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Shawn
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Dietrich and I had fallen asleep as the sun was coming up, so we ended up sleeping a little later than we had planned. Still, we didn’t sleep as late as we could have. It was about ten in the morning when we woke up. I think it was the rumbling in my stomach that had woken me. And maybe even Dietrich.
I couldn’t help it, I had used up all my energy last night, and now I was starving for some sustenance.
"Hmm heh heh heh." Dietrich laughed at the growling in my tummy as it shattered the silence of the room. "You are being loud, Liebe."
"My stomach is." I laughed with him. "I can’t help it. I was ravenous last night, and I don’t mean with food."
"As was I, Liebe." As he said that, his stomach also growled. "Do you smell something?" He whispered into my ear. "Something like roses?"
"No." I shook my head. "What is it?" I finally opened my eyes and let the morning light pierce my retinas. It was a little painful, but not so much that I couldn’t handle it. When I turned my face, I saw that Dietrich still had his eyes closed, but he was burying his nose in my hair, smelling me intensely.
"You smell different, Liebe." He finally opened his eyes and looked at me then. He looked at me all over and as he did so, I watched his face change.
The expression on my mate’s face went from curious to shocked, to disbelieving, and finally to pure joy. I was still confused at the moment, not sure what it was that he was seeing that made him experience so much.
"Dietrich? What is it?"
"Shawn, my love, if I tell you, will you promise not to get upset with me?"
"Huh? Why would I get mad at you?" I asked him, still confused.
"Well my love, the thing is, you are not alone right now."
"Ha ha ha." I laughed at him. "You are the ancestor of these lands."
"Yes, but I did have ancestors when I was human. I do not remember them much, most of my human life faded a long time ago, but I did have them at one point in time."
"I know. At least you now have another life, one that is filled with love and family that will never leave you."
"Yes, of that I will be eternally grateful."
While we got dressed, I thought of different things, and about why it was that I was able to get pregnant again. It was supposed to have been a one time thing only. That was what we had been told before. Now I was pregnant again, and it was an actual miracle.
Then again, there had been changes in circumstances that might have led to this. I mean, after those events back in March, Dietrich and I were both turned into Gods. And now, I was pregnant. Could it be that this was the reason? Was mine and Dietrich’s new godhood the whole reason that we were able to conceive again?
Well, we might never know for sure, but if that was the case, it might mean that we were able to get pregnant at any time. And that meant that we needed to be careful in the future. We didn’t want to get pregnant all the time, so we had to make sure that we were responsible in this situation.
When we went into the kitchen, dressed and smiling, we had to do all that we could not to let the kids know what was happening with us.
"Hey, you’re up." Luther said with a smile. "You must be having some jetlag. We did too." He looked around at the others who were just now eating their breakfast. "We all just came down a little bit ago. This breakfast is amazing by the way." He speared another piece of wurst and popped it into his mouth.
"I am glad that you are enjoying it, Prince Luther." Ulrich bowed to him. "We will do our best to always have delicious meals for you."
"Oh, thank you." Luther smiled back at him.
We ate breakfast as a family, talking about our plans for the day and where we were going to go after we were done eating. I wanted to make sure that we had enough time in the museum for Luther to enjoy himself and for them all to learn the history.
We were also going to walk around the city for Dietrich to tell us all the stories that he knew from when he was helping this place grow back in the day.
I knew that this was going to be an interesting day, with lots of lessons for the kids and some wonderful family time that we never truly got to experience. We spent a lot of time with the kids, but we didn’t have these opportunities all the time. There was just always something going on, something that held our attention.
I made a promise to myself then and there. These babies that I was carrying now, they were going to be protected at all times, just like the others. However, I was also going to be doing all that I could to keep the family close, even when we weren’t next to each other, we would still be close. I never wanted to lose the connection that I had with my children.