A Mate for Gideon(17)

“Good morning, my lady.” He nodded once, and entered the suite, sitting on one of the sofas that she gestured to.

“Brant will only be a few minutes.” She continued to tap on her son’s back. “I need you to do me a little favor.” She raised her eyebrows.

“Anything, my lady.” Gideon moved to stand.

“No, no. Stay right where you are.” She moved over to him, carefully peeled little Sam off of her shoulder and handed him to Gideon.

Without even thinking, he accepted the baby. “Um… I’m not so sure…” Two wide eyes looked up at him and the little one gave an almighty kick with one of his legs. “I don’t know the first thing about babies.”

Tanya smiled broadly. “You’re doing perfectly fine. I really need to use the bathroom.” She touched a hand to her tummy and pulled a face. “Like really bad. Just make sure that you support his little neck. I won’t be a minute.” She turned and walked away. Just like that. Walked. Away. Left him with the baby.

Gideon looked back down. The kid blinked, yawned and then started to kick and fuss. He didn’t look very happy and even began to make little choky, crying noises.

Oh shit!

What the hell did he know about kids? Especially when they were tiny, squirming and pink? He swallowed hard, the kicking only became worse. The little one’s face scrunched up and his little fists balled. Gideon looked around, but he was alone.

Cluster freaking fuck.

He’d had just about enough. Gideon was going to get up and actually find someone else to take the little one. It wasn’t that he didn’t like babies; he just had no clue of what to do with them. Feeling like he had two left hands, he moved Sam across to one arm so that the little guy’s head was in the crook of his arm and pulled him more firmly against his body. A miracle happened. Sam seemed to fit perfectly there, and even snuggled up against his chest. The little one quickly stopped his squirming and looked up at him with big, brown eyes. It wasn’t long before Sam was slow blinking and even gave him the cutest, gummy yawn.

Fucking incredible.

Gideon couldn’t help but to grin, maybe he wasn’t so useless with babies after all. He stared down at Sam, watching in awe as the little one dropped off to sleep. It felt like his heart actually swelled a little in his chest.

“What the fuck do you think you’re doing?” Brant growled.

It was a perfectly normal reaction. Gideon shushed his king, even putting a finger against his lips. The only consolation was that Brant wouldn’t tear into him as long as he was holding the male’s son. Although Brant narrowed his eyes, he also pursed his lips and kept quiet.

Thankfully, Tanya chose that exact moment to arrive. “Thank you so much.” She gave Gideon a wide smile as she leaned down, arms outstretched. “I thought my bladder was going to burst.” For just the tiniest second, his arm closed around the child. He almost had to force himself to release the little one. What the hell was wrong with him?

Brant took a seat across from him, thank fuck he looked relaxed and even sat back in the chair. “Are all the security improvements in place?”

Straight down to business. Good, neither of them was into small talk anyway.

“Yes.” Gideon also sat back, resting his hands on his thighs. “The CCTV cameras have been installed inside all public areas within the human sleeping facilities, as well as, on the building surroundings. The beams are also in place and will be able to detect movement should anyone attempt to scale the building. The double security measures should ensure that we have no further breaches.”

Two nights ago, the elite leader, York, had broken into the human accommodations in order to spend the night with one of the females. Considering she wasn’t even a part of the program, it had been considered insubordination of the highest order.

“What of your guards? They were also part of the problem if I recall.” His king’s eyes darkened and narrowed on him.

Brant’s phone began to vibrate on the coffee table in front of them. His king cursed softly. “I need to take this.” He picked up the phone and barked a greeting before leaving the suite, closing the door behind him with a click.

Tanya returned from the nursery after having put the little prince down for a nap. “Can I get you anything to drink?” She put her hands on the sofa back next to him.

“No thank you, my lady. I’m fine.” He inclined his head as a show of respect. “There is something that I wish to ask you though, if you have a few minutes.”

Thoughts of Jenna were still strong in the forefront of his mind. He shouldn’t be doing this but couldn’t help himself.