. I mean, after those events back in March, Dietrich and I were both turned into Gods. And now, I was pregnant. Could it be that this was the reason? Was mine and Dietrich's new godhood the whole reason that we were able to conceive again?     

Well, we might never know for sure, but if that was the case, it might mean that we were able to get pregnant at any time. And that meant that we needed to be careful in the future. We didn't want to get pregnant all the time, so we had to make sure that we were responsible in this situation.     

When we went into the kitchen, dressed and smiling, we had to do all that we could not to let the kids know what was happening with us.      

"Hey, you're up." Luther said with a smile. "You must be having some jetlag. We did too." He looked around at the others who were just now eating their breakfast. "We all just came down a little bit ago. This breakfast is amazing by the way." He speared another piece of wurst and popped it into his mouth.     

"I am glad that you are enjoying it, Prince Luther." Ulrich bowed to him. "We will do our best to always have delicious meals for you."     

"Oh, thank you." Luther smiled back at him.     

We ate breakfast as a family, talking about our plans for the day and where we were going to go after we were done eating. I wanted to make sure that we had enough time in the museum for Luther to enjoy himself and for them all to learn the history. We were also going to walk around the city for Dietrich to tell us all the stories that he knew from when he was helping this place grow back in the day.     

I knew that this was going to be an interesting day, with lots of lessons for the kids and some wonderful family time that we never truly got to experience. We spent a lot of time with the kids, but we didn't have these opportunities all the time. There was just always something going on, something that held our attention.     

I made a promise to myself then and there. These babies that I was carrying now, they were going to be protected at all times, just like the others. However, I was also going to be doing all that I could to keep the family close, even when we weren't next to each other, we would still be close. I never wanted to lose the connection that I had with my children.