Guardians of the Opal Moon

Chapter 9

The four towering men and their mates shove into the small room. The doctor looks around nervously. He had always believed that he was reasonably tall and well built, now he realises it was all his illusion, feeling like a cockroach on the floor with a massive shoe pressing down ready to squash him. He thought being in their presence was bad enough in the big room. In this small space he feels like he can no longer breathe, his lungs are constricting.

Alexis looks from the doctor to Lucas.

‘Why does it look like the doctor is about to pass out?’

Lucas stifles a laugh as he looks at the doctor. He is not sure if it is because Alexis was destined to be his Luna, but she has never bowed to any sort of pressure, so cannot understand the doctor at all. He is not even sure whether she understands the immense aura that she puts out herself.

Lucas just pulls her closer, kissing her temple and doesn’t answer.

Axel helps Jade up on the bed because as much as Jade hates to admit it, she is utterly useless in this moment. Even getting up on the bed is way too much physical exertion, her legs just want to collapse and she wants to curl up on the floor in fetal position and cry, maybe throwing a massive tantrum. She is sure that she would feel better after it, but is isn’t a practical idea.

Once Jade is finally settled with her flat stomach exposed, Axel grips her hand and moves to near her head. Axel looks on at the doctor, who looks like he is about to piss his pants in fear. His entire body is visibly trembling. Axel has no idea how to actually calm the man down enough that he can actually perform any task, trying to sound as calming as possible even though he is just as anxious as everyone else.

"Please Doc, calm down and do your work."

The doctor finally pulls himself together enough to work. Jade has never seen anyone move so slowly in her entire life. She wants to wring his neck but holds herself back. The image finally appears on the screen.

"One little heart beat"

The sound of a tiny little fast heartbeat fills the room, Jade takes a breath and a small smile can be seen on her beautiful face.

"Looking good....ahh yes...….umm what is that umm 2 heart beats...……..umm 3 heart beats"

Jade’s originally tanned face has turned as pale as a ghost, her eyes rolling around in her head as she hangs onto consciousness for dear life. She thought the moon goddess meant twins. Triplets is out of her expectations.

It is unknown who is crushing whose hand. Axel and Jade clinging on tightly, the small bones in both hands strained to the point of breaking with the pressure exerted. Audible gasps can be heard from the others.

Alexis crosses her legs and it even more determined to be more careful. Three? That has got to hurt. Lucas sees her action and shakes his head in amusement.

Jade’s whole world is spinning.

"I am having a damn litter"

Axel and Jade have different thoughts running through their heads, but they end at one conclusion, trying to grow three alpha blooded royals is an impossible task in its self and then they are meant to lead these young wolves and face an unknown.

All Axel’s thoughts of the bad thing that was coming has blown out beyond belief, is it possible to get any worse?

The sounds of heartbeats is still just bouncing off the walls, no other sound can be heard. Jade knows she should be excited to hear her pups heartbeat for the first time, but she is truly unbearably scared. Can she live up to expectations? Can she keep them safe? They will be in the firing line of many.

There has not been royals for fifty years, so lots of packs will not like the new order and the impending authority, not to mention dealing with the dark witch. Axel breaks the stunned silence when he looks at the doctor.

"Out now"

The doctor is more than happy to comply, he doesn’t even turn off the machine, just dropping the hand piece and running out like he is getting chased by demons, his wolf only managing to stand back up after he has covered three kilometers. He clutches his chest and wonders what he was thinking when he decided it would be a good idea to be a pack doctor.

Axel gently wipes the goop off Jade's flat stomach, staring at it hard. It is hard to believe that there are three pups hiding in there. He fights the urge to bend down and kiss Jade’s stomach. He is sure that it would incur Jade’s wrath, he makes a mental note to do it while she is sleeping.

The room that was filled with heartbeats is now deathly silent, making the atmosphere extra awkward. Axel helps Jade sit up and then helps her off the bed.

"Back to the meeting room”

The others all nod and silently file out behind Axel and Jade, keeping the slow pace after the two. The couples all clinging to their mates, the walk over the grass seems to take an eternity, yet somehow it is not long enough for anyone to gather their thoughts.

No chatter that one would expect, no words are even said within the couples using link. Everyone resits on the seat they recently vacated, the mood a lot more solemn, they have gained some answers, but those answers have once again opened up a whole new world of questions.

There is not a single person around the table that is confident that they have what it takes to live up to the task assigned by the moon goddess.

Axel sighs and looks around, leadership naturally falls onto him and Jade, even though at this moment they are the most lost of all.

"Okay, I am still not exactly sure what is happening now, but it seems like for some reason, we have all been thrown in the thick of it. Anyway, it is time for introduction. I am Axel and this is Jade. If we are somehow thr*st together, I guess we will be spending a lot of time together so we will drop the formalities"

If they are busy calling each other Alpha and Luna it will get very annoying. Axel has never cared for the title and rarely gets called Alpha in everyday life. Everyone around the table nods, titles in this scenario will be beyond painful and pointless.

Axel looks at Alexis and Lucas, indicating for them to start. Alexis is shocked, it feels like getting called on first to make a school presentation, no one wants to take the first position, but never showing the slightest fear says.

"I am Alexis and this is Lucas. We are from Blue Moon"

Lucas puts a hand on the back of her neck, gently caressing her skin. He is so proud of how strong she is, for someone that was never part of this world, she somehow never takes a backward step, always facing everything head on without any doubt. Axel nods to the two of them.

All eyes move to the next couple. Ava shifts uncomfortably under the scrutiny, gripping Hunter's hand, if she thought she was inadequate and young, arriving at this entire meeting, sitting in this room with all these powerful wolves turns it up another one-hundred notches or so. Hunter squeezes her hand, he will never understand how the confident girl beside him can randomly fall into self-doubt when she is such an amazing and powerful wolf.

"Hunter and Ava from New Moon"

The eyes all move to the last couple, Phoenix’s hostile aura is instantly magnified. Alina places a calming hand on his chest and he looks at her lovingly, his gaze going from icy knives to soft and tender in the blink of an eye. Alina doesn’t look back at him, just rubbing his chest to keep him calm as she addresses the others.

"Alina and Phoenix Sunset pack"

Axel nods, this is the most bare basic amount of information, but it has been a big day already, so much more information has been pushed upon them, he needs time to come up with a game plan. But most of all he needs his mate back in working order. They always run through plans together, this is all way too big for him to take on alone.

"Very well, nice to meet you all, I don't exactly know what to do in this situation. I am not sure what the moon goddess exactly wanted from us exactly, but the only thing that I care about is Jade’s health and the health of my unborn pups, so I don't care if the moon goddess decided that that was our mission. If any of you don't want to do that, I suggest you leave now"

Axel doesn’t want to waste his time and energy on people that don’t want to be here. The moon goddess said that she believed they were capable, but whether they are willing is a completely different story. Hunter looks at Jade, he is hesitant to ask but the answer is pivotal to their decision.

"Sorry Jade, the moon goddess said that you know how to find someone to look after our packs?"

Jade is still blankly staring into space. Alexis and Lucas are confident in Oliver’s abilities and Christian and Kira are always available to help, so they are not overly worried, but for the other two couples, the answer will determine whether they stay or leave.

Every single eye is on Jade but she is struggling, wallowing in a pit of self-doubt. Axel rubs her back with a worried expression, he doesn’t want to press her, he wants her to take her time, but her lack of response is unsettling. His anxiety grows as he looks at her unfocused eyes.

"Jade?"