It had been three long weeks since Roman had saw Dean and it took everything in him not to Run away to Afa's home to be with Dean. On the plus side Sika had given up on his search for Dean and instead on the arrival of the newest heir to the throne. Dean was safe and happy at Afa's castle.

Meanwhile Seth was being his normal self absorbed self with an added bonus...his hormones were off the charts and he was either screaming at him, crying on him or trying to make love to only wished he could be with Dean during his had only gotten worse since his father arrived together they treated him more like a slave than a prince.

"Roman,I need you"

Roman closed his eyes and took a deep breath this was the tenth time today he'd been was almost afraid to answer but, knew from experience that if he didn't Shawn would come searching for him. Turning on his heel he headed back down to his and Seth's quarters , walking in the room he saw Seth on laying on his side in their spacious bed. Shawn (for once) was nowhere to be seen.

"Yes"

"Come lay with me"

Roman raised an eyebrow,Seth seemed oddly submissive this was a new mood for his husband….of only it were permanent. He carefully crawled into bed behind the younger man who turned and curled up at his side the moment he got settled.

"where have you been all day?"

Seth asked as he nuzzled his face into Roman's neck.

"In the slave quarters , our child will need a nurse to care for him or her while I complete my duties as crown prince and as my husband you'll need to be there as well. I wanna make sure everything is perfect for the birth of my childr..-child"

Roman's eyes widened, as he waited to see if Seth caught the slip up.

"It's not 'Him or her' It'll be a girl and I just know she's going to look JUST like you I can feel it"

Roman let out the breath he didn't know he was holding , thank goodness Seth was too focused on other things though he wouldn't deny that he was just as excited about his baby with Seth as he was about his baby with Dean.

"What makes you so sure it's going to be a girl?"

"I want a girl …...and I ALWAYS get my way. Now onto more important matters"

Seth then sat up and straddled Roman's lap with a seductive smile on his lips. He should have known Seth wouldn't just lay with him and without further delay he rid them of their clothes and dutifully made love to him.

*********Two months later************

As dawn approached Roman quietly saddled up his mare who seemed just as excited as he did to visit Dean .

"So you're just gonna leave him by himself for god knows how long while you run off?"

The prince gritted his teeth , Seth's father hadn't been less than thrilled when he heard that Roman was taking this trip. He didn't understand WHY, it wasn't like he let Roman get within fifty feet of Seth without bitching at him , he of all people he should be thrilled that Roman was leaving.

"Shawn…..You're here if he needs anything serious , I'm just going into the forest to meditate, I'll be back in three days….It'll give you two some time alone to get the nursery together . I know it's been awhile since the two of you had some father son time and with the baby coming he could use some advice on parenting."

The blissful look in Shawn's eyes when Roman finished let him know he'd won the argument and mounted the horse quickly , deciding to take his leave before the King decided to protest again.

It took nearly a day's travel and incredibly fast riding but, Roman made it to the south shores safely. He tied Pele ea up inside the old stables out back and fixed her with some water and food before he made his way inside. Afa was there to greet him once he made it inside.

"Hello Roman, how are things in the Northern part of the kingdom"

"We are doing very well Uncle….um where-"

"He's seven months pregnant….where do you think he is?"

Afa cut him off already knowing what his nephew was going to ask. When Tamina had shown up on his doorstep with Dean in tow he was a bit skeptical , being of royal blood he'd already know WHO he was but the fact that he was pregnant with Roman's child was new information. Afa was the older of he and Sika and the rightful king but ,his refusal to wed Patricia meant giving up the throne. The unfortunate side effect to being a twin is that no one bothered to learn how to tell the two apart so he'd been spared the burden of knowing he was responsible for hundreds of people losing their for Roman he wasn't , and being the only son made the pressure on his head all the worse and when he'd heard that Sika had succeeded in forcing Roman into the same situation he was ready to help any way he could.

"upstairs second door on the left, correct?"

Afa nodded and Roman took off up the stairs to Dean's room. When he'd finally reached the room sure enough Dean was on his back stretched out across the bed fast asleep. He couldn't stop the smile from appearing on his face,despite the drool on his face or the loud obnoxious snoring Dean looked beautiful in his and when he looked at the blonde's well rounded belly his breath caught in his throat. Without a second thought he walked over and carefully sat on the side of the bed and reached over to place his hands over Dean's belly.

"You're late"

The sound of Dean's groggy voice startled Roman for a moment.

"I'm sorry, Seth's dad is visiting and he kinda held me up."

Dean moved around for a minute before finally sitting up.

"of COURSE your little family comes before me"

"Dean-"

"no ...don't 'Dean' me I've TRIED to stay calm about this and be understanding about this fucked up situation but I can't. "

"You think I don't know that,if I could snap my fingers and be with you I would do it in a heartbeat baby. But. 'T. I've been searching for a way for us to be together but , it's always a dead end. "

"How long is it gonna take"

"I don't know, so far all she has is infidelity but sleeping with slaves isn't uncommon…. Some kings actually had slaves specifically for sex"

"I'm pregnant with your child …..that's gotta count for something"

"It means your the last generation of your family that has to suffer through being a slave because they will now be of royal blood. So far the only way I've found to get out of this marriage is if Seth agrees to it"

"FUCK! I'm sick of ,this...hiding. and and sneaking around Ro I wanna be with you"

Dean's pregnancy really wasn't helping the situation , his moods were all over the place and now he was getting restless. Roman prayed that he could find a way out of this without any casualties.

**********Four Months Later************

Six long agonizing months later Seth got his way and gave birth to a beautiful baby looked every bit as much like Roman as Seth desired except for her big brown eyes that left no mistake as to who gave birth to her. As much as Roman tried to have an opinion on the subject Seth named her 'Nicole' as he'd always wanted. Coincidentally two months prior Dean had also given birth to a baby girl which after much discussion he and Roman decided to name her 'Brianna' and much to Roman's unease she had his silver eyes ….in fact she had his everything right down to his soft black hair Dean loved the fact that she looked so much like Roman and thanks in large part to Tamina, Roman was able to be there for the birth she'd shown up when he'd first went into labor and gave some excuse to Seth about being needed and thankfully he fell for it.

It unbelievable how much alike Brianna and Nicole looked had he not known any better he would have swore they were twins. Roman made it his duty to make it over to see Brianna at least once a week during his "Rides" he'd been taking since hiding Dean away at his uncle's home as his Meditation and thanks to Nikki taking most of Seth's attention off of him his actions were never questioned.