The Alpha Dynasty (Sequel to MARKED FOR DESTINY) (Book 2 of 2)

8. News From The Alpha

But as much as they wanted to stay in their room and revel in the fact that they were both going to become parents, they knew they had to let everyone know that first of all Draco wasn't ill.  And second of all that they were going to have babies.  Babies!  In the plural, thank you.  Harry still couldn't get his head around it, and wondered how the body of Draco was going to adapt, and felt a thrill go through him at how beautiful and glowing his husband was going to be.  Not that he wasn't already, he thought with a smirk.

Draco raised a brow at those thoughts, licked his lips, and said that they should go for a shower.  "Let's not smell of sex when we break the news Alpha", making Harry laugh.  So, they showered, got dressed in jeans and dress shirts, and left the room.  Harry asked Draco to go on ahead to the lounge without him, he wanted a quick word with the elves.  Draco agreed, and did so.

Harry asked the elves to please call for his Inner Circle, he had something to tell them.  If they could also prepare a light snack and some champagne, because they were going to be a while.  The elves did so immediately.  They could feel the excitement coming from Harry, but he would speak when he was ready.  Even the house elves had been asked to attend the meeting, and so couldn't wait to hear what it was.

When he arrived at the doors of the lounge, he stood and watched everyone for a while, until the sound of the front doors opening had him turning his attention away from them.  He saw how the people who he had summoned had come to him, and sent a rush of love to all of them.  Blaise fell over from it, and smiled.  "Jesus Harry, still with the strong love, huh?", he laughed, shaking the man's hand.  Harry shrugged and just laughed with him.

"Sorry Blaise.  I keep forgetting that you can't handle it", he joked, clapping him on the back.  Blaise looked at him, and thought that Harry seemed extremely happy today.  He wondered what was going to be said.  Pansy gave him a hug and a smile, and he loved the fact that she had a confused look on her face.  Not knowing what was going on, and he smiled at the secrecy of it.

Ron and Hermoine hugged him in greeting, and said it was good to see him.  He smiled back and answered, "Its good to see you two as well".

Severus, Mcgonagall and Dumbledore were the last to enter, and after their hellos, they all entered the lounge, and waited for Harry to speak.  He was standing at a window, looking outside, as if the world out there had answers to his questions.  Oh well, he would handle whatever the world threw at him, and he would do it with love and with pride.  Daily tasks and new routines would have to happen, and he was overwhelmed.

When the elves entered, they placed the trays of food and drink on the table, and Harry thanked them and again asked them to stay.  He had something that he wanted to share with everyone, and they also had a right and a need to know.  There were some who shifted uncomfortably, but only for a moment, because the snarky look that Draco gave them, was enough to deter them from having any further unwanted thoughts.

Don't be fooled.  Draco was a softie when it came to loving Harry Potter, but he was still the same snarky, snobbish, moody blond that he was famous for, and everyone in the room knew it.  It was what drew Harry to him, marking him as his equal.  He had never worshipped the man, and for that, Harry was glad.  

He walked towards the table, and waved his hand, causing the bottles of champagne to pop open.  Raised brows and huge eyes were watching his every move, and still Harry remained silent.  With another wave, the bottles raised up and started pouring the soft pink liquid into the champagne flutes that had been provided.  And when that was done, the bottles vanished, as a sign that the people could now enjoy the taste of success or good news, whichever it was.

Harry waved his hand once more, making the glasses glide into the hands of the people that were sitting in front of him.  All except himself and Draco.  For them, Harry had asked for a drink called Appeltizer.  It was a crisp apple cider with no alcohol, and refreshing on any day.  When the others saw this, they were really confused at to what was going on and wanted to voice just that.  But Harry had other ideas.  He was going to speak first.  Like it or lump it.

"Thank you everyone for coming.  For those of you who don't know, Draco has been very ill these past couple of days, and Narcissa, Lucius and I have been besides ourselves with worry.  He has been tired, nauseas, moody, snotty and just downright unpleasant because of how he was feeling, that I asked a Healer to come and diagnose him this morning.  I was worried that he had picked up a bug to make him ill, because I didn't want him to keep going through that", he said, winking at his lover.

Draco winked back.  He refused to look at anyone other than Harry, because he knew the minute he did that, he would burst into tears from being happy, and of course from making them happy as well.  So even is his mother was trying to get his attention, or even if Pansy was nudging his foot with her own, he ignored them all and focused on Harry.  The absolute love of his life.  Taking a small sip of his juice, he raised his chin in a manner worthy of a Malfoy, and waited for Harry to continue.

Narcissa noticed this and was sure that her son was up to something.  What exactly was going on?  She knew she couldn't rush Harry, but when he was finished talking, she was going to have a serious word with Draco.  She looked at Harry again, and listened intently as he carried on with his story.

"When the Healer left, she told me that Draco would be the one to tell me what was wrong with him, because he had asked her if he could do this", he said with what sounded like a sob.  Clearing his throat, because now was not the time for tears, and he really didn't want to break any hearts, he quickly carried on.  

"She also said that she would be by every week to check on him, and I had no clue what she meant.  Draco..", he said looking at his husband.  "I was so scared Boo.  I honestly had no idea, and I just... I wanted to punch something, out of fear perhaps, I don't know, and then, then when I saw you in bed, looking into the bag of potions...".

Draco put his glass on the table, and stood up.  Placing both hands on Harry's face he silently spoke to him [Harry love, this is good news remember.  Look at their faces.  You are scaring them.  Take a deep breath and tell them.  Just blurt it out.  Okay?]

Harry gave a shy smile, licked his lips and nodded [Okay].  When Draco went to sit back down, Harry took a deep breath, exhaled and decided to hell with it.  He was going to do exactly what his Omega told him to do.  And so, without blinking, and without any second thoughts or reservations, he blurted out their news with so much pride, that Draco was grinning at his sappiness.

"We are pregnant.  What I mean is, Draco is pregnant.  With twins", he declared.  

At first, he thought that they had done something wrong, because his words were met with silence.  He thought that maybe they hated him now for doing this to Draco, and didn't want anything to do with him anymore.  But it was only when Narcissa stood up and raised her glass in a show of congratulating them, that he began to relax.  And then there was a rupture of noise, even from the house elves.

"Oh Harry, that's wonderful news!", she exclaimed with a wink, telling him silently that she had suspected as much.  Rushing towards him, throwing her arms around him and giving him a strong hug, pouring herself into it, telling him what she couldn't put into words.  Then when she moved onto hug Draco, the others rose as one, and congratulated them on the good news.  Harry was so glad that this had been received well, and he knew he had to let their guides know as well.

It wouldn't bode well if the Alpha's guides heard the news from someone else.