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Jenna glared at her mates. “Why are you back here? I told you to help my wolves. Go, I’m not having the nuggets until I know everything is okay with them.” She breathed out steadily, feeling one of her precious babies moving down.

Lucas sat next to her on the right. “All is well with them. We left after seeing all safely back to the club.”

“Woman, our babies want out, and your body wants them out. Stop being stubborn and let’s do this,” Damien ordered.

She looked behind one of her mates, blinking at Lula. “Are you wearing a catcher’s mitt?” A pain seized her, making it impossible to speak. Son of a monkey’s butt. Poor Laikyn giving birth to four. “You two did this.” She pointed at her stomach, then grit her teeth on another wave of pain.

“We can take away your pain,” Lucas offered.

“I told you I was doing this like humans, and I’m gonna do it.” Why she was doing it was stupid, but she had said she would, and she would.

“Alright, its time for you to let me see where you’re at, Jennaveve.” Belle moved around Lula, shaking her head. “I’ve finished the courses and could be a baby doctor if I so chose, which I am not, I just wanted to reassure you.”

“Hello, two doctor hubbies here.” Lucas waved a hand at he and Damien.

Jenna clamped down on his hand, making him turn a weird shade of blue. “You are my mate, not the doctor, today. You and you,” she pointed at Damien. “are to be up here, not watching my vagina stretch out to the size of...holy shitake,” she yelled.

“Looks like we’re ready to start pushing. On the next contraction, I want you to bear down like your going to the bathroom.” Belle sat in front of the bed wearing a set of light purple scrubs, a darker pair of latex gloves on and even a mask hung around her neck completing the outfit.

Jenna focused on the crazy that were her people until the pain hit, then did as instructed, even though she feared she really would accidentally drop the kids off at the pool like she’d heard Breezy talk about. Who the heck wanted to shit in front of their mates while giving birth, and who decided to call it dropping kids off at the pool?

Lula was breathing in and out, counting to ten, the hehe hoo gave her another thing to think about.

“Good job, I can see a head. Just relax and on the next one, do it again.” Belle sat, the ever-resilient mother dragon, waiting.

Two more pushes, and out came her first baby. She watched as Damien and Lucas both touched her, each man working together to cut her cord and open her airway. Her lusty cry made Jenna’s eyes fill with tears, but another pain hit her. “Oh,” she whimpered. She hadn’t cried out since the beginning. Her mates, she was sure, had a hand in controlling the pain, but at the moment she didn’t care.

Lula’s hehe hoo started again, then she gasped. “Give me the baby and help mama.”

Jenna didn’t know what was going on, everything seemed to be fading. She tried to blink to get Damien and Lucas into focus, knowing she needed to be the one to push their baby out. However, the last thing she saw or heard was a tiny cry from her daughter in Lula’s arms, then darkness came.

“Where am I?” she looked around at the empty space. A glance showed her flat stomach, and her hand went down, pressing against where she’d held her precious babies.

“Welcome home, Jennaveve.”

She spun, facing the Goddess. “No, I don’t want to be here. Send me back, please.” She reached out for the female who’d given her so much, falling to her knees on a sob. “I can’t leave them. I didn’t have enough time, Goddess.” Her body rocked back and forth, tears falling from her eyes unimpeded.

The Goddess ran her hand over Jenna’s head. “Sssh, I know. It’s not your time, child. I took you away because you’re a stubborn fool. You’re not human. You can’t do things the human way. Yes, you, like human females, can give birth in a similar way, but you are Fey. Your physiology isn’t the same inside. You can move through realms. Can humans? You can shift time. Can humans? So many things I can name that you can do, that the human counterpart, and even our shifter females can’t. For you to be on Earth and go through a birth like a human, almost killed you. I need you to remember that although you love all your people, you’re not like them. For your children, and your own sake, you must never forget that ever again. Do not raise your precious children to think they are either, for this lesson you have learned needs to be one they don’t have to suffer through.”

Jenna nodded, embracing the soothing love the Goddess gave her like a mother’s arms wrapping around her. “I promise, I’ll never make the same mistake again.”

The Goddess helped her stand. “I’m sending you back now. Your mates and friends are understandably distraught. I’ll send you back a few seconds earlier. You were dying, Jennaveve. Remember that. When you look into Damien’s and Lucas’s eyes, you will see the torment they suffered at the thought of losing you. I will not erase that for it is a lesson you all need to learn.”

She wiped her tears away, nodding. “I understand. Thank you.”

“No, thank you, Jenna. I could not fathom losing you.”

A gust of air sent her back. “Is she okay?” Jenna asked, startling everyone in the room.

Damien and Lucas both fell on their knees next to the bed while Belle held one little bundle and Lula held another. Jenna ran her hands over her mates’ heads. “I was foolish,” she whispered. Opening her mind, sharing her memories with them.

“Never again,” both men vowed.

What they were swearing to, she had no clue, but if it was her never delivering babies on Earth again, she agreed. Never having more babies? That was yet to be decided. She flipped the blanket back, intending to get up.

“Female, are you crazy?” Lucas put his hand on her chest, halting her.

Jenna placed her own hand over his. “The Goddess healed me.” She waved her hand down her body.

All evidence of the birth was gone, not an ounce of pain echoed in her being. Oh, she remembered what it had felt like, and vowed to do what she could for her friends like she’d done with Laikyn when their time came to give birth, but she felt as good as new.

“Do you realize you literally took a good hundred years off my life?” Lucas placed his forehead on hers, a tear slid onto her face from him.

She wiped away the moisture with her thumb. “I’m sorry,” she choked.

He kissed her gently on the mouth, then made room for Damien. “You’re our world. My light dimmed when I thought we’d lost you.” His big body shook as he wrapped his arms around her.

The sound of twin cries brought all their heads around to see Belle and Lula bouncing back and forth. “I think they’re hungry.”

Jenna looked down at her breasts which seemed to be filled. “Bring them to me, please.” She settled back onto the bed with Damien on one side and Lucas on the other. Each man helped her latch their child onto her nipple, then stared as she fed their babies for the first time. With her twin girls nestled in the crook of her arms, her men beside her, Jenna swore she would be the best mother, best Hearts Love, and best Fey Queen.

“There’s a crazy wolf banging at my head, love.” Lucas helped her lift one of the girls up and began to pat her back.

Damien snorted. “He’s been doing that for the last couple hours.”

She’d been too focused on her babies. Her mind had shut everyone out as she’d given control to her mates and Lula with strict orders to be there for her friends, no matter what. “I’ll take over,” she announced.

Her mates’ unhappy growls made the girls fuss, so they stopped. Jenna patted both babies on their tiny rumps. “Hello, Kellen,” she said through their link.

“What the hell happened? My heart nearly stopped when I felt our bond snap, then come back. My boys are going crazy, and I am about to charter a damn jet to find your ass,” he growled.

“Do you have low jack on me?” she laughed, excited to hear his voice. It had been hard not being able to help him and the wolves the last few months.

“Jenna,” he warned.

She looked at Damien and Lucas. “Brace yourselves, we’re going to have company.”

Having all her strength back, she told Kellen to gather his children, and whoever else wanted to come for a visit, and that she’d blink them there. “I want to check their fingers and toes.”

Damien chuckled. “I think all mothers do.” He carefully unbundled the child he held while Lucas did the same to his. She touched each girl’s face as they lay on the big bed in front of her, then placed a finger into one of their hands. “They’ve got good grips already.”

Lucas kissed her cheek. “Strong like you.”

She gasped when she spotted the tiny heart shaped white birthmark on each girls’ hip. Her finger traced each one, checking for any sign of injury. “Is this normal?”

“Yes, love, they’re both perfect. That’s an angel’s kiss.” He kissed the tip of one finger, and then, touched the mark on each girl.

Lula and Belle smiled from across the room. “You did good, Jennaveve,” Belle said.

“You scared the devil out of me,” Lula said.

Jenna laughed as Belle said it was a good thing since Lula didn’t need the devil in her.

She swaddled the babies back up just as Kellen and the pack were ready. “I think we need a bigger space.” She waved her hand, increasing the room by three times the size, adding couches, chairs, and rugs for the babies.

Kellen strode over with two chunky boys in his arms, their bright blue eyes staring down at her girls.

Lucas put his hand out. “No claiming babies, boys.” He shook his finger at Jagger and Jaxon.

“What’re their names?” Laikyn asked, carrying her twin girls Everleigh and Enzley, both girls rested against their mother, unlike their brothers who looked ready to jump out of Kellen’s arms.

Lucas picked up one of the girls and turned to face the room. “I present to you, Miss. Willow.”

Damien lifted their other daughter, then stood next to his brother, motioning for Jenna to stand between them. “And our other little princess is Miss. Piper.” At the sound of her dad’s voice, Piper opened her eyes.

“Oh my, they’re purple like Jenna’s,” Lyric said with awe.

“This one’s are too.” Lucas nuzzled his nose into Willow’s neck, waking the sleeping baby.

As soon as both girls were awake, Jaggar and Jaxon, who Kellen had placed on one of the large furry rugs began crawling toward them.

“Incoming,” Rowan called out. He held his daughter in his arms, laughing.

Jenna knew when Creed and Raina arrived as the little boys scrambled up Kellen’s legs.

“So sorry we’re late. We were with Liv and...oh my god, they’re the most beautiful babies in the world. Holy mother of pearl, lock up your daughters now, brothers.” Raina kissed each girl on the cheek, cooing inaudibly.

“Too late,” Kellen announced, holding his boys who stared at Creed.

Raina rubbed her stomach. “I’m so glad I’m having a boy.”

Creed walked over to Jenna and kissed her cheek. “My mother said you’re very blessed as are the girls.”

She thought of the little hearts on her babies and wondered if Creed would recognize them. In all the times he’d gotten naked, she hadn’t taken the opportunity to check out his nude form. The mark of an angel was distinct, and she was sure that’s what her girls had.

“I suggest you keep it that way,” Lucas said, their connection allowing him to read her thoughts.

Jenna grinned. “Nobody could measure up to you two,” she promised.

Creed coughed, words that sounded like bullshit ringing in the room. Jenna looked around at her friends, the people she had sworn to protect, and knew without a shadow of a doubt they were her people now and forever. Each and everyone had been through some sort of trial and made it out the other side the victor, stronger than they’d ever been. She liked to think she played a small role in their lives and knew without them in hers, she’d only be a shell of a Fey. Now, she was brimming with love and joy and owed it to those who surrounded her. They might not all be related by blood, but their ties were forged through hell and were stronger. She sent a prayer up to the Goddess, thanking her for the life she’d been given and promised to never take for granted all that she was.

“Welcome to the family, little ones.” Kellen said, kissing first Willow, then Piper, his boys touching each girl gently.

Yes, they were all welcome in each others’ homes, and would always be for as long as she was the Fey Queen.

The End

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