Author's Note: I'm back! I'm not sure what happened over the weekend, but my writers block is officially gone! I should have another chapter posted by this weekend. Thanks so much for all of your reviews! Like always, let me know what you think of this chapter J

Chapter 20

Bo/Lauren

Bo groaned as she felt a slender body adjust itself on top of her; effectively pushing it's weight against her tender ribs. The last memory she had was of her collapsing next to the Pain Eater during the Trials. Incapable of telling if she was dreaming or still fighting for her life, Bo began to will herself awake. Opening her eyes wearily, she attempted to take in her surrounding, but quickly closed them when her eyes were blinded by an extremely bright light hanging above her head. The glaring light in her eyes only made the throbbing pain in her head worse. Deciding it was best to move her body away from the object of her pain, she began to roll onto her side in order to gain her bearings. Bo's attempts failed when she felt long fingers slide down her pants and part her folds, strategically running them up and down against her core. She couldn't help the whimper that escaped her lips at the feeling of her center being massaged thoroughly. She began to lose herself as the fingers picked up their pace and repeatedly started to rub against her nub, causing her hips to rise and fall uncontrollably. Knowing that she needed to get this mysterious person off of her, Bo raised her arms and gripped the person's waist tightly. Just as she was about to push the body off of her, she smelt a familiar honey and vanilla scent as kisses were peppered along her neck.

"Bo, you need to feed from me." Lauren whispered into her ear while she continued to coax the succubus into feeding. "You've been unconscious for fifteen minutes, some of your ribs are broken and you're bleeding internally."

Opening her eyes quickly, Bo wrapped her arms around the blonde as she sat up frantically. Once in a sitting position, the succubus slipped her hand between herself and Lauren, stilling the doctor's movements. "Where's Evony?"

"She's meeting with the Elder Fae to discuss your passing of the Trials." Lauren answered, trying to move her hand out of Bo's tight grip so she could continue her assault on the succubae's center. "You need to feed."

"Did she order you to come here and 'heal' me?" Bo asked angrily while keeping eye contact. She knew if she looked at the doctor's body, Lauren's increasingly hot aura would consume her. "Last time I checked, you were locking lips with the Morrigan, while I was trying not to be killed by the Minotaur she unleashed on me!"

"You're not honestly going to have a jealously fit right now, are you?" Lauren asked, grinding her hips down onto the succubus. "We are in one of my lab rooms, you are on one of my lab beds and I am not letting you out of here until you feed."

"I'm not feeding from you." Bo responded through gritted teeth, while she turned her head away from the doctor. She couldn't stop the flare in her eyes as her senses continued to be ravaged by Lauren's aura.

Beginning to get annoyed and frustrated at the succubae's stubbornness, Lauren slammed Bo back on top the bed. She placed each of her hands in Bo's and forced them over the succubae's head, pinning her down into an exposed position. While Lauren continued to grind her hips down onto Bo, she could tell by the succubae's blue eyes, clenched teeth and erratic breathing that she was beginning to cave.

"Please feed from me, I need it just as much as you do." Lauren hummed as she licked her way up from Bo's collar bone to her ear. "I really, really want you."

At those words, Bo frantically ripped her hands out of Lauren's grip and grabbed onto the doctor's head, forcing their lips together in a passionate kiss. Lauren wasted no time in deepening the kiss, loving the feeling of Bo's warm and luscious lips against hers. Although Lauren loved the heated make out session she started, she began to notice that Bo had yet to feed from her. Worried that the succubus would continue her stubborn protest, she slipped one of her hands down Bo's stomach and into her pants. The doctor started to kiss her way down Bo's neck as she parted her folds for a second time, and resumed her long, circular massages on her core. Wetness began to pool under Lauren's fingers as her breathing became more and more frantic. Figuring that this would be the best time for Bo to feed, the doctor latched her lips onto Bo as she slipped two fingers inside of her.

"Fuck!" Bo yelled while she tore her lips away from Lauren. Knowing that she was about to finish, she buried her head into the crook of Lauren's neck and tried to control her breathing.

"Do I taste bad to you now or something?" Lauren asked as she sat herself upright on Bo. She continued to cross her arms over her chest and glared down at the succubus as she waited for an answer.

"What?" Bo responded breathlessly. "I love how you taste…"

"Then please explain to me why you're refusing to feed from me!" Lauren shouted. "Since when do you have so much control? I know you're hungry, especially because you're injured! Am I that unattractive to you now?!"

"Lauren, no…that's not it..." Bo mumbled quickly while she sat up and attempted to wrap her arms around her enraged mate. "You're definitely more than attractive to me…"

"Then what is it?!" Lauren asked angrily as she pushed Bo away from her, not caring if she hurt her ribs.

"I just don't want to get you pregnant!" Bo shouted, quickly realizing that she didn't mean to actually say that out loud.

"Excuse me?" Lauren asked, shock written over her entire face. There is no way Bo knew about her conversation with Kate. She hadn't spoken to anyone else besides her and Bo definitely didn't know who Kate was yet. "You don't want to get me pregnant?"

"No! That's not what I meant to say…" Bo fumbled as Lauren began to get off of her.

"Then what did you mean to say!" Lauren yelled while walking to her desk. "How does me getting pregnant have anything to do with this? You're injured and you refuse to feed from me because apparently having a child with me is too repulsive!"

Lauren didn't mean to come off so angry, but her mood drastically changed when Bo refused her over a child. She knew she wasn't ready to have a child right now; there was still so much research to do and they would obviously have to talk about having one in advance. But, she would never cut Bo off over the chance of pregnancy. They were mated, actually they were bonded. She would never be upset over an "accidental" pregnancy because she loved Bo, no matter what happened, their child would be the most cherished and loved person in the world. The idea of Bo refusing her over a potential pregnancy infuriated her more than she ever thought possible.

"I just meant…" Bo trailed off, incapable of finding the correct words. "Maybe we should see if there's any birth control available for succubae's…"

Keeping eye contact, Lauren walked straight up to Bo with a fiery expression on her face. "You're a complete asshole."

Bo was about to respond when the door to the lab opened, letting Dyson walk freely into the room holding a plate of food.

"Hey, it's been almost an hour, so I figured it would be clear to bring you some…" His sentence was cut short when he raised his head away from the food and finally looked at Lauren and Bo. "Acutually…I'm going to find Kenzi and Trick instead…"

"No!" Lauren yelled, giving Bo an aggressive push before walking towards Dyson. "Bo refuses to feed from me, so why don't you let her feed from you since you guys have the PROPER PROTECTION!"

"Lauren…" Bo gasped while picking herself off of the bed in order to follow Lauren. Her path was cut short when the doctor ran out of the lab and slammed the door behind her. "Shit."

"Lauren is terrifying when she's upset." Dyson whispered, nervous that the doctor might here him and come back. "You look like shit, why didn't you feed from her?"

"Long story." Bo mumbled, limping her way back to the bed. "The Pain Eater told me a bunch of stuff while we were in limbo or whatever. He showed me my future, I'm not sure if any of it was true, but he mentioned something about Lauren and I having a child."

"A child?" Dyson repeated while he placed the tray of food on the desk. "Pain Eaters tend to tell half truths, that's why they are so manipulative. They access your brain in order to pull facts out. Once they have enough information on you, they twist your fate and use it against you. They usually never get information regarding your future, since it obviously hasn't happened yet and is not stored in your mind."

"So…not everything he told me is true, but some of it is?" Bo asked confused. "He mentioned something about a prophecy that relates to the Morrigan and why she altered everyone's memories. I know you're saying he tells half truths, but everything he told me seemed so sincere. I could feel it, like I knew he wasn't lying. He said his name was Astor…"

"Astor?" Dyson repeated to himself. "That's a friend of Tricks, or was a friend of Tricks."

"Was?" Bo questioned. "What happened?"

"He was Tricks right-hand man when Trick was the Blood King." Dyson answered, taking a seat next to Bo on the bed. "He wasn't just a Pain Eater, he was clairvoyant too. That's why he was so valuable to Trick. Not only could he get inside enemies minds and pull out information he could use against them, but he could also see into the future. He was able to tell Trick information before it came to past."

"That means that he did see my future?" Bo asked nervously. "Hold on…what's a Blood King?"

"There's a good chance that he was able to see your future, whether or not he distorted the facts in order to feed from you, I'm not sure." Dyson replied, trying to wrap his head around everything. "Eat something. I'm going to call Trick, we should discuss this with him back at the Dal."

The Dal

It should have taken Bo and Dyson a quick fifteen minutes to get back to the Dal; instead it took them over a half hour because of Bo's deteriorating health. Once inside, Dyson picked up Bo and carried her to her bed, laying her down carefully. He knew Bo needed to feed as soon as possible. If it wasn't for the internal bleeding, things wouldn't be so dire. Bo had been bleeding for almost two hours and her condition was taking a turn for the worst, Dyson was nervous that if she didn't get help soon, she would die.

"Why haven't you healed her yet?" Trick asked angrily as he stormed into the room, carrying a bunch of ancient healing remedies. "Here, drink this. There's nothing I can do about the broken ribs or internal bleeding, this will only slow down the process. She needs to feed."

"I want to help her, but Lauren will literally kill me." Dyson responded, clearly upset over Bo's health. "She's her mate; I can't just let her feed from me. We don't know how that will affect the soul bond. Plus, Lauren's chi is specifically made for Bo; she will heal faster if she feeds from her."

"Holy shit, Bo!" Kenzi beamed while entering the room. "I thought Lauren was taking care of you after the Trials…what the hell happened?!"

"Apparently Bo refused to feed from Lauren, which resulted in an argument." Trick answered, not bothering to look up while he slowly poured the liquid into Bo's mouth. "Kenzi, get Lauren on the phone. I don't care what their argument was about. If Lauren doesn't get here within the next half hour, her mate will die."

"I'm already here." Lauren voiced from behind doorway, causing the group of them to turn around simultaneously. "I could feel that she hadn't healed herself, I came as soon as I could."

"Good." Trick finally spoke up, shifting awkwardly in place. "We'll wait outside then…"

Kenzi was the last to leave the room, giving the doctor an angry glare on her way out. Lauren was still fuming at Bo, the last thing she wanted to do was kiss her. Regardless of her anger, she couldn't deny the sick feeling she felt when she left Bo. It was almost as if Bo's pain was her pain. She wasn't shocked by this realization, considering their souls were bonded, but she definitely hadn't felt this before with her. To top all of that off, her hormones were going absolutely crazy. She was completely furious at Bo, but at the same time, she desperately needed Bo to feed from her.

"You're feeding from me. This isn't an argument." Lauren ordered as she crawled on top of Bo on the bed. "You've fed from me multiple times over the past few days and I have yet to become pregnant. Actually that's not entirely true; typically it takes about two weeks after the child was conceived to tell whether or not someone is pregnant. I've ran multiple blood tests and they've all come back negative. Even if I was somehow pregnant, it would be from our previous sexual activities, not from this one. My hormones are running rampant right now, so if you don't want to feed from me to help yourself than feed from me to help me."

"You're so hot when you geek out like that." Bo smiled up at her.

Not bothering to respond, Lauren bent her head down until her lips latched themselves onto Bo. She was still angry, but the feeling of Bo's lips on hers again took some of that anger away. This time around, Bo deepened the kiss instantly and began pulling large amounts of chi from Lauren. Loving the taste and feel of Lauren consuming her, Bo began to work her hands under the Doctor's shirt as she continued to heal herself. Right when her hands began pulling at her bra, Lauren ripped her mouth away from Bo and glared down at her.

"You're out of your mind if you think you're getting any of this tonight." Lauren informed her while removing herself from Bo's bed. "Less than an hour ago you were being a baby about getting me pregnant, now you want to have sex while our friends are on the other side of the door?"

"I wasn't trying to have sex…" Bo tried to deny as she sat up on the bed, finally feeling full and healthy.

"Right, so you were just attempting to rip off my bra for no reason?" Lauren let out a sarcastic Laugh while sitting on the vacant chair across from Bo.

"I wasn't going to rip it off…."Bo mumbled. "I was just hanging out…"

"Hanging out?" Lauren repeated. "Your hands were just hanging out on my breasts, not trying to do anything?"

"Yes." Bo answered, trying her best to keep a straight face.

"Why do you have to be so stubborn?!" Lauren shouted.

"Why do you have to kiss the Morrigan while I'm trying not to be killed by her Fae monsters?!" Bo shouted back.

"Stop being so jealous! You know if I refused, it would have only made things worse!" Lauren replied. "You're the one who's more afraid of getting me pregnant than you are of dying in the Trials!"

"I'm not afraid of getting you pregnant!" Bo tried to lie. "You're the one who is burning hot for me every second of every day!"

"Yes you are!" Lauren yelled back, standing up from her chair. "And the only reason I am burning hot for you is because my body wants to have YOUR baby! Which is ridiculous because you're acting like a HUGE baby right now and making me not want one!"

"I'm not a baby!" Bo argued back as she walked over to face Lauren head on. "Wait…what did you just say?"

"LADIES!" Kenzi yelled, barreling into the room and momentarily knocking Bo and Lauren out of their current argument. "I was expecting to hear a lot of noises from you two…but LURVE noises not FIGHTING noises. What has gotten into you guys?!"

"Is everything alright?" Trick asked, entering the room behind Kenzi with Dyson on his side.

"Apparently not." Lauren glared at them. "My body seems to be preparing itself to carry Bo's baby. But my MATE seems to be against having a child, and now is acting like a child herself."

"I'm not acting like a child! If we have a baby it will destroy the world because I can't raise her properly!" Bo yelled at Lauren. "And I don't want to have to watch my child being raised by you and Evony!"

"What?" Lauren asked shocked. "Why on earth would Evony and I raise our child? And there's no possible way that our child would destroy the world…"

Trying to calm the ever increasing argument, Dyson finally got the nerve to step in. "Bo met Astor during the Trials. He was the Pain Eater that was feeding off of her."

"Astor!" Trick yelled in complete horror. "I thought he died centuries ago!"

"Well, apparently not since he was kind enough to show me my epic fail of a future!" Bo growled out as she walked past everyone towards the door. "I'm going upstairs to have a MUCH needed drink! If you need me you know where to find me… not that you would since I'm such a BABY!"

"Bo wait!" Lauren tried to say, but failed when she saw Bo exit the room, followed closely by Kenzi.

"I think you have a lot to tell me, Lauren" Trick said softly. "Dyson, Lauren and I are going to talk in my study. Would you please try to find out as much as you can from Bo concerning Astor and the Trials."

"Of course." Dyson responded before exiting the room, leaving Trick and Lauren alone to discuss their baby drama.