“I think I’ll know for sure when I see them. I can’t wait to hold them.” Kate stopped and took a deep breath.
Rebecca looked over to Kent who met her eyes. He looked down at his watch. “She’s under two minutes apart.”
“Fuck! Fuck! Where is Doc?” Bran yelled.
“I think I hear his car,” Caleb said.
“I better let you go. They really aren’t handling this well,” Kate said.
“Did you want us to come over?” Rebecca asked.
“No, it’s okay. I have my mates and Nic and the pack. Besides, there’s no telling how long this will actually take. We’ll swing by the diner in a couple days to show them off. Oh! Okay that one hurt. Better run!”
“We love you, Katie Bell,” Ashby yelled.
“Bye guys!” Kate ended the call.
“Wow, I can’t believe it’s time already.” Rebecca shook her head.
“You know what Doc said. That one of you could set off the other two with false labor pains,” Liam said, eyeing his mate.
“I feel fine. I’m just picking up on Kate, that’s all.” Sebastian kissed Liam’s hand.
“Becca? How do you feel?” Aleks asked.
“I feel like I have butterflies flying around my abdomen. But that’s it. Will it be okay for Kate to bring the babies out in a few days?” She rubbed her belly.
“Shifter babies are a lot stronger than human newborns. In fact the fresh air will help them, their animals will get the scent of home. It’s very common for shifter newborns to be out and about the next day,” Ma explained.
“Does that mean I won’t be stuck in the house after the baby is born?” she asked excitedly. Everyone looked from Aleks to Ma.
Ma shook her head. “Maybe not you.” She smiled.
Rebecca sighed.
“Come on, baby, let’s head home,” Aleks said, standing.
“Us too, kitten. I want to get you to bed,” Liam said, taking Sebastian’s hand.
“Good luck, guys,” Rex called out.
“Goodnight,” Rebecca said as Aleks helped her put her coat on.
Walking hand in hand, they left the diner and stepped out into the snow. They waved as Liam, Kent and Sebastian walked in the opposite direction toward their car. Rebecca turned her face up and opened her mouth. She loved to catch snowflakes. She looked over to see that Aleks was watching her with a look of love in his eyes that seemed to touch her soul.
“I love you,” she said simply, and watched his eyes darken.
“I love you too. You are my entire world, Becca.” He took her in his arms and rubbed his cheek on her head.
“Aloisius loves you too.” Aleks stepped back and eyed her suspiciously.
“You’re really not going to name him Aloisius are you?”
“Hi-mi-tsu,” she said, drawing out each syllable.
“I told you that you could watch anime as long as you didn’t speak Japanese to me. What did that mean?” Aleks grumbled.
“Secret.”
