Harmonizer's Evolution (Balancer's Soul cycle) (25 page)

“Connor, meet your new son.”

He smiled knowingly and brought his large arms forward. Jenny moved forward and passed the
newborn
child to the father.

O
nly one word that struck through
Sarah
.
Her
body went rigid, but Pearl was safe
ly tucked in
her
arms
.
Her
hear
t
began beating violently from th
at
one single word.
She
looked to
the
right and saw
even her own m
other looking over at Jenny with wide golden eyes.
Jillian’s
jaw was hanging slightly and she
too
w
ent
rigid
from shock
. Jillian
heard
it as well
.
Son!?
I must have heard it wrong. Maybe she was mistaken. That has to be it. We can only have daughters
.

Sarah’s
focus returned to Connor as he turned towards
her
. “Yes, Princess, my mom said
son
.
We have fraternal twins.”

Her
bottom lips quivered as tears began blurring
her
vision.
She
looked down at Conno
r’s wide chest as he cradled their
child in
the crevice oh
his
right arm
. Connor massive arms could bend steel effortlessly, but he restrained his strength to not harm the
fragile
baby.
The size of the child fit perfectly in the bend of
her
mate
’
s long arms.
Because of the angle
from the table she
couldn’t see
anything
other than
a still blanket. She
craned
her
neck
painfully
, but it was useless
to see for
her
self
.

Connor saw the
distress and he lowered himself so that
she
could look at the child. He smiled handsomely and asked “Would you like to see the proof that we have a son.”
Before
she
could
answer
,
the
face of the c
hild swam in
her
vision. Unlike P
earl’s light brown hair this child was
even
a shade lighter than hers. The face was all scrunched up so it
remained
impossible to see any male characteristics
from a child so young
.

Her
voice quivered as
she
asked “Please show me. I’m too emotional to take
one of your
joke
s right now.”
Her
mate smiled and used his left hand to gently unwrap the tow
el. When she
finally
saw
the undeniable proof of being male she
managed to choke out “We have a…
son
!”
T
he tears finally spilled over her
cheeks. “But how…?”

As he wrapped the boy back up in the towel he stood tall and commanding. “I’ll explain shortly. Right now wouldn’t you rather hold both of them?”
Sarah’s
dry
throat
thickened to the point speaking couldn’t be achieved
, but
her
head went up and down while
her
lip quivered
with all the overwhelming thoughts and emotions plaguing her
.

She
managed to adjust Pearl more securely in
her
right arm. She didn’t even react to the touch and she was sleeping remarkably well
,
being only minutes old. Once Sarah
felt comfortable
,
Connor leaned over
her with a gentleness she’s never seen before
.
Her
left arm curled appropriately as
her
new son slowly dropped into p
l
ace.

Tears began pouring anew as she
finally held
her
babies together in
her
arms
,
together
for the
very
first time
since finding about the
pregnancy over a year and a half ago
. They were both
a healthy
pink,
had ten
perfect
little fingers and toes
and
were
hea
rty
. What more could
she ask for? Nothing… She
ha
s
a loving mate and their
family has
grown
as a whole
. Her
eyes couldn’t stop taking them in until a conversation
broke her
elation.

“Why are all of you surprised to have a boy?” Jenny asked while untying her long golden hair.

Jillian
no longer
stood
by
Sarah’s
side as she now stood with Jenny by the dressers. “Because a Balancer has never
ever
had a male born child.
Well since your son’s involved it
’
s not as surprising as it should have been.”

“What do you mean by that?
What does my son have to do with this?
” Jenny asked defensively.

Jillian
continued using her amused tone. “Well who else can turn our wo
rld upside down so effortlessly?
Ever since you found him he
’s
done nothing but surprise all of us in ways we’ve never expected.
You cannot say you haven’t seen the proof for yourself. He’s definitely something else.
”

Jenny w
ent
silent for a few minutes and then she turned around. During th
eir
conversation
, the pain Sarah’s
body undertook
from the birthing
had
dulled
drastically
. Jenny began putting on surgical gloves and walk
ed
over with a small plastic box. While holding
her
babies
Jenny
said “Now it
’
s time to close up shop.”

Great.
She lifted up
Sarah’s
gow
n and she didn’t feel as humiliated as she
originally thought when she said she would be
the
midwife all those months ago. “Huh?” Jenny grunted oddly. Her chocolate brown eyes met
Sarah’s
and her
delicate
brow pulled together.
“Sarah, you’ve already begun healing
? Regenerating or whatever…
I cannot even see where I can help you.”

“Good, then k
eep that needle away from me.” She
said and Connor chuckled.

About fifteen minutes later
her
body regenerated to the point where it
felt
almost
over. Jillian
and Jenny kept everyone outside and didn’t tell anyone the news. Connor stayed by
his wife’s
side and watched
their
children with t
he same loving admiration that she di
splayed
. Then she
finally broke the silence between
herself and her
cryptic
husband.

“I
t seems like all the other girlie names I’ve thought up are all useless now.”
Her
ruggedly handsome mate smiled and looked down at
their
new son.
“Since they no longer apply, do you have any ideas?” His piercing eyes met
hers
and he began silently
firing off
several names
he’s thought about
.
“Darrel, sounds perfect.” Once she
heard it
pass his
wonderful
lips
, it fit. She looked down at her
son and asked “How do you like the name
,
Darrel
?
”

They
were all taken aback when
their
newborn son opened his eyes
. His eyes were unfocused, but Sarah
finally saw the color. He had hazel eyes like his father with a few s
prinkles of
her
green mixed in. S
ince he reacted to the name
,
Connor proudly stated “If you like it that much then your name will be Darrel from now on.” Then Darrel’s eyes fluttered a few times and closed
once again
.

Connor and Sarah
grinned at each other. Then she
said “
Connor, I’m feeling up to having a shower. Can you hold them until I get back?”

Before he answered he looked at
Jillian
and Jenny. “Can I get one of you to do a little crowd control? I’d like to have everyone wait outside.”
T
hen she
saw him turn around and towards the window.
Sarah
entered his mind only moments to hear him say
“rono, can you start a bonfire for everyone outside?
W
e
’
re going to bring them out in a few minutes and not everyone can see as well as we can in the dark.”
She
then saw the large reptilian head nodding through the windowpane and then he vanished into the
veil of
darkness.

Jillian
grinned and said “I’ll go outside and tell everyone to wait with me. I’ll even keep my mouth shut until then.”

“That’s if someone hasn’t eavesdropped on us.” Jenny
added
.

Connor then stated “Don’t worry. They are all talking about the traits that they hope to see in the
girls
. They have been too
rambunctious since hearing Mom’s declaration of saying that the twins have arrived. They know nothing
yet
, but Sorono heard and he isn’t going to tell anyone just yet.”

Then Jillian
approached
her daughter and grandchildren
and bent over to give a quick kiss to both Darrel and Pearl. “Welcome home kids. I’ll see the two of you shortly.” Her rosy red lips
instantly
pulled into a
warm
smile as she moved to the door.
She
gave them
a small wave and cracked the door. As she slid out
,
Sarah
saw the
excited
silver eyes of Kara trying to get a
sneak
peek
of the scene
, but
Jillian
moved
too quick to allow her to see nothing
more than
a glance.

Behind the door everyone w
ent
instantly silent.
Jillian
drew everyone’s attention by saying dramatically “The arrival of the twins were a complete success. I can attest that they are both perfect and healthy.
They both have ten
little
fingers and ten
edible little
toes.
But before they
come out and
get to meet everyone, the
new mommy
need
s
to clean up. Please
,
everyone follow me outside so they can expedite the dramatic arrival.”

She
then heard
her f
ather’s voice. “My Love, are they as beautiful as you imagined?”

Jillian
then
said in a
n even chipper tone
“They are even
better
!”

Soon everyone began moving in the other room.
Even Sarah
could hear all the feet shuffling.
Less than a minute later
,
Jillian
shouted “All clear
in here
, Jenny. Go
ahead and
get started!” T
hen they
heard the front
door shut and the main room went completely
silent.