"How long will it take to heal?"

"I'd give it two weeks, he's a werewolf as well as an Alpha, it won't take him long." The voices continued on in the background as I slowly regained consciousness, I had no idea where I was or why I was in so much pain.

"And Luca's okay?" I heard what I think was my mother's voice.

"Yes Luca's fine, he was full term so he's fit and healthy. No complications were had during surgery."

"Will we know what he is?"

Okay I needed to get in on this conversation. With all the strength I could muster in my weak state I manage to open my eyes, shifting slightly until I had three sets of eyes on me.

"Oh Xander honey, you're awake." my mother exclaims as she gets up and comes around to the left of the bed, giving me a gentle hug.

As I looked around I realised I was in the pack hospital, my family's own private section. My mother and father surrounded my bed as one of our doctor's stood at the end, clipboard in hand.

It was then when I comprehended what had happened. I was in the kitchen with Damien, everything was fine and then…. The pain, dear goddess the pain.

"They delivered Luca yesterday, we'll bring him in shortly." Luca, my baby, our baby.

"Is he okay?"

"He's perfectly healthy Alpha Xander, I have no worries at all." the doctor said easing my worries, my baby is fine, that's all I needed.

"You never answered our question doc?" my father says as he takes my hand in his, squeezing it gently.

"What question?" I ask.

"Your parents asked about Luca's make up. As of now it's hard to tell, he is of both werewolf and vampire blood, there is no saying how much of each he'll take."

Oh right, I never thought of what he'd end up as.

"We don't know whether he'll shift or not, he may have fangs and need blood. As of now we don't know, but the older he gets the more we'll find out."

"Okay, thank you doctor." I said after some thought, I wonder how long it will take until he starts revealing his qualities.

"But there's one thing I am certain of…" the doctor said as he opened the door to my room.

"And what's that?"

"He'll make a fine Alpha Xander, with both wolf and vampire blood, this pack will be unstoppable.". And with that he left, the room falling silent.

"How are you feeling son?" my father asked. I could see the slight worry in his eyes, I knew he knew that I was strong, being an Alpha meant I healed quicker than other wolves. But no matter how strong or how old I got he'd always be my father who worried about me to death.

"Honestly I don't know, my head is incredibly heavy and my body feels as if it's been run over." I was in a heap, having a baby was exhausting.

"It'll pass dear, just give it another day or two. At least you didn't have to do it naturally."

"Mom!" Goddess help me, I know she was only trying to help but by goddess. My father burst out laughing next to me as I tried to hide my face in my hands.

"What I'm just saying!" she tried to argue but I could hear that she herself was trying not to laugh.

Just when I thought I was about to die from embarrassment the door to my room opened again and the sweet scent of coffee and wood carvings flooded my senses.

My daddies were here.

"How's our baby boy doing, we heard you woke up." Damien said as he walked over to me and placed an addictive kiss on my lips, I didn't want it to end.

"As good as I can be daddy, my body feels like crap." I frowned as I chased his lips, I wanted more. By now my parents had left the room, leaving only my mates and I.

He smirked down at me and carded his fingers through my hair, settling me. Having my mates here made my body feel almost lighter, like them being with me was enough to kick start my body into the healing process.

"Do you wanna see our son, sweetheart?" Matt said from one of the corners of the room. As I looked I caught sight of a tiny ball wrapped in a blanket.

"Luca?" my son, this was my son? Something I made, a little being I created inside me for many months.

Matt walked over to us until he was sitting next to me on the bed. I peeled back the blanket to find two little eyes staring at me, full of curiosity. I could feel my heart race a mile a minute, I was looking at the baby I had carried inside me for many months. Something I never thought I would do, something I never thought I could do. And here he was, my own flesh and blood wrapped protectively in the arms of the two beings I loved most in the whole world.

"Do you need a tissue pumpkin?" Damien said gently as he wiped away the tears that fell down my cheeks. I hadn't realised I started crying, all my emotions just piled up into one until they tipped over and let themselves run free.

"C-Can I hold him daddy?"

"Sweetheart you never have to ask that, he is our son, you are his career. He is always yours to hold." Matt stated as he slowly placed Luca in my arms.

Goddess he was beautiful, his eyes captivating. The outer rims were a dark blue whilst the center a deep red, like that of a vampire. His facial features were a misery, he had the fairness of a vampire yet the bone structure of a wolf. He obviously had no teeth yet so we couldn't determine what he was going to turn out like.

"He's beautiful, isn't he?" I couldn't hide the awe in my voice as I stared at my son, my boy, my successor.

"He is, just like his daddies." Matt said, smiling down at our little boy.

"And his mommy." I felt my cheeks heat up as Matt let out a chuckle at Damien's comment. I may have carried him but I'm still a dude.

"Yeah, we'll see about that sweetheart."

I frowned slightly as a yawn escaped from my lips, my body felt like it was already giving up. "Goddess, why does my body hate me?"

"It's working overdrive sweetheart, Alphas may be strong but to heal faster than others takes a lot of energy and strength." Matt said as he pulled the covers up further on me, my head sinking back into the pillow with Luca still tucked into my arm.

"Do you think the pack will like him?" I ask curiously.

"There's no doubt in my mind that they will love him Xander, and not only the pack but wait until dad and papa see him. Dad is going to melt."

That was something I was really looking forward to was Vladimir and Idris meeting Luca, I know they've been looking forward to spending time with him as much as they possibly could. And no doubt spoiling him.

"They'll ruin him." I joke tiredly as I feel my eyes begin to close, my body finally giving up as I let rest take me.

"Without question. Sleep baby, we'll be here when you wake up okay?"

"Okay. I love you both."

"We love you too Xander." Was the last thing I heard before sleep took me over, the sooner I healed the better.

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