the twins are four months old now and the house is officially a zoo
i mean it was already chaos but now it's chaos with four tiny dictators
and the sacred throne
that big fancy one with all the gems and moonstones that's supposed to be the symbol of ultimate power for three thousand years
yeah that one
it's now a playground
this morning regulus has this super important global alpha video conference
he puts on the full king outfit the new backup crown (the old one still smells faintly of pee no matter how many times we wash it) and walks into the throne hall looking like he's about to declare war
i'm in the doorway holding damon and luna feeding them bottles while aiden and aurora are "helping daddy prepare"
which should have been my first warning
meeting starts
giant screen lights up with two hundred alphas from all over the world all looking serious
regulus sits on the throne clears his throat
"regarding the northern mining rights—"
and that's when i hear it
wheeeeeeee
aiden pops out from behind the throne riding the armrest like a slide
"SLIDE TIME!!"
he shoots down the armrest lands on regulus lap
regulus freezes
every alpha on screen freezes
aurora goes next from the other side
"MY TURN!!"
lands on top of aiden
regulus "children this is not the time—"
damon in my arms starts kicking like "put me down i wanna play too"
luna joins in
i lose grip on both bottles and the two little chubby terrorists wriggle free crawl straight up the throne steps
damon grabs the moonstones like rock climbing
luna sits on regulus head and drools on his crown
global alphas watching their king with babies hanging off him like koalas
one alpha coughs to hide a laugh
regulus tries to stay professional
"as i was saying the mining rights—"
aiden stands up on the throne seat and yells "DADDY FLY!!"
pushes regulus with all his four-year-old strength
regulus
king of kings
lord of all lycans
gets pushed off his own throne
falls flat on his royal ass on the marble floor
crown flies off
four kids cheer like he did a trick
"AGAIN DADDY AGAIN!!"
the entire global conference loses it
some alphas are crying laughing
one guy from the east continent literally falls off his chair
regulus on the floor hair messed up robe open looking at the ceiling like "why do i even try"
i'm in the doorway laughing so hard milk comes out my nose
he looks at me with the most broken expression
"pause the meeting"
clicks the mute button
then just lies there while the kids climb all over him like he's a jungle gym
aiden sits on his face
aurora uses his arm as a horse
damon and luna are chewing on his cape
he whispers "i'm never having another meeting again"
i walk in still laughing put the babies on his chest
"you look good down there"
he groans "my dignity is dead"
the kids all clap "daddy dead!!"
he starts laughing too the broken kind where you know the man has accepted he's just a giant toy now
meeting resumed twenty minutes later
regulus back on the throne
kids sitting very carefully
with four kids on his lap like it's normal
alphas pretending nothing happened but you can see some are still red from laughing
one guy from south continent whispers "can we get the slide footage"
regulus pretends he didn't hear
i'm in the back filming everything for blackmail
best day of my life