It’s been three months now since we killed Alpha Cal. My father is about to return to the Dark Moon pack as Alpha. We accompany him to the car. He has gained his weight back and is no longer extremely thin. He trained with Alpha Maximus daily with the rest of the pack, which helped him gain muscle. You would never know it’s the same man we saved three months earlier. I cling to his arm as we walk toward the car.
'Papa, make sure to be back here in four months. You know I’ll be due to give birth then,' I remind him.
'Of course! I don’t want to miss the moment my grand-pup comes into this world,’ my father smiles.
He tries to hug me goodbye, but my stomach is already huge at five months pregnant. He laughs and hugs me from the side instead.
Alpha Maximus and I wave goodbye and watch the car drive into the distance.
‘Time for lunch,’ I say.
‘We just had lunch,’ he replies.
‘Well, I’m still hungry,’ I laugh.
He smiles, takes my hand, and we walk inside and go to the kitchen to eat.
Four Months Later
I’m due to give birth any day now. My father has just arrived back, ’Hope, look at you! You look like you’re going to explode!' he laughs.
I laugh too, but then I feel a tight pain in my stomach. I hunch forward in pain. My father grabs my arm, and Alpha Maximus my other.
'Come sit, my love,' Alpha Maximus says.
They guide me to the couch.
My father tells us about all the changes he made at Dark Moon Pack and how the pack admires and respects him. I’m so happy my father is loved and respected and to see him happy and thriving. I bid him goodnight, and Alpha Maximus has to help me up the stairs. It’s so exhausting with all this weight in my stomach.
It’s now midnight. I can’t sleep. My stomach and back hurt. I hop out of bed to get myself a glass of water and then pace around the room until Alpha Maximus wakes up. It’s two in the morning.
'Hope, what are you doing?' he asks.
'I think I’m about to go into labour.
'Do you want me to send for the doctor now?' he asks.
Suddenly my water breaks, ‘I’ll take that as a yes,’ he says.
I cry in pain, waking up everyone in the pack house.
Alpha Maximus
Alex, Nathan, Sally, Kayla, Alpha Levi, and Bella pace the corridor outside our chambers as Hope delivers the baby.
'Luna, Alpha Maximus, congratulations! It’s a baby boy,’ Doctor Matlin says as he lays the baby in Hope’s arms.
‘Maximus, he’s perfect,’ Hope says to me.
She suddenly flinches and leans forward.
‘Hope, what is it?’ I ask.
‘I feel like I need to push again,’ she says.
‘A second baby is coming!’ Doctor Matlin says.
‘Twins!’ Hope says, ‘No wonder my belly was so big,’ she says.
I take our son from her so she can push the second baby out. I peer down at my little boy. He has a head of dark hair the same colour as mine. He looks a lot like me.
The second baby is delivered within seconds.
‘It’s another boy! Congratulations,’ Doctor Matlin says and passes the baby to hope.
‘They look so much alike!’ Hope says.
I look down at my second son and back to the son I hold, ‘They are identical twins,’ I smile, ‘I’m so proud of you, Hope,’ I say to her.
Everyone outside the room can hear the cries. I don’t keep them waiting any longer. I step out of the room to announce the birth of our twin boys. Hopes father begins to cry with joy. Nathan and Alex pat him on the back and congratulate him on being a grandfather.
I return to the room to be by Hope's side. I sit next to her in the bed. We hold a baby each and look up at each other, smiling in disbelief at our perfect little twin boys.
'I never thought I'd ever have the chance to be a father. Being a Lycan wolf, she-wolves didn't want to be near me,' I say to Hope, ‘I thought I would be the last Lycan to exist, but now thanks to you, my love, there are three Lycans that now exist. It gives us a good chance for our species to continue,’ I smile.
'Don’t give me all the credit, Maximus. It takes two to create a baby,’ Hope smiles, ‘So, what are we going to name our sons?' she asks.
'Well, I thought we could name one after your father?' Hope suggests.
'Theodore?' I say.
‘We will call him Theo for short,’ she smiles.
'What about our other son’s name?' I ask her.
'Well, I was thinking Leonardo, but Leo for short, so it rhymes with his brother Theo, and I like how Leo the Lycan sounds too,' she smiles.
'I like that too! So, Theo and Leo, it is!' I say proudly.
A few hours later, Hope and I carry our babies downstairs to a living room where everyone in the packhouse is waiting to meet the little Lycans.
Sally and Kayla jump for joy. Alpha Levi is sitting in a lounge chair. I pass Theo to him to hold first.
Bella holds Leo as Billy sits next to her. Billy leans over and holds Leo’s hand, ‘Awe. How cute. They are best friends already,’ Bella says.
Billy only turned one a few weeks ago.
‘They look identical!’ Sally says.
‘They are identical in every way except for their eye colour. Theo has my brown eyes, and Leo has Hope's blue eyes.
Over the following week, Alpha Levi has become very protective of his grand-pups, telling everyone to keep back and not maul the babies. He would even time how long everyone held them, then boss them to hand the babies back to Hope and me. We all thought it was sweet how protective he was of Theo and Leo.