Elunara dropped her head on her desk. She was completely exhausted. Of ten thousand, four hundred and ninety seven agents, she had already signed the execution warrant for three hundred and fifty two of them. Another Two hundred and twenty seven of them were in the stockades... and twelve of them just needed to be told that they were being blackmailed over nothing. Only three hundred agents were actually in Jameson's little tally packet, but after full case review...
"Enter!"
Mathias walked in.
"Please give me good news."
"Of the fifteen hundred agents I have already gone through, only thirty five of them were guilty of something sinister."
"Oh, thank the gods."
"I've picked out another fifteen hundred to work through."
"Good, with the three of us working on case review, we should have our agents sort--" She put a hand to her hip. "Not NOW Emaline!"
"Whatever is the matter?" Mathias was at her side in an instant.
"Emaline wants to be born NOW!" Elunara gasped. "Shit, I'm tapped of energy! I don't... GAH!" She struggled to stand. "I need the yard if I'm to handle the rest. Help me!"
Mathias yanked her arm over his neck and helped her down to the training yard.
She held up her free hand. "I NEED YOUR ENERGY!"
All attention turned to Elunara, and many just outright knelt down and held out their hands. "We hear you, our goddess!" They all cried.
Taking a deep breath, she eased her own contractions. "Help me to Ina."
"At once."
Elunara climbed up on a table, before slicing herself open with her dagger. Ina snatched the dagger as Elunara blacked out.
Varian shoved his way through the crowd. "PART AT ONCE!" He cried. All jumped to the side, and let him pass into the healer building. "Where?"
Mathias just pointed.
Ina wiped her hands on a rag. "You're just in time." Tia placed the infant into Varian's arms, while Ina went back to healing Elunara. After the wound was sealed, she brought Elunara out of her sleep. "You heal the rest."
"Right." Elunara summoned her glow and directed her energy into her own belly. All at once, the wound healed in both parts, returning Elunara to her original state.
"She's so beautiful." Varian murmured.
"Let me see our child." Elunara held up her hands. "Oh, how curious. Human skin tone, elf ears and eyes. She could pass for a blood elf." She cuddled the infant. When Emaline began to cry, Elunara switched to nursing.
Varian grinned. "Mine."
"Yes, yours." She winked. She shuffled the infant to the other side.
He leaned down and kissed her. "Let's go show the world."
They stood in the throne room of the Keep, to standing room only. Emaline was wrapped in a blanket and blissfully napping.
"I now present to you, Princess Emaline Wyrnn."
Afterward, she laid Emaline in the crib. "Such a tiny thing against all of this grandeur."
"She'll never want for anything."
"Like my own kids did?" She winked.
"I didn't mean to offend..."
"I'm just teasing, my love." She kissed his cheek.
"My little girl."
At the knock on the door, both looked over. "May I see her?" Anduin smiled. "I'd like to get to know my little sister, if it's alright."
"Of course."
Varian grinned. "It would please me endlessly."
"I can't BELIEVE this!" Lydia sat on the hill with Darguni.
"Well, by my estimation, Lily and Dargek will be two when they're born..."
"ARGH!" Lydia yanked at her hair. "I was thinking... five, maybe six? So they could help out."
"It is what it is, my love." He buried his face in her hair.
"I won't lie; I hope they're not Bradly's."
"I don't blame you." He sighed. "I love my brother, but if he's marrying someone else and forswearing you off, then it would be an awkward thing."
"I agree."
The man in question was sitting by Portal Lake, Evelyn in his lap. She cuddled up against him. "I can't believe it... we're getting married next week." She giggled.
"Mm, I can't wait." He buried his face in her hair.
"Your mother's baby is so cute."
"Yeah, isn't she? I can't wait until we can have our own." He winked.
She turned deep crimson. "Oh, YOU!" With a little sigh, she picked at her dress. "What of Lydia's?"
"If it's mine, it's mine." He shrugged. "We can't take it back, we can only move forward. So our family will be a little strange. We LIKE strange around here."
The following day, Elunara laid Emaline down with the other napping children. "How goes it?"
"Momma, can we try testing again?" Lydia sighed. "I'm anxious to know."
"Alright, alright. It's been a few weeks since I last tried." She waved to Darguni.
He jogged over. "What's up?"
"We're going to test you again. Lay your hand on her belly." When he complied, Elunara pulled the line of information from the pair of children and trailed to Darguni's hand. "We have a double match."
"Yes!" Darguni pumped his fist in the air. "All mine!" He picked Lydia up and twirled her.
"You moron!" Lydia turned and barfed.
"Shit! I'm sorry! You haven't had half of the problems that you did the first time."
Bradly came over. "What's going on?"
"The twins belong to ME!" Darguni wrapped an arm around Bradly's neck.