Page 116 of His Bonded Omega Mate

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Now that two of the babies were here, both alphas, I had something new to focus on: being an excellent role model for them. I would raise them to see the value in each designation. To see that we were all shifters and had to live peacefully with other supernaturals and humans. We were more than our alters and designations. I wanted them to know that gender roles were outdated, so of course our daughter could have it all without having to do everything better than her male peers just because she’s a girl.

I ate up each little move the babies made. Their yawns and cute little snuffles were so adorable that I felt myself falling deeper in love with them. It didn’t matter that I hadn’t created Noah. He was my son, too.

Jewel got closer to the egg, and my wolf went to nose her away when she began barking at it. Noah swiped a clawed paw at the egg, making Tate freak out and shift.

The egg!The poor raven was frantic as the siblings yipped and growled at the egg.

It was only then that I noticed that the egg was rocking slightly.I think he wants out,I remarked.

Asher turned frantic eyes on the medical professionals in the room. The only one of us still to shift. “Will that be okay? The other two are fine, aren’t they? Does he need to cook a bit longer since he’s in an egg?”

Cook? He’s not an omelet, Ash.Tate sounded irritated with his mate as he flapped around the babies and tried to protect the egg, tracking the progress of the growing cracks.Besides, I don’t think we have much of a choice. It’s happening now.

Aldrin was the voice of reason. “He’ll be fine. I have every faith that he’s perfectly ready and was just waiting for his siblings to be born.”

I think he’s stuck!Tate’s panic ratcheted higher.

“Then help him. Use that beak and make a hole,” James said firmly.

The raven darted forward, assessed the egg quickly, head tilting from side to side as those beady eyes took it in, then pecked three times, creating holes near the top.

Ash.Tate summoned his mate to his side.Use your fingers. I don’t want to hurt him.

The other alpha got to his knees next to the egg, and carefully picked at the holes, widening them to the wriggling, now squealing cub inside.

As more of the egg fell away, we got to see more of the baby inside. A little white lion cub and an omega male. His eyes were the bright blue of his omega father’s, and I knew he was just as perfect as the other two.

“Hello, Maddox.” Asher cradled the tiny cub in his big hands. “I’m so glad to finally meet you.”

My wolf urged me to shift so that I could help look after the babies. I was desperate to hold and kiss each one.

“Thank you Hiroshi, Tate, for giving us this. It’s more than I could have ever hoped for,” I said, emotions overflowing. I was overwhelmed, exhilarated, scared, and so tired, and I hadn’t done all that much.

You helped me with your power. You were there every minute,Hiroshi chided.

“What he said,” Asher said, still staring at Maddox with a goofy smile on his face. I’d never seen the alpha so relaxed and happy.

Tate returned to his human form. “That was kinda intense there, but I love how the babies were with each other. His eyes flitted between Maddox and Noah. “I can’t believe I helped make them. They belong to all of us. I just can’t believe that they are half of me.”

“I know what you mean,” I said, looking down at my precious Jewel. The pup was curled up with Noah on the floor of the pretty overcrowded nest. We really needed to move and clean up.

Michaella checked over Hiroshi and then urged him to shift back if he could. Jewel watched her otousan shift and then yipped at her brothers to do the same.

Maddox shifted first. He was adorably chubby with caramel colored skin, a shock of dark hair and his bright topaz eyes. The stone on the ring Asher had given Tate matched his and his papa’s eyes. I wanted to hold him close and get a hit of that new baby smell. My wolf wanted to sniff each one and gather their scent so he’d always be able to find them.

Jewel sounded annoyed with Noah as he took his time shifting, yawning as he did so. He had the same dark, glittering eyes as his otousan, the color of onyx, with short nut brown curls. He was the perfect mix of Tate and Hiroshi. It was amazing to see a person who two omegas had created.

Maddox watched his sister patiently as she shifted for the first time. Those emerald eyes still saw too much on a face with an adorable button nose. Like her brothers, she was a perfect mix of me and Hiroshi. She would have my dark curls, but had tawny skin, making those eyes really pop. I just knew she was going to be a force to be reckoned with.

“We really made some stunning kids, y’know,” I said to my family, still in shock at how quickly things had progressed. We believed we’d have at least a few days between the twins being born and Maddox hatching, but no, they wanted to share a birthday.

“You did,” My dad agreed. He’d stayed silent, just watching everything from the sidelines even as each one emerged. He sounded a little choked. Had he been crying? Long gone was the stoic second in command to Rincoln Hayes, Kade’s birth father. I adored this side of my father. My mother would have been proud of her mate’s about turn, his humility when admitting he had been wrong, and the lengths he had gone to in order to make it right.

I scooped up Jewel, awkwardly holding her in the crook of my right arm. I couldn’t really feel her, but I held my left hand under her. She grasped my thumb and stared straight into my soul, forging a connection that would last a lifetime. “Here,” I said, passing her to him, “Jewel, meet your Pops.”

The smile that graced his face took years off him. His grief and loneliness after losing mom had aged him, and I was grateful to give him a new purpose. He had an online consultancy business that brought in plenty of cash, but my dad needed connections to those around him. He needed to be needed. Now he had four sons and three grandchildren to keep him busy.

“Hello little queen, my Crown Jewel. Aren’t you just precious,” he cooed. “I’m gonna need to hold all those babies.”