os

e spread wide open. This is how I wa

she wasn't sure I could manage by myself since, clearly, I have rocks for brains, and when she arrived, s

least five

ped over my legs, and the gown

e to stay here much longer. That would be a great excuse to use to get sent aw

ear-old man with cold hands and the same atti

one who works at t

Tristan was overly friendly. I like them both, but they aren't workers

about either one of them. I start to feel myself becoming damper and dam

decide to think about something else–anything else. The last th

treatment facility and how embarras

y mind off of those two guys I bumped into until this examination

ays, and I look up to see a small woman, perhaps only about five feet tall, with dark hair pulled back in a

of my dry mouth. Talking i

r. Pendergan. How are you, honey?" She

that, so I finally give h

sorry. I know this isn't easy. But I'll try to have

because she is awfully nice, and so far, I haven't had the sort of l

g she's telling the

our lucky winner." She smiles at me like I am here for some sort of a contest and not as a favor to my entir

uld make me the

e the ultrasound machine. I'll have Nurse Nancy come in to observe

s the mean lady I'd met befo

or Nurse Nancy. A moment later, another older woman walks in

s on the ceiling trying to put myself somewhere

e basically just checks to see whether or not I

ive us a good look at your reproductive o

er my bottom portion, and she's told me I can t

mach with a wand, and then the machine comes to life, an

akes a sound like she's trying to su

't been watching before because I have no ide

t I see?" Dr. Pendergan says

me and stares at the little s

amazing!"

dergan agrees. "O

ke they are happy about it. All I can think about is that whatever is on th

photographs she's apparently printed, and turns to me as Nurse Nancy wipes

No words are comi

women do not have. You have two uterine horns, dear, like

er. "So... what

nceiving are very, very good

ly stare

is is terribl

cuss what to do. I am in a trance, won

dergan tells me, and then th

wo uterin

sitting back down to hook my shoes. A few moments l

r, and she pulls

see you immediately, hon

press my feet to start moving like I

ming with excitement. I don't know what to think about any of this. Perhaps King Gene wi

ted. Instead, we head towards a large audito

dozens, maybe hundreds of people out there. I can't see many faces, but I can see the fron

of these p

am I

doctor as we walk over to him. He l

" she says and hand

'ahh' sound like the doctor and nurse had don

and then steps back beside me

quiets to a hum, and I find myself looking out at the audience as well. "It i

re another woman on t

question for me. "Ros

sturing

my stupid abnormal uterus? T

atening to give way. All I want to do is to run d

ws travels fast here and when they found out I had been selected and had managed to outrun the king's guard, they

Many people in the crowd are clapping and cheering,

look out to see it is the blonde from

und to see if the guards are moving in on Kerry. The brunett

ush pack. Her father, Alpha Martin, is one

she deserves to be the one to carry the fut

ect me to do t

k about what all

ey will be punished for getting out of line, but I doubt it. They should be given some leniency for coming all this way

gible I can brag about.

g," King Gene continues.

hat I am somehow inclu

o me and says, "Except for you,

lips, and pani

I gotten m