Sebastian swatted Liam’s chest.
“Come on, I’m all sticky and I want a bath.” Instantly Liam’s attention was on his mate.
“Here, wrap them in this,” Rex said, wrapping Sebastian and the baby is his long winter coat.
“Thank you, Rex.” Sebastian smiled warmly at his friend, who blushed.
“Come on, you four,” Doc said and headed out the door. Kent nearly tripped.
“We are four now aren’t we?” He beamed at Sebastian.
“Yes we are,” Sebastian agreed. “Yes we are.”
Hours later, Sebastian lay nestled between his two mates with their infant son in his arms. Doc had arranged for them to rest on one of the bear-sized cots and he was grateful. He had had a hard time passing his son to Felix to be cleaned and weighed. Felix had understood and made sure that baby Lucian had stayed in view.
Sighing, he ran his finger over his son’s bowed lips. He was going to be such a heartbreaker.
“Nothing can ever happen to him,” Liam whispered softly.
Sebastian looked up and saw fear in his mate’s eyes.
“Nothing will. He has three pretty badass fathers, Felix, who can literally eat anyone who messes with him, a whole pride and pack full of uncles, at least one grumpy-ass bear as a godfather, a pair of scrappy foxes ready to throw down and one tiny, overprotective, human, gun-toting godmother watching over him,” Sebastian reminded him gently.
“My whole world crashed when he…” Kent swallowed hard and fresh tears coursed down his cheeks. Sebastian knew this was hitting his gentle giant hardest. He rubbed Kent’s forearm.
“He’s fine now. He is definitely a fighter,” Sebastian said, enthralled at the sight of his tiny son yawning. Kent’s smile took over his face as he reached in his hand to stroke the baby’s soft cheek.
“What do you think Rebecca was doing with the camera?” Sebastian asked, cooing at Lucian.
“Adding us to the FBI’s Most Wanted List? You never know with her,” Liam said, shrugging.
Doc walked into the room with Felix.
“Okay, you gentlemen are cleared to head home and introduce this little guy to his pride. They have been calling up here non-stop since this afternoon,” Doc said, grinning at the trio.
Liam and Kent got out of bed and helped Sebastian to his feet. Surprisingly, he felt little pain after having given birth. If he moved slowly he was fine. Kent left the clinic to pull the car to the front.
“Doc, I can’t thank you enough for what you did for Lucian,” Sebastian said, stepping up to kiss the stoic man on the cheek. He blushed furiously.
“He’s my nephew too. Does this mean I’m forgiven for yesterday?” Doc asked, his eyes showing a rare hint of vulnerability.
“It was never my place to forgive you, but to answer your question, after what you did today, there is no way I could be mad at you. You’re family after all.” Sebastian sighed happily, holding his son close.
“My man is amazing.” Felix held up their joined hands and kissed their intertwined fingers.
“Only because of you.” Doc grinned.
“Come on, kitten, let’s get our boy home,” Liam said, bursting with pride.
“He needs to meet Al.” Sebastian grinned.
“Who is Al?” Liam asked.
“The stuffed alligator I bought him.”
Behind them Sebastian heard Felix burst out laughing. Liam’s face looked worried.
“When do baby hybrids start shifting?” he asked nervously.
