Page 50 of Sandro

I reached for Sandro, and I felt his arms wrap around me. I heard him talking to Rio, but I couldn’t make out what was being said. Why was I suddenly underwater? Why did it sound like they were so far away?

“Leo?” I blinked several times and tried to catch my breath, but it didn’t seem to want to come to me. I heard more talking, and then I felt my entire body getting heavy. Things seemed to be closing in on me, and then things went dark.

I woke to a darkened room, and I was now in our bed in our suite. I turned my head toward the dim light and found Sandro sitting there, scowling.

“Are you mad at me?”

“Why would I ever be upset with you? Did you do something stupid and put yourself or our baby in danger?” Sandro asked as he got up from the chair and came to sit beside me on the bed.

“I ruined our ultrasound.”

“No you didn’t. Rio will be here to do it for you whenever you would like. I need to let him know when you wake up, and he’ll come check on you.”

I took a deep breath and sighed. It felt wonderful to do so. “What happened?”

“You started to hyperventilate. Rio helped you with magic and calmed you down.”

“He put me to sleep.”

Sandro grinned. “Something like that. I mentioned your thoughts to him because he had never experienced someone hyperventilating after getting the news that they were having a son.”

I winced. “I didn’t mean for my brain to go there.”

Sandro leaned down and gently touched his lips to mine. After a long moment, he pushed up and smiled down at me. “You have nothing to apologize for,” he told me as he trailed a finger across my cheek. “Your brain went somewhere that mine hadn’t yet, but it was actually quite important that it had. Master Vincent has been told of your worries, and he’s taking them into consideration.”

“What do you mean? Consideration for what? For allowing me to continue living here?” Where would I go? What would I do to hide my condition? I was showing. I could hide my stomach for a little longer under bigger clothing, but I didn’t have much money.

Sandro sighed. “Enough, little kitten.”

My thoughts stopped, and I immediately glared up at my mate. “I don’t like it when you call me that.”

“No, and I don’t like the fact that your thoughts would be that you are about to be banished from the coven. This is your home. You live here now. With me. And soon enough, with our son as well.”

“You said he was taking it into consideration. What does that even mean?”

“It’s a long story, and one I will certainly share. But for the moment, I need to let Rio know you are awake and ready for your ultrasound. Unless you aren’t?”

I wasn’t exactly sure, to be honest. “I don’t know. Am I? What if my grandfather finds out about the baby? What if he somehow gets hold of him?”

“He won’t because we won’t allow for that to happen,” Sandro said. “We can discuss that more later. Right now, I think it would do you a world of good for you to see our little one. We’re having a boy, and you are going to have to start thinking about baby names and start spending some of the money in the accounts. You should also get some larger shirts unless you are happy with the few you have now.”

I knew that was a bit of a sore spot for Sandro. He’d tried to get me to go shopping, and I had. But I’d only picked out a few items. It wasn’t every day that an omega went from scrubbing floors on their hands and knees to suddenly having access to more funds than they would ever be able to spend. And Sandro definitely had more money than I would ever be able to figure out how to spend. Especially with the bills all being paid by the coven. I was sure there were funds that were pooled to pay for everything, but really, what bills did we have living here? None that I was aware of. Unless Sandro paid them and I just didn’t know?

“I’m ready, I guess,” I said finally. I knew he was still worried about me, and rightly so, most likely.

Sandro stared at me for a long moment before he tilted his head to the side. “If you’re not, it can wait.”

“How long was I out for?”

“Not very. At most, ten to fifteen minutes. Rio gave you enough magic to calm you down and nothing more.”

I groaned. “Why am I like this? I was never so emotional before.”

“Because you are pregnant, and pregnancy can wreak havoc on one’s emotions. Your hormones are not what they normally would be, and that is causing issues for you. It is what it is, but it’s nothing to be overly concerned about. You aren’t acting in any way out of what would be considered normal for a pregnant omega.”

I guess that was at least good to hear. I wasn’t too much of a mess, I guess. “I’m ready for the ultrasound. But maybe we should go do it in the office?”

“Only if you are uncomfortable with Rio doing it here. He will most likely deliver our baby here in this room, but it is completely up to you.”