Rejected, but not Broken
Chapter 103

Tanner’s POV

The babies were in a hurry to get there and 30 minutes later Gabi was actively pushing our first child out. I don’t know how fast Alpha Heath was driving to get them here in time, but I bet he set a new speed record for getting here.

Von ran in about 5 minutes before Gabi started pushing, but I saw how happy Gabi was with Von getting there in time. The relief on her face was instant when she saw Von enter the room. I am glad they made it in time, as we literally got underway as soon as Von arrived. Our first son was here 8 minutes later. He is so cute. He has strong lungs and looks perfect, and they let me cut the cord.

The nurse took him and cleaned him up and I followed her around. Gabi was worried, with cause, about our babies. She had been through enough and heard horror stories of babies taken in hospitals.

Plus, there were those two families that wanted our children anyway. She was highly concerned, and she wanted me to stay with them. I would, every step, I know the nurse was nervous about me following her, but I told her, “I have always been interested in what you nurses do for the babies, and I wanted to say thank you for all you do. This is our first child and I just wanted to get to see him”.

She smiled and nodded at me, and I watched her as she cleaned off the baby and put him in a warmer, as they are used to being warm. He was weighed and measured, and she did a couple of other things too, but I was so busy watching my son and admiring him, that I didn’t catch it all. He was taken back to Gabi in a diaper and laid on her chest for her to try to feed him for the first time. He quickly took to her n****e, and it seemed like they had done this before.

I stood proudly next to Gabi watching her and my son as he started to learn to nurse, and I was so proud of my baby, already. It was like nothing I had ever experienced before. I was protective before, but the love I felt for this little one I cannot even describe. I see a flash and I look up to see that my mom has taken a picture of me with her cell phone to capture the moment, and both she and Von have tears in their eyes looking at me, watching Gabi.

I smiled at them both and then looked down at Gabi and my son again, and Gabi was looking up at me and blissfully happy. I hold her free hand and watch as she feeds our baby. It doesn’t take long, and he is done, and the nurse comes back to get him, and I follow her around again.

They are checking his appearance and getting him wrapped up in a little blanket. They asked me if I wanted to hold him as his brother would be coming soon and I nodded and sat down in the chair near Gabi’s bed so she could see him, as I knew she would feel better about it.

I sat there and held him carefully like he was fragile. I am trying to be safe with him. The same nurse walks up and adjusts him in my arms and I feel more comfortable this way and lean back in the chair and get my first really good look at him.

He has my black hair, and I wait patiently for him to open his eyes again, as he has looked around several times, but I don’t know what color his eyes are. A little while later, he opens his eyes and looks at me, and I see my own eyes looking back at me.

He looks just like me and my father, and his name will be perfect. I tear up and can’t see him because of my tears and I hear my mom, who is beside me getting her first really good look at him, and her seeing the same thing that I am.

My miniature version of myself and my father. This must tug at my mother’s heartstrings too, as he looks exactly like my infant picture on her desk.

I looked up at her, and she had tears in her eyes too. I looked back at Gabi, and she was smiling at me too, but the tears were making my eyes blurry. I tell her, “He has my hair and my eyes. He looks just like me and dad”.

The doctor gets back where he was as it had been over 15 minutes and it is time for Gabi to start pushing again. I sit there holding our son and I am a proud father. I want everyone to see my son. I cannot wait for dad, my brother, and everyone to get here to see them both.

I am so proud of them both and the second one isn’t even here yet. Is this feeling normal? Do all parents feel this?

Gabi is a trooper, she is tough as nails. My pack is so lucky to have her. I know Dana started a lot of bullshit and rumors about Gabi, but the main one was she couldn’t fight. I know my mate, she is going to mop the floor with those hateful girls.

I know Dana may start the fight by herself, but she won’t finish it that way. Even though I warned the whole pack about the consequences of helping Dana, and that they would get the same punishment as her.

Dana is going to be banished after the fight. As a matter of fact, her stuff was going to be packed up the night before the fight, because no matter the outcome, she risked the lives of our pack members by allowing Taylor and Devon onto our land.

It could have turned out very differently than it did, and an example has to be made for others to not break the pack rules, or the same thing would happen to them as well. ”

Theard my son make a noise and I broke out of my thoughts and look at him and he was looking right at me like he knew I needed to focus on what was happening right now, and he was right. His brother was coming right now.

I am near Gabi’s head right now, but I can hear what the doctor was saying. He tells her to stop pushing for a minute, he gets whatever he needs to done, and tells Gabi that one more big push should do it.

I could hardly stay seated, and I glanced over at Gabi. She was concentrating and really gave a grunt at that push, and it was done.

I heard an equally loud wail fill the room and Gabi lay back, exhausted, and happy, that it was done. My mother took the baby from my arms so I could go and see my second son.

I saw Von standing there with tears in her eyes and so happy, and I stepped back to let her cut the cord for our second son. I already know what Gabi said, and this will mean more for them both for Von to cut it. He will be the heir to Ever Green. Heath, had kept asking.

We were trying to keep it a secret and Heath finally explained why he wanted to know. Due to the firstborn taking over the pack, the twin, who just happened to be born 19 minutes later, gets nothing, except in this case.

Heath was going to turn his pack over to the second son, or if it was a boy and a girl, if the girl didn’t want it, he would give it to our next child. They would both be raised to run a pack, as an Alpha. I thought that was wonderful because I was worried about it myself. In this case, it would work out perfectly for our sons.

The nurse takes my son over and does the same thing for that son as well. I can tell his hair is lighter than my firstborn son’s is, it looks like Gabi’s hair. I stood then waiting patiently for him to open his eyes to see if he got Gabi’s or mine.

I didn’t have to wait long, he opens his eyes and lets the world know he is displeased with being cold and is immediately put under the heat lamp and settled back down. I hope every problem he faces will be settled as easily as this was.

He was checked out and he was absolutely perfect as well. He does have my face, but he has his mother’s hair and eye color, which I thought was beautiful. It will also let us tell them apart easily too.

I follow the nurse back to Gabi for her to feed him and he nudges her n****e with his nose and then latches on. He eats for a little bit, and it seems like he will do just fine with it as well. They are both naturals at it, and I swell with pride at my smart boys.

The afterbirth is taken care of as they each had a placenta, and Gabi is done. She is happy but exhausted and she gets taken into another room and set up there. This room has two couches in it and a few chairs have been brought in as well. I heard our families coming before I saw them.

Heath and Von came in first, followed by my mom and dad. My sister, Alicia, and her mate Anthony, Gavin, Wyatt, and Everly all enter the room. I saw Heath head to the little rolling beds and said, “both boys, that is wonderful.

They are pretty big for twins too. We are so excited for you both”. Gabi smiled happily from her bed, and I told them, “Well, Gabi and I would like to introduce you all to our sons. Firstborn, weighing in at 5.5 lbs. and 23 inches long, Dawson Wyatt Wright”, I announced to the room, and I heard a gasp from both my dad and Alpha Wyatt. They were both beaming with pride, and I passed my dad his namesake.

“Our second born was also 23 inches long and weighed 5.1 lbs. and his name is Percival Heath Wright “and I passed his namesake into his waiting hands.

Seeing such a big man start crying over a small baby was a sight to see. Von had her arm wrapped around his waist and was right there to look at him. Both of them had tears in their eyes looking at him.

I got in bed with Gabi on the side without the IV and we watched as our parents cooed and babied talked to our twins. Alicia and Alpha Wyatt and Luna Everly waited patiently for their turn as, apparently, you need to hold a baby for ten minutes before you let them go.

Heath tugged Von into his lap when they sat down on the couch, to wait to hold Dawson. We would be calling them Dawson and Percy, but we wanted them all to know that we loved them and wanted to honor them by naming our twins after them.

More cooing ensued and then Alicia, as she was passing Percy to her parents, told them that she was almost a month pregnant herself. Congratulations were all exchanged, and my mom could not have been more excited about getting even more grandchildren.

I see Gavin sitting to the side and he is sad, and I feel bad for him as I remember how it felt for me when I was waiting for my mate.

I walked up to him and told him, “We know she isn’t in our pack, don’t give up hope. You are only 19 years old, she is out there. Aren’t you going to train in Ever Green soon after they come back here for Gabi’s fight? They just got a lot of people in there and your mate may be one of them. Don’t give up, you will find her Gavin. I know you will have a wonderful mate”.

Gavin nodded at me and said, “I know it just seems like you have it all right now, and I don’t have anything. It is just frustrating, as I am about to turn 20 in a few months, and I just want my mate to be with.

But I am so happy for you and Gabi. Your babies are the cutest babies I have seen, even if they happen to look like you”

“You know you look like me too, because we look like dad, right?” I teased him back.

“I know, I just couldn’t resist, but they are really cute. I would like a few children of my own too”, Gavin said.

“All in good time, I bet you will find her by your birthday.

“From your mouth to the Goddesses’ ears. I hope she has a great girl picked out for me too”, Gavin said, and then he walked off to go check out the babies with our parents. They had Percy now, and Alpha Heath and Von had Dawson.

Everyone looked happy and I could see Alpha Wyatt giving Gabi a hug and thanking her for using his name for one of the babies. I could tell that it meant a lot to him, and I walked over to Gabi and edged back onto the bed with her.

“If you want to come here for Christmas Eve and please bring Stone, we can celebrate it with you, and then you can go back if you have something special planned for Christmas day. If not, you can just stay here with us and the babies.

Mom and dad are taking a ski trip and we will be inviting Alpha Heath and Luna Von here as well. You can take turns trading the babies out and holding them. I am sure we might need to catch up on some sleep by that time, and we would love to have you here, we have plenty of room “I told them and watched them light up at the offer.

Gabi and I had already discussed it and we knew that Christmas was going to be hard at Crimson Shadow, so we thought that we would welcome them here. It will help keep their minds off of Taylor, for at least a little while.