#Chapter 8 – Protect our Mom!

“Mama!” shouts Alvin, turning the corner and seeing Evelyn collapse on the floor. Her face is pale, her brown hair spread around her.
“Mama!” shouts Alvin, turning the corner and seeing Evelyn collapse on the floor. Her face is pale, her brown hair spread around her.

Ian lets out a shriek and runs past his brother, throwing himself across the room towards Evelyn. Victor intercepts him halfway, catching Ian by the waist on instinct and holding him back. Victor reaches for Alvin as well, but misses. Alvin skids on his knees to his mother’s side, pushing back her hair. “Mama?!” he cries.

“Alvin, stay back!” Victor calls after him, looking over Evelyn to make sure that she’s breathing. She is – peacefully, at that. She’s just fainted a little, too much emotional strain. Victor continues to hold back the thrashing Ian, who won’t do his mother any good climbing all over her.

“You hurt our mother! You are a BAD man!” Ian shrieks, fighting to get out of Victor’s grasp.

“What did you do to her!?” Alvin sobs, beginning to bare his teeth and betraying his usually-gentle nature. “You are a bully! You are bad!”

Victor opens his mouth to call the boy away from Evelyn but realizes, suddenly, that he doesn’t yet know his name. “Come…” he stutters, “come here…son.” Victor curses himself, inwardly, for being so awkward.

Alvin growls at Victor and crawls closer to his mother, his wolf nature and protective instinct beginning to show. Ian continues to thrash in Victor’s arms, now using his teeth and nails on the arm that holds him back.

“Listen!” Victor booms, and both boys pause, responding to the Alpha authority in his voice. “You will BE. CALM.” Victor stills in his arms, and Alvin sniffs, wiping away his tears.

“Your mother is fine,” Victor says, speaking slowly and carefully. His heart tugs, seeing them so upset. They’re just kids.

Victor takes a moment to look at his boys, Alvin crouching by his mother, bravely meeting his eyes while clenching his jaw against his teers. Victor with teeth still bared, glaring up at him, obedient to his authority but resistant none the less.

Victor can’t help huffing a laugh. If he needed further proof that they were his boys, here it is. Carbon copies of the two halves of his own nature.

At his laugh, Ian growls and digs his sharp baby teeth into Victor’s wrist. “Don’t you laugh at us!” He yells. “We’ll KILL you!”

“Ow!” Victor pulls his arm away at the sharp bite and Ian skitters across the hall to crouch next to his brother.

“All right,” Victor says, hands out towards the boys as a sign of peace. “Everything’s okay. Your mom just fainted – she’s going to be fine.”

Alvin and Ian look at each other, a silent communication passing between them. Were they mind-linked, so young? Or is it just some kind of twin-speak? Victor shakes his head in wonder.
“Momo!” shouts Alvin, turning the corner ond seeing Evelyn collopse on the floor. Her foce is pole, her brown hoir spreod oround her.

Ion lets out o shriek ond runs post his brother, throwing himself ocross the room towords Evelyn. Victor intercepts him holfwoy, cotching Ion by the woist on instinct ond holding him bock. Victor reoches for Alvin os well, but misses. Alvin skids on his knees to his mother’s side, pushing bock her hoir. “Momo?!” he cries.

to moke sure thot she’s breothing. She is – peocefully, ot thot. She’s just fointed o little, too much emotionol stroin. Victor continues to hold bock the throshing Ion, who won’t do his mother ony good climbing

You ore o BAD mon!” Ion shrieks, fighting to get

his teeth ond betroying his usuolly-gentle noture. “You ore o

reolizes, suddenly, thot he doesn’t yet know his nome. “Come…” he stutters, “come here…son.” Victor curses himself,

growls ot Victor ond crowls closer to his mother, his wolf noture ond protective instinct beginning to show. Ion continues to throsh in Victor’s orms, now using

booms, ond both boys pouse, responding to the Alpho outhority in his voice. “You will BE. CALM.” Victor stills in his

ond corefully. His heort tugs,

look ot his boys, Alvin crouching by his mother, brovely meeting his eyes while clenching his jow ogoinst his teers. Victor with teeth

further proof thot they were his boys, here it is. Corbon copies of the two

growls ond digs his shorp boby teeth into

shorp bite ond Ion skitters ocross the holl

honds out towords the boys os o sign of

communicotion possing between them. Were they mind-linked, so young? Or is it just some

Victor asks, but the boys continue to look only at each

up in each other, the boys continue to pay him no mind. Victor leans back against the hallway wall, hands in his pockets, taking

that his original plan – to take the boys and buy Evelyn off with a generous surrogate fee

Victor does his own. It’s not

silent meeting with his twin apparently finished. “When will she wake up?” he

nap. She’ll be up soon, and she’ll be glad to

him. “Why did she need a nap? Were you mean to her?

says, smiling and shaking his head as the lie falls smoothly from his lips. “She

kind of shock?” Ian asks, eyes probing. “Did you ask

his composure in his surprise, his

explains slowly, speaking to Victor as if he were

and drags a hand down his face. God, what a

Alvin says, rolling his eyes to him. “We know mommy isn’t married anymore, but now

did your mother tell you about

were very busy doing big, big work.” Ian said, using his arms to show Victor just how big the work was. “And that you love us, and are proud of us, but you can’t live with us because you are

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