The Forbidden Omega

Epilogue: Happiness Found

{Soren}

I grin broadly as I take another request for the watercolor fondant that my beautiful husband has become famous for in the year since our wedding, and my hand travels down to my very noticable bump beneath my apron. The four pups in my belly shift, stretching and fluttering in a beautiful way. I joy down the order before placing the phone back in its cradle and glance up when Have walks in from the kitchen, a happiness to his eyes that signalled one thing.

"When is Paul stopping by?" I ask jokingly, leaning backwards into the counter to take a little bit of my pups weight off of my pelvis. Just because I am the largest Omega, height and build wise, doesn't mean that having a decently sized litter is easy. I give Have a gentle glare as he rushes from behind the counter to be swooped up in the arms of the Alpha Aiden had taken a liking to, despite the tattoos and ear piercings. I wave halfway as Paul inclines his head in half of a bow to me.

It was certainly Paul's impeccable manners that had won over my fiercely protective True Mate, there wasn't a doubt in my mind about that.

I make my own way from behind the counter, my gait more of a waddle now than anything else, and laugh as Gabriel pesters his ever patient Alpha for attention. "Hey, boys," I announce, more to get Gabe's attention than anything, knowing without a doubt that he would wrap himself around Paul until he received a kiss for his efforts. "I know Aiden cleared the schedule for today, with our sonogram in an hour, so I was going to close the shop in a few."

"Of course, sir." Paul gives in to Gabe's demands absently, and asks in a soft voice, "Do you need anything done for that? I can put up the chairs, if you need." I grin at the kindness of Gabriel's mate, my hand rubbing at my swollen belly and I nod.

"Paul, when are you going to let Aiden hire you?" I complain, knowing Paul's work struggle, and I grumble good-naturedly in response to his shrug. "It makes sense for this to be a family business, silly. Gabe is family, and so are you, by default." I told; my eyes as Paul puts up his same self deprecating excuse, and I hold up my hand, stopping the twenty year old before he could bad mouth himself further. "One of these days, you're going to see sense, and I can take care of these little ones without worrying about this shop every moment.

"Soren, you know what I told you about worrying," Aiden rumbles in my ear, as his arms wind about my waist. I hum happily, feeling the chorus of happy little kicks from our babies as Aiden's large hands splay over my womb. " It's not healthy for you, nor the pups." I give his hand a gentle squeeze, twining our fingers and admiring the play of light on the antique moonstone wedding rings Aiden had inherited from his grandmother.

"It's not that bad, I just don't want to let the bakery go back to how you were running it, Alpha." I twist my head to give my mate a sarcastic look, quipping, "Your wholesalers were skinning you alive, and you didn't notice." Aiden wrinkles his nose as he smiles at me, and I know HE knows I'm right, as I usually am. He was hopeless before he met me, and I have no doubt that if I let up, he would hopeless again.

"What am I going to do with you, you beautiful Omega?" He asks under his breath, looking into my eyes with just a sliver of gold shining around his irises. "You're far too perfect for your own good." I smile, and steal a tender kiss from my sweet husband before the younglings could object to our "mushiness". I grin sweetly as Aiden knows exactly what he was going to do with me: love me with every ounce of his heart and every fibre of his being.

Just as much as I love him is all I ask for.

And I know without a single question Aiden will. Just as much as he loves our four pups, and as much as he will love the litter that comes after them. He will love all of us with every piece of his enormous heart and his beautiful soul. He is the kindest Alpha I have ever met, and perfectly suited to my body, in every way. His hands never cause pain, nor do his teeth or claws. He never has hurt me, and never will hurt me.

The scars on my body from the pretender to his rightful place in my life will fade, with enough patience and cocoa butter, and the scars on my heart are already fading down to nothing, with the love and acceptance of my true Alpha. And I will never press my pups, Alpha, Beta, or Omega, into a relationship they have no interest in. I know that my parents' pressure to grow with pups was a driving force behind my failed relationship.

But it's the best thing in the world, the life I have now, with my Alpha and our small and yet ever growing circle of family and friends. Just last week, Aiden's two littlest nieces took their first steps, just a day behind their brother. And I look forward to meeting with the rest of Aiden's siblings at our baby shower, and swapping stories with his brother, who's just a few months behind me with his third litter for his Alpha. I grin pensively as Aiden rubs our children though the tight skin of my belly, his eyes soft and liquid with affection for the tiny babies not yet born.

There's not a single doubt anywhere within me that Aiden is going to be the most amazing father for our litters, and I don't quite know yet if three litters could be ruled out of our future.

I suppose we'll see how actually birthing these pups goes. My mind might be made up by then.