Aliana and Hanna couldn’t help to coo the baby in their arms, after they were clean and Iris breastfed the two of them, they fell asleep.
The little ones had not yet opened their eyes, but who cared? They took after the alpha so much even when they were just born.
If you looked closely, you would be able to tell that they had curls. They had black hair with curls. Maybe, that was the only resemblances to their mother.
Meanwhile, Cane and Abby attended to Iris. It was also a sad moment to think Grace was not there with them, since her absent was very much felt at this joyful moment.
It was also sad that their two sons wouldn’t know Amee when they grew up. She would be a great grandmother figure for both of them.
There were so many bittersweet moment at this time, but it didn’t make them felt very grateful for this safe delivery and how well Iris’s condition after the great ordeal.
"I will leave the two of you now, I will come back tomorrow to check on you, again," Abby said, she needed to check on Bielle. She still couldn’t fully trust Elder Rose with her daughter.
Iris thanked her, while Cane nodded politely. He didn’t leave Iris’s side, he even had not yet looked at his sons properly, since his main focus was on his mate, making sure she was really comfortable and fine.
"Do you need anything else?" Cane asked, his voice was still guarded. Abby had left the room and there was only the two of them. Night fell and the noise from the bustling street could be heard, as they lit up torches.
"Yes," Iris said softly.
"What is it? What do you need?" Cane tensed up.
"I need you to relax, Cane. You have been very anxious. It’s fine now, the critical moment had passed and now I am fine," Iris said gently, she caressed his cheek and smoothened the wrinkle between his brows.
"I am fine, you don’t need to worry about me."
"If you kept making face like you are going to war to welcome our son, of course, I will be worried," she teased him.
Cane didn’t need to tell her what kind of turmoil that brew inside of him during the delivery, because Iris could completely understand him, but he couldn’t keep acting like that, especially when all of them here, a little bit tired, but was enraptured by their new family members.
The alpha lowered his head, he was sitting on the edge of the bed, next to her, while holding her hand tightly.
"I am glad..." he whispered softly, kissing her knuckles and a tear of joy fell on her hand. Word wouldn’t be able to describe how he felt right now.
Watching Iris to give birth to their sons and try to control his mind from going into the dark place, as it kept going back to the moment they had their daughters. It was a tumultuous of emotion.
"Thank you, thank you for being so brave," Cane said. "Thank you for not giving up."
Iris had tears in her eyes, she gestured to Cane that she wanted to hug him and he lowered his body, rested his head against her shoulder, he hugged her very carefully, afraid that his touch would hurt her.
"Thank you for believing in me." Iris snuggled against his chest, she was very tired. Thankfully, she had eaten something and now with the comfort of her mate, she started dozing off.
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