Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins – Chapter 187
I sigh, quietly considering that nobody told me how boring a siege is.
Alvin and Ian are sitting on the floor. They’ve turned the puzzle upside down and they’re so bored that they’re working on putting it together that way, without any picture to help them. Every few minutes they sigh and look at me, but all I can do is shrug.
There’s a very slight panic inside my chest, of course, to keep me busy. It’s such a strange dichotomy at work here – part of me can’t stand the silence, but the other part knows that when this silence and boredom goes away…violence will take its place.
father will do everything in his power to kill Victor, who is surely coming up with a plan to get us out of here.
ess to lose. My father will be ruthless in a way that Victor cannot be, not with his children at stake. And me, if he still wants me.
sigh, then, thinking of all of this, wondering what the hell I can do to help. To do anything to sway the tides of the battle in Victor’s favor, to protect him, to protect us, whom my father will surely use as shields and
much. My father has quite literally put me in my place, locked me in this room and gi
BOOM.
he quiet of the room is suddenly shattered by a single ear-splitting explosion that shakes the entire house. I almost leap out of my skin wh
men are still bent over their strategy maps.
her looks towards the direction of the blast and then
ike I did it, or something.
back at him. God, this man. I alm
from outside. I hear the word “Kensington” and “attack” repeated over and over, but from my place across the room, I can’t quite put together the pieces of what, precisely, is happening.
I sigh, quietly considering that nobody told me how boring a siege is.
couch, then, knowing that the moment is coming nearer. I rest my forehead briefly in my hand and feel Alvin’s littl
ng here, passively, while Victor battles outside. While my father makes his plans to destroy him. How th
absolute torture.
then – flying open
– “ the Beta says, whirling to plead something to my fath
s to be breached for no reason –“
outnumbered – we need reinforcements –“
ue, then – really, the vast majority of my father’s forces, just gone –
to them as well and growls, looking down at the table for a moment while he considers his options.
ept Brent,” he says, nodding to the Beta standing directly to his right. The Captain and most trusted of his men.
Beta, ready to face whatever they meet there.
urn as they hear new noises.
his head c****d to the side to better listen. “But now, it is inside the house. I can
s his agreement, taking my hand. “It is papa. I know it is. I can’t hear him, precisely but…I know it is him.”
n the front line, waging this battle himself.
and closer to the room in which we’re locked away. Progressing down the hall, a series of thumps and bangs that put my nerves on edge. My breath sharpens in my chest when I hear the bangs progress past us along the wall, towards the door at the other end of the room, where my father stand
r side of the room, sir – please –“
growling.
y open the door with a blast. We can’t risk you standing too close – yo
her considers his words and then nods, crossing the room to stand with the women and children, something I know he
tle ahead of my mother, who sits in her chair and grips – of all things – the slim neck of her favorite Tiffany lap in her left hand.
she runs screaming from the room?
other’s hands. Alvin, whose hand is already in mine, gives my fingers a little squeeze.
– we know it is someone coming to help us – we’re all aware of the danger in thi
nding stops. I almost hold my breath as my eyes dart around the room and back to the door. There’s a mild scratching now, on the outside. What the –
r.
what –
n speak, an explosion rocks the room –
inward –
back onto the couch and covering their bodies with mine –
Brent screams, shooting at whoever is coming through the door.