Damon and Luna were exactly one month old.
The palace was still drunk on dragon-phoenix twin fever.
Every hallway had new banners.
Every minister walked around with stupid happy grins.
Every screen in the empire looped the birth footage 24/7.
The economy got a 12% boost because people were too busy celebrating to work.
Regulus hadn't slept more than ninety minutes at a time in thirty-one days.
He just… stared at them.
All day.
All night.
Like if he blinked they'd vanish.
He had dark circles that made him look like a sexy raccoon.
This morning I finally forced him into the shower.
I walked into the nursery five minutes later.
Found him shirtless (of course) in strawberry boxers (of course) holding both babies like they were made of glass and dreams.
His silver hair was a bird's nest from running his hands through it all night.
Eyes bloodshot.
But smiling like the happiest idiot alive.
I handed him two bottles.
"Go feed them. I'm taking a real shower. Ten minutes."
He looked at the bottles like they were alien artifacts.
"I… I can do this. I'm the Lycan King. I've killed armies. I can feed my own children."
Famous last words.
Aiden and Aurora heard the word "feed" from three rooms away.
Teleported in like tiny assassins.
Aiden "BABIES HUNGRY!!"
Aurora "DADDY FEED!!"
Before Regulus could blink they had stolen the bottles.
Then they looked at him.
Then at the babies.
Then at his chest.
Aiden's eyes went full evil genius.
"DADDY MILK BETTER!!"
Aurora "DADDY HAS BOOBIES!!"
Regulus "wait what no i don't—"
too late
they tackled him
four toddlers vs one lycan king
he lost in 0.3 seconds
they pinned him to the nursery rug
aiden shoved Luna into his left arm
aurora shoved Damon into his right
then both babies latched on
not to bottles
to him
directly
on his bare chest
like he was the mom
Regulus "AAAAAHHHHHHHH—"
The sound that came out of the Lycan King was not human.
It was a mix of horror, pain, and pure unfiltered daddy panic.
Global live stream was on because "cute family morning routine"
Billions watching their terrifying monarch get used as a human milk bottle by his own infants
Chat crashed the server for the second time in history.
"THE KING IS A MILK MACHINE"
"dragon-phoenix twins said daddy milk > formula"
He tried to move.
Kids held him down like tiny professional wrestlers.
Aiden "NO MOVE DADDY!!"
Aurora "FEED BABIES!!"
Damon and Luna just kept drinking.
Happy little gulping sounds.
Regulus face red as a tomato.
Tears in his eyes.
From the pain? Embarrassment? Overwhelming love?
All three.
I came back from the shower.
Towel still around me.
Found my husband on the floor.
Four kids sitting on him like he's furniture.
Two babies nursing like it's the most normal thing in the world.
I lost it.
Laughed so hard I had to sit on the floor.
He looked at me with desperate, wet eyes.
"help… me…"
I wiped tears.
"you said you could handle it"
He started crying.
Actual ugly crying.
Snot bubble.
"The Lycan King… reduced to a human milk bottle…"
Kids "DADDY BEST MILK!!"
He laughed through the tears.
The most broken, happy sound I've ever heard.
This man.
This terrifying, all-powerful Lycan King.
Was officially owned by six tiny humans.
And the empire had never been prouder.