{twenty-seven}

Damon's POV

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All I could here was my heart, it felt like it was in my throat but sounded like it was in my brain. I couldn't keep still, either my knee was bouncing or tapping the chair. I was in a state of fear, pain, and anxiety. The nurse hasn't come out of the operating room yet and I was staring holes into the door.

"She's gonna be ok." Claire says, she was still sitting across from me. I quickly move my stare from the door to her and back.

"But what if she isn't?" I ask, rubbing my hands over my face, the same pain runs through my shoulder. It hasn't healed and it was all bloody but I haven't put it back in the sling yet.

"What happened to your arm?" Claire asks, ignoring my question.

"A bomb at the base, it was right before we came here." I say. Then Daniel, Collin, and Asher walk into the medical wing. Daniel immediately runs and wraps Claire in a hug.

"Is she okay?" Collin asks me, sitting down next to me. Asher grabs some medical supplies and starts wrapping my shoulder.

"We don't know yet." I say, wincing as Asher cleans out my cuts. Not knowing what was happening to Aria or how she was doing was slowly killing me from the inside, out.

"Your Highness, May I speak to you privately?" The nurse says, running out of the operating room. Her scrubs had dots of blood on them and screams were stilling coming from Aria. Asher places my arm in a sling and I followed the nurse to a back room.

"What's happening?" I ask, anxiously.

"The doctor said that our best bet would be you coming in and trying to comfort her. That might set off some form of ease and calmness in her. But I have to warn you, you must stay calm and not show your fear or anger. This will only harm her." She says.

"Then take me to her." And she did. But what I saw was something I never wish to see again. Aria's was in a hospital bed with many wires attached to her. She had her eyes close and seemed to be asleep until she started shaking and screaming in pain. The doctors kept checking to see if the baby was coming. She was in so much pain that I couldn't move.

"Your Highness, either help her or get out!" The doctor says to me. That snapped me out of my fear-frozen state. I rush to her side and grab her hand with my bad one. I run my good hand through her sweaty hair, pushing it out of her face.

"Aria, baby, I'm here. Take some deep breaths and break through. I know you're under there, just break out." I say to her, placing a kiss on her forehead.

"Her heart rate is going down, she's coming back, keep talking to her." A random nurse says to me.

"A, come on baby, I'm back home. We get to see our beautiful baby soon, even sooner if you wake up." I say, pressing a kiss to her hand.

"Your Highness, she's almost out of the coma." I hear, but I'm too focused on Aria.

"You look beautiful, you're doing so good. Come on baby, break through..." I whisper next to her, I start to feel tears fall down my face. I knew that people were doing so much behind me, but all I cared about is Aria and the baby.

"We won, A. Your mom. We beat her. You're safe. Just break through so I can see those beautiful eyes of yours." I say, placing a kiss on her lips. I hear the little monitor tracking her heartbeat stop. I feel an terrifying pain through my body, like my heart is getting ripped out.

"Her heart stopped!"

"Her breathing slowed."

"She's not gonna make it."

No. This isn't happening, she's okay. No, no, no. I grab her hand and press it to my face, hoping it'll wake her up or just give me something. I couldn't feel a pulse. I look up at the doctor frantically checking Aria. I lock eyes with the doctor and I knew it. This was the end.

"She's gone, isn't she?" I whisper, tears running down my face. The doctor looks at me and nods. A sob breaks through my body. The nurses and doctor leave the room, giving me some privacy. I lay my head on her hand, sobbing.

"I can't do this without you, A. You're my everything, you're the meaning of my life. You changed my life, you make me so happy. Don't do this, oh Goddess, no." I sob, pressing a long kiss to her hand. What was I supposed to do now?

But then the beeping from the heart monitor starts again, her breathing picks up. Her eyes start to flutter and her hand twitches. She takes a deep breath and then shoots straight up in the bed. She gasps and then her eyes open wide.

"Aria!" I say, standing up. I place a hand on her back while still holding her hand. I mind link anyone near me to get a doctor.

"Damon, it's hurts!" She says wincing in pain, I lay her back down on the bed.

"I know, baby, just take a deep breath." I say pressing a kiss to her forehead, I'm about to pull away but she holds my cheek.

"You're home." She whispers, looking at me.

"I am, safe and sound." I say, pressing a kiss on her nose. The doctor then walks in, with the rest of the nurses.

"Hello, Queen Aria, we have to do a quick check up in you and then it'll be time to deliver." He says, as the nurses start checking the many machines attached to Aria.

"Damon, I need to tell you something." Aria says, squeezing my hand. I wince, pain going through my shoulder. "Wait, what happened? Are you hurt?"

"It's a small injury, just a battle wound. I'll be fine." I say, hoping she believes me. "What were you saying?"

"Oh, um, we're having twins." She mumbles, looking down.

"Wait, twins? You mean like two babies?" I say, shock running through my mind.

"Yeah, I found out a couple days ago." She says, then winces in pain. I'm guessing from another contraction.

"I think it's time to push, are you ready?" The doctor says, looking at Aria. She nods but I could feel her fear through our bond.

"It's gonna be okay, you're strong." I say, rubbing her hand.

"You're 10 centimeters dilated, it's time." The nurses start grabbing everything, getting ready for the babies.

"Okay, now push."

The pain I felt in my hand to be nothing compared to what Aria was feeling. She was grunting in pain and had sweat rolling down her face.

"Another push, we can see it's head."

She gave another hard push and then there was a cry. The cry of my child . Our child.

"It's a girl, Your Highness, would you like to cut the cord?" I look at Aria, as she lays back on the bed out of breath. 'Go' she whispers. So I go to see my beautiful baby, I was handed the surgical scissors and told where to cut. They wrap her in a blanket and hand her to me. She was still crying but she was gorgeous and so small. I walk over to Aria and place our baby in her arms.

"She's so small." Aria says, a sob coming from her. As soon as she was placed in Aria's arms, she stopped crying. I wrap my arms around Aria and place a kiss on her head. We both stay silent, just admiring our daughter.

"I'm sorry to break this moment, but you still have one more baby." The doctor laughs, I take the baby from Aria and hand her to a nurse to be cleaned up.

"Alright, let's do this again, now push."

So Aria does, and not even five minutes later, I hear that cry once again.

"It's a boy, King?" With that I go down and cut the cord of my very own son. I take him up to Aria again, he had dark hair, just like me, while his sister had blonde hair like her mother. The nurses then take the twins to go get tested and cleaned up while some other nurses help clean Aria up as well. Soon all the nurses and doctors leave us alone.

"What are gonna name them?" Aria says, I was currently laying in her hospital bed with her. Holding her to my chest, I knew she was tired but she was too excited for our babies to come back.

"I don't know, any names in mind?" I smile, thinking about how lucky I was to be blessed by the moon goddess with two beautiful children.

"I've always liked the name Rosalina." She says.

"I like that, what about Alexander?" I ask, she starts playing with the strap on my sling.

"I like that, did we just name our kids?" She laughs. Just then a nurse brings our babies back. She gives Alexander to Aria and Rosalina to me.

"Have you decided on names?" The nurses asks us.

"Yes, this is Alexander and that is Rosalina." Aria says, caressing Alexander's head.

"Ok, thank you, I'll have their birth certificates ready soon." She says, before leaving the room. I look down to see Rosalina staring up at me. I stand up to give Aria more room on the bed and start walk around the room bouncing Rosalina in my arms.

"Little Rosie." I coo at her. "She looks like you."

"And he looks like you." Aria smiles at me.

*1 week later*

Aria's POV

We were just about to present the twins to the kingdom and announce some special news.

"Shhh, it's okay Alex, come on shhh." Damon hushes the crying baby in his arms, we were about to go out to the balcony. But Alex has decided this was the perfect time to start crying.

"Here, let me see him." I say, switching twins with Damon so he was now holding Rosalina. As soon as he was in my arms he stopped his tears.

"I don't know how you do it." Damon says in shock.

"He's just a mama's boy." I smile, we then nod at the guards and they open the doors. We walk out onto the balcony and the large crowd begins to cheer.

"Thank you all for coming today! We are here to announce the names of the newborn Prince and Princess." I say into the microphone.

"I, present to you, Princess Rosalina, rightful heir to the throne, and Prince Alexander of the Werewolf Kingdom." The crowd gives some applause.

"But we have one more announcement. Rosalina is, of course, the future Queen. Since this is still looked down upon, I have decided it was time for a law change. We have set a new law that the gender of a child should not define whether or not they are allowed the throne."

"This will also include Alpha's, Beta', and Gamma's. We also have many new law that have been set into motion. We have decided to call this new change 'The Royal Reformation'. We are excited to see the changes in our Kingdom."

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So that was the final chapter, there will be an epilogue, but still....I cried!! Also that was a long chapter sorry haha or maybe I'm not sorry

I hope you guys liked it and cried bc that was a sad emotional rollercoaster. Sadly we are almost at the end of Aria and Damon's love story (very sadly) but I have things planned just look a little bit lower haha

ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

The sequel is in the making!! The title of the book is 'The Prince's Theif'. The first chapter of the sequel will be posted when the epilogue is posted. I have made the cover as well! So here you go! I can't wait for this book!!

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