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Reece

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I had been playing with Reagan and Rika all morning. My Little Bunny on the other hand had been running all over the house making sure that everything for the day was ready. Family had been invited to come early so that they didn't have to wade through the massive horde of shifters and warlocks when the party started.

The problem was, that a lot of guests had started to show up early, and by that I am referring to the guests that hadn't been invited to come early. There were a lot of overly eager and excited guests that just wanted to be here early to see who and what they could.

I was just doing my best to avoid them, and everyone really. I just wanted to be with my children and my friends and family. Was that so bad?

Apparently it was. Trinity came and found me while I was hiding away. I could tell that she was a little upset with me. I was the Alpha of this pack even if she did outrank me as the Queen of all the shifters. I was the one that knew almost everyone in the pack, at least a little. Then again, my wife being who she was, meant that we had more than just wolf shifters here, and all the warlocks and witches that were here fell under her territory as well.

I think, in all honesty, she just wanted me at her side for moral support. That's what the consort to the Queen was supposed to be, right? Not that I was just a consort, I was her husband and that made me the king. But our world of shadow dwellers was a matriarchy, so king or not, I was nothing compared to her.

I allowed myself to be led from the room while the laughter of my friends followed behind. It was time to play the part of a proper host like I would have done if this was just a normal pack and I was still the highest authority in these lands.

Trinity and I went to greet all the guests that were already here, though they shouldn't have even been in the house yet. The thing that got me though, were these were the guests that got starstruck around my adorable little mate.

That still made me laugh sometimes, not in a bad way though. These people were starstruck and literally afraid of my wife, their queen. They saw her as someone they could barely approach and all my Little Bunny ever really wanted was to be friendly and cooperative with just about everyone that she met. They really didn't know what her true nature was like.

Several of the guests were disappointed that we didn't bring Reagan and Rika with us. They wanted to meet the Prince and Princess.

"I was so looking forward to seeing them in person." Several of them said dejectedly.

"Oh, there will still be time for that later. We're just making rounds to greet the guests so far. The twins are playing at the moment and we will be bringing them along with us soon." My wife was so smart and capable. She handled those situations with ease and grace befitting someone who called themselves the leader of these people. There was a reply that we usually got to her response, it wasn't word for word from everyone but they were close enough I guess.

"Oh, that is wonderful. I can't wait to meet them, and my children are just in awe of finally meeting a real life Prince and Princess." I thought that they should be just as excited to meet a Queen and King, but hey that's just me.

Over the course of an hour all the guests, or most of them at least, had arrived. Now that they were all here the party could "officially" start, and it also meant that I was finally done greeting people.

The formal ballroom was the central point for the party and that's where they all were at the current moment. I was just really glad that the room was way bigger than it absolutely needed to be. I would have hated trying to cram all of these people into a room that was too small.

After the introductions had finished Trinity and I went to get Reagan and Rika. After that we headed to the stage that was in the ballroom. Trinity was about to give a speech.

"Hello guests, friends, family, I want to thank you all for coming to celebrate with us today. We are overjoyed to be celebrating the first birthdays of our twins. These two little ones are the heart and soul of our little family and I am beyond thankful that they have a community that cares about them as much as we do. Most of you have never had the chance to be properly introduced to the twins before, so without further ado, Reece and I would like to present to you Reagan Kincaid Gray and Rika Sarai Gray."

After my Little Bunny announced the babies and their full names to the crowd there was a wave of nearly deafening cheers. Both Reagan and Rika covered their ears and scrunched their little faces against the noise. Their unique eyes squinted as they made nearly identical movements. Reagan, who had Trinity's dark brown hair, had primarily honey colored eyes that matched mine but there was a very thin line of the bright blue of his mommy's eye color ringing the honey on the outside and the inside. It was almost like someone set a honey colored circle inside of a blue circle that was just a little bigger than it was. Rika's eyes were the same color only opposite. She had my black hair of course, but her eyes were primarily Trinity's blue and they were ringed in the honey color of my eyes both on the inside and outside. I thought it was interesting how their eyes were the same colors only opposite of each other. I thought it made them that much more special.