Page 180 of The Aurora Marelup Complete Saga Omnibus

“I see the next head,” I say loudly, alerting the rest of the bond mates as to where we are in labor. I hear a cork pop, and Jayce giggle like a little schoolgirl. I guess he got shot by champagne. Aurora’s eyes lock with mine, and she gives me a nod saying this is it. The next big contraction she bears down, and baby number two slides out screaming into the world. It’s another daughter. I’m over here smiling like a damn fool seeing now that my mate has delivered two daughters back to back. It is a feat unheard of for my species. Like with the first baby, I sever the cord, suction the nose and mouth, and then pass her up to her mother.

Aurora sniffs the crown of the baby’s head and then looks at me, smiling. “You have a daughter, Klaus. I would like to name her Kirra. Meaning, the first one from what I remember of the ancient dragonic tongue.” Now I’m in the same place as Dimitri is. I’m over here blubbering like a damn fool. Tears rolling down my face and onto my chest. I scream loud enough for everybody to hear me. “I have a daughter!”

A second cork pops, and this time it’s Alaric cursing. Apparently, he must have gotten hit. Arnulf is laughing, apologizing up and down for his poor aim. By the time the last baby is born, the rest of our bond mates will be drunk off their asses. It’ll just be the three of us tending to the two babies. Aurora unlatches Odette from her breast and passes her off to Papa Bear. She next takes Kirra and latches her on to the opposite breast. Aurora sighs, contently lying back, resting against Dimitri.

There’s a bit of a lull between births for the last one. It seems like forever before the contractions start again. Aurora is exhausted, and it is taking everything that she’s got to get this last baby out into the world. Dimitri and I lock eyes, and then he brings his forearm forward. “Aurora, bite me and feed. You need the blood to sustain you right now. I’ll be fine.” She looks hesitantly at the offered forearm then back up to Dimitri.

With a decisive nod, she bites his arm, and I watch her drink from him. As she feeds from him, she regains color in her cheeks, and her breaths aren’t as labored. It takes several moments before she’s had her fill, and she licks the wounds that she created clean. The next contraction she has, she bears down and starts pushing. This little pup practically slides out since the other two were much larger than it is. I start to laugh because it seems like the baby was riding a slip and slide to get out. This little one is timid, it grips my finger tightly, seeming as if it is afraid to let go.

I cut the cord and suction out its nostrils and mouth. Yet again, a baby girl is born, a third miracle. But this one’s not like the other two. She’s not as heavily built, nor is she apt to scream once her airways were cleared. In the back of my mind, I wonder if this baby is sickly. I refuse to project that thought to anyone, not wanting to upset Aurora right now. I pass her up to Aurora, and she smiles, looking at the baby.

“Hey Jayce, would you mind poking your head in here?” The little girl has snow-white hair and pale-grey eyes like her mama. The other two both have dark hair.

Jayce pokes his head in and smiles, holding out a pomegranate juice. Aurora gently sits up, lays the new baby in her lap, and then passes me my daughter. I have a sinking suspicion I know what’s going on.

“Jayce, get your ass in here,” Aurora says firmly as she stares at our family’s Omega.

Jayce climbs in, and in the meantime Dimitri makes his way out with his daughter to show her off. Aurora pats the spot next to her, and Jayce sits down, looking between the two of us curiously. “Jayce, I would like you to meet your daughter, Luna. I gave her the name Luna because of her birthmark.” That being said, Aurora shows Jayce the single crescent moon on her wrist.

“Unlike my set of twins, your daughter will never hold a title, but like them, they have been touched by the Goddess herself.” Aurora passes little Luna off to Jayce.

You would think that Jayce was hit by a Mack truck because of the shocked expression on his face. He keeps looking down between his daughter and Aurora and back again. “She’s like me,” he says sadly as he looks at his daughter.

“It’s not often with the Dire Wolves that a female Omega is born. It’s a blessing and a curse.” Tears stream down his face as he slowly lifts his eyes to Aurora as he passes his daughter back to her.

“Thank you for this gift, my love. We will have to teach her how to protect herself.” Aurora nods slowly as she watches Jayce leave the den.

“I would have thought he would have been happier. I didn’t know that I would be able to birth an Omega,” Aurora says sadly as she nurses the baby. “She will have the protection of her siblings, thankfully.” She sighs softly.

“I will have to take extra care when it comes time for her to choose a mate. I do not want anybody that would take advantage of her Omega status to ever have control of her,” Aurora says as she runs her fingers through the baby’s snow-white hair. Slowly, I leave the den, leaving Aurora with her last daughter.

Elsa and Helle are in the room now. Jayce is explaining to his mother what’s occurred. Dominik is excited for his brother. Jayce, unfortunately, is still sad. Helle is trying to comfort Jayce and explain to him how things are different now. Without hisfather’s rule, there is no enslavement for the female Omegas. I move and get in front of Jayce and kiss his lips. “Love, our mate is saddened by your reaction to seeing your daughter. I don’t understand what’s going through your head, but Aurora feels like she failed you.” Jayce’s eyes go wide, and he looks back and forth between myself and the den that Aurora has refused to come out of.

“She never failed me. She gave me the greatest gift ever. You just don’t understand what it’s like to be an Omega.” He sighs, and his shoulders droop down, his mother rubbing his shoulders. “I got lucky with the family I ended up with. Not all Omegas end up with such a glorious fate.”

He starts to walk over to the den. “I will be damned if anybody ever mistreats my daughter,” Jayce growls, and it’s the first time there is any semblance of dominance coming off of him. He ducks inside to spend time with Aurora and his child.

Meanwhile, my grandmother already snatches my child out of my arms and somehow Dominik has Dimitri’s child. For the next hour or two, we play pass the baby. Everyone gets to hold everyone else’s child—all except for little Luna. Aurora seems fiercely protective of that little white-haired bundle of joy.

Eventually, Aurora emerges, cleaned up and in a different outfit that Jayce had brought into the den with him. Luna is still latched onto Aurora, feeding aggressively. Aurora’s eyes are that of her beast as she scans the area for any possible threat. Helle hesitantly approaches Aurora to get a look at her granddaughter. As much as Aurora likes Helle instinctually, she lets out a low growl. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that. This little one is going to need a lot of protection until she comes into her own or finds a suitable mate.”

Helle nods sadly and lightly touches the crown of the baby’s head. “I completely understand. I was the same way with Jayce when he was born. I had it easy, though; my mate rejectedhis Omega son,” she says so sadly. “This little one has the full protection of the pack behind her and of the dragons. I would be concerned for those who attempt to get near her more than anything else.”

Helle’s deduction makes Aurora laugh. Gently, she lays Luna in her grandmother’s arms. A light kiss is given to the baby’s temple before Aurora backs up and sits in the rocking chair nearby. “I need to go shift in a little bit to make sure I heal up correctly,” she says just before she yawns.

“I’ve ordered food to be brought down to you,” Dimitri says. “Make sure you eat before you go out and shift and please take Alaric or one of the dragon guards with you.” Aurora’s eyes glow that ethereal white. It can mean only one of two things: either she would freeze something or would be summoning a dragon to her.

Several moments later, a knock sounds at the door, and she motions for it to be opened. On the other side of the door is Marco, her Black Dragon. He holds a tray of food, brings it over, and sits it next to Aurora. His eyes flash to that of his dragon, and he looks around the room. I know that look; I’ve seen it before. It’s the look of recognition for a dragon when it’s found its mate. The question is, which one of these three little girls is it. Aurora looks back and forth and smiles, having seen it for herself. She motions to Helle, and she brings the baby back over to her.

Aurora stands slowly with Luna in her arms and looks up to Marco. She tilts her head gently to the side, exposing her throat for the briefest of seconds, showing that she means him no harm. She reaches out and puts Luna in Marco’s arms. His eyes flash to that of his dragon again, and Aurora’s eyes shift to that of her beast as she stares up at him. “She is yours to protect,” she says sternly. “Do not let me ever find out that you defiledthe sacred covenant in any way, shape, or form.” Marco nods his head slowly, and a single tear rolls down his cheek.

“I understand, my Queen. Never in all my years did I think I would ever be blessed with a mate.” He slowly lowers his head and kisses Luna’s temple. “No offense, my Queen, but I will guard her from a distance. Please assign one of the War Dragons to her personally.” He nuzzles Luna’s cheek again and smiles.

“I want to do right by her, and to do so would be to give her time to grow into the woman that she’s meant to be,” he says reverently as he gently places Luna back into Aurora’s arms. She smiles and then looks over to Jayce and then offers him his daughter. Without hesitation, Jayce comes running over and takes his daughter and goes and sits down and starts talking to her.

“I need to go shift, Marco, to make sure that I heal. I would wish for you to escort me outside and make sure that I’m fine.” Her eyes take on the ethereal glow again, and before they are ready to leave, Dante arrives. Her eyes remain glowing as she stares at Dante, I’m guessing relaying to him everything that’s just occurred. Dante’s head whips back and forth between Marco and where Luna is, and he smiles. “Your secret is safe with me, my Queen,” he says as he bows his head low and then takes a seat by the door.

Aurora and Marco leave quickly to go heal after she finishes eating everything that was on her plate. My grandmother finally gives me back my child, and I sit here snuggling my little Kirra. First one, what a perfect name for this perfect little girl. I couldn’t be happier. Here we thought that it was only me and Dimitri that had fathered children. Jayce, his sneaky little self, somehow managed to slip in there and get himself a daughter. I guess next time around, it’s just Dominik and Arnulf to start things off. Who knows, we each may get a couple of morechildren. All I know is I am thankful and grateful for the one that I’ve been given.

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