Chapter 270

"What do we have?" Virgil asks, gruffly, going through his drawers to prepare for work.

"Um..." Jaxon starts, clearing his throat slightly, he's not sure what's pushing him to say this but it's best they get it over with early.

"Alpha," he tries again, visibly nervous. "If you don't mind..." 

"Just get it out with." Virgil grouches when his Head Beta seems to be struggling with words.

"It's just that since your ma... mate... um, the Luna can now... I mean..."

"Jax, for fuck's sake..." Virgil starts to bitch.

"What he's saying is that, seeing as Ian and myself aren't inclined to starting a family anytime soon, we're freed from the obligation of continuing the bloodline right?" Leon interjects.

Confusion washes away the upset on Virgil's face, his brain refusing to compute. "What? What the fuck does Hayden have to do with that?" 

The other three in the room share a skeptical glance, Jaxon visibly worried.

"Virgil." Jaxon starts slow when it seems like the twins weren't about to say anything else. "You're aware that Hayden should be able to birth a pup now, right?" He asks carefully, wondering if he should move backwards just for safety.

The way the expression on Virgil's face falls is almost painful to watch, he looks heartbroken like he had made a very grave mistake.

"A-alpha?" Jaxon tries to reach out only to flinch back when Virgil raises his head to reveal gleaming, gold irises, pure wrath on his face, fangs out.

"Leave!!!" Virgil growls at them, dominance lacing the simple order.

Jaxon looks momentarily confused while the twins go on high alert. "V?..."

"Get the fuck out right fucking now!!!" He snarls, half rising from his seat, the papers and files all around the room and the shelves behind him flailing around from the force of his emotions.

Leon quickly snags Jaxon arm who looks like he's about to go after the Alpha again and practically half carries him out, Ian following closely behind.

"What?" Jaxon blinks in confusion when he finds himself outside. "Leo, let me go." He tries struggling.

"Cherry, stop." Leon shakes him slightly. "That's different from his rut, right now Virgil won't think twice about ripping your neck out, so we're going to give him space, he'll come to terms with it eventually." He trails off at the end staring at the closed door where hell seemed to be going on down behind it.

Virgil was in a world of his own, terror and rage at himself escalating into a tornado that threatened to make him implode.

Here he was going on about the safety of the love of his life when he had already done the most, with a sweep of an arm, the items on his wide desk go tumbling down, a couple things getting broken.

He stops himself from throwing his chair at the far wall, something was bound to break but it seemed like he did first.

He crouches to the ground with a pain filled howl, he had knotted Hayden too many times to count that there was the highest chance that his mate was currently pregnant.

it was a literal nightmare...

•~•

Yanis had the cab drop him at the LeBaron mansion, grateful that he had managed to evade the paparazzi, he was a little bit worried though, Renee wasn't picking his calls but that was nothing to be bothered about much.

He planned to stay the night and be on his merry way to Pine Creek in the morning and Renee already knew of this.

He had been the one to tell her to not send Rodriguez to come pick him up, he needed to avoid the spotlight and the LeBarons Butler coming to pick him up from the airport was as bright a spotlight as any.

He was just surprised that Renee wasn't picking now, when they had spoken just a little over a couple hours ago.

He was easily let in, the servants already accustomed to his presence and he's quick to ask about Renee.

He's startled to find out that they're inside but Aunt Candy was currently in labor which would explain why Renee wasn't picking up.

He hurries inside, his luggage being taken to his room, only to bump into Grandpa LeBaron in the first drawing room he walks into.

He was a fit man for his age, hair a shock of white which makes his grey eyes look even more jarring.

"Yanis, Ren said you expect you." He greets cheerfully, waving away Yanis's attempts at bowing respectfully.

"Is Aunt Candy okay?" He can't help but ask, standing still by the wall while Hayden's grandfather paces the entire length of the room.

"Most definitely, a feisty one, she always was." He says reassuringly, his grey eyes clouding over for only a moment.

While Yanis just feels the general anxiety that's felt while a loved one is about to give birth to another life, Grant LeBaron is well aware of the increased risks associated with Werewolf births but he's not letting that break his spirit.

His not so little girl would make it, there was simply no other way.

It made him remember many years ago with Renee and while he knew they would grow up, had to admit that this risk wasn't a gamble he liked to take so often.

Good thing his precious grandson wouldn't be in this position and he couldn't wait to get another grandchild to dote on, he didn't like his absence in Hayden's life but it was a necessary evil to make sure that they would all be comfortable and not have to even work or worry about money even when he was gone.

He couldn't be around much for Hayden who was all grown now but he would be for Candy and her precious child about to be born into the world and also Hayden's adopted child - perhaps - when the time came.

The waiting wasn't fun but they wouldn't have to sit tight for however long this might take, if it was this much of a task on him he couldn't imagine how Candy would be faring or the others surrounding her bedside.