Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“How are you feeling, Riviana?” he asked me as he set down his bag and sat in a chair close to the bed.
“I am fine, for the most part. It’s just that I can’t move. Nothing hurts or anything like that. I was a little shocked to see my massive belly, but I am the only one that is surprised about that. I’m just really annoyed that I can’t move my body.”
“Well, I am glad that none of it hurts. And I’m happy to see that you have an appetite.” He laughed about the stomach growling again. “So, what I am going to do now is give you, and the babies, a good exam. I am going to check to see what is causing your paralysis and, hopefully, we can get you moving sometime soon.”
“Thank you, Griffin.” I nodded and smiled.
“Thanks, man. And thank you for rushing over here so quickly.”
“Hey, no need to thank me, Joaquin. My patient woke up after almost three months, of course I am running over here as fast as I could. Even Lana told me to haul ass.” He laughed as he reached for some of the items in the room around and for others in his bag. “Now, Joaquin, can you lay Riviana back down in the bed. The bed doesn’t have to be all the way back, but I do need it back further than it is now.”
“Sure thing, Griffin.” Joaquin grabbed the remote, hit another button and made it auto adjust before he got to his feet with me still in his arms. Once the bed was done moving, he laid me on back down.
I didn’t like being this helpless. I didn’t like not being able to help with moving my body. And I didn’t like only looking at the ceiling and the small amount of stuff that I could see around me. It robbed me of my freedom, and I didn’t like it. I wanted Griffin to hurry up and fix me, like Talia said before.
Griffin started by taking out the feeding tube that I had while I was asleep as well as taking out the IVs from my arms. Then he started to check my body over to see if there were any abnormalities. He checked my legs and my abdomen, my neck and back, even my hands and feet. It was quite the thorough exam, and I was surprised that Joaquin didn’t object. Then again, he had probably gotten used to Griffin doing this over the time that I was asleep. He was no longer upset about it or something.
After my body was examined, Griffin drew some blood and set it aside. He was going to take it to be checked sometime later. Seeing that reminded me of something that Griffin and I had discussed a while back. He wanted to do research on building a mobile lab unit so he could run his own samples when out in the field like this. Maybe it was time to encourage him to do just that.
After he had taken some blood, he pulled the ultrasound machine over to the bed. He was going to check on the babies now. I was eager to see them in baby form. I knew what they were going to look like when they were older though. That was a plus. Still, seeing them as babies was something else entirely.
That blue gel was just as cold here at my house as it was everywhere else. And that was saying something for someone who could literally turn to ice and the cold outside never affected them. I think it was because it touched me directly. That, or it was just a magical torture device that the doctors use to torture us women who are pregnant. I am not sure which one it is right now.
I waited with bated breath with Joaquin holding onto my hand. I wanted to see them, I wanted this to happen. But then I realized that I couldn’t turn my head enough to see the screen.
“Joaquin.”
“Yes, my love.” He spoke sweetly as he responded to me.
“I can’t see the screen. I can’t turn my head enough.” I felt even worse now. I had completely forgotten that I wasn’t going to be able to see the screen without his help.
“No problem, Little Bunny. I will take care of that.”
Joaquin let go of my hand and turned my head gently so that I could see the screen. This was it. I was going to be able to see the boys now.. I was going to see what the little babies in my belly currently looked like.
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Riviana
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The moment that Griffin put that little sensor stick, wand, whatever you wanted to call it, onto my belly, I could see one of the babies. They were in there and they were so much more developed than I was ready for.
“From the dates that Joaquin gave me, Riviana, you are exactly sixteen weeks pregnant today. You are technically due on January the fifth, but I think that we all know that you will never make it to the due date. Not with triplets.” He was laughing a little bit. “And remember, you’ve had twins before, but not triplets. It might be a lot harder on you. You can always give Cedar and Acacia a call. Their triplets are almost eight years old now. Not to mention, Acacia’s mom had several sets of multiples. There are a lot of multiple’s experiences in that family.”
He was moving the wand around, measuring things as he talked. I knew that he was quite busy, but he was also diligently doing his work.
“The boys are growing well enough. They are small but that is to be expected with triplets. They will probably barely weigh four pounds when they are born. So do not concern yourself with that. Let’s see. There are no abnormalities. All looks good. I think that they are going to be strong, healthy and handsome little boys. Congrats.”
Griffin pulled the wand away from my belly and Joaquin started to wipe the gel off of my huge stomach.
“Alright, what do you think is wrong with her, Griffin? Why can’t she move? You have got to know something, right? Please, tell me that you know what is going on with her. Please.”
“Calm down, Joaquin. I am sure I know what it is, but I want to check her with my magic first. That will let me know if I forgot something. I have been working on using that ability with people lately. I can even use it without the bright light shining now.” He sounded happy, like this was a major breakthrough. Well, it was, but I didn’t know why he had been trying to do this in the first place. It was all good and positive but what led to it.”
“If you could check her with magic, why didn’t you do that first?” Joaquin snapped at him. He was getting angry for no reason.”
“Hush, Fido. This is not the time to get angry. He is a doctor. He examined me as a doctor would. Get over it.” And turn my head now. There is nothing interesting to see over here anymore.”
“Yes, Little Bunny, right away.” Joaquin quickly moved to adjust the angle of my head and I had to bite my tongue so that I didn’t laugh at him. He was being so submissive right now. It was quite hilarious to see him acting like this.
“OK Griffin, go on. You can check me with your magic now.” I encouraged him to continue with what he needed to do.
“Alright. Now just to be on the safe side. I am keeping my magic away from the babies. With everything that you all have been through, I don’t know how the magic will affect them. So, I am going to keep it away from them just to be safe.”
“That sounds reasonable.” I nodded a little at him, the little bit that my head was moving anyway.
“OK, let’s get started.” Griffin took a deep breath and then stood next to me.
I couldn’t even tell that he was putting his magic anywhere near me. It was so noninvasive and unnoticeable. It was definitely something that he could do with a human to help them. This was amazing. He would be able to know what was wrong with someone without all the invasive tests. He could run the easiest test in the world to prove that he was right and then, boom, he was done.
I wonder if he could also use the power to heal them without them knowing. I mean, I had heard from Lana a long time ago that the patients that were just near Griffin always did better than the ones that he didn’t treat personally. I guess that the healing had somehow moved into his aura. He was just that great of a man and he didn’t notice what he did.
After what seemed like just a couple of minutes, he stepped away from me and I felt a slight chill run through me. I guess that he was done checking my body. And that chill made me think that there was a slight warmth from his magic, but it was subtle and built slowly so that it was not noticeable until it was gone.
