Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter
Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter Chapter 78

Brandon's POV

Just seeing my son being born was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. I was brought to tears, and I can count on one hand how many times that has happened in my life. It was wonderful, and hearing his strong cry made me even more proud. I can see that Justin is just as happy for me, and I make a mental note to thank him for this. I would not have this moment with my son, without him. He may be a competitive jerk sometimes, but I could not be more thankful for him, and his finding Raven, when I was being a jerk. I watched as the baby was placed on Raven's chest, and looked down at my beautiful mate, and precious pup. He is perfect, mom had been showing everyone our baby pictures as Raven, and Lanie wanted to know what Krew and I looked like as babies. She got out all of our albums. I am sure that Carter and his family will want to see them too. I am pretty sure with them having a boy, that he will probably favor Carter, as my son does me. I have to say that I am fine with him having his mother's hair, to mark him as both of ours. We all watched to see when he would open his eyes to see if my brown eyes or her green ones. He is a strong baby boy, at 8lbs. 8 ounces, and 22 inches long. He will be a great fighter and Alpha. I can barely contain my pride in him. I feel like the proudest father that ever lived. I cannot wait to show my son to his family.

I see that Justin is just as happy about our baby boy. I know that I can trust him to teach, and protect him, with me there or not. We have an understanding, and we will not be playing favorites. They will have us both as fathers, and I think it will work out well. I still have responsibilities with the pack, and that is one thing that we cannot get around. It makes me really happy to know that our children, no matter how many we have, will all be well taken care of between us. I know that Justin wants to have a pup the next time around, and I also know that the Goddess has big plans for us. Plans for us to grow our pack, and teach our children to fight as best they can. I will make sure they get the very best of training, and even more training in the area they excel in. They need to be taught as much as we can, to keep them all safe. I will take no chances with any of our pups.

The hospital bed was raised a little for Raven before they gave the baby to her, and the nurse was giving her instructions on how to feed the baby. Warning her to not worry, that sometimes the baby doesn't take to it the first couple of times. Both Justin and I are excited to get to hold him, and I was getting the first try at it. I didn't know the baby was coming today, or I would have rescheduled the sparring to another day. The doctor had told me when he was bringing me back from the x-ray room, that it was probably the stress of me getting injured that resulted in her delivering the baby early. I was glad to hear his strong cry, which let me know that he was going to be OK. I watched as Justin stoked the baby's head carefully with the back of one finger, as the baby's head was on his side of the bed. I am moved that he is so careful with the baby. I am excited at it is my turn soon to be able to sit and hold him.

"Could you have someone bring in a chair for Brandon, Please? That couch is very low and it will make it harder for him to stand" Raven asks the nurse who immediately links someone to bring a chair in for me. I do want to sit and hold him. I will have to use my left arm, as my right is still hurt. But I am thrilled to be getting an opportunity to be able to hold my baby in my arms. I leaned down and kissed Raven on the top of her head, which brings out a smile from her. She was surprised and happy at my act. She was happy that Justin is happy with the baby too. The chair gets brought in, and I sit down to wait to hold the baby. Both Justin and I named the baby, names that have meaning to us. I was happy when my baby boy was placed carefully in my left arm. I lifted my right arm to touch his little cheek as Raven did, and it was so soft. I touched his silky hair too, and my touch made him open his eyes to focus on me.

My baby, my son, our firstborn, and I was moved to tears again. He is absolutely perfect, and he will be a heartbreaker. I can already tell it, he looks just like me, but with more exotic coloring from his mother. Those green eyes are stunning, and I know our family will be so happy to see him reflect both his mother and me, in his appearance. I am already so in love with him. I put my pinky on his hand and feel him clamp down on my finger, already so strong. I cannot stop the grin that is plastered on my face as I look down at my son. I hate to let him go, but the nurse wants to clean him up and get him dressed. I was glad that I got some skin-to-skin contact too, as I still am not wearing my shirt. I didn't want to strain my arm to get it on. I will wear button-up shirts until it heals. Justin wasn't injury free either, some of the blows I landed caused bruises on him, so that made me happy too. He won this time, we will see next month who will win.

I cannot be mad at Justin, he beat me at my own game. He has obviously taken some extra classes and knew what I was about to do. Thankfully I did see it coming and was able to take a step back, or he would have broken my ribs. The purpose of these sparring matches is the fact that we want people to be able to up their game and to want to fight better. The classes pick up about 15 to 20 wolves, male, and female, with each sparring session. I do not want to scare people with the upcoming war. There would be a mass exodus from both our packs if they suspected a full-blown war. But we have time, and Cole never stopped looking for the Sullivans or the Peters families. If we can locate them, maybe we can take the war to them, and then they can get caught by surprise. That is the only downside to this, seeing my precious baby boy, just born, but with so much responsibility on his tiny shoulders.

Raven is insistent that all of our children also have time to be children, we are building up the playground, and we will be putting in an Olympic size pool. We will have it sectioned off, with a small area for babies, and toddlers. A slightly deeper area for the children going from 1 foot to almost 3 feet deep on the other end. The main area will be 3 feet on one end, and 10 feet on the other end. Stella loves to swim, and so does Raven. Raven has some money from her father and wanted to make up a nice area for families here. A place for them to be able to do more, in a safe place. She is building a large covered area for families to hold their children's birthday parties or cookouts. Grills, to cook out on, and several fire pits with benches all around them. It was a great idea, and the pack is looking forward to seeing it come to fruition. She also had a play area for the bigger kids in the works, as well as an archery area, over behind the training area with a large wall built behind it to catch the arrows that didn't hit their target. I told her that I would like to do the same for a gun range with at least 5 practice lanes in it. I would like an indoor one, as well as an outdoor one. They will have to graduate to shooting outdoors eventually, and we will have that done soon, with a wall built behind it too. But they will have to be leveled up by the trainer for them to be able to shoot outside. We have to keep the pack members safe.

I glanced over mid-thought and see Justin holding the baby and speaking so softly to him, I could barely hear him from across the room. He is a big guy, but he is so gentle with the baby, he doesn't seem like the same guy who almost broke my ribs earlier today. He is usually very easygoing all the time unless he is fighting, or protecting Raven, and he becomes another person. He is a very tough fighter and a good man. I am glad that he is a member of our pack, and I know that I can trust him. I have been watching him this whole time. I didn't have a great opinion of him before. He was absolutely confrontational at Raven's party. Bold in claiming that he was going to try to get her back. I didn't know his backstory then, or why he was insistent on it, but I knew then he still loved her, even with their bond broken. I will never know why the Goddess did it, but I know that he appreciates her restoring it. I know that he believes it is because he prayed to her every night, to return Raven to him, and it could have had something to do with it. I know that I am happy that she allowed me to not ruin the best thing to happen to me, by having Raven reject me for my behavior.

Just seeing the tiny baby in his arms, made me realize that I probably looked the same way when I was holding him too. Raven is smiling at how sweet he is being with the baby. He is so careful, and I can see that when he said that he would treat my child as his own, he was not kidding at all. I get up to sit on the bed with Raven and put my arm around her and kissed the side of her head. I do not want to pull on her, after what she went through. I keep my left arm around her shoulders as Justin gently sways back and forth as he speaks to the baby.

"Welcome Jaxon, we are so glad you are here. You will not be alone for long, you will get many brothers and sisters. You are just the most precious baby boy I have ever seen. You have a big name to grow into little one. I named you Jaxon, which means "to heal, or healer". Your dad named you Conall which means "strong wolf" and you are. I can feel how strong you are little Alpha. I am going to call you Jax" Justin cooed at Jaxon. Jaxon was giving him a smile that we could see as he got closer to us and reluctantly gave Jaxon back to Raven.

We had a few more minutes together before I heard a knock on the door, and my parents came in, followed by Alpha Cole, and Luna Olivia, Raven's brothers were right behind them, with Simone. Alpha Cole had a vase of flowers, and so did Luna Olivia, I saw Raven take one look at them and gave a bright smile. They all came over to look at little Jax, and they all wanted to hold him. I can see my mom tearing up at my having a twin, dad is proud too. When the baby got to Alpha Cole I could see the tears when baby Jax looked back at him with those same green eyes. Olivia was pressed into Cole's side and she was immediately in love too. I can see Raven's brothers trying to patiently wait, but Simone finally walked over and sat next to Cole and Olivia, and they grudgingly passed the baby off. Simone was enraptured by Jax, and cooed to him constantly, with Carter right behind her smiling down at the baby. I know that they are getting ready to be parents soon, and I know they are wondering if the baby will look similar. Austin was the last in line, and he rarely speaks, but he told the baby, "I am your Uncle Austin, if you need anything, you come to me. I will always have your back, just like I have your mom's back too" which made Raven beam with happiness. Nurses came back to change his diaper, and the men walked out as they were going to try to let Jax nurse again. He did better this time and managed to latch on to her. I was so proud of him. He learns so quickly for just a baby. Emerald was preening with pride over her baby, and Axe was just as excited as she was. Raven was covered again, and when the men came back, Stella and Truett were with them. Stella was so excited to see the baby and was so excited as she waited for her turn to hold him, as he got passed around again. Raven nodded off, and Justin was holding her hand as he sat on the side of the bed. I sat next to my parents in the chair I put at the end of the couch, as they held Jax again. I made sure my bad arm was away from everyone as I watched my baby make the rounds again.

Dad patted me on the back and told me, "Good job son" and the pride in his voice was not lost on me. I now know how he feels about us, and it is so much more than I thought it would be. I knew I would love him completely, but I know pure love now, that I never fully understood before. My baby boy has changed me for the better. I want to be a better father, a better mate, a better Alpha, and a better son because of it. I also have an idea that I would like to present to Justin, and I motion for him to follow me out into the hallway.

"Since Raven has been sleeping between us the last two weeks I have slept better, I know she has too, and I believe that you have as well. Knowing that it isn't just me protecting her, but you too. I was thinking that if you are up to it, we can close off your room, with a steel emergency door, that can only be opened from the inside. We can turn it into a nursery, they can have other rooms on the Alpha floor when they get to be bigger. But I was thinking seriously about us all just getting a bigger bed, and sleeping in the same room, with each other, every night. I know it cannot just be me that misses her terribly on the night off. I would like for it to never be a night off for either of us again. I was going to run it by you first, as I believe that Raven would be very happy to stay with us both each night" I said to Justin.

I can see the surprise at my offer and then he frowns as he puts thought into it. I cannot speak for him, but even with throwing myself into work, and working late on his night, I still miss her. I do that so I can be able to get to spend quality time on my night with Raven. He has to feel the same way when it is my night, and he is alone. I want her to have us both available to her, to not have assigned nights, as Raven loves us both. She doesn't have a favorite, and she looks forward to spending time with us both. Especially at meals, she hides it, but I can feel, her sadness when we separate from each other. Having us both around her at the end of the pregnancy, she was glowing the whole time in happiness. Justin does the thoughtful thing so well. When Cole entered he carried flowers, and so did Luna Olivia. I thought that they had bought them both, but he had asked them to stop and pick up his order on their way here. They grabbed some roses while they were there, and the little thoughtful things like that, are things that Raven appreciates. He thought of that, of her, while she was in labor, for her to have something that she would see and make her happy while she was here. Plus the scent filled the room. She was immediately pleased when she saw them. That is what he does, he thinks of ways to bring a smile to her face. We three are already in this together. I think his room will be better served for protecting our pups, and our room being just for us. When they get older, we can figure out something else, but for right now, I think this is a good option for us. "Are you sure, Brandon? I don't want to intrude, but I can tell she missed you when it is my night. I know she probably misses me on your night. I would do anything to keep her happy. I think having a secure door, like that, to be used in an emergency is a great idea to keep our pups safe. I am good with it, if Raven is, she is my primary concern" Justin tells me.

I said, "Yes, you are more thoughtful than I am, but you know that I love her too, Justin. I believe that this will make her happier, and we can both keep her safe. I am also installing more security features and I am promoting Helen from lead Omega to Alpha Omega, to help with the pups. She is the only person I really trust, other than my family, the Beta couple, with our pup's lives, other than you and Raven. I just wanted to run it by you first, and I will start making the changes to the room. I will have it painted, and his bed built and put in our room with her other surprise, and I will order us a bigger bed. You ordered flowers, and I researched beds, the baby's bed, and a rocker for Raven. I found a good bed, I will be ordering us an Alaskan king-size bed. I want to make Raven happy too, I may not be as thoughtful as you clearly are, but I love her just as much as you do. She is bound to us both, and I would do anything to make her smile."

"I know you do, that was very thoughtful and observant about us all sleeping together at night. I saw she was a little stressed at having to go back and forth, even though it is just to a nearby room. I know what she was feeling, when it is concerning your mate, you want them near you, close to you. I am good with it, thanks Brandon for doing this. I know this is hard, and we are getting there, but I imagine we still have a way to go before we get where we need to be" Justin said, and I nodded. We do indeed, but this is a great first step and I stepped away to order the bed. I can have it installed, and the baby's room painted white for him for when he gets older. He can sleep in our room until he gets to about three months old, and then we can let him move into the next room. Whatever it takes to make Raven happy, that is what I will always do for her, and I think that this will make her very happy.