Chapter 79 Hopeful Hearts
~Liam
“AAAHHH!!!” Anna’s screams filled the entire room as our babies pushed their way out. I n a few more hours or minutes, we were going to be parents!
“AAAHHH!!! Ughm!”
I clenched my jaw as she crushed my hands in a death grip. She was sweating profusely, her breathing heavy. Lexy and Helia and nurses were constantly checking on her.
I didn’t know what else to do. If I could share the pain with her, I would. The only plan m y mind came up with was to talk to her like it would help.
“’You’re doing great, babe!” I encouraged.
I can’t feel my hands.
“Breathe… breathe… you’re alright… you’re doing great!”
Her screams rang in my ears. Tears fell from the corners of eyes and all I could do was watch. The hours Carson and I spent watching videos of women giving birth because Lexy forced us to, was nothing in comparison with witnessing it happen in person. The screams, the smell, and tension – these weren’t conveyed from the screen.
“Deep breaths, babe… deep breaths.”
“Shut up! Just shut up!” she screamed.
My hands were dead by this point. Pups, please come out now…
“AAAHHH!!! Get them out!!!”
“I can see the head,” said Lexy. “Keep pushing, Anna.”
Her eyes widened as she screamed, “I can’t!” that my knees almost gave away.
Fuck you, Liam. You can do this! “Almost there, Luna. One, two, three, push!”
She responded with an all-out effort to push our pups out.
Out of her… head and …
I shifted my weight between my feet to steady myself.
“Push!”
After what seemed like time slowed down, cries filled the room. Amidst the smell of vanilla and freshly cut roses, of sweat, and of metal, three new scents registered.
I was in awe as I watched their tiny bodies, their tiny hands and feet twitching as they cried. They looked… wrinkly… and… precious.
“Anna…”
roll back. It sent a punch in my gut. The machines started
out of here!”
let go of
“No. No, Anna. Anna!”
of the room and closed the
Goddess…
held me up before I lost my balance. Carson’s mouth was moving but I couldn’t
nothing. Nothing. She was inside, fighting for her
my love. I’m waiting for you. Our pups are waiting for
down a wall, my elbows resting on my knees as I
You promised me
everything – from when we met to when we first fought to when we first kissed – everything that we had been through. I couldn’t live
need you slapping my chest and being adorable. I’ll
want to meet them? Don’t we have a game to see who looks like who?
my cheeks as I thought about everything. Then we felt it. Luca began howling in pain. Her mark
Don’t go.
through my throat as something pulled itself apart
Don’t go.
get up. Another round of pain
Don’t leave.
had ever done before. My head felt like splitting into
and somehow kept myself straight enough. I turned to face
Goddess, don’t take her.
pain traveled through my body, I forced
deserves to live. Everyone’s waiting for her.
It wouldn’t stop stretching.
life, take mine instead. I’ll gladly
felt this much pain before. Then it happened.
the world
forward
soul – unimaginable pain coursed through my being, my heart unspared.
confusion. I screamed as more pain assaulted me.” Anna,” I whispered as darkness covered
been waking up then passing out for two days. Lexy was beside me, comforting me, again. My brothers stood
silent condolence.
get a grip on myself. Lexy and Helia offered to look after
close the blinds, refusing to let the
their cute noses and tiny bodies, their tiny hands in tiny mittens. And I couldn’t accept that Anna
should be here doting over them. She should be here, in my arms, both
I couldn’t…
chance to tell her just how much she meant to me. I didn’t have a chance to tell her I love
I had no chances of showing her I could love her like no other. I couldn’t show her our babies – she would’ve been fawning
Goddess, bring
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