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“No. I have been a surrogate twice and am now for a third time. Four children are too much, so in eight and a half weeks, the little ones will be here, and her family will begin. Then, I can start mine.”
“Why are you waiting?”
“She’s older. Older sister has kids first if she is able.” She smiled. “It’s tradition. You understand about tradition, don’t you?”
Fen blinked. “I thought I did. This has been a half-decade of learning for me. Don’t get me wrong; I love my new grand and great-grandkids. I grew up where an omega was queen of the household, and the betas were what was left over to do the chores. Now, there are betas who are stronger than any omega could be but still soft and sensitive. And they go into heat! That was astonishing. I believe I have come to a sort of serenity with the idea now.”
“You made handsome grandsons and sons.”
Fen smiled. “Yes, I did. There are still about two dozen of them unmated if you want to take another.”
“No, I am very happy with my two.”
“But you don’t have children.”
“I have been surrogating to delay the inevitable. Pregnant women don’t go into heat. Even if the pregnancy is hard and blindingly fast.”
“Yes, you said... I can’t believe this is right... eight and a half weeks?”
“Just in time for the holidays.” Keres smiled. “I may or may not have sped her up so she can lock into her new family hard. Well, and I want a whole wave of little omega nieces.”
“Wait, how are you surrogating? Was there a medical procedure?”
“No. I transported them from her body to mine. Four is too many for a first birth. Plus, my mates love me pregnant. They have amazing caretaking instincts.”
“And I am guessing that you are one who gets more sensitive as time goes on.”
Keres smiled. “I am. My guys get very busy, and it doesn’t bother the pregnancy at all.”
Fen sighed. “I remember those days.”
“Good. Then you have some of that giggling omega in you. Now, do remember that feeling and imagine your mate’s mother or grandmother calling you a wanna-be or a greedy whore. If you do that again, I will make a visit to you, and when I leave, you will be a beta wanna-be with no extra powers. My energy can reach into you and take everything that makes you special and smug, and I will do it. Are we clear?” She smiled politely, but she was serious.
Lady Fen nodded. “I understand. You have done it before?”
“Not to an omega. But I have turned alphas into betas. It has been an interesting few years.”
“You...” Lady Fen was finally paying full attention.
“Oh. Yes. With big ears comes great responsibility.” She heard a snort and looked to see Achilles looking at her and laughing. “And a great sense of hearing.”
“What are you? Really?”
“I was sister, then a beta, became an omega, became an Elite, became a victim, became a survivor, and then morphed into an Elite omega, surrogate, and avenger. You know. The standard. I am looking forward to the evolution to full-time mate.”
Fen nodded. “I see. That’s... so you are...”
“I am an amazing blessing or a serious threat. It is a choose-your-own-adventure situation.” She smirked. “Choose wisely. She needs family, so if you can be that, we won’t ever have an issue.”
“I see. May I ask you something else?”
“Sure.”
“Why are you wearing black?”
“Oh. It is the colour of the dark Elite. The Others. When the Elite grow to two hundred years, they begin to change. They absorb the world around them, and it darkens their skin as if wisdom were the sun. The dark Elite are calm, caring, and excellent mates. Their younger brethren are not.”
Fen stared. “You know that firsthand.”
