#Chapter 193 – Family Reunion

“Nothing’s wrong,” Ian says, shrugging, drawing Alvin’s gaze back to him. “That was just awesome.”

Alvin freezes for a moment and then both boys start to laugh. Brent crosses his arms, not joining in, pissed off to be under these kids’ control.

“You have to teach me how to do that!” Ian says, jumping down from the couch and running to take Alvin’s hand. “Really, what do you do? Is it hard?”

Alvin shrugs. “I don’t know – you just get really bossy –“

Suddenly, Brent lunges forward, reaching for him, and Alvin gasps – spinning and putting his hands up.

“STOP!” Alvin screams and – inches from him – Brent freezes in place, loosing his balance and falling to the floor. But he doesn’t move forward anymore.

Ian looks at Alvin again, scared and wide-eyed, and Alvin grimaces a little. “I guess…I’m still new to it. I can’t do it from far away, not without a megaphone, and I guess…I didn’t realize you had to hold them to it, once you commanded it.”

Ian shrugs, considering. “I think you did a good job.”

“Thanks,” Alvin says with a smile, pleased, as he moves forward to a tied-up Beta and takes a set of zip ties from his pocket. Then, he and Ian move over to Brent. “Hands behind your back, please,” Alvin says, his voice light.

Scowling, the Beta complies, and the boys bind his hands, his feet, his legs, and his mouth.

Then, they run from the room, determined to find their parents.

Evelyn and Victor both turn their heads towards the stairs, hearing the pounding of feet coming down them – but they both frown when they realize that the feet don’t sound…quite right.

Not heavy enough.

Evelyn gasps as she realizes what is happening just before the twins come into view, a ring of keys dangling from Ian’s hand.

“Hi mom!” Alvin says, rushing over to her bars. Ian goes directly to his father’s cell, peering in at him, his face worried.

“Alvin,” Evelyn says, reaching through the bars to take her son’s face in her hands. “How did you get down here?”

“Alvin did it,” he says, shrugging. “He learned how to do the Alpha command – it’s super useful –

two of them as Ian fiddles with the keys and works to

you have to be careful with the command – it’s not a toy, and should not be used

in the lock, smiling to hear it click.

baby,” Evelyn says in a rush, pulling the door open and wrapping her boy in a hug. “You did right – it’s just –“ she glances over at Victor’s cell.

hasn’t passed her attention that Victor hasn’t said a word since the

and mechanisms haven’t been replaced in years, so the

be careful. Instead, they kneel down

hand around his father’s finger. Ian stays silent, but

all right, boys,” Victor says, working hard to smile at them. “You did good – you

closes his eyes then, exhausted. Evelyn bites her lip, working

him out of here,” she says, looking to the boys. “What’s the

says, looking up into her eyes.

blinks, shocked, at her boys.

at her

it’s done.” She looks down at Victor. “We’ll go outside right now – get Rafe – call

his words slow and dragging between his breaths. “It’s

frowns, trying

does. “They don’t know we’ve got grandpapa locked up, and they’ll grab us,

confirming that Alvin

got to find some way to end their command,” she says quietly. “To walk out of this house without protest. Or

and Ian look between them, waiting for

under siege, and that Victor’s Betas will eventually get in. But she knows that they don’t have time to wait for that. So what they need, now, is for

Her eyes fly open.

down at her boy. “How did you talk to all of the Betas all at once? Out on the field? To

her and then reaches out to tap the radio still attached to his father’s shoulder. Evelyn looks hard at

the cars with the speakers on top, attached to this,” Evelyn says, thinking aloud, “they’re

shallowly, confirming it. They’re all ringed around the house, part of

at the

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