Enemies at the Gate

Chapter 21

***Note*** This time, we are going to have some time with the other two mated pairs.

Chapter Twenty-one

Korath lay propped up on some pillows with his mate snug up against him. Even though he was a proven warrior, he was enjoying the cuddling. Ever since he was taken and the experiments were done on him, he did not feel the same as before. The only thing he could think of is that empathy brought about this change. He was no longer focused on being the top warrior; he was now in tune with his mate and looking forward to their children being born. He smiled when he felt Merrok brush a kiss on his forehead.

'I hear you.'

'I am nervous about the babies. We have no place to go now. My people consider myself and Kor dead, and your's tried to kill you. Do you think the Vulcan's will let us stay on New Vulcan?'

He stoked a hand over his expanded waist and smiled; he could not wait to meet them. 'I wonder what they will look like?'

'Romulan features like Vulcan's are dominant. They will have the same copper-based blood as myself. Maybe my ears and eyebrows.'

'I love your ears. I hope that they have them. I would rather they look more Romulan than Klingon. We tend to look a little scary.' He grinned. With anyone from his race, showing teeth would be a sign of aggression. He liked that he could do so and not have to worry about fighting someone over it.

'We will love them, no matter how they look. Do you want Doctor McCoy to tell us the gender?'

'No, I want to be surprised. Do you want them to have Romulan or Klingon names?'

'What were you thinking for a Klingon name?'

'Either Kroesh or Divok if a boy or Auloh or Lukara for a girl.'

'Those are pretty. For Romulan, we could choose from D'Nal or Lhaerrh for a boy and Mahi or Dhael for a girl.'

'We could give them one of each and then your family name.'

'We could create our own family name as I believe our families will not recognize our children or us.'

'My house is D'harvanek. What is yours?'

'House of Kraag.'

'How about we have the family name of Lhaihtrha. We can choose a Klingon first name, or we can have a Romulan first name and a Klingon family name.'

'No, I like that. We can have the family name of Lhaihtrha. I get to pick their names when they are born from the ones we mentioned.'

'If that is how you want it.'

'I do. Now let me sleep.'

Merrok chuckled and kissed him again on his head. He closed his eyes as well and listened to his mate sleep.

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'I can tell you are worried, wa.'' Kor said to Suran.

'I am worried about what we're going to do now. I hear Merrok and Korath, and now that we have no families, our children may suffer.' Suran stroked his expanding waist, his brows furrowed.

'We will be fine. We can create our own as they plan to. We will have a Klingon family name as you are my submissive. We can do Romulan names for each.'

'I like that. I was thinking if we have a boy, either Chavek or S'Ten, and if we have a girl, either Ariennye or Shiarrael.'

'Those will are good names.' Kor pressed his lips to Surans. 'We will take to the party on board from Vulcan. See if we can find a new home there, or maybe Starfleet will let us find a planet that will welcome us.'

'If you could do this over again, would you have chosen death?'

'No, I would not lose you. I know my family would have wanted me to choose death before dishonor, but that choice was not given, and now I would not change anything.'

'I would not change anything either, my mate. Do you want the Doctor to tell us gender when it is time?'

'Yes, I would like to know. You?'

'Yes, I want to have names ready for when it is time. I dislike waiting until the last minute.' Suran wrinkled his nose at the thought. Kor chuckled and thought his mate look cute.

'I'm not cute.'

'Then you are my 'IH wa.' My beautiful one.'

'There is no arguing on this is there?'

'No,' Kor said and laughed.

Suran huffed, 'Then you can rub my back as it aches, and I wish to rest.'

'As you wish, my 'IH wa.'' he leaned back and started to rub his mates back. Within minutes he was sound asleep. He kissed him again and laid back to rest as well.

***Note*** I know, a little campy. But I thought a bit of fluff would be good as everything has been so intense so far. So on to the next chapter.

Vulcan translation:

Adun - husband

Aduna - wife

Ko'mekh - mother

Sa'mekh - father

Ko'mekh'il - grandmother

Sa'mekh'al - grandfather

Klingon translation:

wa' - my one

'IH wa'- beautiful one