This partakes after Lover Reborn in the series the Black Dagger Brotherhood, I own none of these characters from J. except my own. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 1

"Wrath, I think it's time" he heard his shellan say from the doorway of his office. Wrath son of Wrath looked up into the darkness since his eyes were blind to her, but he smelled her beautiful scent, and it was coated in fear. "Are you sure?" he said quickly as he got up from his seat. George his dog and best friend stood up from his place beside the desk and came over quickly as he sensed something was wrong.

"I'm sure" Beth said from the doorway. In this moment she was glad Wrath was blind because she looked like hell. She felt the sweat soaking her hair and her breathing was ragged as she held her swollen belly like it was a sacred relic. Her contractions started an hour ago, but she had let it slide thinking it was just another cramp and it would soon pass as it had in the past. But the pain was worse now, and she knew it was time. Her son was coming. How she knew it was a boy was beyond her, but the moment she felt the young move inside her stomach she knew exactly what it was. Wrath and her were going to be parents, they were going to have a boy, who would become the prince of their race if she and him survived.

God she didn't want to think about that. She had heard stories of shellans and young dying on the birthing bed, it was one of the main reasons Wrath didn't want to have young. But damn her, she had wanted one, with Bella and Zsadist having little Nalla, and Quinn and Layla having their young Iris, she had felt it pressing on her. She had been happy with Wrath, but she had wanted more, and now with her contractions killing her every breath she took, Beth felt she was paying the price for it.

Wrath got on the phone and called for Doc Jane and quickly went to his shellan. "Come her leelan let me help sit you down" he said taking her hand. Beth grabbed on her husbands massive hand and he let out a hiss as he felt her squeeze. "Leelan you are about to rip my hand off, why did you wait this long?" he said as he placed her slowly on the rug. "Thought...it was...just a cramp" she said through deep breathes trying to keep the pain at bay.

Wrath suddenly regretted every choice he had made with his decision to have young. Here was his shellan, his life, and he could smell the pain dripping from her pores. Every warrior instinct in him wanted to tear down the walls and find out what had caused his shellans pain but he knew the culprit was himself and the young inside her. As Beth hunkered down on the carpet breathing heavily Wrath placed his hand over her swollen stomach. It had grown so big from life, he had loved laying beside her at night and feeling the young stir under his hand. "He's calmed down" she said her breathing getting easier "When you put your hand there, he stopped moving around."

"He?" Wrath said. Beth looked at him with a far off stare and evenly said "Yes, it's a boy, I can feel it." Wrath suddenly was panicking internally but he would be damned if he let his shellan know that. "We haven't thought of a name" he suddenly said. It was true, they had been so worked up about her pregnancy they hadn't even thought of a name. They had somehow missed out on the good of her becoming pregnant and had focused on keeping all the bad out.

Doc Jane suddenly whipped around the door with med bag in hand. "How far are contractions?" she asked as she place a stethoscope to Beth's chest. "They were about two minutes apart until Wrath placed his hand on my stomach" Beth said looking wide eyed at Vishous's shellan. Doc Jane just nodded her head at the queen, knowing how scared she was. "Wrath, please lift your hand from her stomach for a moment" the doctor asked the king. "Like hell, she was in pain before, I'll not put her in any more" he growled at the woman.

"Wrath, please" Beth said "She needs to know what's going on." The king muttered something under his breath and took his hand from her stomach to run it wildly through his long dark hair. She had loved that he had grown it out so much, she only hoped her son would look like him. Suddenly a shooting pain shot through her and she gritted her teeth just to keep from screaming. The nightgown she was wearing was soaked from where her water broke but the doctor did not seem to mind and she felt under the skirt.

"Your dilated, so I'm going to ask you now to start pushing" Doc Jane said very evenly. Beth did as she asked and kept up on her breathing while she pushed. "Wrath help hold her up from behind just in case she gets tired." The mighty king sat behind his queen and held her close against him as she struggled to give birth to their young.

Suddenly Dr. Manny came in, his tan face and built body almost blocking the entrance to the door. "How's it going Jane?" he said almost out of breath, like he ran up all the way from the training center. "The queen is heavily dilated and contractions are getting worse, I've started her trying to push, I'll need oxygen up here if it becomes too much" she said never taking her eyes from the queen. "Right" the surgeon said behind her "The Brothers are waiting outside wondering what's going on, what should I tell them?"

"Tell them the queen is in labor" Wrath growled at the surgeon. He knew he should be thankful the doctor had come to help, but he had a severe problem with him having a look at his shellans most private parts. "Alright then" the surgeon said as he turned around and walked out. Beth couldn't hold in in any longer and suddenly cried out as the pain whipped through her once again. She could hear Wrath nearly growling behind her and she barely panted out "I'm..fine...it's...okay" when suddenly she felt a tremor rise through her and she knew it push with all her might.

"I see the head!" Doc Jane suddenly said and she screamed for Manny to get back in here with hot water and a towel. Beth pushed and pushed till sweat dripped down into her eyes and she had to close them to get through the pain. Manny rushed in with the items and sat beside Doc Jane as she kept telling the queen to push. In one giant breathe Beth pushed with everything she had and felt her young slide out of her. She collapsed back into Wrath, her beautiful husband as she heard her young cry out into the world for the very first time.

It seemed like forever, laying down in Wrath's arms as she stared up into his face. He was looking down at her when he suddenly whipped off his dark glasses and she saw those beautiful pale green eyes that now had tears in them. "Leelan?" he suddenly gasped. "I'm here" she whispered "I'm okay."

Then Doc Jane said something she couldn't hear but when she looked to meet the doctor she saw the young in her arms. Beth reached out without knowing it and took the beautiful bundle into her arms. This was her son. She saw his dark hair plastered to his tiny head and his wails suddenly stopped as he felt her warmth beside him. "My God.."she whispered "He's beautiful."

Doc Jane fixed Beth up quick, but the queen wouldn't let go of her newborn. She knew she had so much time with this young one, but for the moment she didn't want him to leave her side. Wrath didn't leave Beth's side either until they moved her safely to the couch in the office where they wrapped a robe around the queen along with a blanket, then he sat right beside her and listened to both of them breathing. His queen was at utter peace, along with himself. His shellan had survived the birth, along with his son. He thanked the Scribe Virgin over and over in his head.

"Would you like to hold him?" Beth suddenly asked. He held out his hands as the bundle was placed in them gently. He heard a loud cooing and just knew his son knew who held him. Suddenly his vision became a bit hazy, like the darkness became a bit lighter. It grew and grew until he suddenly saw the room and it became so clear he could make out every detail that came to him. He looked down quickly and saw his son for the very first time. He had Wrath's nose, and his chin, but the rest looked like Beth to him. "I see him" Wrath whispered quietly just in case the fates decided to take back this gift "I actually see him." He looked over to his queen and she knew he was telling the truth.

God it had been so long since he had seen her, her beauty shining even through the mess they had struggled just now. Her dark hair was smoothed away from her face and her eyes were filled with happy tears as she smiled at him. She bent over and kissed him deeply as he looked back down at his son. The young's eyes suddenly opened and he breathed in sharply as he saw the color. It was his own, only more jaded, a deep emerald that sparkled and shimmered like pure magic.

"We should give him a name" Beth said thinking about her young "Should we name him after you?" Wrath thought about his father and his father before him, it almost didn't seem right to name his son after such a long tradition of a name. After all, he had changed the traditions of his people, he had let the Chosen go and make their own choices, he had changed everything. It was only right to change this as well. "No, I think we should name him something else" he said "There is an old tale of our people of a great vampire, he changed a lot about the way we live, and for it they named him Mayhem. I think that is a good name for our son, because in the end he will changed everything as I have."

Beth looked at her husband and thought about the name. It was true, their son would change the future, and perhaps even make it better for their people. Mayhem, it was a warriors name, a name worthy of a prince. "I like it" she said looking down at her precious young "Mayhem" she whispered. The babe cooed at his parents as if the name suited him just fine and wiggled about in his father's arms to get closer to him.

A soft knock made both parents look from their young to the door. "Who is it?' Wrath rumbled. Doc Jane put her head in as her short blonde hair whipped around her glasses "Just checking in, is everything okay?" Beth gave the doctor a warm smile "Yes everything is fine, just giving him a name is all. You can come in if you like." The doctor squeezed in and shut the door quietly to not disturb the little one. As she looked down Doc Jane gasped at the little one's eyes. "Oh, his eyes are beautiful" she whispered "He's perfectly healthy by the way, Manny took his vitals while I stitched you up."

"That's good to know" Wrath said snuggling the babe close to him and then handing little Mayhem back to Beth "Are the others out there?"

"Yes, the whole Brotherhood is outside waiting to hear what happened" she said still looking down at the baby.

"Go ahead and bring them in, but the moment one of them so much as makes my son get fussy they are all out of here" the king said.

Doc Jane just nodded her head and went for the door. Wrath heard the woman whisper to the Brothers and a sound agreement came murmuring back. His eyes never left his shellan and his young, he wouldn't let them out of his sigh for a while he supposed now that his vision was restored. He would have to make a personal visit to the Scribe Virgin, even if she didn't cause his blindness, he still would thank her for the gift and for the birth of his son.

Huge bodies suddenly began cramming into the room as the Black Dagger Brotherhood and their shellans came to see the king, queen, and now little prince. Rhage, Mary, Zsadist and Bella along with Nalla in their arms, Butch, Marissa, Vishous, Doc Jane, Phury and Cormia, Rehvenge along with Ehlena, Torhment and Autumn, John and Xhex with Qhuinn and Blaylock along with Layla and little Iris, and Manny and Payne all entered the great room to stare at the newborn prince.

Wrath watched as they placed the beautiful wraith they had made for the young prince beside the queen. Each of their colorful ribbons wrapped beautifully together to symbolize that they were more than just a Brotherhood, but a family to the prince. The baby cooed loudly and the group suddenly softened together as the baby wriggled in his mother's arms.

"What's his name?" Vishous asked suddenly.

"Mayhem, his name is Mayhem" the queen said.