The Royal Flush (Knights of the Darkness Chronicles(Book Three)) (43 page)

“He was amazing last night,” Darian said as he gazed at Xavier.

“I know this is the moment when you fall asleep,” Natasha said sadly.

Darian grinned. “You’ll be pleased to know that one of the gifts my Maker gave me was more resilience to the sun. I can endure the early time right before sunrise and sunset when the sky is still ablaze and blue. I can also eat some human foods, but he didn’t recommend it.”

Natasha sat up quickly, looking at Darian wide-eyed.

“Are you shitting me?” she asked, astonished.

“No, I’m not ‘shitting’ you as you so eloquently put it. It is true.”

“That’s so cool,” Natasha said as she wrapped her arms around Darian’s chest, holding him tightly. “I’m so happy for you, I can’t imagine what this means for you… for us.”

Darian held her in his arms, kissing her gently on her neck. He laid back on the bed against the pillows with her in his arms. After a few minutes of silence, he looked down seeing that she was fast asleep. He held her as she began to snore loudly.

“She discovers that I can stay awake longer and what does she do? She passes out. Ahhh, it’s a very fortunate circumstance that I rest the way that I do, or your incessant snoring would no doubt keep me up all morning,” he mused as he stroked Natasha's face lovingly. When the sun rose higher, his eyes closed allowing the resting state to take him.

Chapter Eighteen

M
atthew, Warren and Natasha sat in the waiting room of the fertility clinic, Warren browsed through the magazines hoping to find something interesting or entertaining to read. “Garbage, garbage and more garbage. Why is it that offices and hospitals never have anything truly entertaining to read. Not everyone is a Wall Street junkie. I’d rather read the celebrity gossip rags,” he said as he tossed a magazine back onto the rack.

Natasha looked at Matthew. “Are you nervous?”

“Me, no... why would I be nervous?” Matthew asked a hint of unconcealed fear in his voice.

“Well, this baby will also be your child as well.” Natasha smiled knowing that her baby would have three loving fathers. “There has to be some level of anxiety.”

Matthew looked at her. “Well, I’m not going to lie, when you first asked me, I was completely shocked. I have to admit that I’m a bit nervous. I mean, I’m at a fertility clinic, preparing to become a father. It’s funny where life can take you,” he paused. “But I’m happy, I couldn’t be happier I’m so honored that you wanted me to father your child. This is a fantastic opportunity and I want to thank you for making me a part of it.” He kissed her cheek.

“I’m honored you accepted. This is all so exciting,” Natasha replied.

Warren was watching the two of them from across the table. Their attention turned to the nurse who entered the waiting room.

“Mr. Matthew Eric, please come this way,” the nurse instructed.

Matthew rose from his chair. “All righty.”

He turned towards Warren and Natasha. “See you in a little while.” Then he leaned closer to Warren’s ear. “I really hope they have some gay magazines in here.”

Warren chuckled. “If they don’t, just think about what I’m going to do to you tonight.”

Matthew smiled. “That’ll do it.”

He followed the nurse as she led the way to his private room. She opened a door, stepping to the side allowing him to walk past her into the little room. He turned towards the nurse, smirking.

“I’ll have you know, I liked to steal all of the medical supplies and stock my house with them,” he joked then pretended to make a mad dash to the cabinets in the room.

The nurse laughed. “Knock yourself out. Take all of the plastic cups and sanitary wipes you want.”

“Awww, I had plans to stock pile on latex gloves and tongue suppressors.” Matthew offered her a boyish grin as he sat down in the chair, looking the room over. There was a television, an exam table and two chairs in the room.

The nurse handed Matthew the specimen cup. “Please feel free to take all the time that you need. Just try to relax, make yourself as comfortable as possible.”

Matthew knew that she was just being friendly, but he suspected that she was flirting. “Thanks, I think I’ll be okay.”

The nurse nodded, pointing to the cabinet in the room. “If you look in those drawers, you’ll find the necessary reading and viewing material if you need it.”

You can go now,
Matthew thought as he looked at the nurse. As if she read his mind, the nurse left the room, closing the door behind her. He looked down at the clear cylinder container with the white cap that he held in his hands.

“All right, Matt. Do your thing,” he said to himself for encouragement. He never felt comfortable doing this sort of thing only to have the product deposited into a cup but it was for Natasha and that was a better reason than any he could think of. He rose from the chair, walking to the counter to fish through the stacks of magazines. He picked a magazine then turned, looking at the exam table. He climbed on top lying on his back. He gazed at the pictures in the magazine, hoping to become aroused as his right hand slowly messaging his groin.

After five minutes without any luck, he tossed the magazine aside. He unbuckled his pants, pulling himself free. Closing his eyes, he envisioning Warren and he imagined Warren making love to him on the beach under a bright full moon. He imagined Warren thrusting inside of him increasing his pace with each thrust. Matthew continued his ministrations, his fingers, thumb and palm stroking and rubbing until he felt his climax reaching the point of eruption. Quickly, he placed the opening of the cup in front of him as he released his seed. His body twitched with the last of his orgasm. After he regained his composure, he replaced the lid. Rising from the table, he cleaned himself in the little stainless steel sink before adjusting his clothes. He left the room with his “donation” and made his way towards the nurse who was sitting behind her desk and handed her the container.

“Oh! Weren’t we an eager boy?” The nurse looked a bit surprised at the amount of semen in the container. “Thank you. I’ll take care of this right away,” she said.

Embarrassed, Matthew face redden as he gave another boyish grin. “Thanks.”

“Oh, there’s no need to be shy or embarrassed. Feel free to
come
back any time,” the nurse said, making sure to emphasize the word “come”.

Matthew no longer had any doubts about her, she was definitely flirting with him. He decided to keep it professional.

“Again, thank you for your assistance. Have a nice day.” He turned to leave before she could make any more advances or innuendos. He began fantasizing about being a father as he made his way back to the waiting room. The thought made him ecstatic.

***

“So, have you decided on a name?” Warren asked.

“I don’t care if the baby is a boy or girl. I only want a healthy baby. I’ve been thinking about naming him Xavier Richard Alexander if it’s a boy and Annette-Elise Alexander if the baby is a girl. I hope I have twins!” Natasha exclaimed gleefully.

“Whoa! Well, if that is what you want, I hope you have twins as well,” Warren said.

Natasha grinned and hugged him tightly. “I really hope I do.”

“I can only imagine just how ecstatic Darian and Xavier must be,” Warren speculated. “This must be a dream come true for them.”

“Oh, they are really just gushing Dads!” Natasha stated, adding apprehensively. “Or they will be.”

“You haven’t told them yet?” Warren asked, surprised.

“Well, I was waiting for a special moment to tell them, I want to surprise them. I really do believe that they would be as overjoyed and excited as I am, maybe even more so.”

“Well, I wouldn’t wait too long before I let them know if I were you,” Warren suggested.

“Don’t worry, I won’t.”

“Good,” Warren looked at his watch. “Shit, come on, Matt. We have to get back to work soon. I should have went in there with him.” He smiled wickedly.

“Oh yeah,
that
was going speed things up,” Natasha smirked.

“I’m just saying, is all,” Warren replied looking away, bashfully.

“Oh, don’t blush now, you brought it up.”

“I know. I was thinking out loud, didn’t really mean to say what I said where you could hear. Well, not the last part at least,” Warren winked. “Hey Matthew,” he said without turning around knowing that he had entered the waiting room.

Surprised, Natasha turned to see Matthew standing in the entrance.

“Geez! They trained you guys hard in the S.U.I.T.’s didn’t they?” she asked amazed that Warren knew he was there.

“That had nothing to do with it

I could smell and hear him coming,” Warren said as he rose from the sofa approaching Matthew, leaning into his ear. “I hope you saved some of that for me for later on tonight.”

A tremor ran through Matthew as he thought about the implications of Warren lu
st-filled comment. “Do you really want me to have a hard-on in front of Natasha?” he whispered back.

Warren chuckled deeply, sending vibrations over the inner shell of Matthew's ear, making him shiver again with desire. “Calm down, baby. We wouldn’t want that at all.”

“Excuse me, boys, but ya’ll can save that for your bedroom,” Natasha interrupted. “Unless you’re trying to help Matthew fill up another cup?”

Warren laughed. “Point taken.”

“It’s his fault. The wolf in him is aggressive and leaves him thinking with the smaller brain at the most inconvenient times,” Matthew teased his lover. “But to answer your previous question, yeah, the S.U.I.T. did train us hard. Months of intense, strenuous training and I’m glad I’m out of
that
boot camp.” He looked toward the exit, “we can go now.”

“Well, I know where we have to go… what about you?” Warren asked Natasha.

“I have to prepare for Darian’s birthday party tonight. I have to make sure that everything is ready,” Natasha said as she climbed into the driver’s side of her car. “Thanks a lot of coming in on your lunch break for this.”

Matthew laughed. “You know what they say, Natasha. There’s no time like the present. I told you I was honored, didn’t see any reason to wait any longer. You had already made the arrangements, now you have everything in place.”

“Yep,” she smiled. “Are you two going to make it to the party tonight?”

“You know that we are.” Matthew waved to her before climbing into the passenger’s side of Warren’s car.

Warren looked at Natasha. “See you tonight, Tasha,” he said before driving off.

Natasha drove to a party supply store to get the rest of the decorations. While she was shopping, her cell phone started to ring. “Hello?” she answered.

“Hi Natasha, this is Elise.”

“Yeah, I know… I saw your name on the caller ID.”

“Ah, the wonders of modern technology. You know when I was born, the only way you could contact someone was to write them a letter or send a messenger.”

“Yeah I know, which is why I for one love the marvels of modern technology.” Natasha giggled. “So what’s up?”

“What time is the party?”

“It’ll be after sunset, nine o’clock tonight.”

“Will you be needing assistance with the preparations?” Elise asked.

“Yeah, I do… are you offering?”

“Yes, I am. I can send someone over there to assist you.”

“I asked if
you
were offering.” Natasha teased.

“Oh heavens no! I’m pregnant; I need to take it very easy.”

“Wonderful excuse, but I’m willing to take any help I can get.”

“I’ll send Devin for sure. Oh, I wanted to ask you, how did it go with Matthew?”

“It was better than even I expected. I had already made arrangements with the fertility clinic; we filled out papers and everything. Matthew had already agreed, so he and Warren met me at the clinic and you know… he did his thing.”

“His
thing
?” Elise asked coyly, knowing full well what Natasha was referring to.

Natasha huffed. “You know what I mean! Stop playing.”

Elise giggled. “Well, that’s wonderful news. I’m happy that he was willing to do his ‘
thing’
for you.”

“You’ve got jokes,” Natasha remarked playfully. “Listen, I have to finish shopping, but I’ll call you later.”

She ended her conversation with Elise and continued her shopping. She smiled as she thought about how much the birth of their baby would mean to Xavier, Darian and Matthew. After a few hours of shopping, she headed back home. As she was driving, her cell phone began ringing again, this time it was Devin.