Within the next few days that passed, June was in more and more pain. The Volturi required more and more blood for Aiden, which meant that a member of their guard was constantly out, searching for more blood. Heidi was required to ring in nearly triple as many people as she usually did, prompting her to work that much harder and for the Volturi to wait that much longer for their blood. There were even days that Alec skipped out on his meal to ensure that June got the proper amount of blood needed to not only satisfy their son, but to keep her alive aswell.

It was often that'd she'd awaken from her sleep, screaming for Alec. Sometimes he wasn't around, having duties to do for Volterra. Jane had taken to being there for June when Alec couldn't. It was odd for him. At first, Jane had seemed to hate June. Part of Alec believed that Jane still didn't particularly care for his mate. She just wanted to make sure that he was happy. Part of him also believed that Jane was fond of his child, though he knew that his sister would never admit that.

It happened on a Thursday afternoon. Alec was out with Demetri and Felix, going to execute a vampire nearby that hadn't complied to Aro's rules. Aro told Jane to stay, and Jane obliged, staying by June's side. The whole day, June had been sleeping peacefully, which surprised everyone.

Of course, things don't ever stay peaceful, nor do they ever stay easy.

She woke up screaming her head off, making Jane rise from the chair she'd been seated in, reading one of the books from Alec's extensive library. "What is it?" She demanded.

"Aiden! Aiden's coming!" June screamed in response, clutching the sheets of the bed as if they were her only lifeline. Jane nodded, leaving June and going to Aro, telling him about what was happening.

Aro, Marcus, and Caius were in the room immediately, Jane following shortly after them with the cart of blood and a few vials of venom. "Feed her the blood." He ordered Jane. Jane immediately complied, telling June to drink the blood. June refused to do so, saying she was in far too much pain, but Jane told her that it was necessary for Aiden's health. June then complied, drinking it quickly. Aro turned the door. "Heidi! Come in here."

Caius went to work, moving June from Alec's bed and taking her into a seperate room, one they'd kept strictly for the birth of Aiden. He laid her on the bed, Jane and Heidi following after. Caius then exited the room, closing the door behind him.

"Come on, June." Heidi coaxed her, trying to calm the poor girl. Chelsea entered then, looking at the two other females, standing at the edge of the room, waiting to see if she needed to help. "It's just a bit more, June. I can see his head." Heidi continued to coax, trying to be heard over June's screams.

Suddenly, the crying of a baby pierced through the silence of the room. "Now, Jane!" Heidi ordered. Jane grabbed the vial and immediately stabbed it into June's heart, emptying it in. She stabbed in a few more for good measure, just to make sure that she wouldn't die. Alec would have her head.

Heidi handed Aiden to Chelsea, who went to work with cleaning him. Once he was cleaned, she wrapped him in a blue blanket, sighing and turning to the other two girls, thanking the fact that she'd fed only an hour before. If she hadn't, she would have surely lost control.

"Now we have to wait." Chelsea said, handing the child to Jane, who had reached out for her nephew. "Come." She said, striding out of the room, Heidi and Jane following her. Jane looked back one final time before she closed the door, locking it with her key.

The throne room doors burst open a day later, Felix striding in cockily with Dimitri and Alec following behind him. "Ryder didn't prove to be a threat at all." He announced. "In fact, we took him down with no struggle at all..." He trailed off, seeing Jane holding a baby in her arms. "...Is that...?"

"Alec." Jane said, the baby in her arms turning his head to look at the man who she'd called. "Meet Aiden. Your son."

Alec was there in an instant, his red eyes wide at the sight of his son. His hair was dark, the same exact color that he had, but his eyes weren't his. No, those were the stormy grey eyes that reminded him so much of his mate. Alec looked at Jane. "Where is she?"

"You can't see her now, Alec." Aro spoke up, making Alec look at his master, a growl leaving his throat at Aro's words. "My dear Alec, please don't be angry. You'll be able to see your mate in two days. She's going through the transformation as we speak. Be thankful that she's alive."

Alec looked back at Jane, knowing that he couldn't argue against Aro, no matter how much he wanted to see June. He breathed a sigh, looking at his son, who reached his arms out to his father expectantly, clenching and unclenching his tiny hands. Alec complied, taking Aiden out of Jane's arms. He visibly brightened up once he was in his father's arms, looking content. Suddenly, he looked around, his head darting around, searching. He looked back at Alec, frowning. "Mama?" He questioned in his little voice.

"You'll see her soon." Alec replied, taking his son and leaving the throne room. When he returned to his room, he saw that the far side of his room had been set up with a crib, ready for Aiden to be laid down in. Alec turned away from the crib and laid his son down in his bed instead, laying beside him. Though Alec never slept, he knew that his son needed to.

Aiden yawned immediately, curling up into his father, reaching up and clutching the Volturi necklace that hung from Alec's neck in his little hands. Aiden released a content sigh, his grey eyes fluttering closed, his breathing becoming even.