~Raven's POV~

Thankfully, we arrived back in Volterra without a single hitch. I was promised to be receiving a ton of mail by the end of the week. Awesome! I will miss Forks. I'll miss my Dad. I'll miss Sue, Seth, Leah and the other knuckleheads. But most importantly, I'd miss my childhood. Everyone does.

I am now a college girl.

"Ah, young Raven has returned. We are glad to have you back, principessa. (Princess)" Aro cheers happily before walking from his throne to greet me.

"It feels great to be back, my king." I reply politely.

"Oh, come now, giovane, (young one) you are not just our guest, but you are mates with our guards. You can call us by our names." Aro says.

"Are you sure?" I ask, nervous.

"Yes, piccola principessa, (little princess) you are family to us." Marcus answered, standing.

"We can see the joy and light that you have brought here to us, angelo. (Angel) You have no idea how much we appreciate and love having you here, with us." Caius adds.

I was blushing like crazy. And my blood no longer bothered them, so I didn't have to worry about any one of them hurting me.

"It's been a long flight, why don't you go with your mates and relax before the jet lag kicks in-" Aro froze when a sudden meow echos through the room.

"I'm sorry. What was that?" Caius asks.

"That was Bean." I answered as Felix held the cat carrier in his hands letting me get out my baby.

"Awe. It's adorable." Marcus coos, and pets Bean.

"She loves attention and meeting new people. I've been dreaming of having kittens, because it would be similar to me having babies of my own. Unfortunately, I haven't found the right male cat I wanted Bean to meet." I said.

"I bet we could help with that." Caius replies.

"Really?" I ask.

"Before we leave you to your mates, how about we show her our surprise?" Aro asks.

My mates once again nodded their heads, answering for me as they led me to my room. Jane helped me change into a beautiful long grey off shoulder dress that fit nice over my baby bump. After placing my crown back on my head, she also clicked my pendant around my neck.

I was happy. While walking beside my mates, I couldn't help but be thankful that there were people who wanted to be with me, and others who wanted to be around me. My fears that Isabella made me feel were long gone. All I could feel was love.

"This is our surprise. We were informed about your little cutie, so we made you this. That is why we were surprised to hear your kitten." Aro explains while Caius opened the door right across the hallway from my room.

"This is... this is amazing. You did this for me?" I say, amazed.

"Yes. We wanted to give this little adorable fur ball its own space to run around. Plus we added a cat tower in your room. It's next to your bed so Bean can get up there without needing to jump so high." Felix replies.

"Do you like it?" Caius asks.

"I love it. Thank you. So much. You have been so gracious to me and spoiling me. I can never thank you enough for all of this." I answered, tearing up.

"Oh, piccola principessa, (little princess) you do not have to thank us. It is our pleasure to have you here after all. You are our princess." Marcus says, earning a hug from me.

Taking Bean from Demetri, I bent down enough to let her gently land on her paws as she started to wander around. It was so cute.

They then walked me out of Bean's room and showed me... the babies' room. They made the room a mirror effect. One side was silver and purple and the other was purple and silver. I loved it.

It was getting late, so we sadly said goodnight before headed back to my room. Alec happily carried Bean for me as we entered my room. The cat tower was right there by my bed as Jane helped me get changed. Leaving the crown and pendant in my bathroom, they were locked away of course. So no one could steal them.

After climbing into bed, I was happily joined by Alec and Jane. I watched as Felix lit the fireplace while Demetri sprays catnip on the cat tower. Bean loves it. She sniffed around and rubbed herself all over. When she yawned, she spotted me and found the little ramp that was connected to my bed. She carefully walked over and jumped over Jane's head to get to me. Jane's expression was hilarious. Alec even laughed with me. I leaned and snuggled into Jane's chest with Bean in mine. Alec hugs me from behind, careful of my stomach.

Knowing Felix and Demetri would switch out soon, I happily fell asleep surrounded by the people that I love.

~Time Skip~

Happiness.

That has been my straight up emotion for the past 6 and half months. And now we were all patiently waiting for my babies to come. But I still had to have my baby gender reveal party first.

I have kept in touch with them all back in the Rez, and they have kept me in the loop as well. Isabella has been trying to get with Jacob since she is fed up and jealous of Edward's real mate. But after finding out what she did to me, he just dismissed her in that moment.

I am thankful for that. Leah and Seth have been doing great, with both the pack and their studies. I'm glad that Leah and Emily are getting along just fine. Which helps everyone out. Jacob is starting to accept the idea of alpha, but hasn't challenged Sam yet. I really hope they don't kill each other.

Isabella and Alice have been total nightmares since I left. The entire clan have been at their ends trying to keep them from leaving and coming here to me. I was frightened at how close they had gotten, but when the Volturi heard wind that they were being trouble, Aro sent Reneta to give them a message, now they've finally remained calm and quiet for a while.

I hear that Edward and his mate are doing well. She accepted him and the family. Disliked Isabella, which made the family love her even more. She is going to go through college and graduate early before turning, the Volturi accepted it. A gift from them after the whole Isabella ordeal.

Billy and Sue have been keeping tabs on Dad for me. He's almost as depressed as Isabella was when the Cullens' left. I've been calling him and sending him postcards to try and make him happy. The babies have been growing, but sadly he will never get a change to meet my babies.

~Morning~

Waking up, I felt arms around me. Struggling to open my eyes, I then found two of my mates laying next to me from both sides.

"Hello, beautiful. Did you sleep well?" Felix asks, gently rubbing my stomach.

"Yes." I answer in a whisper, in desperate need of caffeine.

"Alec and Jane are probably finished feeding, they are going to get breakfast ready." Demetri says brushing some hair out of my face.

"I'm going to go take a bath." I replied, leaning up.

"Okay, love." Demetri says, placing a kiss on cheek before getting up.

"Before you go, can we have a kiss?" Felix asks.

"I'd rather brush my teeth first, but how can I say no to you two." I answered before leaning in.

Connecting my lips to his, our kiss was sweet and gentle since he didn't want to hurt me or my babies. Not kissing long, I pulled away to turn to Demetri. He smiles eager before leaning in first.

When our lips touched, I also went a little heated but he remained calm so he didn't hurt me. Letting out a moan, I then felt a hand on my waist and a pair of lips on my neck.

"I cannot get enough of your voice, beautiful. I could listen to you all day." Felix whispers in my ear before placing kisses all over my shoulder.

"Let's let her get a shower, mate." Demetri said, after pulling away.

Breathless, I managed to climb out of bed and made it to my bathroom. I stripped, leaving my pjs in a pile by the door and turned on the bathwater. After a nice 15 minute wash, I climbed out, dried off and wrapped myself in my robe.

"I'm happy you are able to move around so well, angel, but I wish you'd let me help you." Jane says as I walked out, back into my bedroom.

"Sorry. I didn't know if you were done eating or not. But I'm alright." I replied to her before kissing her cheek.

I let Jane help me get dressed as I finished clasping my pendant around my neck. I wanted to wear the crown but something inside of me was telling me not to wear it today, and that was okay.

Once I had finished getting dressed, I found Bean asleep on the tower. Picking her up, I held her to my chest as Jane walked with me to the kitchen.

"Good morning angel." Alec greets me with a hug and kiss.

"Good morning, Alec." I greet back.

"Hey, what about me?" I hear Jane whine. Pulling away from Alec, I pull her into my arms, our cheeks touching. I connect our lips and cup her neck.

"I hope you four were not bored all night while I slept." I said as Alec and Jane helped me sit at the island.

"Love, we were not. Trust us, we were thoroughly entertained. We had listening to yours and the babies heartbeats, and also playing with Bean when she would wake up." Demetri replies.

"Really? I hope I don't talk in my sleep." I said as I sat Bean down.

"No, you don't. You just sigh happily when you feel yourself cuddling with us." Felix replies with a smirk.

"Felix!" I scold while laughing.

"Here is breakfast, angel." Alec says, calming everyone down as I stared at the delicious looking breakfast.

Once I was done eating, I was taken back to my room with Jane as we played with Bean.

"So, when do you think we'd get to take a look at some cats? I was just wondering since I wanted to wait for Bean to become full grown first." I asked.

"The masters were waiting for you to decide. They wanted it to be your decision." Jane answers.

"Well, since I can literally do anything that I want now. No drama, no family, no Isabella, just freedom." I said.

"I'm happy that you feel relaxed here with us, angel. You don't have to worry. We won't let anyone hurt you like that ever again." Jane replied.

Feeling the moment, I leaned and laid my head on her chest as Bean pawed at my stomach. Giggling, I picked her up with one hand and brought her to my chest. This is everything I've ever wanted, people who loved me, me being pregnant, and my baby Bean. It couldn't get any better than this.

"We're ready Jane." Alec says out of nowhere.

"For what?" I ask.

All they did was smirk at me before lifting me up and carrying me.

"You all do know that I can walk right?" I ask, sarcastic.

"We know." They answered with an eye roll before arriving at a new door.

"What's this?" I asked.

"Your surprise." Jane answered.

Opening the door, it revealed to be an awesome lounge room. A huge spacious couch that had rearrangeable pieces. To the left of the couch was a giant 100" projection screen that hung from the wall. To the right of the couch, was a beautiful man cave style island bar kitchen area. Streamers hung from the ceiling, around the island bar, confetti and rose petals were everywhere.

"What is all of this?" I ask, surprised.

"We wanted to tell you, but thought it would be better as a surprise, principessa. (Princess)" Aro answered.

"What?" I ask, curious.

"Your baby gender reveal party!" Marcus answered. Everyone did this little 'surprise!' moment as I saw the now placed presents on the island bar and then the cake and food.

"The cake is two tiers for your twins. Aro had the cake made so he is the only one who knows the gender. Makes it fair for the rest of us." Caius states, making me notice everyone's attire.

Felix, Demetri, Heidi and Marcus were wearing something blue; a tie, jacket and even a dress. Caius, Aro, Alec, and Jane were wearing something pink; a tie, two-piece suit, and a beautiful casual short dress.

"Should I be concerned about possible cheating?" I ask with a teasing smirk at Aro.

"No. I am just blending in." Aro answered with a poker face.

"Mm-hmm." I hum at him which made him chuckle.

"Come, Raven. While they figure out your last surprise, Jane and I are doing your nails. Some girl time." Heidi said gently pulling me to the couch.

Taking a seat, I happily give my hands to Heidi and Jane while Alec, Demetri and Felix help Marcus, Caius and Aro figure out the projector connected to my phone.

"Meow." I hear Bean meow as she came through a tunnel that's connected from the cat room.

"Hi, Bean. I nearly forgot about your secrets tunnels, baby." I said out loud as she paws at Jane then me.

"Hold on, little fur ball." Jane pauses her work on my hand and lifts Bean up to sit on my stomach.

"I see she's been cuddling your stomach lately. You know what that means?" Heidi asks.

"Hmm?" I ask.

"It means she is going to be protective and playful for your babies." She answers before bringing out the nail polish. Enjoying the nice feeling of getting my nails done, I closed my eyes so I would be surprised.

"What do you think?" Heidi asks.

"Their beautiful." I answered, loving them.

"They look great on you." Jane says before placing a kiss on my cheek.

"Are you ready for the best surprise of the day?" Marcus asks.

"Ready as I'll ever be." I answered as the projector turned on and then a weird video screen came on.

"What is this?" I ask curious.

"Surprise!" I was shocked when I heard and saw all my friends back home in Forks on screen. Sam, Emily, Leah, Paul, Jared, Embry, Jacob, Seth, Quil, Sue, Billy, Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, Edward and his mate were all wearing combinations of pink and blue clothing. It was a war of the sex's.

"Are you serious?!" I exclaim as tears started to build up.

"Yes." Emily answered as she put a pair of headphones on with a mic. "Since we couldn't be there for your actual party, Heidi contacted us and set this up so we could still celebrate with you."

"I owe you, Heidi." I said looking over at said vampire.

"No you don't." She replies with a smile.

"Wait, what are you guys going to be eating? I've got my variety in my spread here, what about you?" I asked.

"Don't worry about it. A nice caterer was delivered to mine and Emily's place. Check it out." Sam answered as he took the camera and flipped the screen to show their spread.

"We're taken care of, birdie." Sam said, flipping the camera back.

"I'm so happy that you guys are here. Well, in a way." I replied, very happy.

"We are happy to be with you as well, Raven." Leah said.

"We miss you!" Seth shouts into the mic, then gets bombarded by Embry and Jared.

"Most of those presents are from us." Jacob said as the camera was sat down so I could see everyone.

"Really?" I asked then noticed that the same pile of presents had gotten bigger.

"We may have also sent you some gifts. We wanted to be there, but since Isabella and Alice have been troublesome, we decided to stay in Forks with the pack to celebrate." Esme answered.

"That's very sweet of you guys. I feel bad that you stayed though. You should be free to party." I said feeling guilty.

"Don't feel guilty about us, Raven. We should have seen the signs. We're just sorry that you got dragged in our world the way you did." Edward replied.

"Edward's right, Raven. Besides, if you think about it, if you hadn't been brought into our world, I probably wouldn't have met Edward that day in the airport." Edward's mate spoke.

"You're welcome, for that. I'm glad to see how you're taking all of this." I replied.

"I'm glad to meet such a kind and respectful person like yourself, Raven. I've heard great things about you." She said.

"Why, thank you. That is very kind of you." I replied, bashful.

"I also sent you a gift, Edward helped me find it." She said.

"I can't wait to open it." I replied.

"Let's get this party started, shall we?" Aro asks with his signature smile.

For the next few hours, I multitasked from snacking, drinking and opening presents. I was getting a ton of stuff. There was twin high chairs, baby bottles, a breast pump machine, strollers and some car seats, diapers and many more baby items.

There were t-shirts. They were my absolute favorite.

I got dresses from Marcus, Caius and Aro. They were really beautiful and elegant. I would definitely wear them after I give birth. The last few gifts were diapers and wipes in bulk.

"This is all too much. Thank you all for the amazing gifts." I said before getting another plate handed to me.

"We are glad you liked it." Alec said.

"Are you ready, my dear?" Aro asks while Heidi brought the cake over.

"Yes." I answer with a breath.

Demetri happily cuts the came for me and when the slice was removed I was overjoyed when they turned it so everyone could see it.
Both layers were pink. I was having two girls!

I was crying as Jane hugs me. I always did want two girls, and now I get my wish.

"What's the nursery like?" Emily asks.

"It's beautiful. I'll send you a photo that I took." I answered before taking a bite of the cake.

"Holy crap! This is good." I exclaim before taking another bite.

"We are glad you enjoyed everything, giovane. (Young one)" Marcus says.

I smile and was about to reply, but the sound of a car catch my attention.

"What's going on here?" An annoying voice asked from back home.

"You're not supposed to be here. Go home." Rosalie tried to mediate, but sadly failed.

"You were having a party and didn't invite me?!" I saw Alice exclaim when she and Isabella saw the camera.

"Oh, I see Raven is having a party as well." Isabella says, with a devious smirk.

"Yeah, and the mood is currently ruined thanks to you." I reply with a 'I don't care' tone.

"Awe, the gender reveal party. I should have known. What color is the cake?" Alice asks, ignoring my tone.

"None of your business, wretch!" Caius exclaimed as any info about my babies was covered by vampires.

"It actually is. After all, I will need to know what kind of onesies I'll need to get for my babies." Isabella replied with a tone that made it sound obvious.

"THEIR MY BABIES, NOT YOURS. IF YOU EVEN THINK OF LAYING A FINGER ON ME, I HOPE YOU BURN IN HELL. YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE A MOM, YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT LOVE. RENEE FAILED AS A MOTHER AND SO WILL YOU. WE ARE NO LONGER SISTERS, YOU CAN GO TO HELL FOR ALL I CARE, ISABELLA MARIE SWAN!!!!!!!!!" I shouted at the screen, leaving everyone there, stunned.

I was panting, but then started to feel like crying. I sank down into the couch and pulled Jane into a hug. I cried into her chest, and didn't hear what Isabella and Alice were saying before being dragged away.

"I'm afraid the party is over. We will take care of things here and inform you when things calm down. I hope you shall do the same." Aro said.

"Yes. We will." I hear Carlisle reply before the sound of the projector die down.

"Angel, are you ok?" Alec asks.

"No." I answered with a cry. "I'm so not okay. What's stopping her from taking my babies from me? What if she takes them away from me?" I ask, thinking the worst.

"We won't let that happen, beautiful." Felix answered.

"We would rather die a painful death then let anyone hurt what is ours. You and your babies." Demetri says.

"I am happy. Happy that I have you four wonderful and sweet vampires in my life. You love with me your entire being and show me what love really means. I love you. I mean it. I love you guys." I reply, crying, before getting enveloped into a big hug.

"We love you." All four of them say to me.

"How about you take Raven to her room while we clean up? She's had enough drama for one day." Marcus spoke, making me pull up.

"I can help." I offer but was instantly cut off.

"Nonsense. We would never let a pregnant woman clean up after her own party. You need to rest after all of that. Just go with your mates, and kitten to your room. I will have Heidi deliver you the food. Caius, Aro and I will bring your gifts to the nursery." Marcus said handing Jane my shirts.

"Thank you. For everything." I replied, earning a hug from him, Caius and Aro.

"We should be thanking you, my dear." Aro said.

Pulling away, I happily pick Bean up and let Alec carry us back to my room. After changing into my pjs for some lazy time, I watch as Felix lit the fireplace and Bean rolls around on her kitty tower.

"Forgive me for being blunt, but I feel terrible that you are related to that horrible excuse of a human." Heidi comments, sassy before placing multiple plates of food on my table.

"I am too, Heidi." I replied.

"That kings have moved all of your gifts into the nursery. They wish to have another ultrasound soon, but want you to relax first." Heidi informs.

"Tomorrow? Please?" I ask.

"I will inform them. Rest well, Raven." Heidi answered before leaving.

"Are you still cold, love?" Demetri asks, climbing into bed and pressing his chest against my back.

"A little." I answered as he then pulled a think soft fluffy blanket over me.

"What are you hungry for, beautiful?" Felix asks.

"Some strawberries. Chocolate or not, I don't care." I answered.

He smiled before walking over to the bed with a small plate in hand. Climbing in, he held the plate for me and fed me chocolate strawberries. Minutes had passed before I was full. I still felt worried about what Isabella and Alice would do if they ever did take my babies from me. But those thoughts were soon forgotten when Bean meowed.

Demetri chuckled before flashing over to her. She had her paws twisted in the string toy. He kindly untwisted her and carries her over to me. Laying on my stomach, she rubs her paws like she's digging before curling up.

"That never gets old." Felix says while chuckling.

"She's done this before?" I ask.

"We kind of put her on your stomach while you slept." Demetri answers.

I was stunned. I literally had no idea what they do at all while I sleep. Now that I think about it, I might be a little afraid to find out. Giggling at Bean, I pull her up from my stomach and hold her against my chest. Demetri lays in front of me, running a hand through my hair. Behind me, Felix wraps his hand and arm around my waist and stomach and rubs it.

I fell asleep, loved.

~Another time skip~ Sorry

Numb.
That's all I could feel.
Struggling to open my eyes, I felt my memories flooding back to me.

My water broke. My mates rushed me to Preston. While Alec, Demetri and Felix waited outside, Jane, Heidi, Athenadora and Sulpicia were by my side the entire 8 hours. Let me tell you, these babies did not like being pushed. At all.

Groaning, I moved my hand to rub my face.

"Love, you're awake." I hear Demetri's voice as I felt something wet rubbing against my eyes.

"How is that, Angel?" I hear Alec's voice ask as I open my eyes and felt no sleep on my eyes.

"Better." I answered him as I could feel my muscles waking up. "My babies. Are they ok?!" I ask, wondering if they were ok.

"They are perfect, angel. You did so well, we couldn't be more proud of you." Jane answered. "The Queens are just about done cleaning them up. They had a lot of blood on them."

"Blood?" I question.

"Yes. While you did a normal birth, they weren't supposed to be covered in that much blood." Alec answers.

"Are they okay?" I ask, concerned.

"They are perfectly fine, beautiful." Felix answers, gently rubbing my arm. "They're just about done."

Before I could reply, the door was opened to reveal the Queens with my babies. One was wrapped in pink and the other in a purple bundle.

"Have you thought about any names, angel?" Alec asks.

"Yes." I answered, holding back my tears. "The first born is Sarah. Then, her twin is Ellie. Sarah was Jacob's mom, she died in an accident, she was the mother figure to me whenever I would visit Dad in Forks. And Ellie is a combo of Emily and Leah. My best friends."

"You did an amazing job, Raven." Athena says as she handed me Sarah.

"Thank you. I couldn't have done it without you two lovely ladies by my side. I was beyond scared of messing up. And worse, I could have lost one of them." I reply.

"But you didn't. You held on strong, angel." Jane says, before kissing my cheek.

"The master's would love to see how you are doing." Felix replied. I nodded, letting Felix open the door and immediately all three of them came in. They were so surprised.

"They are absolutely beautiful." Caius says.

"Thank you, Caius." I reply.

"We are happy to see you are comfortable here." Aro says, relieved.

"I am too. You all have become like family to me ever since we met. I cannot be more grateful. Besides, I was actually comfortable with many things way before now." I reply.

"Thank God." Marcus says, pretending to be dramatic.

"What happens now?" I ask, curious.

"Well, whenever you are ready, Preston and his assistants will begin the simple but mandatory tests to make sure the babies are alright. It's standard after a babies birth. Then, when you feel up to it, your mates will move you back to your room. Little note, Bean has been meowing for hours, she misses you. Then, you just rest and relax, recover from the birth." Aro answers.

"That sounds amazing." I reply, relieved.

"Preston, you can come in." Caius said. "You may begin your tests, but please make haste, the mother shouldn't be away from her children for too long."

"If you will excuse us, we are going to our meeting." Aro replied, as Preston and his assistant graciously take Sarah from my arms.

"What meeting?" I ask, curious.

"Oh, we planned on upping the security. Not to upset you in any way, but to make sure you and the twins are protected. We don't wish to take any chances." Aro explains.

"I understand. You are very sweet for going to these lengths for me." I replied, thankful.

"As we have told you and will tell you more times from now to eternity. You are family. We protect family." Marcus said. I let a tear shed. Giving me one last smile before they left, I was now alone with my four mates. The queens offered to watch over the twins testing.

"Is there anything specific you would like to do once we get you moved back to your room?" Demetri asks.

"For one, I would love a nice bath and clean up. Then, just some time with you four. I finally feel like I can take a breath and really enjoy... everything." I answered.

"That can be arranged, angel." Jane says, seductive, whispering into my ear.

Not holding back my blush, I smiled as I removed the blanket off of me. Wanting my giant teddy bear, I held my arms out for my Felix. He chuckles before walking over and wrapped his arms around me. Lifting me up, we walk out of the room and down the hall to my room. Once we entered my room, I was immediately hearing the sound of a crying kitten.

"Oh, my little Bean." I whimper, as she was climbing the kitty tower to get to my bed.

Felix gently laid me on my bed, Jane walks over with some clothes.

"We had multiple sizes prepared. I hope it fits right." Jane says as she placed the clothes on the bed.

Demetri, Alec, and Felix left the room while Jane helped me get undressed. Not wasting any time, Jane helped me take a quick bath to rid me of sweat. Once Jane was helping me dry off, she collected my hair and used a scrunchie. Finally ready to just go to sleep, we put the clothes she brought for me on.

Literally as I was done pulling my top down, my mates returned all holding food. Felix placed the mason jar of pink lemonade on the coffee table, so he could light the fireplace. Demetri kindly placed a small plate of crackers, fruit and meat next to me. I smiled as I got under the covers and happily ate.

"Don't forget to hydrate. You lost a lot of liquids." Felix says as he handed me the mason jar. Nodding, I happily sipped the drink as Alec was looking through HBO Max and Jane stroked Bean.

"How does Pretty Little Liars sound, angel?" Alec asks.

"Sounds perfect." I answered.

Soon enough, I had all four of my mates around me. I had the twins cuddle by my legs while Felix and Demetri cuddled me at the head of my bed.

"Have they finished with the twins tests?" I ask, wondering where my babies are.

"They should be. Hasn't been too long since you woke up. I'm sure the queens will bring them right to you as soon as they are finished. We just wanted to be absolutely sure that the babies are going to be fine." Demetri answers.

"I just underestimated how long these tests were going to take. My internal alarm clock feels off." I reply as I leaned into his chest.

Having finished all my food they brought me, I hand the empty glass jar to Felix. As we all watched Pretty Little Liars, it wasn't that long till there was a knock at the door. Jane flashed over and opened the door, the kings entered, Aro and Marcus each holding my babies.

"I hope everything went alright?" I ask/say.

"You have nothing to fear. The tests went well, but due to the fact that you have been asleep a little longer than an average pregnancy and giving birth, we requested to keep your heart rate and the babies heart rates monitored. But just for a few days, a week at least." Aro explains.

"I understand." I nod. "I wouldn't want to just keel over before seeing my girls grow up."

"We set up some small cots next to the bedroom door, so they can sleep in them while your mates lay next to you. Sleep well, Raven." Marcus replies.

"Goodnight." I said.

Alec and Jane walk up to me, holding my babies.

"We'll set up the cots. They'll be right by the bed, but you will be surrounded by us. We'll watch over the three of you all night." Alec said.

"Okay." I replied, but it sounded like a whisper. My body was running low on energy, I could feel myself falling asleep.

"Sleep, love. You need it." Felix says to me while rubbing my back.

Nodding my head, I snuggle into all of them. Alec and Jane placed sleeping Sarah and Ellie into the cots and cuddled my legs. I fell asleep easily.

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