Harmonizer's Evolution (Balancer's Soul cycle) (23 page)

The force of the pre
ssure flooded the clearing of the
home like a controlled
and focused
tempest. Veronica instinctively wrapped her arms around everyone and used her body to shield them from the onslaught of wind
. While she did that
,
their
deceleration worked. While still swiftly flying to the ground
,
Connor’s
mind was already and instantly moving faster than a
ny
humans.
He
judged
the
impact to be heavy, but safe enough.

He
didn’t sense any threatening presence
as
the
decent continued.

His
legs impacted the ground and
the
momentum drove
him down several inches. To the
left, Sorono landed
the same way. Connor
then pulled
him
self from the holes and rocket towards the group
Veronica
continued
shielding. He
ran right up to the silent crowd them and yelled. “Sarah! What’s wrong!? Answer me!”

Her voi
ce was incoherent and jumbled. He
looked at Veronica dangerously and she knew what it meant. She opened her arms and allowed everyone
their
freedom. He
ran passed Kara
, Shannon
,
Rhoda
and Jillian.
Jenny
looked
completely
shocked and stood by Sarah’s side.

Sarah stood there looking at him
with wide eyes, but her thoughts were elsewhere
and everywhere all at once
. He
gently placed
a hand on her shoulders while his
heart was beating furiously. She didn’t respond to
the
touch quick
ly
enough so he
dropped to
his
knees
to look directly into her unfocused green eyes
. “Sarah, what is happening? Is there danger? Why are you so distressed!?”

It took her a few seconds to finally show
any reaction and all the while he
was fretting. Her green eyes narrowed and her lips quivered. “Oh, Connor…”

“What! What is it!?”

Her hands went to her belly. “My water just broke. The twins are coming.”

It took only moments to
process this development. All his
worry and fear were replaced by elation
. He
smiled. “Really! They are coming right now!?”

She bit her bottom lip and he
could feel her emotions fluctuating from happiness to terror and everything
else
in between.
When her lips parted she said “Yes, they are on their way.” She then smiled expectantly.

“We ne
ed to get her in the house.” Jenny
stated and soon everyone unfroze.

“Enough said.” He
quickly moved to Sarah’s side and picked her up.

Jenny led the way as he
carried
his
mate.
He
scarcely
could hear everyone following them
to the cabin. Sarah did
n’t
str
uggle and allowed him
to carry her.
Jenny
opened the front door and went in
side. She was on a mission and he
followed her in. Once inside
,
Connor
turned to
the
right and the kid’s bedroom was wide open.
His m
om was already ins
ide and had all the lights on. He
entered the room and saw exactly where Sarah needed to go.

Inside the room was a new addition
,
i
n the empty space of the room stood a new birthing table
. Jenny
had
him
build it for one p
urpose, to deliver the babies. Connor
made a small table that was raised to the perfect
waist
height
of the women
. It had rubber padding and Sarah laid in it once and said it was very comfortable.
He
raised the back
of the table
several degrees
so
that
when the time came
,
Sarah could push easier. 
He made hand
rails for her to grab on to and stirrups for Sarah to place her feet and to keep her
legs spread in the optimum position
for the
imminent
delivery. Jenny
gave
him
the
specific
requirements
that were needed
and he
built it.

Jenny
began
digging through one of her
medical bags when she noticed him
standing. “Sarah needs to undress and put this on. Then she can go
up on
the table
and wait till the time comes
.”
She
held out a
n open-backed
hospital gown.

“It’s alright, Connor.” Sarah said happily. “If you put me down I can do it.”

He
eased her gently to the ground and stood her up. She grabbed the gown from
his
mom’s hand and began changing. Once she finished she crawled onto the bed. Then
Jenny
started her preparation.

His
senses told
him
that everyone was looking
in
.
He
glanced to
the
right and saw that both Veronica and Sorono were peeking through the window
. Behind Connor,
all the other girls were trying to
get a
peek through the open door.

Then
his
sister caught
his
attention. She was holding up
his
cell phone above everyone’s heads. “Brother! Can I use this?”
He
nodded. Then she
pressed the screen a few times before placing it beside her ear.
Then h
e
turned to watch
his m
om work, but
his
hearing listened in. “Granddaddy, it’s Kara. Sarah’s water just broke… Of course I’m sure. There was too much water
trailing down her legs
for her to just piss herself… Alright, alright… I’ll tell Mark to wait for you in the trees.” She closed the lid and opened it again.
“Honey, our nieces are on their way… why does everyone ask if I’m sure…
oh,
ha ha. Now Granddaddy asked me if you would meet him
…
” She soon
hit end
not long after
.

“May I borrow that?” Jillian
asked in
an excited voice. Then more numbers were dialed. “My Love, our grandchildren are
on their way
!
…
Ok see you soon.”

A minute later Connor
saw Jack streaking across the field and soon he was inside
the crowding cottage
. “Where is she?”

“In here
,
Jack.” He
stated and soon
the silver-haired Viking
stood
by
his
side
after everyone moved to give him
room.

His tone was expectant and worried. “How are you, Sarah?”

“She’s fine.” Jenny
stated when her exam finished. “Right now she needs to take it easy.
The children’s heartbeats are strong and there aren’t any signs of distress.
He
r water broke only a few moments
ago
so it will take time for their arrival
.” Everyone let out a
deep
breath of relief.

When
Jenny moved away Connor took her place and held his
mate’s hand. She smiled expectantly.
“It is about time they finally chose to grace us with their presence.” She looked down and began rubbing her belly with her free arm.

“She’s right you know.” He
said towards her bulge. “Your parents have been expecting the two of you for some time.”

About fifteen minutes later
,
after everyone made sure Sarah was alright
and no complications arose
,
Connor
viewed
David
riding on Mark’s back
,
when he was in his wolf form. Soon
David
came
inside and
found
his eccentric wife
. “How is she?”

As
Connor’s grandmother
gave
his
grandfather a rundown of
recent events
,
he
could hear Mark transforming
back to normal
. Soon he entered the house wearing only his leather pants. He spotted
Connor
and everyone moved so he and
David
could get inside the room
for a few minutes
. While
David
fussed over
his granddaughter-in-law
and g
ave
her
encouragement, Mark walked to Connor’s
side and
became drawn to
something.

He pointed “Connor, what is that?”

Connor
knew exactly what he meant. While
his
left ha
nd encompassed Sarah’s right, his
right hand went to
his
side.
He
slid it out and held out the ha
ndle for him to grab it. Once Mark
did
,
a smile crept across
Connor’s
face. “Actually that is the new and improved Tool! Sorono”
He
pointed with
his
chin because he and his mate were still intently watching and being completely silent. “showed me how to upgrade Tool so that it won
’
t ever be a hindrance.”

“Wait! What?” Their
attention
turned upon David
. “Are you saying that you remade your most prized possession?”

“I only did it because it was only half com
pleted.” He
turned to Mark’s calm silver eyes. “I know how strong you are. Normal metal is like putty for you to bend
, try your best to harm the metal.”

“This will be too easy.” He stated
confidently
and
Connor
caught Soro
no smirking. Mark held it like Connor
did before and tried bending its handle. His brow drew together and as
t
he strain
in
his face reddened. He sighed and spoke to Tool. “You won’t get the best of me.”
Mark’s eyes lit up and
they
watched as the muscles in his arms, chest and back began growing to the point where they doubled in size. With his larger muscles he tried again and again. Once he finally gave up he reduced his muscles back to normal. He sighed and asked “Just what kind of material is this?”

“Before he an
swers, may I see it?” David
asked. Mark passe
d it over Sarah and he
grasped it. He studied it with astonishment. “What perfect craftsmanship
…
Connor, why is it so light?”

“
He
’ll tell you, but first can you please go put
that away
it in
his
workshop?
A weapon shouldn’t be in here.” Sarah stated calmly. She was relaxed right now and her emotions were in suspense for the coming struggle she
i
s about to undertake.
David
heeded her words and returned empty handed moments later. During that time everyone tr
ied
to listen in.

Sarah smiled. “Go ahead, Connor. I’d like to hear what happened to Tool.”

For the next twenty minutes he
recounted what happened to
the
weapon and everyone listened intently; especially
David
.