Secrets of the Alpha's Mate

Ch 9 A New Addition to the Pack

Andre Spane*

I looked up as Paul patted me on the shoulder. I had never felt this nervous and scared in my life. "You okay cousin? It looks like you are gonna faint any second. "He asked with an amused look on his face. I frowned at him, not in any mood for his jokes today. I know that it was his way of trying to lighten the mood, but it was not working.

After I had rescued my wife from the tub, I became enamored with her. I could not keep my hands off of her. I couldn't resist her standing naked in front of me. After making love to my wife half the night, she woke up screaming in pain. In my sleep-fogged mind, it took me a few moments to gather what was going on. She was in labor!

Without my aunt, barking orders at everyone, I would have completely fallen apart. Pauline was always the strength of calm in stressful situations. As we headed to the werewolf clinic, It seemed like it took forever to get my screaming wife there. Now that we had finally arrived, it seemed that we had been waiting forever. Hearing my mate's screams of pain was wearing on me. I did not like this helpless feeling. I wanted to help her. Or at least punch someone. Seeing Paul's amusement made me want to punch him in his face. I could not blame him. I was normally calm in stressful situations. I was normally the one cracking jokes to lighten the mood.

I heard Enza scream again in agony. What had I done? Maybe this was my fault, maybe I wasn't gentle enough when we made love. Maybe I should have just let her rest. I felt waves of guilt that I did not take care of my mate properly. I could not help but feel that my selfishness was causing her so much pain. I heard Enza scream again in agony.

I could not bear hearing my wife like this. That is when her screams grew even louder. This time she sounded angry. "Look you son of a b***h, if my husband is not in here in two seconds, I am gonna rip your f*****g scalp off. "I looked at my family and at Paul and they all had amused looks on their faces. I did not understand what was so amusing to them. Most of them were fathers and had seen their mate in pain. I would expect their sympathy, not their amusement.

I was scared, angry and frustrated. When I felt that I could not take it anymore and that I was going to rip the heads off half of my pack, I looked up to see my parents walk in. I never felt such relief. I walked straight to them. My father looked at me with a small smile. He gave me a knowing hug. "I know it is hard seeing her in pain, but she is strong and will be fine" he said, trying to encourage me. "It would be a lot easier if half of the pack was not laughing at me." I mumbled. He chuckled. "They are not laughing at you. They are laughing at the situation. Most of them have done this before. They all had their wives yelling at them while they were going crazy. They mean no harm." My dad said. "Well what about Paul? He is not a father." I said, feeling annoyed at my cousin. He patted me on the back,"He is doing what you two have always done, be a pain in the ass to the other one. Don't worry, you will have a chance to pay him back one day."

I wish that I could focus on revenge for Paul. Yet, I felt so sad for Enza, fathers were not allowed in the delivery room. She was in there alone trying to give birth to our child. Although, I was not that upset about not physically being in the room with her. I definitely did not want to see all that went on with the actual birth of any baby, including my own. I wanted to take away her pain and be the best father that I knew how to be. I heard Enza scream again. Then I heard a loud crash and Enza growled out "Now!!"

A few seconds later, a very terrified looking nurse walked out and came to me. "Mr Spane, could you please follow me? Your wife has requested your presence," She said with an uneasy look on her face. As soon as I walked into the room, Enza yelled out a painful scream. My blood froze. I wanted so badly to help her, but I did not know what to do.

When I got within arm's reach of her, she grabbed my head and pulled it down to her and started to inhale deeply. I felt my face turning bright red, but she had started to calm down and seemed like she was in less pain. One of the medical assistants brought me a chair to sit because Enza was not letting go of my head. As another wave of pain hit her, she began to inhale deeply into my neck.

I glanced at the people in the room and all of them were going about their business while my wife had my head pulled all the way into her chest while delivering our baby.

I was surprised that nobody in the room thought nothing at all was odd about this but me. It seemed that her pains were almost constant. Only a few seconds between each one. I paled as I felt Enzas Enza's entire body stiffen then convulse. As I looked at her, she turned pale as a ghost and let out a deafening scream. She shoved my head back and grabbed my hands, putting them on her breasts and screamed at me to squeeze. What the hell??? I looked at the nurse who only gave me an encouraging smile.

What did I know? Who was I to argue? My mate was in pain. If she wanted me to squeeze her boobs, then dammit, I was gonna squeeze them. Whatever it took to relieve her pain. At least it felt like I was doing something to help her. I couldn't lie, I was enjoying squeezing her breasts. The enjoyment ended when I saw my wife glaring at me like she wanted to kill me. Damn, I had forgotten about the mate link.

She smacked my hands away so hard that I felt them stinging for a few seconds. I leaned back in my chair to relax for a moment. Suddenly, she grabbed my head so hard that she nearly flipped me over the other side of the bed. I was getting dizzy. I was still amazed that nobody thought this was odd. I know that this was my first child, but all she was doing seemed like some really weird s**t to me. But she is my mate and I love her. The nurse said, "This is it! Push Mrs Spane"

As she bore down and pushed, she grabbed my hand. This time she was squeezing my hand hard but she was letting out a constant, long ,high-pitched scream. Then everything went completely silent. Too silent. Nobody made a noise. Then that is when I heard the most beautiful sound, a small cry that seemed to grow stronger by the second. "Congratulations, you have a girl of good health". I watched them put my baby girl on my wife's chest. Never once had I cried in my life. Yet seeing my mate bring my beautiful daughter into the world...nothing could describe the overflow of emotions.

I felt no shame about any of the tears that flowed down my face. I did not care if every member of the pack laughed at me. This was the most amazing experience of my life. The doctor re-entered the room, "She should be ready to go home within the hour. Mr. Spane, you did a great job as well."

Enza looked up at me and asked me to hold my daughter. Holding my baby, feeling so much love, appreciation and gratitude from my wife...I couldn't hold back the tears. This was the best moment of my life, and I would go to my grave protecting them both.