Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins – Chapter 212

The next day dawns bright and, fueled with a cup of perhaps too-strong coffee – Stephen winced when he drank it – we are off on the road as soon as we can.

The boys’ interest in road life is renewed, luckily, when they discover a set of bingo cards that allows them to win by looking for disgusting things on the side of the road.

“I saw a flat dead frog! I did! I saw it!”

ss suffuse my tired limbs, make me stronger.

ou did not!” Ian argues back, pointing vehemently at the window

face falls as he considers this possibility. “Wait, no! I’ve got th

eagerly out the window again, looking for more.

Victor murmurs in my ear, but I can feel him smiling.

I murmur back. “I

gh at him as he dramatically rolls his eyes.

mongst their games before he had seen it when he came to see us that Christmas evening. I snuck it into the RV yesterday morning in one of the boy’s bags.

I don’t admit that he called it right, but we both know. And I’m pleas

rough roads that pass through forests and woods, heading for the rock formation that marks the beginning of the trail.

h is how I drive pretty much anywhere. Stephen has a live connection to the Beta base at home on an iPad connected securely to the dashboard. He is feeding them a live stream of our location and getting instructions from them about how to proceed.

I can feel it, my anxiety growing. I slip my hand into Victor’s and take comfort from the tight squeeze he gives me. But mostly, we sit quietly a

and then, finally, achingly, comes to

Stephen

turning up the corner of his lips. “This is as far as I can go.”

’t quite make it convincingly to my face, and I know that he can tell.

l, I

mn it. It was going to work.

gh the RV, getting things packed up, getting the boys organized…

I know, to make my body match my

s of clothes and one or two carefully selected toys each. No electronics make the cut, besides essentials like flashlights and cell phones.

packs from the storage area beneath the RV. These, I know, are filled with the essentials for Victor and I as well as some food, water, and a tent.

ad worked so hard, too, trying to lighten the packs, do everything they could to give us nearly-weightless materials. But even that hadn’t been enough.

nd nods, settling it over his shoulders. We

me, though, his face worried.

g his hand.

touch…”

t else do I have going on?”

hand as well.

one knee in front of my

ke now.”

uation.

s of his backpack.

say quietly. “Or to stay here, safe with Stephen.”

listen.

woods and you will almost certainly be safer and more comfortable here in the RV. But, you two have proven yourselves to be brave and capable boys in the past few months.”

, letting him finish.

h it might feel like it. This is very serious, and dangerous, and…we anticipate that it will be hard.”

ead.

nd I both turn our attentio

t is serious. We know that you are both sick.”

and curse inwardly. Damn it, I thought we had done such a goo

sly. “We think we can help.”

be there.”

makes me sad to think it, but I’m also so, so proud to see who they have become.

hoes tied?”

checking, and then grin up at their father, nodding enthusiastically.

ught it might be, it’s heavier than I remember. Still, I sling it over my shoulders, knowing we need every bit of it.

you get back.”

puts out a silent hand for Stephen t

re at it, it feels almost as if it pulls me towards it.

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