Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins

#Chapter 223 – Brothers

Evelyn sits in a comfortable, slightly musty old armchair pulled close to the fire with one arm wrapped around Alvin. With her other hand, she idly breaks one of those delicious muffins into pieces, occasionally raising a chunk to her mouth to chew.

Alvin naps peacefully against her chest and Evelyn stares into the fire, thinking about Victor, about their life together, about what she wants. She knows, deep down, the answer to the question.

She dreams, passively, of her stomach swelling with something besides food. Imagines the tense expression on Victor’s face as he waits the agonizing two minutes for a pregnancy test to develop – something they’d do together, this time. Of the way a baby feels inside of you, the little flutter of first movement. The wonderful secret of something coming to life.

She smiles, a little, idly, and allows herself, in the safety of this little cottage – where she feels warm, and fed, and lovely – to hope.

But suddenly, a sound breaks the stillness of the air, in which previously there had only been the crackle of flame.

A yip – out in the woods –

A familiar noise – one she’d felt echoing in her soul all day. Alvin stirs against her, having heard it too.

“Mama,” he gasps, coming quickly back to consciousness. “Mama – did you hear it?”

“Yes, baby,” I say, tense in the chair, looking towards the windows. “I –“

A howl splits the silence, confirming for both of us – a feral, joyful thing that sings out, quite clearly, despite the lack of words –

I found you!

Alvin gives a little whoop of excitement as he leaps off of Evelyn’s lap and heads for the door, his mother chasing at his heels. He yanks hard on the door’s handle, pulling it open and stumbling out onto the porch where –

Two wolves sit in the grass in front of the cottage, their tongues hanging heavy from their mouths, joy and pleasure and accomplishment in their eyes. Evelyn laughs to see them, taking in the sight of Victor’s powerful wolf form, which she hasn’t seen before. Slowly, she walks down the steps to meet him in the grass as Alvin runs to his brother.

Victor’s wolf is larger than she thought he’d be – gigantic, really. He’s tall enough to press his face flush against her chest as she reaches out to bury her fingers in the warm fur of his neck.

“Hello, you,” she murmurs, scratching his fur, marveling at the softness of it. “We’ve missed you.”

He gives a wolfish little huff of a laugh and leans into the pressure of her hands, cherishing the feel of her.

There’s a little whine at her feet and then Evelyn feels a sudden scratching against her legs. She laughs as she turns to the pup there, jealously begging for her attention. “And you!” she says, falling to her knees and taking her son’s little wolf face in her hands, rubbing his silky ears between her fingers. “What a handsome wolf you make – you be careful, or you’ll make your father jealous, he’s not nearly as good looking as you –“

nudging her shoulder. Evelyn laughs harder, the sound ringing cheerfully out amongst the

there’s a blinding flash of light, and suddenly it’s Victor there, kneeling next to her, her

help it, then. She bursts

close to his chest as he pulling her into his lap and sits on the ground. “What’s wrong? I thought you’d be happy to see

face, embarrassed. “I’m sorry – I’m just so sorry about everything that happened yesterday – and I missed you – and my baby

pulling him into her lap. Victor, still laughing a little,

missed you too,” Victor replies. “Both of

had to follow your stinky scents to come and find you

giggling at the same

a little. “You are – but frankly, I think we all are, after so long in the woods without

She tilts her head up, pressing a kiss to the line of Victor’s jaw, and then she turns to press another kiss to the top of Ian’s head. Just as she does so, though, she feels Victor’s hand against her cheek, turning her face back

makes clear everything he learned about himself out in the

kissing

murmurs,

says, glancing at his parents, a little alarmed. “Let’s get out

out into the woods a little way away from the cabin. Ian follows him eagerly – not so far that they couldn’t hear their parents if

his run as

they do,” Ian replies, looking in their direction as well. “I think

stopping

his arms as well. Their twinness has never been more obvious than it is right now as they stand

simply. “The

at it, suddenly jealous. “Really?

the cabin. “You can have some, if you

Ian says, looking back at his brother and grinning

he, too, grows a little jealous. “Will you show me?” he asks quietly.

nods eagerly. “Yeah,” he says, moving closer to his brother so that they stand shoulder to shoulder. “I think you’ll be good at

at him. Then,

Alvin says, his face

instant, throwing his arms around his brother and holding him close. “I