Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins – Chapter 152

Desperate, panicked as pieces of the ceiling start to slam down around be, revealing flames behind, I haul myself to my feet. Determined to give it one last shot, I grab Bridgette by her shoulders again and pull, putting my whole weight into it –

Suddenly, I feel something at my back. I gasp and then cough viciously against the smoke in my lungs. I turn, then, to see Victor behind me, looking furious. I open my mouth to speak but he beats me to it.

“Evelyn, go –“ he yells, his face dark with soot, with panic.

Bridgette’s limp form.

s strong hands to mine.

r through the kitchen, licking at the floor where we were just sitting.

t works its way into my lungs.

out his arms for Bridgette, his face horrified, grateful, scared as he takes his fiancé from his brother.

ing over his own steps, and then I rise to meet him as he grabs me by the arm and pulls me further away from the house.

we both fall to the ground, gasping. I let myself lay back on the cool, hard cement next to the pool, staring up at the smoky sky as I work to get my breath back.

n he looks up to meet my eyes, I can see that he is livid.

ins to yell at me. “What the hell were you thinking, Evelyn?!” he shouts.

“I had to help –“

ys, his face still lit with rage. “You could have died!”

or,” I say, gesturing an arm towards her.

ctor moves then, leaping to his feet, confronting the nearest Beta with the full heat of his temper. “Wh

“

s teeth elongating into fangs, his fingers sharpening with claws, “who let her go in there –“

ack, true fear on his face, and Victor bellows, hauling his fist up and pu

ied –

t towards him, palms forward, and feel the message first coil within me and then pu

STOP.

eaches him. He turns sharply away from the Beta, fixing his gaze on me. The Beta scramble

lse, Evelyn! You were surrounded by Betas – you could have sent one of them in –“

t even considered it in the moment.

and then allows himself to ungracefully sit down on the ground, putting his head in his hands. I watch him, shocked, and see suddenly that he’s shaking.

ck, rubbing it softly. “It’s okay,” I whisper. “We did it, we’re safe –“

ith myself if anything –“

ame. Victor studies my face.

r to him, shaking my head.

couldn’t not go to her. He nods, then, forcing himself to understand, to see that that it’s in the past. That we’re safe now and he can calm down.

, my mind.

body, his thoughts. We’re safe, he says, and that’s all that matters.

g the wail of a firetruck’s siren somewhere close.

and Victor turns his face to mine. “It’s not wort

eyes fill with sadness as he says this and I put my hand to his cheek. “She is my sister now, Victor,” I say softly. “She’

ing away. “No, Evelyn. You are everything.

ings, always, which I would sacrifice my life for.

be worth it.

ice is never truly asked of me. Because as much as I’d hate to leave this world, I kno

ther in silence, we turn our eyes towards the house and watch it burn to the ground.