Chapter 90 Ciao Cato


    December 20th


    E''s point of view:


    After three painful hours ofbour and stressing over whether Leo would make it in time, I finally caught


    his scenting into the hospital.


    "Leo," I sobbed as he came into the room secondster. Tears of both happiness and pain flooded my


    eyes as I found his stunning blue eyes amongst the machinery and wires of the delivery room


    "I made it," he said kneeling down beside me and kissing me gently.


    "But how many speeding tickets did you get along the way?" I joked.


    "I can afford a speeding ticket or twenty but not to miss this," he replied taking my hand tightly.


    I''d missed him an unimaginable amount. It had only been two days and he had nned to be gone a


    week. I''m not sure how I would have coped.


    Just then Rosa came back from a quick trip to the rest room.


    "Oh Leonardo, thank the Goddesses," she said kissing him on the cheek. "I thought you''d never get


    here in time."


    "Rosa, why don''t you get something to eat from the cafe with the others. I''ll be fine with Leo now," I


    said.


    Her stomach had been growling for the past half hour while her Mateo and Antonio were at the cafe


    getting food. She refused to leave me alone despite my protests and was just waiting for her mate to


    return with a cold sandwhich.


    "Let me know if anything happens, Okay?" she said.


    She then reluctantly backed out of the room, leaving me just with Leo.


    He kissed my hand and gave me a reassuring smile.


    "Did you find out who the rogue leader is?" I asked as he patted my sweaty forehead dry with the towel


    by the bed.


    "Don''t worry about that now, E," he said with a slightugh, "You''ve got a baby to deliver."


    "But did you?" I asked.


    "I will very soon," he said, "But please, E. Focus on the baby."


    I smiled, "I just want to bring him into a peaceful world. Where whoever is terrorising our people is


    stopped."


    "They will be," he reassured, "And this little boy will grow up happy, healthy and safe."


    He then pressed his forehead against mine and I breathed a deep breath out.


    But then secondster, another contraction hit me and I couldn''t help but scream. It must have made


    his earring but he was more concerned with trying tofort me through my pain.


    It finally eased and I opened my eyes to see him still watching over me, concern all over his face.


    "Fuck," he muttered, "How long have you been having those for?"


    "Three hours," I said breathlessly.


    "Have you talked to your Mom?" Leo asked.


    I nodded.


    "She''s on her way back to Ste as we speak," I replied.


    "Your brother?"


    "He should be here any minute," I said, "He said he was leaving town but he can''t have gone far. I only


    called him an hour ago."


    The second I finished speaking, I felt my stomach cave in once again into the worst contraction so far.


    "Oh God," I groaned. "Jesus, Mary and Joseph."


    I grabbed my mates hand with an iron grip as pain still swept through my lower body.


    "It''s not stopping," I groaned, "Why isn''t it easing?"


    "Doctor!" Leo called and secondster the Doctor rushed into the room.


    "Good evening Alpha. I''m d you made it," she greeted hastily.


    She then looked down at me as I rocked from side to side in agony before she rushed over and lifted


    the sheets off me.


    "Legs apart please, Luna," She asked as my hospital gown was hitched up and she took a close look.


    In any other setting, having a stranger stare closely at your vagina would be kinda weird.


    But then this whole thing was weird to me. Hospitals, family, people calling me ''Luna''...oh and giving


    birth.


    "Okay, your baby is definitely on his way. I can already see the head."


    "You can already see him?" I panted.


    Minutester there were two midwives, a nurse and the Doctor in the room.


    Still holding Leo''s hand, Iy with a tube supplying gas and air in my mouth.


    "Okay, sweetie. Ready to push?" one of the kind midwives asked.


    I shook my head.


    "Yes, she is," Leo said, "You can do this, E. You''re tough, remember?"


    The next fifteen minutes were the most intense I''d experienced in my life so far. The midwives kept


    telling me to push again and again and again. The pain was excruciating but I trusted their words and


    with every effort, we got a little bit closer to it being over.


    Leo stayed with me of course, encouraging me andforting me and letting me sp his hands. He''d


    texted his Mom to tell her and I could smell her waiting outside the delivery room. But it wasn''t just her


    scent but my brother''s too.


    I smiled through the pain, knowing he would be in here soon enough getting to experience this special


    moment too.


    At longst, the beautiful sound of a baby''s cry filled the room.


    Leo''s face transformed from nervous and tense expression to a wide smile of joy and relief.


    "You did it, E," he said kissing me.


    "I did?" I asked still in disbelief.


    "Yeah. You did," he replied, kissing me repeatedly on the cheek.


    I hardly had time to let out a sigh of relief before I was handed what at first looked like a tiny bundle of


    cloth. I soon realised it was, in fact, a baby.  The same baby that was inside me seconds before. My


    baby.


    My eyes widened. To begin with in shock and then in pure admiration. He was so beautiful and tiny.


    "Leo, we made this," I sobbed as he reaching to gently touch his head for the first time.


    "He''s perfect," Leo said almost breathlessly.


    "Do you have a name yet, Alpha?" the doctor asked as the midwives peered over at their future Alpha,


    smiles on their faces too.


    "Cato," he replied unable to take his eyes off our son. "Cato Leonardo Loren," he repeated proudly.


    After the midwives had weighed, measured and cleaned him, they left and it was just Leo and me in the


    room. We had been talking softly to Cato and despite having just pushed a baby the size of a small


    watermelon out of my peanut-sized vagina I was the happiest I had ever been.


    "You look exhausted, Leo. Have you slept at all since Ist saw you?" I asked as he wandered around


    the delivery room, rocking baby Cato.


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    "Not really," he replied, booping his nose. "I''ve been...busy."


    "Come here," I said moving along the hospital bed and patting the mattress. "First family cuddle."


    He nodded and kicked his boots off before sliding onto the bed next me. He positioned our newborn


    son between us, still supporting his neck as he wrapped his other arm around me. He was as warm as


    ever and I nustled my head into his chest as I rested my hand on Cato''s little stomach. He was fast


    asleep, giving us just a moment of peace and quiet.


    "He has your ears," he said gently stroking Cato''s head.


    "My ears?"


    "Yeah. They are little with a weirdly small lobe."


    With his father''s gentle strokes, the little baby then squeezed his face tight with a big yawn before


    opening his eyes wide.


    I couldn''t help but sigh in awe.


    "He has your eyes," I said looking at the big light blue irises that had a darker ring around the outside.


    "Ciao Cato. Benvenuto su terra," Leo said softly as our baby looked from him to me and smiled a


    little.


    Trantion: Hello Cato. Wee to earth.


    "Awwee," I cooed as he held the smile on his face.


    "Questa è mamma e io sono papà," he continued.


    Trantion: this is Mommy and I am Daddy.


    "Ciao Cato," I said. "Papà e io siamo molto felici di incontrarti finalmente."


    Trantion: Daddy and I are very happy to finally meet you.


    Ten or so minutester, Leo went to get Mateo, his parents and Connor from the waiting room where


    they''d probably been biting their nails in anticipation, no doubt with an awkward sort of tension between


    Connor and Antonio.


    A minute or soter Leo returned with them


    "Oh my goodness!" Rosa eximed as she set eyes on Cato. "Lui è adorabile."


    I smiled as she brought her fingers to her mouth and tears began to well up around her eyes.


    "Connor, I''m so d you came," I said as my brother came forward to hug me.


    He smiled and looked down at Cato.


    "Well done, Ells," he whispered in my ear before kissing my cheek. "He''s beautiful."


    "Hey little Alpha," Antonio said gently touching Cato''s soft cheeks. "Congrattions E," he added


    without even a hint of hostility.


    For the next half an hour, Cato was passed around everyone and they all got a turn at holding him.


    Whilst Rosa sat with me and Cato, Connor had a long and civil conversation with Leo. They hadn''t


    gotten off to the best of starts but it appears all they needed was more than just me inmon. Now


    they shared rtions to this adorable seven pounds of flesh, they were family I guess. And hopefully,


    they continue to act like it.


    Eventually, it was just Leo and me in the hospital bed again.


    "Asleep atst," I said as I watched Leoy the sleeping Cato down in his crib by my hospital bed. After


    everyone had left he had begun bawling and it took twenty minutes of breastfeeding and a cuddle from


    Daddy to finally soothe him.


    "Are you sure you don''t want toe back in the morning when you have had some sleep?"


    "I''m not leaving either of you," he said. "Don''t even try to persuade me."


    "But-"


    "No."


    "Maybe-"


    "No."


    "Okay," I said putting my hands up. "I won''t."


    He then kissed Cato softly on the forehead before climbing into the bed next to me. I wrapped my arms


    around his waist and snuggled myself into his warmth.


    "How are you feeling?" he asked.


    "Exhausted," I replied.


    "Then you should get some sleep. I''ll stay awake and watch Cato," he replied.


    I nodded andid my head on his chest before falling asleep in a matter of seconds.