Chapter 44 ~ Epilogue
Third Person POV~
Damon runs into the office like the hounds of hell are chasing him “All hell is breaking loose! Alexis water broke and Celia won’t let anyone near her..saying she’s going to glitch us to Southeast Asia. And no! Do not ask me why that’s even a thing..something about popping into Viet Nam in the pouring rain? Anyway.. get your fucking asses out there and control your women!”
Blake and Cody haul ass to the sitting room and Alexis is panting and she’s trying to smile at him through the pain.. She keeps repeating “It’s fine.. I’m okay..” Blake scoops her up and rushes to the infirmary. Helena is waiting for them and Olivia pops in behind him.. making him jump three feet “Fuck me! Give a dude a warning! Wear a fucking bell, or something!” Which had all three women roaring with laughter!
Cody is yelling from the corridor that Celia is having contractions.. so everyone scrambled to get her hooked to monitors and trying to calm Cody down. Until Celia’s water broke.. then he started gagging and ran for the bathroom. Chaos rules!
Blake is holding Alexis’s hand..wiping her forehead with a cool rag.. while Cody is fluffing Celia’s pillows.. rubbing her feet.. and she’s telling him to leave her alone. It wasn’t long for Alexis..and Helena kept trying to tell Celia it would go faster for her,too.. if she calmed down a little. She screamed at her “YOU calm down.. your flower isn’t being forced to blossom before it’s time.” With Cody trying to reassure her that flowers never bloom before they’re ready.. and she told him to shut up! He wouldn’t know flowers from weeds and Alexis looks at Blake “What the fuck are they talking about??” With Blake trying to explain that it must be her provate parts but halfway through his explanation, she says “Push.. Time to push!!” And Helena stepped up to check!
Within a half hour, Blake was holding scissors to cut the umbilical cord.. staring at a beautiful baby boy.. screaming his lungs out. And Olivia took him to clean him up and weigh him. Blake was crying and leaned to kiss his wife.. she whimpered into his mouth and he jerked back.. Helena said “That big boy was hiding this next one.. let’s push again, munchkin!” Ten minutes later, Blake was cutting the cord on his daughter and the tears didn’t stop! Olivia cleaned the baby girl and brought both babies back to Alexis and Blake.
Helena said “Your son weighs 8 lbs and 14 oz. He’s huge!! And your daughter is 6 lbs even. It’s no wonder we never saw her on ultrasound!” Everyone laughed.. and Olivia asked what their names are.. Blake said “He is Alexander.. And she’s Bella. She most definitely is our precious Bella!” When Blake placed both babies in Alexis’s arms he wrapped all four of them up so she didn’t glitch them to the North Pole or something..
By the time they had moved Alexis to the Alpha quarters in the infirmary.. Celia was pushing their baby into the world. A little boy came crashing into the lives of Cody and Celia…. And immediately, Celia was back to her calm, happy self..much to Cody’s relief! Their son weighed in at an even 8 pounds and they named him Baron.
The pack celebrated their future Alpha and Beta born on the same day! They felt the white wolf brought blessings they would never had received otherwise! The days passed..the pups were precocious and daring. Bella surpassed daring.. she was quickly becoming the pack darling. Alexander and Baron were always standing guard over her.. she inherited her momma’s penchant for glitching and would end up high on tree branches.. twice she glitched to the roof. Alexis and Blake decided to renovate the attic.. allowing for a fully functional fifth floor.. and allowing Bella’s penchant for being high up to be soothed. Her daddy had built an indoor playground that opened completely to open air..which he caged in. She could swing..slide..climb jungle jim’s ..all the while looking over the treetops. And that calmed her glitching fever a bit.
Damon’s mate Connie is expecting their first pup any day now…while Alexis has just told Blake they are expecting another set on twins in seven months. As she’s sitting on his lap.. she asks “We never talked about having kids..or how many. Did you want a large family? I feel horrible…I never asked.. and that was thoughtless. Probably because I never thought about it, if I’m honest. I knew I wanted pups.. just never thought about how many. So, do you!? Want a big family.. I mean” and he laughs. Loud and long “Moot point, baby! Moot point! We will have however many the Goddess decides!” And that was the end of the conversation….. For now….