Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins

#Chapter 99 – Unexpected Guests

The next morning, Victor wakes early, going to his office to begin working through his plans for the future. Everything is different, now, without a Luna by his side to secure his position. He has heirs, yes, but the community values family. Indeed, he has built much of his political stance on family values.

Now that he has rejected his Luna, there is going to be blowback. He needs a plan.

Beta Stephen brings him a cup of coffee and he is just about to take a sip when the doorbell rings. Victor frowns at Stephen and c***s his head, a silent question.

Stephen just shrugs at him. “I don’t know, sir. You don’t have any appointments.”

“Perhaps it’s just Burton,” Victor says, straightening his suit coat. It’s a little early for a full suit, he knows, but he feels better when he’s ready for anything.

“I’ll check, sir,” Stephen says, heading out of the room.

Victor sips his coffee and turns to his computer, scanning his calendars and email inbox, one ear cast towards the front door for any hint of who has come to visit.

He goes still at the first hint of voices. Old voices, familiar ones.

s**t.

He stands straight and stares at the door of his office, his eyes narrowing as someone walks in the door frame.

“Mom?” Victor says, frowning. “What are you doing here?”

“I’m afraid it’s not just me, darling,” she says softly, lowering the small pink suitcase she carries to the ground.

Victor opens his mouth to enquire, but closes it quickly when his father rolls into sight, followed quickly by Rafe and…someone new.

high her ankles seem to tremble. She gives him an enthusiastic

says nothing, looking them all over,

his father says, his face serious and ready for a fight, “to take you

in a

says, waving a hand to dismiss his protest. “What matters is that when you took the pack at such an early age, a clause was built into the contract suggesting that if you hit times of crisis – and rejecting a well-loved and well-respected Luna certainly falls under the

lap, looking at Victor with steady eyes. Behind

to find

shifts his gaze to her. Would she betray him

his thoughts, Victor’s mother slowly shakes her head. “No, darling. I’m just

missteps could lead to disaster – not for someone

Rafe says, his words smooth and cocky, “you should have had the by-laws revised, shouldn’t you, at some point during that time. As it stands, we

you reject it,” his mother says softly, almost apologetically, “it opens the opportunity for the pack

looking down at his desk, at his hands spread there. God damnit. Another move he hadn’t seen coming. But he could get through

asks, acquiescing to the situation, but not happy

as it takes,” he hears his

Beta is standing in the

family is thoroughly moved in, his father and mother comfortably ensconced in an in-law suite on the first floor. Victor had had it built expressly for their visits several years back, everything made specifically to be accessible by someone in a

in a guest room upstairs. The guest room furthest from his own room, in fact. He didn’t want to hear…well, anything.

the scene at the pool out back. His father isn’t there –

of his drink. They’re just here for a vacation at

blinks, wondering at the fast change – not even a few days ago, they had