Becoming the Luna

Virgil had half the mind to give up on doing anything meaningful for the test of the night but he wasn't the type to lose his head so easily so he straightens up his table like nothing happened and sits down again.

He would just simply refuse to believe that Hayden was pregnant, the chances weren't high anyway due to the fact that he had newly turned but then even the slightest possibility was enough to cause a whirlpool of terror caging in his heart.

He couldn't even say it to Hayden, at least not till he was sure because while he knew his mate wanted children, there had never been the talk of him getting pregnant.

His rubs a hand over his face, shoulders slumped, he was an adult and so was Hayden, he would just have to handle this in a way that there would be no risks involved.

If only Hayden hadn't wanted to help him out during his rut but then, Heaven knows when he would have worked up the courage to actually mark his mate and then where would they be?

After taking a couple minutes to regain his composure, he reaches for the landline to call up Jaxon, there was still work to be done.

This time around only Jaxon makes his way back and Virgil raises in brow in question.

"Where are the twins?"

"Out." Is all Jax says and Virgil doesn't push, having them around was most likely to upset his precarious emotional balance, it was best they weren't here.

"Oh." He mutters, rubbing the back of his neck, a little awkward. "I'm sorry about earlier." Virgil apologizes gruffly.

Jaxon carefully sits across him in his usual position, body language a little withdrawn. "It's fine, Alpha." He says shortly. "I'll begin my reports..."

"You called me Alpha." Virgil notes nervously, he hadn't minded Jaxon even when he learnt that they would work closely together but now he could easily say the smart Beta was one of his favorite people.

Jaxon just waves away his worries. "Really, V, it's fine, I'm just worried about you."

Virgil heaves an inaudible sigh of relief before locking up his emotions tight again. "I'll be fine, Jax, you don't have to worry."

Jaxon clamps his lips shut, hands itching like they might like to smack the Alpha on the upside of his head, while he could understand that Virgil's past wasn't full of roses and orchids, Virgil himself wasn't helping matters by locking everyone out that cared, pushing anyone away that tried to reach out.

Probably thinking he could handle it all himself or some mixture of Alpha pride and the intense dislike of vulnerability, Jaxon couldn't tell.

Honestly, it shocked the Head Beta everyday that the Alpha was even mated.

"Sure." Jaxon says dryly, uninterested in opening the can of worms that was Virgil's emotional state, that would be for another day and hopefully another person better equipped to handle him. "Now, back to the reports..."

•~•

Renee finally takes a break when Doctor Frieda gave orders to give the new family some space, there had been no complications during the birth so Candy was healing up quite nicely.

Doctor Frieda discharged the happy mother and her baby, saying that a family cuddle would be the best at the moment for little Pixie.

Cole insisted on carrying them both although their room was just down the hallway, it was the best place for the makeshift delivery room to be fixed in so getting Candy there wouldn't be a hassle.

Dinner wouldn't be eaten together for the first time since she came down here to be there for her sister, most likely, her parents would eat dinner together, Yanis would figure himself out and so would she.

It's been quite a while now since she had been here, almost a month now but it seemed like she had only left Pine Creek a couple days before.

So much had happened, her dad was back now without any business trips in sight, Candy's delivery went without any hitches and now there was the most adorable, little addition to their family.

Although she knew that Andy wouldn't be here long, when Pixie was out of the red she would immediately move back to her house with her husband.

But there was the 'now', Renee would enjoy the now.

She decides to order up a huge dinner, seeing as she had missed out on lunch as well.

She and Candy had just been getting ready to go eat lunch when Candy's water broke, good thing she was close.

There was an unspoken rule that someone would always be around her at all times, they weren't about to take any risks, even their dad pitching in and looking through baby catalogues with his daughter.

She trudged tiredly to her room, waving away enthusiastically called greetings of congratulations from the well meaning servants.

If she was feeling this exhausted without really doing much, she couldn't imagine how much worse it would be for Candy.

The shower does so much for her that she's hard pressed to just stay inside the steamed walls of glass, letting the warm water wash away her aches of the day, right down the drain.

But there were things to be done, her baby needed to know that he had a cousin now, well the age difference was a little bit wild but it was fine.

She makes for her phone after quickly drying up with a towel, a botched job that leaves her with parts of her skin still wet, causing her to shiver under the air conditioning.

Good thing she had thought to throw on a sweater and an old pair of jogging pants, finding her phone now would be a hassle, she couldn't for the life of her remembered where she had dropped it.

She waddles around the room in her fluffy slippers, going through the drawers and cupboards, and naturally, not finding what she's looking for.

In exasperation, she flops on the bed only to squeal when she feels something hard and sharp jab into her side.