Triplets. Triplets. Triplets.
With wide eyes, Eltanin was looking at his three pups. Two sons and a daughter. In his dreams he had never imagined that he would get two pups and now suddenly he was a father of three. He thought of the day he married her, and announced to his people that she was his mate and his wife. It was one of the best days of his life. He remembered how his mother, Taiyi, married them in Stourin. And he thought that he was the luckiest man in the world.
That was a year ago. Every day since then, he had fallen in love with her a little bit more. He never cried even though Tania cried when they got married.
It was nine months ago when they found out that they would be having a baby. He wasn't trying to impregnate her, but he wasn't even not trying to do so. When she became pregnant, she said, "If I am pregnant, so be it." She cried that day but still Eltanin didn't.
He was scared for her, for his babies and he wanted to make everything right for her. So many things took place that were out of his control. He had been overprotective of Tania because all his years he was sure that he would never find his true mate. One who would pull him out of his miseries, who would make him powerful and who would not only pull his kingdom out of the permanent fear of Nyxers, but also the whole of Araniea.
Tania was the key to uniting all of Araniea against Felis.
Alrakis wrapped his arms around his wife as he looked at his grandchildren with pure admiration and love. "I think my grand pups look more beautiful than you too," he observed. "And we need to construct a place for the three of them to play in Draka and in Stourin."
Tania giggled. She took a deep breath in and rested her head on Eltanin's arm. Life had been benevolent to her. She tilted her face up and kissed his tears away. "I love you, Elty," she said in a soft voice.
His lips curled up and he looked at his triplets. "I love you, three, Tania." His chest filled with pride.
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The kingdom of Hydra was in continuous turmoil. Morava had successfully made the Alphas fight amongst each other. All of them except Jaris backstabbed each other. Jaris stayed away from this useless fight, happy in his own piece of land. He didn't want to be the King of Hydra. He had married his childhood sweetheart and was living happily with her.
The eleven Alphas fought amongst each other. It had been a month and five of them had died in the battle that Morava instigated. While they died, Morava would sit in her room and feel good that finally she was taking her revenge. All of them would die because of their greed and suspicion she had planted in their minds and in the end, she would become the queen of Hydra. Her only problem was Jaris, but she was going to take care of him later.
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A month later, Rigel and Lerna sent news to Eltanin that they were blessed with twins, a son and a daughter. And a few days later, Fafnir and Tabit sent the message that they were blessed with a daughter.
The three kingdoms were plunged in the mood of celebration. The royals threw massive dinners for one and all. It was at the end of the month that all of them met. The three couples with their newborns.