Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins – Chapter 44
The morning dawns bright and sunny. I turn over in my makeshift bed on the twins’ floor, seeking to escape the rays that pry into my eyes, disrupting my sleep. I give a little grunt of discontent, taking my blankets with me as I turn over. Unfortunately, I also roll over onto one of Archie’s squeaky toys, which excites the dog and sends him scurrying over.
“Go back to sleep, Archie,” I whisper, burrowing my head lower under the blankets. The puppy ignores my command and begins to wriggle with the excitement of a new day, burrowing under my covers in an attempt to kiss me good morning.
“Archie,” I sigh, giving up and opening up my blankets to pull the puppy closer. “You ruin all good attempts to sleep in.”
nd at the boxes and boxes of takeout food which we have spread all over the room.
All good things must come to an end.”
kay to go upstairs without them. We locked ourselves in here – watching movies, curling up together, ignoring the world – to help us return to a sense of normalcy, of safety, of fun.
tially, a military operation, the other half is glad they’re there. Nobody’s getting in with Victor downstairs.
as a protector, a friend, and a fellow fan of Thor. He also ate all the vegetables in the Chinese food, which the rest of us refused, so we see his worth there too.
ar and I smile sleepily at
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very excited. What’s going on? “Pack your bags!” Victor cheers, “we’re headed out!”
ll of shock, Ian’s full of enthusiasm.
stinky room, we’re going to go out into the world! Try something new!”
Victor – this is ridiculous. What we need is to return to normalcy with his home.”
eed to be totally safe. But to do that! We have to get OUT!” He says the last sentence as an invigorating cheer. The boys fall for it, jumping up in their bed and shouting along with him in joy and excitement.
kly they forget th
h in a half smile, intrigued.
” I ask.
great! Fresh air! Moonlight! Fireside stories! Smores!”
p and down on
camping.”
for Alvin’s hands as he jumps. “I’m so excited
ring my head with my blankets, wishing – contrarily – for a long and peaceful sleep instead.
ed into a van. Luckily, it’s a fancy van – one with benches that face each ot
e thrilled. They spend the first hour of the ride exploring every piece of our transport – playing with the lights, dig
t we’ve been driving. I don’t know how she has any nails left, after all of that filing. She hasn’t said a word to me, to any of us.
ful that he’s here, that Victor has granted him permission to continue as our personal body guard. I feel quite safe.
e window, I notice that the car is slowing down, turning off the main road. Our travel suddenly becomes bumpy, jerky, as we pull onto a dirt road and head into the darkness of the forest.
he windows, ooh-ing and ahh-ing at everything they see, even though to me it just looks like a bunch of trees. After about a mile, the van pulls to the left and slowly comes to a stop.
hat she does not feel the same.
nd supplies pull up behind us. Half of me is annoyed by the necessity of having to travel in such a pack, but the other half…well, the other half is very grateful to have them h
my eyes, reliving – just for a moment – the absolute horror of being attacked in my own home, of watching my illusion of safet
feel Emily, again, smacking me to the ground, slicing my forehead open.
xt to me, his eyes full of concern. “Are you okay? Do you need anything?”
ve him a small smile.
kay.
uts a hand on my shoulder and I feel grateful for his support.
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with attached hearth and chimney for cooking.
n. “I think this is exactly where I want to be. I can’t say why. I just…feel it.”
e, every time I come here.”