Part 3 Backroom

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Hanul

Rehab started slowly for me as I still had to get into a routine with Lilly. Daily visits from the physio and occupational therapist were murder.

Due to lying in bed for five months, my legs were very weak, and I had to learn to walk from scratch using a walking frame. After about four weeks I noted the male staff started sniffing the air when they passed my room or if I'm in the vicinity.

One morning my daughter called me on it. "Moddy, you smell very sweet. Are you releasing Omega pheromones?"

"What?" I yelled and turned to her. "I have never in my life released any kind of pheromones, why now?"

"Moddy, I think the birth triggered your weak Omega gene, you are going to have your first full heat soon. I think you need to contact Aunt Mei"

Knowing that this was an urgent matter I picked up the mobile phone and clicked on Aunt Mei's name. After a short conversation, she told me that she will come to pick us up in 30 minutes to go for a check-up.

30 minutes later Aunt Mei stopped in front of the villa with her non-descript white sedan with a baby seat in the back. I lifted my eyebrow, "And this? Where is the Lexus?"

She only gave me an 'Aunt Mei' look and told me to get in the back with Lilly. After making sure Lilly is secure in the baby seat, I fasten my own seatbelt. Looking in the rear-view mirror she gave a nod and the car started moving.

"Hanul, do you know how many White sedans there are on any public road at any given time?"

I shook my head in a negative gesture. "Take a look for yourself," she said speeding down the highway. I dragged my eyes from the reflection in the mirror to the world outside the moving car, noting that most of the cars were white. My eyes found Aunt Mei's in the mirror again.

"Yup," she said with a soft smile. "39% white; black, grey, and silver together make another 39% and the rest are other colours of which blue is the most" her voice started to become background noise as I stared out the window again "So," she said with a very serious expression in her eyes, bringing me back to the present. "If you want to move around in this city undetected use a white sedan" I have forgotten that my aunt is a walking source of trivia information.

"Hanul, we can never be too safe. You might not be in the same city as President Lee anymore, but his underground network is vast, therefore I'm taking you to a ...... let's call him a family friend. He has been informed and will keep your identity secret."

An hour later we entered a shopping district and Aunt Mei pulled up in the alley between a tattoo parlor and a gym for amateur MMA fighters.

"Hanul, before you get out, put this hoodie on and hide Lilly underneath." I did as she asked and giggled involuntarily as Lilly grabbed onto my shirt, I am very ticklish.

Aunt Mei went through the back door of the tattoo shop, looking in both directions before closing it behind us.

"Tetsu! We are here!" She quietly said after closing the door. I noted that we were in a kitchen area and that the shop was too quiet for a tattoo shop.

Aunt Mei saw the confusion on my face. "They only open the shop after 12 pm," she said. Nodding in understanding, I saw that this area doubled as a staff room and ink storage. Row upon row of tattooing ink sat neatly on shelves, the table and chairs were cheap but sturdy, clean, and well maintained.

I heard a rustling behind me and turned around only to grab the closest chair to hold me up. The guy that just came through the curtained partition is drop-dead gorgeous. Midnight black hair (that looks as if he just got out of bed after a very satisfying night,) fell in his face covering one of his hazel eyes, and a wicket grin on his face. "I can see that," he said in a deep voice that brushed over my skin like liquid honey all while his eyes roamed over me from head to toe. My knees started to buckle.

The sound of a slap broke the spell that Tetsu had over me, my eyes found the smaller man that appear quietly behind him. Did he just slap Tetsu behind the head? I started laughing as Tetsu's eyes became as big as saucers and turned to the young man behind him rubbing the spot on his head where he was slapped. "Kitten, what was that for?"

The younger man with the two-tone hair and tattoo on his forearm saying 'Volleyball rocks' gave him a deadpan look. "He is here for our help, not to be gawked at like a new plaything, besides you can't handle anyone more than me"

With a sheepish smile, Tetsu gave the younger man a look with hooded eyes. "Yes, Kitten you are more than enough Omega for me."

I suddenly plop down on the chair, looking at the younger man. "Omega? That means you are an ........." eyes moving to the taller man.

"An Alpha?" Tetsu chuckled. "Yes, yes, I am.

"But ...... but you smell like... like ...... a B..."

"Betas?" Tetsu asked again, amusement clearly visible on his face. "We do and that is why you are here princess; Kitten is the backroom ready?"

The younger man nodded looking at me. "I do not trust you with my name, names have power. You will be Princess and I will be Ken, not sweetness or honey or any such vulgar names" he looked at Tetsu again. "Only Tetsu is allowed to call me kitten!" with that he disappeared through the curtain down a hallway.

Tetsu indicated for me to follow him. "Are you not afraid of me knowing your name?" I asked as I slipped past him.

"No princess, I'm not," Tetsu answered in his liquid honey voice sending shivers down my spine. Shaking my body to get rid of his hypnotic voice I walked through the doorway and followed Ken.

Aunt Mei said that she would wait for me in the kitchen and started making herself a cup of tea.

The "Backroom" looked more like a mad scientist's Lab than a room used for tattooing.

"Have a seat," Tetsu said indicating the examination bed. As I sat down Lilly poked her head out of my hoodie, looking around, when she spotted Ken, she gave a high pitch squeal and reached for him.

"Kitten, would you mind holding sweet pea while I run the tests on princess?"

The young man got up from his chair where he was lounging to take Lilly from me. I saw the desire to have his own baby written all over his face. When he had Lilly secured in his arms, she put her tiny little hands on both sides of his face.

I knew what was happening and watched the young man's expression carefully. The moment his eyes went wide I gave him a soft smile and a shrug.

"Ken, meet Lilly. She just established a mental link with you, you will now be able to talk with her even over a great distance. You will not be able to keep a secret from her. She is not a normal baby. She looks to be 5 months old but is in fact just two months."

Ken looks down at Lilly and his eyes got bigger when she spoke to him through their mind link. "Ken, I know you want a baby of your own. He has been here in your tummy for 4 months now. Would you like to hear him?" He nodded slowly with tears in his eyes. Tetsu sensed his Omega's emotion and rushed over, ready to grab Lilly away from him. Ken only shook his head, took Tetsu's hand, and placed it on his tummy. With them connected like that both parents could hear the voice of their baby.

Both men burst out laughing, even Lilly was giggling, I look at them confused. "Why are you laughing?"

Wiping happy tears from his face Tetsu smiled down at his mate. "We are going to have a baby too."

"Okay...... but why are you laughing though?" I asked still confused, then I heard Lilly saying "Moddy listen the baby is happy" that is when I heard a new voice and he was...... was he singing Baby shark? ............ Now I understood.

Tetsu moved away from his kitten. "Lilly, you have given us a huge gift today. We did not know kitten was pregnant. I can test to see if you are going to present as a Beta or Omega, for that I need a sample from your scent gland".

Lilly kept very still while the needle was inserted into her scent gland at the back of her neck. It was not painful, just a little uncomfortable.

The only sound was the click-clacking of the machines and the occasional "wow" from Tetsu as he read the results from the mass spectrometer on his screen.

After half an hour or so I fell asleep to the white noise of the machines. My body is still weak, and I tend to sleep a lot.

I woke to someone lightly shaking my shoulder. "Princess we are ready for you"

I looked into hazel eyes and for a moment could not remember where I was "Huh?"

The mischievous hazel eyes moved away at the same time as a high-pitched squeal pierced my ears. "Moddy, look, look I'm pretty" her happy voice sounded in my mind.

I lifted my groggy head in Lilly's direction as she turned her head from side to side. My eyes caught a glimpse of something shiny. Rushing over I grabbed my daughter's face and tilted her head to see her ears.

With fury, I looked at Tetsu and Ken. "You pierced my baby girl's ears? Are you monsters?"

"Princess calm down and let me explain" Tetsu held his hands in front of him showing me to calm down.

"Your daughter is an Alpha, there has not been a female Alpha for a very long time, and one that can bear children even longer."

Ken added in a soft voice, "they will hunt her to breed her because she can have Alpha female offspring"

"The ear studs contain an inhibitor that suppresses the pheromones, each set of studs is custom made to each person. Lilly will only get one set that should last her about three years. You however get two sets, one for everyday use and one for your heats, the one for your heats will enable you to function normally."

Ken hands Lilly to Tetsu and pushed a tripod chair towards me. "Sit and shut up," he says.

I sat down and kept my mouth shut, wondering who the real Alpha was in this relationship. Ken picks up the piercing gun and before I could utter a sound, I sported a new set of studs.

"These will only last for a year, come back eleven months and two weeks from today so that Tetsu can make you some new ones. Mark your heat carefully as you need to change the studs a week before your heat starts."

Ken places the extra set of studs in my hand. They are the most stunning blue colour that I have ever seen.

Aunt Mei stood up as we entered the kitchen again. "All set?" she asked looking at Tetsu.

He nodded his head "Yup."

Aunt Mei walked to get the car started. Before I stepped outside, I felt a hand on my shoulder. "Princess, if the time comes and you need a friend that will keep your secret call this number" Ken handed me a folded piece of paper.

"Keep it safe," Tetsu said. "If Ken says something cryptic like this, it means that you are going to need it one day". With that, I was shoved outside as the door slammed behind me.

I stumbled, catching myself on the car with my shoulder before Lilly and I ended up on the ground. "Shit, ouch!" I utter under my breath.

Aunt Mei looked up at the sound, she came around to help me get in the car, I saw her looking at the closed door of the tattoo shop mumbling "knuckleheads".