Hope

Chapter 9

I was a royal mess. I had just put my hair in a bun after finding dried up breast milk, and possibly spit up in my hair. I had dark circles under my eyes that I covered with concealer too. Let's not forget my incredibly sore breasts. I had six babies I had to feed and thanks to my werewolf genes, my breasts were always full, no matter how much they feed and how much I pump. The simple idea of letting one of my mates touch my breasts, has me growling. And that cream to help your nipples from drying out doesn't work when you have six also grew two cup sizes, from my C cups to DD. To say my back was killing me was an understatement. My mates weren't complaining though. Gave them more to play with when I finally permit it. 

I just finished feeding Sabath when Shelton came into the nursery. "You look tired," he said to me. "Really," I asked him sarcastically. "I had no idea." His eyes widened a little and he backed out of the room slowly. I pinched the bridge of my nose, and took a deep breath. Breathe and calm down, I said to myself, trying to gain control of my emotions. Being tired and sore was no excuse to snap at my mates.

I opened my eyes when I smelled Pyrus enter the nursery. "Come here," he said while taking my hand. I sighed as I got up and followed him out of the nursery. He lead me into the bathroom and honestly, I didn't feel like taking a bath. I just wanted to fall into a peaceful slumber for a day or two. He turned on the water for the bath. "Pyrus," I whined. "I'm too tired for a bath." "You need one my Phoenix," he told me. "You and Cindy both are beyond sleep deprived and you've both been snapping at us. We understand though its because you're both so tired and we haven't been much help because we are getting our new land ready and dealing with the human governments." "Then where is she," I asked him around a yawn. "Nathaniel is waiting for her to finish feeding the twins," he said as he took down my hair. He then helped me get undressed. Nathaniel came in with a tired looking Cindy. Her hair was  in a loose braid, strands sticking about everywhere.

She also seemed like she would rather sleep instead of taking a bath. My mood lightened a little when I watched Pyrus and Nathaniel undressed. Cindy also undressed and undid her hair. We got in and the guys were very sweet as they washed and took care of us. Nathaniel then pulled me towards him as Pyrus began to massage Cindy's back. "You need to feed," he said. I bit into his neck and drank from him as one of his hands ran through my hair. When I finished I licked his wound closed. When Pyrus finished with Cindy, she looked to be asleep already so Nathaniel took her out of the bed. Pyrus let me feed from him as his hands began to work on some of my knots. When I finished he turned me so he had better access to my back. As my muscles began to relax, my eyelids began to drift close. I barely recalled Pyrus drying me off and tucking me into bed with Cindy.

When I woke up I had the sun peeking through the curtains, blinding me. I shifted and Cindy grumbled. She yawned, "What time is it?" I looked over at the alarm clock. "Eleven in the morning," I answered. "I don't remember being woken up last night to feed the twins," she mumbled. "Funny, I don't either," I confessed. We shared a look before getting up and getting dressed. We followed the bond to the large media room. The guys, babies, and our teenagers were all asleep. It was obvious the guys had taken care of the babies so we could sleep. Cindy silently took a picture on her phone before we quietly left.

"Let's go enjoy a breakfast without a baby latched to us," Cindy said excitedly. I agreed and we went down to the kitchen and got a nice large breakfast and went to the garden to enjoy the sun and silence. "I feel so great," Cindy said and I nodded in agreement as I munched on a piece of bacon. Goddess this was so good. "I kind of feel bad though," I told her. "The guys are all so busy, and we took over full time caring for the kids so they could focus and sleep so they would have the energy for their meetings." "Yeah," Cindy said. She then shrugged, "We'll go back to how it was soon, we just need to get our land finished and our people settled." Unfortunately by the time everything is all said an done, it maybe a couple of years, because although building it will take little to no time at all, we still have to deal with the laws, the people, and just getting everything to flow the way we envisioned it.