Van, Becca - Keeley's Opposition [Terra-Form 3] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) by Becca van Page B

night. She followed April through the rabbit-warren-like corridors until they came to a set of double doors at the end of the hall. April opened the doors, and Keeley closed them quietly behind her. She looked up when she heard a moan of pain and saw Olivia reclining on a large bed. Off to the side, a few yards away, were her mates. She tried to remember their names, but the only one that came to her was Cedric.
    “It’s about fucking time you two got here. What took you so long? Did you stop to knit a pair of booties on the way?” Olivia snarled.
    Keeley was too shocked by the venom in the woman’s voice to answer. She bit her lip and tried to dig her heels in when April began to tug her across the room to the bed.
    “Don’t be a bitch, Liv,” April replied.
    “Yeah and you love me because of it,” Olivia replied. She moaned in pain again and Keeley stopped resisting April’s tugging. Both women hurried over to her.
    “Are you—” Keeley began.
    “Don’t finish that sentence,” April interrupted quickly. “You don’t want an emotional bitch on your hands.”
    “You are such a bitch, April. Get over here and rub my back,” Olivia called.
    Keeley followed April over to the bed. Copying April, she offered Olivia a hand to hold. A moment later she wished she hadn’t. She bit her tongue to hold in her cry of pain as Olivia crushed her fingers, making her bones roll over each other as the laboring woman rode out another contraction.
    “Holy shit, Liv. Are you trying to break my hand?” April asked. She pulled her hand away and shook it.
    “Hey, stop complaining. You did it to me,” Olivia replied.
    “I did not,” April replied.
    “Did, too ,” Olivia groaned out.
    Keeley couldn’t help it. The two women sounded so childish she burst out laughing. She was surprised and pleased when Olivia’s mates joined in with her. She gave them a smile and looked back to see Olivia and April staring at her as if she’d lost her mind.
    “What’s so funny?” April asked.
    “You two are. Do you even listen to yourselves? You sound like petulant children,” Keeley stated.
    “Just wait until you’re about to give birth, Keeley,” Olivia panted. “Then I’ll stand around and make snippy observations.”
    Keeley was taken aback at first, but then she saw that Olivia was smiling at her and she knew then that the two women were bantering back and forth as a distraction to Olivia’s pain. She decided she liked this game and wanted to have a little fun herself.
    “Get over yourself, Olivia. The pain can’t be that bad. It’s not like you’re dying, you know. Women give birth every day and get through it just fine,” she said quietly and couldn’t hide the smile forming.
    “Uh-oh, I think we’ve created a monster,” April stated.
    “No, I just like the way you two work,” she replied and removed her hand from Olivia’s.
    “Where’s the healer? I feel the urge to push,” Olivia informed.
    Keeley did laugh when Olivia’s mates rose from their chairs and ran to the bed. It was the funniest thing she had ever seen. The three men were in such a hurry and panic that they ended up banging into each other. She laughed so much she had tears running from her eyes. It was only the sound of Olivia groaning and panting that pulled her from her humor. She began to worry when the healer didn’t arrive, so she helped April prepare her new friend for the birth of her first child.
    The healer did eventually turn up but just as Olivia gave birth to a baby boy. Keeley had the baby wrapped up in a sheet and was cleaning his face when the man entered the room. Olivia was in throes of another contraction, but she did manage to glare at the man for his tardiness.
    By the time the birth was over and the mother and baby were cleaned up and resting on the bed surrounded by three proud fathers, Keeley was utterly exhausted. She had never realized how emotionally draining it was to watch someone else give birth. She slowly made