Blood Marriage

Chapter Eight: Surprise!

Avarina sat up in bed, causing me to jolt awake. "You ok?" "I'm hungry." That was all she needed to say. I smiled and leaned closer to her with my neck tilted. She hastily latched on, taking her fill. For my female there was nothing I wouldn't give. After she was fed and fell back asleep I made my way to the kitchen. I made her a foot long sub sandwich. She ate the whole thing in one sitting, but she needed it. Yet even at the rate she was eating she was growing thinner and weaker. I sent word to the sorceress that we now knew as Emerald. Everyone was getting worried. Just as Emerald opened the door, Ava gasped. She gripped the sheets and grit her teeth. "I don't believe this. She's in full labor." "What?!" I spun back to my mate in a panic. "We're not ready!!" Emerald rolled her eyes and rolled up her sleeves. "Well you better get ready." She placed herself between Avarina's legs. "Look at me honey. Breathe through the pain or it will hurt worse." "I AM BREATHING!" Her voice was terrifying. I'm a fully grown male and yet her voice had me tucking my tail firmly between my legs. "Alright so something we need to update. The length of the pregnancy depends on the father." My wife started to cry. "What if he isn't ready? It's too soon." Emerald gently took Avarina's hands in hers. "I promise you he's ready. If he wasn't I would've given you something to stop labor. Trust in me and push." Ava nodded her head and reached a hand for me. I hurried over to the bed, crawling in to pull her close. She screamed and pushed as Emerald spoke words of encouragement. This was a very terrifying sight. How any female did this was beyond me. Suddenly I felt guilty for thinking that. This was my wife and pup. As long as they both came out of this healthy, it would be ok. "Push baby. You got this." She gave one final cry as she pushed. "Somethings wrong. I think he's stuck" Emerald had a shocked expression on her face as she gave a gentle pull that caused Ava to wince. "Um, I don't know what the f**k I'm looking at. Aries come here." I kissed my mates forehead before moving to see two furry heads sticking out of her poor opening. "Well, that's different." "What? Whats wrong with my son?" "Love, There's uh. There's two Heads sticking out." "Oh gods he's deformed!" "What? No! There are two of them trying to be born the same time. And well. Covered in fur." Avarina had an unreadable expression on her face as she tried to process what the hell I said. "Your giving birth to actual puppies. It's good. It means they can be delivered safely." I tried to reassure her. "AAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!" She hunched over as she pushed on her own belly. The hormones where causing her to push. "Honey, listen me. I need you to stop pushing until I can pull one out." "I'll try Emerald. I'll try." I crawled back into bed and held her. How the f**k had we missed all early labor signs? Other than her sleeping through everything until now. It was hard to process. I placed my arm into her mouth so she could bite with the pain or feed if need be. Anything to keep her from pushing. I could see Emerald working to free one of the pups. About ten minutes past before she sighed. "Ok, big push." With that Ava stopped fighting it. She grunted and pushed so hard veins appeared on her forehead. I was so proud of her. I was a grown male and yet I could not bear the pain she was surely feeling. "Great honey, ones free and the other is just about out." As Ava was taking deep breaths, Emerald had cleaned one of the pups, handing it to me. I couldn't help it when I started licking my pup. This one is female. So I have a son and daughter. I carefully shifted then grabbed my daughter, placing her between my paws while keeping her mother tucked comfortably against my side. I continued to lick her as my son was born. The sorceress handed my son to me and I licked him as well. Normally this was the females job but given her current condition, I didn't mind one bit. It was nice. "Last is the placentas." Emerald helped Avarina deliver them and clear her womb of anything else. "Your all clear. Both twins are big and healthy. Full term I might add." She remained close to help with our twins as my mate recovered her strength. My poor love was so weak. Between the rapid growth during these six months and the stress of plots against her, she was exhausted. I stayed in my wolf form to provide heat for soothing her aching body and care for our children. Even though they were wolves, she cared for them like normal babies. She breast fed them, cuddled them, and even groomed them with her tongue. However they fed from me. Any blood they needed would come from me until she was back up to full strength. By the end of the following day, she was walking around, carrying our pups with her everywhere, growling at anyone who tried to touch them. Ah, my daring female. I nuzzled her with my snout as we walked through the garden. The pups were still too young to walk or open their eyes so they would need constant care for the next four weeks. But I knew we could handle this.