Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins

#Chapter 71 – Hoodwinked

Victor’s face likewise goes pale. The two of us must look like ghosts, standing here before my father, who chuckles at the shock on our faces. “Welcome home, Evelyn,” he says, moving forward to press a kiss against my cheek. “You have been returned to your previous status as an Alpha female and my acknowledged daughter.”

My father pulls another piece of paper from the bottom of the stack in his hand. “And as you can see, I have made an addition to my will which stipulates that, through you, their mother, I likewise claim Alvin and Ian Kensington as my acknowledged heirs.”

I stare at him, slowly shaking my head. This means that upon my father’s death or his abdication, my sons will inherit his title, his power. But it also means that as their Reagent, my father has significant rights to control their lives, their educations. He is, in many ways, as much their Alpha as Victor is.

Victor, realizing this as well, lets out a roar and crosses the room, slamming his fist against the wall. My father smirks, watching him, knowing that he has all of the control.

“How could you,” I whisper, staring at my father, my eyes filled with hate. My whole life he’s sought to control me, to use me for whatever advantage he could take. I had worked so hard to keep my sons from his control – this was exactly what I had feared –

Victor’s claiming of the boys was supposed to protect them from precisely this –

And the great price Victor apparently paid to keep them safe, all wasted –

I groan, realizing the true depths of this disaster. Without his infamous Beta force and financial reserves to bolster his power, Victor is at a disadvantage. With Alvin and Ian as the linchpin, the Walsh pack now has significant ties to Victor and his resources. If my father has joined forces with Willard, as I know suspect, then he could use Alvin and Ian to take control of all that Victor has.

“It’s just politics, Evelyn,” my father says, sneering at me. “I had always hoped you would develop an instinct for this kind of advantage. You’re far from stupid. But, it appears, you’re as naïve as this man here.”

My father sniffs, turning his attention out the window onto the grounds, surveying his empire. “Hopefully I can turn those two boys into something more useful than you. They have the makings to be great.”

keep your hands off my boys,” Victor says, still leaning against

such thing,” my father says, still casual. “I will see that those boys are properly trained and educated, to protect the future

himself from the wall and moving

Victor up and down, clearly unimpressed. “Your best choice in this situation would be to do as I say and marry Evelyn instead

father’s plan all along. Doing so would make him, by far, the

no further move forward. I blink at him, realizing that he has been beat in this round.

Evelyn,” Victor says, his voice

can go home, regroup, come up with a

stay, Evelyn,” my father says, still gazing out the back window, control sounding in every word. I stop

Victor breathes,

She is a high-ranking member of my pack and is thus under my protection.” We can see the sneer

proven that you can protect her, or my grandsons,” he says. “After all, it was remarkably easy to take those boys out of school today.

perfectly capable

running a messy pack? Of keeping my daughter in

I don’t currently have the power to take the boys from you as well –

putting out his hand, fear filling

step forward, reaching out my own hand towards him, but we both

packs, but also the physical ones. In exchange for their protection, they have a very specific kind of authority over their pack members. Our bodies respond, instinctually, to Alpha commands. It is an almost-mystical control