The days went by quicker then Castiel would have liked. He slept in a spare room since he learned that Gabriel and Dean didn't have their own beds.

Dean slept with Castiel wrapped in his arms safely away from the world every night. The room wasn't as big as the spare room he had hidden in with the walk in closet but it was cozy.

Dean took off his pants, saying it was more confortable to sleep naked, but insisted that they not try to engage in anything sexual until his health got back up. Castiel was recoving remarkably over the days that they had before Kali and Balder came back home.

He wanted his babies in bed with them but Dean didn't think it was a good idea since one of the babes could role over off the bed or they could squish the pups by accident. Castiel had sadly agreed that Dean had a good point.

Dean had explained that Golem was a gardener of the grounds and was only here for the summer season. He also was the house keeper, as in doing the house cleaning and chores. Which was odd since he was so massively huge.

Castiel had figured out that Golem had been feeding the babes original omega milk through a bottle that he bought with his own money at the milk house in the back from a guy named Rufus Turner who was in charge of the puppy farms milk supply.

When Golem came in the room on Friday to feed the hatchlings breakfast, Dean was curled naked on his side facing Castiel who was also curled on his side. Castiel didn't know why he was so shy about being caught snuggling naked with Dean, but Dean told him that Golem didn't care, and that he shouldn't care either.

Golem trumped over to the small cardboard box that sat on the floor next to the bed and took out a hatchling.

Castiel was facing away from Golem on his side on the bed so he was startled when Golem put a hand where his rib cage that had protruded not four days ago, but now was covered with healthy flesh and gave him a soft shake.

"Little one." Golem said softly as he shook him again.

Castiel sighed tiredly and flapped his wings stretching them. He got up gingerly trying to not disturb Dean.

Golem had Castiel's eldest pup, the one with the four wings in one large hand and a bowl of soup with a slice of bread dipped in it and a spoon dipped in it too in the other.

He handed Castiel the bowl of soup and put the pup down on the bed.

"Eat." Golem commanded softly.

Castiel nodded and started nibbling on the soup soaked bread.

Golem was nice and all but Castiel felt like Golem looked at them as if he was a baby sitter, and they were the house pets he had to clean, feed and take care of while there masters were gone.

He put the bowl down on the nightstand and reached over to the elder babe and ran his fingers gently through it's soft wings. The babe looked bigger then the others because it had two more wings, but the body was about the same size as the rest of the hatchlings. Castiel frowned at the babies flat stomach, he must be hungry.

Golem was walking around the bed now and ran a large hand through Dean's pristine feathers ruffling them up.

Castiel smirked when Dean jumped awake gasping and looking around.

Golem just huffed and started picking up blankets that Dean had kicked onto the floor due to being too hot last night.

"Well good morning to you too." Grunted Dean as he got up and stretched his arms above his head, his wings cracking with crepitations as he rose them.

When the babe started whining next to Castiel, he picked it up and placed it into his lap. It nosed around his now fleshy stomach no doubt hungry and looking for a teat. Castiel had put on 13.5 pounds since Monday from Golem making him eat every 45 minutes, from 7:00am to 8:00pm sharp and made Castiel sleep 11 hours a day. Castiel could gain and lose weight dramatically in short periods of time, it was just how angels systems worked.

Today was Friday.

Today Kali and Bulder would come back to the puppy farm and their beloved mansion.

Castiel hadn't been too concerned but now he felt worried. Was this the last day he had with his pups?

Suddenly Castiel felt something tugging on his teat and he looked down.

The pup was sucking happily off of Castiel's teat, it's tiny hand on the breast to make sure Castiel wasn't going any where.

Castiel just stared in shock, before smiling and leaning down to kiss it's soft head.

"I'm not going anywhere." Castiel smiled down at the babe.

He couldn't help but feel a deeper connection with his eldest. He knew it was a boy from well, how anybody told another's gender. This was his first hatchling of his first litter, and no one could replace him.

Castiel actually felt he was getting better and copying with losing his tenth hatchling.

Maybe with time Castiel would be able to fill that hole in his chest completely.

It felt so nice having his baby come back and let Castiel nurture him.

He cradled its small fragile head and he smiled down as it's tooth less mouth tugged on the fat teat, happy to finally have a real flesh and blood milky teat in its grasp.

This baby was his first born, it should be the first named.

"Can I call you Daniel?" Castiel asked rocking the babe.

He yawned pulling off the teat and started playing with it, biting at it gently with his gums but not sucking.

Castiel was confused at this, never had one of his pups did that before.

"Daniel." Castiel tried out whispering the name so only the baby could hear.

"Can I tell you a secret?" Castiel whispered, smiling when the baby looked interested.

Suddenly it rested its chin on Castiel's breast looking straight into Castiel's eyes. It just sat there, so still, staring up at Castiel with those huge crystal blue admiring eyes like Castiel was God.

They sat like that for what seemed like hours, but was really only a couple of minutes. The hatchling didn't even blink. Just stared up at him with a steady gaze.

He heard Dean talking to Golem in the back ground, but it was just background noise. His whole focus was on this way this baby was looking at him.

"I love you Daniel." Castiel whispered.

But the baby just stared. Probably thinking: Haha very funny but that's not a secret because I already know.

Castiel kissed the babes head trying to get the baby to be satisfied and look away, the intense gaze was making him feel uneasy. Like the hatchling was reading his souls deepest secrets.

Castiel smirked as he crept one of his hands around to the hatchlings back and slid his fingers into a wing right where the oil glands would grow in a year or two. He knew it was the most sensitive spot on a hatchling, and every time he did it to the other pups they would cry out squeaks, which resembled laughter, because they were so ticklish there.

Castiel's smile disappeared when the only reaction he got was a blank stare.

"Daniel? What's the matter baby?" He asked gently giving him a small shake.

The babe looked away, as if he was keeping a secret that only he knew and felt guilty not sharing.

"It's okay. I'm not going anywhere, and neither are you." Castiel smiled gently.

His eldest son glanced back up at him looking guilty and softly head butted Castiel's breast playfully.

Suddenly Castiel looked up as Gabriel came running in the open door way of the room panting like he had flown miles.

"Their here."


Kali stared at Castiel who had his hands clasped behind his back eyes on the floor and stood stalk still in the middle of the living room as Baldur and Kali sat on the sofa.

To say Baldur was pissed was an understatement. He had dismissed Golem for the day, telling him to take the day off. It wasn't a question. Golem left giving Castiel's wing one last gentle patting and a sorry look before leaving.

Baldur had commanded that Gabriel take Dean and Sam, who was surprised to see him again, outside to go show them the farm. Dean had shot Castiel a worried glance but he didn't have a choice but to obey, since Baldur said if they didn't start going he would be handing out punishments later.

So now it was only Castiel, Kali, Baldur, and the pups.

Castiel had never felt more alone.

In front of Castiel sat the cardboard box of sleeping fat pups that Kali had requested Castiel to put in between where he stood and where Baldur and herself sat.

Castiel was shaking at the tension in the room. The silence in the room punishment enough. The silver collar around Castiel's neck felt as though it was burning.

Kali got up from the couch and picked a random pup out of the box. Castiel swallowed hard looking up at the action. She sat down again with the sleeping babe in her lap. It's tummy was heavy with milk and it squiggled in her hard grasp when she placed it on it's to full belly and examined the baby white fluffy wings.

Castiel's heart was pounding in his ears.

She touched the feathers gently before turning the babe over belly up so she could see the underside of them. Her fingers combed through the soft feathers, her finger nails sharp against the baby wings. The baby let out a startled cry and started trying to squiggle away from her grasp obviously upset by this.

Castiel took a step forward out of pure instinct, his breast feeling full suddenly as the pup cried. He quickly realized his mistake when Baldur shot him a glare and stood up, having a good three inches on Castiel.

Baldur dragged the cardboard box toward him so it was closer to them then Castiel. Castiel felt like they were stabbing him in his heart. Baldur sat back down the box at his feet. He stared at him until Castiel took a step back again and lowered his eyes.

"There is nine?" Baldur asked looking up.

Castiel nodded.

Suddenly Kali's eyes furrowed and she looked in the box also.

After a silent pause she looked up at Castiel.

"Weren't there suppose to be ten?" She asked suspiciously.

Castiel looked down at his feet as he shifted his weight onto one foot and then the other.

"One was a still born." He said in a thick quiet voice.

There were sighs of disappointment and then Baldur asked.

"Where's the body?" He asked professionally, as if he were asking where Castiel had misplaced the coffee beans.

"I-I." Castiel stuttered and tried to get his emotions under control.

"In a lower cabinet next to the sink but Golem may have moved him." Castiel said in a small voice.

"In a...what the hell is it doing in there?" Baldur asked with raised eyebrows.

"Th-That's where I birthed them sir." Castiel said sadly. He knew how pathetic it sounded but it was all he could find at the time.

Baldur looked mortified.

"Oh God! You had them inside the house?" He asked in a disgusted voice.

Kali glared at him.

"Well, if you hadn't cheated on me that night maybe we would have got him in the omega house in time." Kali growled out.

Baldur just glared at her then looked back at Castiel.

"What were yo doing duck and covering like that anyway? Don't you know how to ask for help?" He asked.

Castiel cringed squeezing his eyes shut as tears spilled over his cheeks.

"Unless you didn't want to be found so you could be selfish and keep the litter to yourself." Baldur sighed heavily.

And if that wasn't the plain truth, Castiel didn't know what was.

Suddenly he heard a gasp and opened his eyes.

"Wholly shit." Baldur said as he held his eldest pup, Daniel Castiel recognized. The one with the four wings.

Baldur looked surprised when he saw that the pup had four wings and smiled.

"Kali, look at this little thing." Baldur smiled.

Kali's eyes widened and she shot a glance at Castiel before placing the pup she had back in the box and reaching for the newest attraction.

"Well, it looks like this litter wasn't a complete disappointment." She smiled examining the pup. Castiel felt his eyes well at that.

He didn't think his babies were disappointments at all. Just because they were plain and normal looking didn't make them any less special. He loved them all equally. But Daniel would always hold a special place in his heart by being his first born.

"I've never seen anything like this one before." Kali said smiling as she took the squiggling pup from Baldur.

All of the sudden the pup looked at Kali, giving a small gasp and then went limb in Kali's hands. Castiel's felt his heart jump in concern. What had just happened?

All of the sudden Kali's smile disappeared and her eyes filled with panic.

She gave it a gentle shake and the babes head fell limply to the side, bending the neck at an awkward angle. Castiel gasped now and jumped towards them taking his baby from her grasp. She didn't resist.

Kali just sat there shocked looking horrified.

Castiel gave the babe a small shake but it was unresponsive.

He saw the glow leaving from it's milky skin.

"NO!" He cried out shaking the baby's small body desperately to get it to move.

He knew the difference between sleeping and death. He saw it every time he closed his eyes, and he was back in the cabinet.

Baldur mirrored Kali's stunned expression. Not sure what the hell just happened.

The babes chest wasn't moving, it's eyes were rolled back in its tiny skull.

Castiel dropped to his bony knees and pressed it's small mouth to his teat, like he had with his last hatchling, desperate for response.

The babies four small wings were hanging limply by it's sides, as Castiel placed it on the floor and pressed his mouth to the babes, pumping its chest with his hand.

Not again. He couldn't do this again.

"I'll-I'll get a doctor!" Baldur breathed as he jumped up and ran towards the kitchen out the back door.

Castiel pulled back for air and shook his head taking deep pants and then joined the babes tiny mouth with his as he tried to breath life back into the small body. Kali just watched frozen on the couch.

Castiel massaged the undeveloped hatchlings chest as tears ran down his eyes.

"Daniel, no don't leave me, not you too." Castiel cried out giving the babes cheek small taps trying to get him to look at him.

The babes head just lolled to the side though, not responding.

"NO." Castiel gave a broken off sob as he picked the baby up to the crook of his neck and buried his face into it's feathers.

This could not be happening. This was a nightmare and he was going to wake up any second and Dean was gonna tell him everything was going to be fine.

The dead babies feathers were soaked with Castiel's tears now. It body hanging limb onto his shoulder.

Suddenly a man with a white coat was next to him trying to touch Daniel but Castiel snarled protecting his son.

Suddnely he heard the humans talking but he didn't hear them. Not really.

He only let go of the dead hatchling when Dean took it from him.

The small body limb in his grasp, it's head hanging as well as one of his wings.

Castiel had stopped crying hours ago.

He had sat in the living room in shock just staring at the floor and rocking the dead babes head in the crook of his neck.

Dean kneeled infront of him and took Daniel. Castiel just watched his dead son be wrapped in a small clean white dishcloth, the body to small in Dean's large hands.

Castiel had noticed the babes eyes were closed, like he was sleeping.

Just this morning Castiel had told Daniel he was not going anywhere.

His baby clearly did not agree.