Of Love, Mayhem, and New Beginnings
Chapter 14

"Do you have to do that?"

"Do what?"

"Watch me all the time?"

"Of course."

"Telemachus."

"Sweetie?"

Beka turned from the mirror and set him with a glare. "Really. Stop it."

"I'm only watching you."

"Exactly. And I don't want you watching me. On second thought make that I don't want you staring at me."

"You're beautiful you know that."

"I'm a house. Again. All thanks to you."

"You're not that big yet and go me."

Beka rolled her eyes as his smirk widened and he stretched lazily out on the bed.

"You know you always get weird like this in my sixth month?"

"I find you incredibly sexy too."

"With the come on's and the back rubs and the cuddling, the romantic dinners, the bubble baths. I thought it was just something you did to show me loved me the last time, but now, again, you really can't help it can you?"

"I love you."

"You can't possibly find me attractive like this."

"You're carrying my second child, how could I not?"

"This is definitely a Nietzschean thing."

Rhade motioned her to come to him with a finger.

"Oh no, uh uh, I'm not going anywhere near you until you explain this to me. If I walk over there you're going to, oh so gently, flip me onto the bed."

Rhade sighed and moved to sit on the edge of the bed. "Come here."

"No."

"Beka."

"Nuh uh."

"No attacking. I promise."

She folded her arms. "I still don't trust you."

"I swear on the lives of our children and the Maru that your back won't hit the bed unless you want it to."

Still looking skeptical, Beka walked towards Rhade until she was standing between his legs. One of his arms went around her waist as the other settled over the growing bump on her abdomen.

Everytime he looked at her, he couldn't help but feel the complete elation that over took him at the thought of being a father again. After Cassandra he had wanted more children, and the Nietzschean in him agreed. He'd prefer four or five, but doubted that Beka would ever go for that. Cassandra would have been enough for her.
Their daughter was all attitude, pure Beka. Though he assumed Harper and Dylan had added to that attitude as they were constantly giving in to the little girl's demands. Though it was mainly Harper in recent years as Dylan now had a child of his own.

Rhade kissed Beka's stomach and inhaled deeply. She smelled so good.

He was jolted out of this thoughts as Beka poked him sharply in the head. "So?"

"So...what?"

"Why are you weird? You said you'd tell me."

"I didn't say that."

"I'll put you on the couch."

Rhade groaned. The dreaded couch away from his wife. During the past six months of her pregnancy, he had not yet been forced out of bed by her complaints or hormones. Their anniversary night when she had found out, Beka had decided to sleep on the Maru after walking out on him only to come back an hour later, telling him that she'd pretend to find out the next day that they was having another baby. So she ignored it for the rest of their anniversary and Rhade woke up the next day to her yelling at him as he laid there and smiled.

"Telemachus." Beka poked him in the head again.

"Sorry. It's just that your hormones tend to peak at this time." He breathed in again.
"Your scent is completely arousing."

"Pregnancy hormones? That's what's got you wired?"

"Mmmhhmmmm."

"Never will I understand you Mr. Rhade."

"You don't have to Mrs. Rhade, just come here that's all I ask."

Beka smiled as he manoeuvered her onto his lap. Trust a Nietzschean to find his wife the most attractive when she was with child.

Beka's smile widened as Rhade nipped at her neck, "You're honestly turned on by this aren't you?" she asked him.

"Uh huh." He gently bit her neck as moved up the side of her face until he could press his lips to hers.

"I worship you."

Beka kissed him harder and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Love you."

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A/N: Originally this was where the new baby was arriving but I thought I should add a bit more between. And here you get some nice Beka/Rhade moments;) The next chapter will be with Cassandra and we meet the newest little Hunt.

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