Chapter 2- the awkward introduction.
The moment we arrived, Kane looked about. He brought us to the throne room where Kratos whispered into his wife's ear in secret. The moment he saw us though did he break way from the whispering and greeted his parents with a crushing embrace. Kane returned to hug and asked as to what they owe the honor of being here. Smooth. Really smooth Kane.
Kratos smiled as he announced it would be said over dinner. All the while, Kratos' wife was staring at each and every one of us oddly. Almost as if inspecting us. We were in our dragon form since the Shokans were more comfortable with us in such manner. We walked to the dinning hall as Eva began to get closer to the males. She shunned the slimmer and smaller ones and focused mainly on Snitsky, John, Jeff, Thorn and I. Her hands came onto each of their sides oddly as if feeling them up. Thorn nearly jumped when she did that to him and gently told her he was a married man. But she did that to everyone. Feeling their sides yet quickly shunning them afterwards.
It stopped the moment we came to the dinning hall, however Eva stopped me from entering. Her hands came onto my full stomach as a small gasp came from her, she began to purr and coo oddly at me. What shocked me was the fact that Kratos paid no mind to it!
I nearly yelled aloud 'Your wife is hitting on me!' but I wasn't one to ruin a dinner, that Miz's job!
Her hands kept on my stomach as she began to speak. "You are not hungry, are you?" she asked.
I confessed to her I wasn't, I just came from a realm job and wasn't in the mood to eat. Eva led me to a room down the hallway. She invited me to sleep as the rest of ate. I thought she was going to follow me in, but she closed the door behind me and left. The room was lavishing with an oversize bed to boot! I leaped onto it playful, yet the moment I hit the mattress did I feel exhausted. Odd, I wasn't sleepy when I got here, but now I couldn't keep my eyes open!
I tucked myself deeper into the soft bed and felt my body sink into the down. I was so out of it, I couldn't hear anyone outside the door… let alone if anyone came in or out of the room. My mind was a complete blank as the rest was wondrous! I can never catch enough sleep, being on the road and all. When I woke though, I was refreshed and ready for anything! I walked out of the room and rejoined the others who just finished eating a ten-course meal. Everyone looked particularly full as Kratos finally spilled the beans that he was a father to be.
Kane laughed aloud and congratulated his son, as Eva kept smiling strangely at me for some reason. Kratos warned us though that Shokan dragons have different means when it comes to raising their young. "It's a lot different than what you had to do dad," he explained.
"How different?" questioned Jeff.
Kratos wouldn't go into the details. He couldn't anyway. It was a secret that the elders warned he could not reveal. Not yet at least. Kratos and our hosts were thanked for the meal, as I thanked them for the rest. Just as we turned to leave, Eva smiled once more to me and gave a wink. I didn't like the look of it, not the least bit!
We arrived back home, just outside of the hotel. Kane announced his fullness and he was going to sleep, many of the guys followed yet Snitsky and Jeff stayed outside with me. "What's wrong?" asked my brother.
I told him of Eva's flirting ways with me. "She was seriously into me!" I told them how she kept rubbing my stomach yet stared mainly at my belly button of all things!
"Whose turned on by a gut hole?" Snitsky asked aloud.
She wasn't exactly turned on. She was just excited to it. Jeff then noticed something odd, as my shirt was rolling up he pointed out odd markings on my stomach. I pulled my shirt up all the way and noticed them too, all around my stomach and especially around the navel area. "Did anyone go into the room I was sleep in?" I asked.
No one knew, their backs were turned. I was getting worried about this, what the hell was with Eva?
In the Shokan realm
Kratos waited for his father to leave as he turned to his wife. "Did you find one?" he asked.
Eva nodded as she spoke of Matt. "He's perfect, and plump! The elders have already marked him for me!" she explained with great excitement.
He nodded to her and sighed. "I wish we could warn him ahead of time, I don't want to do that sort of thing to family."
Eva nodded. "I know, but it is a rule, he cannot know until it happens!" she explained.
Kratos nodded in agreement. "Here's hoping he is ready in time"