Healer of the Domini (Mates of the Domini Book 3) by Talia Rhea

Author:Talia Rhea [Rhea, Talia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-05-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 29

Scarlet

“Scarlet! Something is wrong!”

With a cry of surprise and fear, Scarlet shot up in bed at the loud, panicked shout from behind the cracked door of her room that led into her clinic. She could see that the light was on inside and heard someone quickly moving around.

Her sleep fogged brain didn’t register who until Atem appeared, panting and disheveled, in the doorway, forcing it open fully, making the mechanism beep in protest.

“Scarlet! Awaken! Peony needs you.”

She was already up and rushing to the clinic even as Peony, half dressed in a skirt and bra, nest blanket covering her torso, appeared behind him looking at once amused and embarrassed.

“Atem, I’m fine,” she stressed as he made way for Scarlet.

“What happened?” She asked, brushing her wild hair from her face as she checked her friend over for some sign of bleeding or pain or injury.

“Nothing,” Peony gave a strained laugh. “He’s panicking.”

“She might be in labor,” Atem said, hovering as though afraid to put his hands on her. “It’s too soon. Scarlet, it’s too soon!”

“Peony, are you having contractions?”

“No,” she snickered. “I’m waddling.”

“What?” Scarlet, though up and moving in response to the emergency, wasn’t yet firing on all cylinders and didn’t quite understand. “You’re… why is that, er…”

“You must do something,” Atem insisted. “She walks as though the baby comes. Like this.”

He then proceeded to demonstrate, and Scarlet had to bite back a snicker at the sight of this big, buff alien, tail flicking with agitation, mimicking a pregnancy walk. Back bowed, feet apart, legit waddling across her clinic. Peony was making no efforts to hide her amusement.

“I’m not doing it right,” he said, frustrated by their lack of response, as he pushed his hand through his hair. “It is how females walk when they’re about to deliver. Scarlet, she’s too early!”

“Okay, calm down. I get it,” Scarlet laughed a bit, looking to her friend. “Any contractions? Any pain? Any fluid loss?”

“I’m fine,” Peony said again, rubbing her bare belly with its dark stripe down the center. “I woke up this morning when he did. He was getting ready to go to the meeting. It’s the last day of arguments, you know. We’re all excited. I thought I’d go with him since it’s the last day. He protested. I just want to walk and be out of the nest for a bit. But when I walked to the closet, he saw me, and I was waddling. He freaked.”

“Yeah,” Scarlet chuckled, trying to fix her mussed pajamas now that she realized there was no actual emergency. “Waddling is one of the signs that a female domini is about to deliver. Like, imminently. That day. It usually appears along with contractions.”

“Exactly!” Atem gestured to Peony. “So, you must-”

“But,” she cut him off with a calm smile, “humans are different. We begin to waddle weeks, tendays, before the delivery. It marks the beginning of the end, but you still have lots of time. If she’s not having contractions or her water hasn’t broken, then she’s not near her labor.

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