Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“Riviana?” I said her name as well, looking for her in the crowd of her family. It looked like they were all there, every single member of her biological family. Well, aside from Gloriana and Valerian. They were the only ones that were missing from the usual group.
“Hey guys.” Riviana’s voice was so calm that it almost threw me through a loop. It wasn’t until I looked down and saw her mostly flat belly that I noticed that something had changed.
“Y..you had the baby.” Shawn was the first to say this as he looked at her. “You had the baby last night.”
“Yes.” She nodded and then explained to us that Joaquin had to deliver the baby because she went into labor and the baby came extremely fast.
“Fuck you, Vincent.” Shane said as he spun and looked at the man that had called us up here.
“What? I said that something happened, I didn’t say what it was. This is major. And Riviana had something else to tell you anyway.”
“That was a mean trick.” David hung his head, but the look on his face was one of relief. “I thought that something had happened to Riviana or the baby. You made me really worried.”
“I am sorry, but to be fair, Griffin did that to me last night. He came running into the tower when Riviana was supposed to be in bed. And Joaquin hadn’t called me to let me know what was happening, so I was scared as I ran up the stairs. Everything was fine, of course, but it still scared the hell out of me.”
“So, you decided to scare us in turn?” Shawn asked him, his eyes narrowed.
“I am sorry, I didn’t really mean to scare you. It’s a good surprise though, isn’t it? The baby is here, and she is healthy. This is a day to celebrate. March the third will be an important day to the whole community soon enough. And she is quite beautiful.” I nodded at the words that he was saying. This was definitely a positive and good surprise compared to what I had been expecting.
“I am very glad that it is this type of surprise, and not something that would be considered bad.” Turning back to Riviana and Joaquin, with the baby being held between them as they faced us. “Congratulations. This is quite the wonderful news.”
“It was a shock to me as well.” Riviana said with a smile. “She was definitely eager to come into the world last night.”
The five of us, Vincent the practical jokester of the day included, moved to greet the baby. She was precious, as most babies were. And I could feel a longing inside of me, something that I had not felt in a little while. I loved family, and I loved raising children with my Shawn. I wondered what he would think if I told him what I was feeling.
A little while later, before Riviana was due to head down to the conference room, we were once again heading to the elevator. We were going to be letting the others know where to go when they arrived for the meeting at eight. As I walked, I looked over at my Shawn, and at the longing look in his eyes.
“You are so easy to read, Geliebte.” I leaned in to whisper into his ear.
“Huh?” He was startled a little. “What are you talking about?” He tried to play innocent, but he was blushing profusely as he looked at me.
“I know what you are thinking. What you are wanting.”
“I am not thinking about anything.” He tried to deny it. “I don’t want anything.”
“So, seeing the little one, Reeselynn, didn’t make you want to add more children to our ever expanding family?” I asked him in a tone that was filled with knowing.
“I..I..I don’t know what you are talking about.” He still tried to deny it.
“It is alright, Liebe. I want to add to the family as well. I have for a while now. And soon, we will only have Ember and Bret at home. It will be so lonely when the others are gone. Don’t you want to add more children?”
“Are you serious?” I saw the excitement blossoming in his eyes as we whispered to each other.
“Yes, my love. I think that it is about time that we had more. There are plenty of children in need out there. We need to give some of them homes.”
“Thank you, Dietrich.” He stopped me then, when he threw his arms around my shoulders and hugged me tightly. “Thank you so much.”
“You do not need to thank me, Liebe, I want to do this too.” I hugged him back and tried to act like none of the others could see or hear us. This was a private matter between the two of us.
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Riviana
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I left the baby with my mom and Joaquin’s mom. They, along with the kids, would watch over her. It also gave them the time to bond with her that they had wanted. They needed to focus on her during this time, which gave me the chance to do what I needed to do. And, right now, until it was time to feed the baby again, I needed to focus on the meeting and what we were going to be doing next.
I knew that the others were waiting on me when I arrived with Joaquin. There was a reason for this though. There were still some people among the group that didn’t know about the baby being born in the middle of the night. They needed to find out about it now, and what can I say. I have a bit of flair for the dramatic. I thought that it would be interesting to just walk in and suddenly be several inches smaller.
Thanks to my shifter metabolism, I was also able to walk, and the puffy pouch that comes with having a baby, was already receding. By the time the day was over, it would almost be impossible to tell that I was pregnant just yesterday. And within two or three days, I would be almost back to normal, aside from the swollen, milk filled breasts. That was the only thing to get bigger after delivery rather than smaller.
We were using a conference room today, there were far too many people that would be attending this meeting with us, and my office, while large, just wouldn’t cut it. I thought that people would be more comfortable with a little more room to spread out. And there would be ample seating in there as well.
My guards were already in the room, and so was my dad and Grandfather. The kids were in there as well. Despite the fact that Reeselynn was just born, Reagan and Rika chose to focus on the issue at hand. They would see her again later. This was their choice to make, so I wasn’t going to deny them.
“Good morning.” I said as I walked into the room ahead of Joaquin. I was standing in front of him, wearing clothes that weren’t tight, but that definitely showed that I was no longer pregnant. “We have a lot to-.”
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“WHAT THE HELL!” I heard Trevor’s voice call out to me, interrupting what I had just been saying.
“Is there a problem, Trevor?” I looked at him with a smirk, knowing full well what the problem was.
“I would say so. Where the hell is the baby!?” He was looking from my belly to my eyes and then to Joaquin. It was a circuit that he was completing with his wide and stunned eyes.