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Chapter 27: Stomach Ulcers are the Codewords for Pregnancy

Chapter 27: Stomach Ulcers are the Codewords for Pregnancy

{Alpha Tyler}

"GET AWAY FROM ME!" I heard Trinity roar again. She kept shouting as Andrew and I raced down the hallway as fast as we could.

When I burst into the room I stopped to catch my breath because of how fast I was running down the long hallway to get to the room. "What… Is going on here?"

"I'm sorry you're highness but Princess Trinity seems to be rather upset for some reason and we can't seem to calm her down," One of the maids said with panic in her voice.

I looked over at Trinity with a horrified look because her face was as red as a tomato. Her face was red with anger and her eyes were bloodshot.

"Trinity," I said as I walked slowly towards her, "Calm down please you're scaring everyone."

"Why? Why do I have to calm down just to please everyone else? Fuck you!" Trinity snarled.

"You need to calm down or you'll get more stomach ulcers," I lied.

The maid seemed puzzled by this. "Stomach ulcers? But Celestials don't-"

I gave the maid a sideways look and said, "Stomach ulcers…"

The maid nodded slowly. "Okay then, stomach ulcers…"

Even Mr. Scott gave me a puzzled look. I said through the mindlink. Stomach ulcers are code for you know what.

Oh, okay then, got it! He thought. He smiled and played along. "Yes Trinity you need to calm down. Take a deep breath, you'll be fine. Besides, what are you upset about anyway?"

"I don't know!" Trinity cried. "It's like one moment I'm fine and then the next moment I'm pissed! Not to mention I've been hungry all the time lately! I swear I'm going to wind up getting fat at this rate!"

I tried my best to keep a straight face when I heard Jacob think. Yup, she'll get fat alright! Good thing we can put up barriers in the mindlink or she would be able to hear us making fun of her -ahem- stomach ulcers.

"Okay, if it's that serious then I'll try to calm down," Trinity said. "Although I don't think stomach ulcers cause mood swings to be this bad, but okay then whatever you say."

Just like that, in the blink of an eye she calmed down and sat down on the bed looking as if nothing happened. I blinked. "Welp, that calmed down quickly."

I looked over to see Mr. Scott and the maid nodding in agreement.

"Do you guys mind giving us some privacy?" I asked.

"Yes your highness," The maid said and she quickly left the room.

"Yeah I have some things to take care of anyway. See ya!" Mr. Scott said. He left the room as fast as he could.

Jacob snickered, Yup, there's nothing like dealing with a woman who has mood swings because of her stomach ulcers!

"Okay now that that's dealt with, I'm hungry again," Trinity said.

I blinked. "Okay what do you want? I can go get it for you."

She shook her head. "Nope, I can get it myself. Especially when it comes down to getting a drink. I'm tired of thinking that there might be drugs in my drink. I just want to drink a normal drink without worrying about that."

"Okay now I think you're just being paranoid," I said. "Nobody's going to poison your drink. But I'm going to make your food and you make your drink."

She sighed, "Fine. Let's go."

I followed Trinity down to the kitchen and she started making her drink after she pulled it out of the refrigerator.

"Oh Your Highness!" I heard someone say. I turned around and saw Chef Michael standing there with a smile on his face. "Back so soon?"

"Yeah I know, I was here two hours ago," Trinity said. "I guess training so much makes you work up an appetite."

"I understand," Chef Michael said. But then he gave her a concerned look. "Your Highness, forgive me but I am rather concerned about you."

Trinity raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Why?"

"Because I think you might be pushing it with training," Chef Michael said. "Wouldn't it be a good thing to take a break every once and a while?"

I chuckled, "That's what I've been telling her! Don't worry Chef Michael, she just has a hard time sitting still. If she's not training she's eating or trying not to be bored."

Trinity laughed, "Yeah I agree with Tyler. For some reason nowadays I've been really hungry."

"Well since you've been training so hard lately, that's understandable," Chef Michael said. "So what do you want to eat now?"

She thought about it. "I want cake!"

Chef Michael grinned. "Well, you're in luck! I have plenty of cakes to choose from because cakes are my favorite things to make!"

He went over to the second fridge and pulled out three different types of cakes. He pulled out a six layer red velvet cake, a six layer double chocolate fudge cake and a six layer yellow cake with vanilla frosting. Trinity's eyes went wide in excitement. She pointed at the six layer red velvet cake. "I want that one!"

Chef Michael kept grin and nodded. "Excellent choice Your Highness! Now, how much would you like to have?"

She tilted her head. "Hmm, can I have half of it?"

His jaw dropped. "You… You want half of it? Are you sure?"

She nodded and said, "Yup! I want half please!"

Jacob snickered, Wow looks like the three stomach ulcers want cake. Makes perfect that she would want half, she is eating for four now!

Knock it off! I thought. You're going to give it away if you keep making jokes like that!

Okay fine, I won't say another word. Or at least I'll try not to, Jacob thought.

"Alright then, I'll have this boxed up for you to take to your room," Chef Michael said.

I cleared my throat to get his attention. He looked at me. "Yes, Your Highness?"

"Can I speak to you for a moment?" I asked.

He nodded. "Yes, Your Highness."

I had him follow me around the corner out earshot of Trinity and told him about her being pregnant and not knowing about it yet. His jaw dropped and then he composed himself. "Well wonder why she's been eating huge amounts of food!"

"Please whatever you do don't tell her, she'll figure it out on her own I'm sure," I said. "Until then please keep a lid on your excitement and code words for that are stomach ulcers."

Chef Michael smiled. "Yes, Your Highness. I'll play along for now just until she figures it out. You know what's funny, it's usually the other way around isn't it?"

I snorted. "Yeah I know, that's exactly what I thought. Apparently the Doctor has a strong sense of smell for that."

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Chef Michael chuckled. "Yeah Doctor Koo can sniff out any illness or just about anything at all! That's how I found out my wife was pregnant. He just sniffed it out within two weeks of her being pregnant. That's why he's the most talented doctor in the Celestial Kingdom!"

"No kidding," I agreed. "Now let's go help Trinity get her cake and whatever she got to drink to her room."

Once we headed over to the kitchen we saw that Trinity was gone. I asked one of the nearby maids, "Uh, where did Trinity go?"

"Oh, Your Highness, um Princess Trinity grabbed her cake and her drink and she teleported," the maid said. "I'm assuming she teleported to her room."

"Wow she's fast!" Chef Michael exclaimed.

"Yup! That's Trinity for you!" I said.

Wow, our mate is fast! I wonder how fast the three stomach ulcers are going to be? Jacob thought.

I didn't think anything back. I raced up to the bedroom to find Trinity sitting on the bed stuffing pieces of cake into her mouth. It didn't even look like she was chewing the pieces of cake before she swallowed them! Within fifteen minutes Trinity had eaten the whole entire piece of cake!

I was dumbfounded when I saw that. My jaw was on the floor when she looked at me and tilted her head. "What?"

I composed myself, "You know at the rate you're eating and training I don't think you need to worry about getting fat anytime soon."

She shrugged, "Alright then, whatever you say." She yawned, "I feel tired now. I'm gonna take a nap."

She yawned again and put the empty food tray on the nearby nightstand and laid down. After a moment or two she fell asleep.

***

{Ava}

When I heard the news about Sasha attacking Luna Trinity I was mad! I was also thankful that the very night I broke the mating bond with her that I was able to cast a spell that pulled out her wolf named Sofia out of her. So now Sofia is my pet wolf but I don't put a collar on her because that's disrespectful in my eyes. True Sofia was the wolf of Sasha and Sasha was a criminal but Sofia had nothing to do with it. Honestly, I'm glad I was able to get Sofia away from Sasha.

"Did you hear the news?" I heard Josh say as he burst into the room. I was going to lay down for a nap but I guess that wasn't going to do that now.

I looked at him. "Huh? What is it?"

"Luna Trinity is pregnant!" Josh cheered.

"What!" I said.

Josh nodded. "Yup! She's pregnant, the funny thing is that she doesn't know she's pregnant!"

That statement puzzled me. How the hell does a woman not know that they are pregnant?

"I know what you're thinking, Luna Trinity hasn't figured out yet that she's pregnant, probably because she's been very active lately after she got attacked. So knowing her she's probably just brushing it off as symptoms from being tired because of that," Josh explained.

"But why keep news about her pregnancy from her? It doesn't make sense!" I said.

"According to Alpha Tyler, Luna Trinity is already stressed out enough because of what happened with Sasha and a whole bunch of other things going on. She doesn't need more things to worry about. Besides, she'll figure it out sooner or later," Josh said.

I chuckled, "Wow, the wife's husband finds out that she is pregnant before she does! Isn't it normally the other way around?"

"Yeah I know right?" Josh said, "That's weird. Not to mention the codewords that Alpha Tyler's been using to keep the pregnancy from her is stomach ulcers!"

I practically fell off the bed because I was laughing so hard. The codewords stomach ulcers to cover up someone's pregnancy? Seriously? That was the most absurd thing I had ever heard!

When I finally composed myself I wasn't as composed as I thought I was because I burst out in laughter again. Josh joined in on the laughter this time. Once everything finally calmed down for good I said, "What the hell? Stomach ulcers? That's the best cover they could think of?"

"Yeah, I have no idea what they were thinking on that one," Josh agreed. "I can't wait to get a chance to see the triplets once they're born!"

Upon hearing this my jaw dropped. "Triplets? Luna Trinity is going to give birth to triplets? How? That's impossible, even for the strongest Alpha bloodlines!"

"Yeah I can see where you're coming from on that," Josh said. "Even though it's impossible, Luna Trinity is one of the most unique Celestial's out there so anything seems possible when it comes down to her!"

I nodded in agreement. At this point I couldn't wait to welcome Luna Trinity's pups into the world but for now all I could do was wait.

***

{Trinity}

The next time I woke up I rushed to the bathroom and emptied the contents of my stomach in the toilet. I think I ate too much cake! Note to self: work on portion control!

Yeah I don't think that's what that is. I think it's something else. Danger thought.

What do you mean? I thought.

Well let's see, you've been extremely moody, extremely hungry or tired after barely even doing anything. I think that looks a lot like you might be pregnant! Not to mention I'm sensing three more beings have been added to your body somehow, Danger thought, If that's true, then your symptoms aren't coming from stomach ulcers, they're coming from your babies. I'm sensing three more beings added to your body so it's very possible you're going to give birth to triplets!

What? Please tell me you're joking! I thought.

Nope! I'm not joking! Danger thought. You might want to ask the Doctor about that the next time-

I didn't say anything when I felt something kick my stomach. The last time I checked toilets can't kick anyone so it had to be coming from something else. I felt the kick again and I threw up after that. What the hell is kicking my stomach?

It's probably the babies! I think you need to schedule a doctor's visit as soon as possible! Danger thought.

There's no need to do that, I heard Jacob think. I lifted my head to see Tyler standing in the doorway.

"What do you mean there's no need for a doctor's appointment?" I asked.

"Because I already know what's going on with you," Tyler said. "The Doctor told me that day you passed out and your soul was returned to your body that you're pregnant."

That statement surprised me. "Why didn't the doctor tell me about this?"

"We figured since you're so stressed out about things now that you didn't need to worry about anything else," Tyler said. "That's why we came up with the codewords stomach ulcers to hide your pregnancy from you."

I started laughing and then stopped when I threw up. "You know I find it funny that you found out about my pregnancy before I did! Isn't it normally the other way around?"

I grabbed my abdomen when I felt another kick. "And if something would stop kicking me that would be great!"

Tyler's face brightened. "That might be one of the babies kicking!"

"Exactly how many babies am I going to give birth to?" I asked. Although I already knew the answer because of what Danger said I just wanted to confirm it.

"You're going to have triplets!" Tyler cheered.

My jaw dropped so low that it was on the floor. Triplets? I'm going to give birth to Triplets? What the hell?

Tyler smiled at me and picked me up in his arms and carried me to the bed. "Um, I'm not sure if I'm done throwing up yet. And what about my training?"

"Okay first of all, if you need to throw up I'll grab a bucket for you," Tyler said. "And second, you can train if you feel up to it. Right now, I don't think you'll be training today. You need to take a break and I'm going to make sure you take a break."

I narrowed my eyes at him. "I'm really not in the mood today."

Tyler's face turned red. "Yeah that's not what I was thinking."

"Uh-huh, sure you weren't," I said.

Danger and Jacob were having a field day with Tyler's reaction because they couldn't stop laughing.

"Okay I get it," Tyler said. "I just wanted to make you but now that you're pregnant we probably won't be doing that as much for the time being."

Danger couldn't stop laughing and after a moment or two she composed herself, Sorry I can't help it! That was waaaay too funny!

Tyler rolled his eyes. Ha, ha very funny!

"Okay then, so how are you going to make me take a break this time?" I asked with sarcasm.

"I'm locking the door to this room and you won't come out until I tell you to!" Tyler said.

I snorted. "You do realize that I can teleport right?"

"Alright then fine," Tyler said. "I command you to stay in this room until I tell you to come out!"

I was annoyed by the fact that he used his Alpha command on me because I know good and well that once an Alpha uses his command on his mate then his mate has no choice but to obey. Seeing I had no choice in this I bowed my head and said respectfully, "Yes Alpha, I'll do as you say."

Tyler gave an authoritative nod. "Good, because I'm going to wait on you hand and foot! Don't worry, I'll talk to Brandy and Prince Eric and tell them that training has been delayed until further notice."

I sighed, "Fine."

After Tyler handed me a bucket to throw up in he also grabbed a glass of water and handed it to me. "Drink some water and that should help your stomach, I think."

I drank some water and I felt my stomach kicking again but this time I didn't throw up. "One of the babies kicked again."

Tyler's eyes lit up and he smiled. "Really?" He reached over and gently touched my abdomen and his smile turned into a grin. "It seems that the babies are really excited for some reason."

"Yeah I think it's because I ate half of a cake yesterday!" I exclaimed.

He snorted. "Maybe or maybe not? But yeah half a six layer cake is a lot of sugar intake even for someone who's not pregnant."

"I guess," I said. I suddenly felt sleepy because I guess eating a lot of sugar and throwing it up later takes a lot out of you. I yawned. "Yeah I'm going to sleep. Please try to make sure I won't get kidnapped while I'm sleeping."

"Sure, I can do that and if I have to leave I'll make sure a guard is outside the room," Tyler said.

"Alright then," I said and without another word I rolled over on my side and eventually drifted off to sleep.