Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“Let me check her.” Griffin said.
“I will help Riviana with the afterbirth.” Lana said.
“Joaquin? Riviana?” Vincent asked in shock as he looked around the room.
“There was no time to tell anyone, Vincent. Joaquin barely had the time to call Griffin.” My Little Bunny’s face was all smiles and serenity now that the pain was gone.
“Yes. We hurried here as quickly as we could. I am just glad that we were in our apartment here in the castle.”
“You were?” Riviana asked him. “Since when?”
“You were getting closer to delivering. I knew that it could happen any time now. I hoped that we would be able to run here before Joaquin had to deliver her though. At least he seems to have done well. The baby is just fine. She is breathing, just not crying.”
“Is that bad, though?” Vincent asked as he looked at the baby in Griffin’s arms.
“Not really. Not with super natural babies. It happens, mostly with the magical folk. Vincent, I have a baby scale in the nursery downstairs, will you please fetch that for me. We need to weigh the baby.”
“Y..yeah, sure.” He nodded.
“Also, Riviana is about to deliver the afterbirth.” Lana said matter-of-factly.
“Got it.” Vincent ran for the room and took about five minutes just to get the scale. He didn’t want to be there when his Queen and boss, and honorary sister, delivered the afterbirth for the baby.
Things were settling down a little now. The baby had been weighed, five pounds and ten ounces. She was eighteen inches long. She had a small amount of reddish gold hair that was shining in the light of the room. Her squished little face reminded me more of the picture I had seen of Riviana’s mom, although hers wasn’t exactly squished. Still, she didn’t really look like me or Riviana, not really.
“Hello there, baby girl.” Riviana was cooing when she was finally able to hold the baby. She had been cleaned up, the towels from the delivery taken away and disposed of, and a loose fitting nursing nightgown was pulled over my Little Bunny to cover her. All was going well. The baby was sleeping soundly, not making a noise at all.
“She is so precious.” I said as I sat next to Riviana and the baby, leaning over so that I was close enough to them for my own liking. “Welcome to the world, Reeselynn Octavia Gray.”
“Welcome, sweet girl. You were in a hurry, weren’t you?” Riviana kissed the baby’s head. She had been cleaned by Griffin already, so there was no mess now. I leaned in as well and left a kiss next to the one that my Little Bunny had given her, then I leaned over and kissed my Little Bunny herself.
“You did great, sweetheart.”
“So did you.” She kissed me again, soft and gentle. “Though, we need to wake the others. I am sure that they will be upset if they have to wait until the morning to see their sister.”
“Yeah, you’re probably right.”
Being as helpful as ever, Vincent ran out of the room and down to the floor below. We could barely hear any sound coming from down there, but I knew that he was waking them all and telling them to come up to the bedroom.
“What is going on?” Talia asked sleepily as they all came toward the room.
“Are Mom and Dad, OK?” Reagan asked, his voice a little more alert, but still thick with sleep.
“They are fine.” Vincent’s voice was calm, and it was clear that he hadn’t told them about the baby.
Riviana waited until they were all in the doorway before she spoke. I saw the grin on her face and had known that it was coming. Now, with all seven kids looking groggily into the room, my Little Bunny said just one word.
“Surprise!”
“Huh?”
“What?”
“When?”
“How?”
“Mommy?”
“Awesome.” They all had their own reaction as they stood there for a moment. They were only frozen for a minute though, because after the initial shock wore off, they all rushed toward the bed and the baby that was in their mother’s arms.
“Why didn’t you wake us up before?” Rika asked as she pressed a gentle finger to the baby’s cheek.
“There was no time.” I told her. “Even Griffin didn’t get here in time. I had to deliver the baby myself.”
“You? Seriously?” Reagan looked at me with astonishment.
“Hey! I resent that!” I said in mock annoyance. “But yes, me. Reeselynn wanted to be here sooner rather than later. It was just the two of us in here when she made her debut to the world. Just after midnight too, so her birthday is the third.”
“Awesome, that is really cool.” Talia sat on the edge of the bed.
“So, she really came tonight.” Zaley asked as she leaned in toward the baby. “Hi there, Reeselynn. I’m your big sister, Zaley.”
“And I’m your brother, Zayden.”