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Chapter Seventeen
Stepping outside of the room where he had been with his mate during childbirth, Cohra saw where Mariah was nestled in a spot with one of the female yautjas that worked as an aide. He made his way towards her as she looked at him and started to run to him. He caught her with his hands and lifted her up so she could wrap her legs around him some. He looked to her with his mask having been left at Marion's side on her bed in the other room. Looking upon her, he found her to be concerned for her mother and baby sibling since her mother was in a lot of pain which led her to speak up out of the fear she was feeling.
"How is mama?" Mariah asked, softly. "Is she okay?"
"Mama is doing good, Mariah." Cohra said, quickly working to ease her concern from her mind. He flashed her a smile with his mandibles twitching some while he let out a faint chuckle in his voice towards her. "She is fixing to come out from the room with your new baby brother in her arms." He was elated to see her eyes quickly go from being on the edge of crying to being filled with excitement at finding out that she was a big sister to a little brother that was hers. His attention shifted to the doors that he had come through to see them opening up with Marion coming through them on her bed with Autou to be nestled atop her body. He flashed her a warm smile while he could sense Mariah's excitement at seeing her sibling with her mother. He walked up to a side of her bed with Mariah on his hip as Marion spoke to her, calmly.
"Mariah," she said, "I would like you to meet your baby brother, Autou."
Cohra watched Mariah's eyes look to the baby that was lying on her mother's chest. He was a little unsure about this interaction since he wasn't entirely sure how she would react to seeing that the baby wasn't completely human and he had mandibles on his face like he had, as well as a bit of a scaley texture to his skin like he did. His worries about how she was going to be around the child was quickly erased when he saw a sweet, innocent smile dance across her face as she spoke with happiness pouring out of her voice.
"Hi Autou." Mariah said. "I am your big sister, Mariah. I can't wait to get to play with you."
I am so lucky to have a mate that didn't turn me away from seeing my face when I revealed myself to her, and to have a daughter who approves of the baby that was her brother despite him not appearing like the other little boys that she had been around. The ancient ones must have looked down on me favorably to give me a wife and daughter that are so understanding like they are.
His heart was becoming overwhelmed with joy and happiness from finding how his family seemed to be like something that he had only dreamed of getting to experience first hand. He had wondered what it would be like to have a wife like Marion and a daughter like Mariah who were open to his kind and not being judgemental of him. Now that he was getting to witness the wonderful sensation of having them in his life first hand, he couldn't ask for anything better out of life. There was no amount of status in his society or wealth given to them that could take the place of the amazing emotions going through him.
Keeping the growing smile on his face, Cohra made his way down the hallway with the aides guiding Marion's bed to ensure that she didn't make contact with one of the walls. His attention shifted to various yautjas that were lined up against the walls to see them looking on in awe at Marion having lived through childbirth with a yautja. He could tell that it was making it very noticeable to those of his kind that it truly was possible for them to breed with humans and create a new form of beings that would get the best of both worlds. His eyes watched them turn their gaze towards him and give him a salute to show their respect for him. Nodding to them, Cohra continued to walk with the aides down the hallway until they arrived to the room and one of them turned to him.
"Give us a moment to get her settled into her room," the aide said, speaking in his language, "and then you can go inside to be with your mate and child."
He nodded his head to them and stood in a spot while they eased Marion's bed into the room and out of their sight. His attention shifted to Mariah's face and smiled to her being excited at being with her mother and baby brother in the room. With his eyes focused on her, he watched her turn to him and speak to him gently with her own curiosity coming out into it.
"Papa?"
"Yes, Mariah?" Cohra asked.
"Why were all those others like you staring at Mama and Autou? Do they not like them?"
"That is not the case at all, my child. They were in awe that mama was able to have Autou since we were not sure if she could have a baby with papa."
"So...They are happy that mama had my baby brother then?"
"Yes, and they respect her highly because she was able to have a baby with papa."
"Okay. I wasn't going to be happy if any one of them had an issue with her having Autou."
"You and me both, Mariah."
It made him proud to see his little girl already having a fierce need to protect her baby brother from anyone that might have an issue with him. In his eyes, it showed him that she would do all that she could to make sure that if anyone picked on him that they would make them pay for it in her own ways of dealing with them. The most she could do at that moment was probably hit them or shot at them, but, with time, she would become as skilled of a warrior as other yautja females become when they are of age to be considered an adult. He would see to it that he would handle her training in that area and do the same for Autou when he got old enough to be able to comprehend fighting and war tactics.
His eyes shifted to the doorway in time to see the aides walking back out of the room with one turning to him and motioning him to go on into the room. Cohra nodded his head to them before he walked on inside of the room with his little girl on his hip. He made his way over to where a chair was provided for him to sit in beside his mates side while Autou had been dressed in clothes fitting for an infant baby to keep him from scratching at himself. His arms eased Mariah down to rest in the chair while he made his way over to gaze down upon his son with pride in his eyes and a smile on his face for a moment before he gently stroked the child's head while his mate looked on with happiness in her eyes at seeing him approving of the child she had given to him. Tears of happiness came to his eyes as he softly whispered while looking down to the child.
"Perfect...Absolutely perfect."
