Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
It was an amazing surprise though. And I was happy that Riviana and the baby were doing well. And that Joaquin was there for them. I would have had a hard time delivering the baby if it had been me. I was Riviana’s Beta and right hand man, I would have done it if I had to, but come on. That would have been a bit too much of my boss to see. Not that I haven’t seen her naked before, but that isn’t the point here. I wasn’t Joaquin, I wasn’t supposed to be doing that. It wasn’t appropriate.
After things settled down, and I was leading the others out of the room to where they were going to sleep for the night, I was able to finally relax and settle down a little. Everyone was tired and exhausted after all that had happened that night, and all I wanted was to crawl into bed with Heather and sleep for a little while. I needed that right now.
“You were working late.” Heather said as I slid into bed next to her. She had woken up the moment the door had opened, she was a light sleeper. “Was it a busy night?”
“Very.” I told her as I snuggled up close to her, my chest pressed against her back. “Aside from that bombing at the stadium, Riviana had the baby.”
“What?” She opened her eyes wide as she turned to face me, almost hitting my nose with her cheek. “She had the baby?”
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“Yes, in her room. Joaquin had to deliver her. Apparently, her water broke and then I guess that things progressed quickly from there.”
“Oh my goodness, that is amazing. I can’t believe she had the baby. I have to go and see her soon.” She was already grinning. “I miss having babies around.” She sounded almost sad as she said that.
“Really?” She hadn’t mentioned wanting another baby recently, but I guess that she would want more. We were immortal now, and there was nothing stopping us. Not to mention, the twins were our youngest, and they were already in college. We had no kids here at home with us. “Should we make one then?” I smiled and kissed her softly yet passionately.
“Oooh, really?” she looked at me with excitement after breaking the kiss. “I would love to have another with you, Vincent. You’re such a wonderful father.”
“And you’re a great mother.”
I decided that I didn’t need that much sleep tonight. I had to give my wife what she wanted. Even if it didn’t happen right then and there, I would give it to her soon enough.
After I thoroughly pleased my wife, I drifted off to sleep for a little while. I only got about three hours of sleep, if that, but I would be fine. Riviana would be running on less sleep than that for a while, as long as the baby was there to wake her up repeatedly. If she could do it, then so could I.
I showered quickly in the morning, letting Heather sleep on in the bed. The shower was cold, to help me wake up a little more. After that, I dried off, dressed, and left the room. I ate a quick breakfast that I pulled from the fridge and heated in the microwave. I don’t even know what it was really, I ate it too fast.
Coffee was the most important thing right now. I needed some that was truly strong. And that had brewed while I scarfed down the mystery food from the fridge. The first drink of it was strong and bitter, but the heat of it was giving me new life as I hurried toward the door. Another busy and long day awaited me, and I had to hurry.
By the time that I got to the tower, Riviana and Joaquin had already had a visit from all of their family. They were all still there in the tower, talking and having breakfast.
“Vincent, good morning.” Riviana called to me. “The others should be here soon too. I will head down to the office now. We’re going to be meeting in one of the conference rooms when it all starts though.”
“I will get the others as they come in, don’t worry. Wait here for Shawn and the others, OK.” She didn’t look surprised by what I said, she just nodded and agreed silently.
When I rushed from the room, I hurried to Riviana’s office that was a few floors lower. I saw that the others were actually already arriving. They would have waited in the office until Riviana arrived, but I had other plans in mind. They didn’t know about last night, but they would soon enough.
“Hey!” I called out to them.
“Hey, Vincent.” Shawn waved and continued to move toward the office.
“Wait!” I deliberately made my face look worried as I spoke again. “You need to head upstairs right away. You need to go see Riviana right this minute.”
“Why?” Dietrich looked worried now. “Did something happen?”
“Yes. And you need to go now.” I didn’t lie, not technically.
“Shit!” Shane was the first to respond.
“Oh, no.” David started to run toward the elevator and press the call button. It was already on the floor though, because I had just come down in it.
I rode up to the tower with them, pressing the button for the floor with the living room. I could see the tension in all of them as we got closer to Riviana and Joaquin. And when they sensed all the other people that were already there, they started to get even more worried.
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I was worried from the moment that Vincent said that something had happened. We were all worried about Riviana last night. She didn’t seem to be doing very good at all. And if something happened to her, it would fall on all of us that didn’t notice what was happening.
While I technically was not one of Riviana’s guards, I was always working as one. My mate and husband was her guard, and I wanted to protect Riviana as well. If it wasn’t for her, then I wouldn’t have anything in this world. I would never have met Shawn. I wouldn’t have my children. I would still be in Germany, lost and lonely. I owed everything in my life to Riviana and Joaquin, and I wanted to be there for them. And mostly, I just wanted to be with my Shawn as much as possible.
When the elevator got closer to the floor that Riviana was on, I could sense a lot more people. There were probably around two dozen people there, give or take a little. If there were that many people in the tower at this early hour, then there had to be something major happening. The problem is, I didn’t know what it was.
I started to panic. To fear the worst. Riviana had had some pains last night. We all thought that they were just caused by stress and exhaustion, but maybe it was something else. Maybe there was something wrong with the baby, with Reeselynn. Oh please, goddess, don’t let that be the case. I couldn’t handle it if there were more children that were hurt with all of this that is going on.
When the elevator stopped, the five of us hurried off the elevator and toward the door that led to the living room. That was where the largest group of people on the floor were located at. David, the fastest of us all, got to the door first and opened it in a panic. He seemed to be looking around the room to where Riviana was.
The rest of us were on his heels as he ran into the room. We needed to know what was going on. Why were there so many people in the room? And what were we going to do from here on out?
“Riviana?” David said as he stopped in front of us all. Shawn and I had to move to the side to go around him.