Coming home"[nix&drake]

[arien]

Gabriel walked into the court yard of the palace with a sigh. He knew that he was going to hear about it from Nix and Drake. He still didn’t know how to tell them, about the horrible mistake he had made. He still couldn’t believe that he had gotten drunk enough to black out that night, and wake up in bed with some random girl. It had almost broken his heart that he had been dumb enough to sleep with her. Even though he didn’t ever remember it he had figured that he was just too drunk. But a part of him just wanted to rebel against the thought of sleeping with anyone other than Nix.

He was lost in this thoughts as he made his way through the castle he was lost deep in his thoughts. He had been gone for almost three weeks, trying to get his thoughts together on what had really happened. In those three weeks nobody had found him, but the girl he had slept with. She had told him the worse news that he could ever hear. She said she was pregnant and the pup was his. He had always wanted to be a father, but to Nix’s pups not some random girl in a bar.

Gabe was so afraid of how Nix would act. She would probably be even madder that he had confronted Kevan when he was at the bar too. He knew that she didn’t like when he put himself in danger and with Kevan having the King’s ear, it was a big danger to try and take him on.

He took a big breath and opened the door to their wing of the castle.

[Lady Phoenix Frost]

The whole morning Nix had spent in the bathroom do nothing but riding her body of the very little bit of food she had eaten. It seemed that there were only certain things that she could keep down and this morning her eyes hadn’t been one of them. Since she had become pregnant the young lycan found her eating habits to be strange as certain foods no longer tasted as they once had. Hell it was a wonder she got anything down with how off her morning sickness was. Several times during the day the young woman would complain that it should not be called morning sickness seeing as it happened at various times in the day as well as throughout the night. It didn’t help that Gabe had decided to run off disappearing on them. Nix had wanted to head out to look for the man but figured if he disappeared like that without a word, maybe he needed time to himself. It would have been nice however, to at least have some warning so she didn’t need to worry about him so much.

Tying back her hair, Nix sighed as she washed her face before using a lot of mouthwash. The taste wasn’t that great but there wasn’t anything that she could do about it. Being pregnant meant overcoming a whole lot of things and morning sickness was the biggest at the moment. Sighing, she let her hands drop to her stomach staring down at it for a moment thinking about how she was going to be a mother. Just as she was heading out of the bathroom, in nothing but a pair of sweats and a t-shirt, Kaitlin came rushing into her room to tell her that Gabe was back. Hearing this, Nix’s eyes widened as she ran past her maid into the main area.

She stopped when her eyes caught sight of her mate, relief washing over her that moment. “Gabe…” she barely whispered before running over to the other man. Right now she was relieved he was alive and well. Throwing her arms around him, she pulled the man into an embrace breathing in his familiar scent. Once she knew he was okay, Nix pulled back before smacking him in the shoulder hard. “What the hell is wrong with you leaving like that!? I’ve been worried sick not knowing if you were dead or alive or hurt!” she yelled her anger flaring now. The dramatic mood swings could also be blamed on her pregnancy.

[Lord Drake Ó Damháin]

Drake smiled to himself as he tended to his section of the garden. It was early in the morning and he knew that he was going to need to pull some of the fruits and vegetables in order to make Nix something that she would be able to hold down. Everyone had inquired about why she was only eating food that he prepared but he said he had no idea and went about his business. It was killing the young lycan to know that he was unable to tell everyone about the pregnancy but he knew that it needed to be kept quiet until Nix wanted it to become public knowledge. He knew that she would keep it between them until Gabe returned and she could inform him but neither of them knew when this was going to happen so he kept his worrying to a minimal. Drake pulled some fresh strawberries and blueberries from the garden before heading inside to the kitchen. Once in there he prepared some food for himself and Nix then headed to their suite.

He knew that she was in the bathroom so he set the tray on her bed then grabbed some clothes and headed to the bathroom. He wanted to shower and get the caked soil off himself. “Nix my dear I set breakfast on the bed, it’s food that the pup likes so hopefully the little devil won’t decide to be stubborn today and not let you eat.” He teased while turning the water on while ridding himself of clothing then proceeding to step into the water. The young lycan kept his shower short and as he dried off he wrapped a towel around his waist and grinned as he noticed that Nix was not in the bathroom with him anymore. He had no idea when she had left but he wanted to inquire about whether the pup was behaving today. “Does the pup like the food?” He asked while emerging from the bathroom just in time to see Nix run towards someone who had just walked into the room. Drake was confused at first until he noticed Gabe was the reason she had run towards the door. Keeping silent Drake walked back into the bathroom put his clothes on and then reemerged to join Nix and his brother.

“Gabe where have you been you’ve worried both of us.” He half-demanded while forgetting about the food that was on the bed, Drake wanted answers now and he knew that their mate wanted them as well so he figured that it would be easiest to skip all the fluff and jump right into the hard questions.