Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins

Chapter 229 – Forest Teachings

“Don’t cry,” Victor whispers to me, using his thumbs to brush the tears from my cheeks.

“I’m sorry,” I murmur, shaking my head and looking down at his chest. “I’m just so…I want to be done – I want to go home – I want to take our boys home and start to live our lives again -”

“I know, sweetheart,” he says, his voice incredibly gentle, full of understanding. “But just a little more. Can’t you feel it? We’re almost there.”

But honestly, I can’t feel it. I am so tired. I had put all of my hopes on this meeting, on the woman fixing us. And here we were – we knew more, yes, and we still had each other – but I just feel so weak. So tired.

Sensing my frustration, my weakness, Victor holds me close against him and lets me cry until I’m out of tears. He knows me well, this man, my Alpha, my astral mate. Knows that if he just gives me a moment, I’ll find myself again.

And I do. Like a passing storm, my tears bring clarity, bring a little grace, and when I look back up at him he’s there, waiting for me, a patient smile on his face.

“There she is,” he murmurs, again using his fingers to wipe my face clear. “I mean, I knew you were going to take the news that you’re my mate hard – but I didn’t think you’d be this disappointed –“

I burst out laughing at this and am again grateful for him – a laugh is precisely what I need.

“Oh, come on,” I say, raising my arm to wipe at my runny nose. “Stuck with you for the rest of my days? What can I do but cry.”

“You’d better believe it,” he murmurs, still smiling down at me, my constant star. “Because you are stuck with me. The universe said so.”

“Are we getting out of these woods, though, Victor?” I ask. “I know we felt so hopeful before – but damn it, it just feels like this is going on and on –“

“Yes,” he insists, his voice clear and calm. “And if you’re having trouble believing it right now, Evelyn, then trust in me. Because I have no question about it anymore.”

“Okay,” I respond, nodding and leaning against him. “You lead the way then, because I am tired.”

it,” he murmurs and then takes a deep breath, setting me back away from him so that we can get

all the decisions for now. It’s a power I’m sure I’ll be eager to reclaim if we ever get back home but – for

slowly through the woods at my side. “But the forest told us to trust our

over my shoulder. “Should we not go back to that little fire and

where the little clearing should be, but of course it’s gone. “I think,” he thinks aloud, “that place belongs to her. Even

the woods. “So, where to?” I ask, trying to encourage him to think of a destination, some sort of aim

his head to the side. “I have an

it,” I ask, narrowing

thought you were trusting me to decide,” he pushes back, giving me a broad

want to know what it is you’re thinking,” I tease, narrowing my eyes at him. “So I can decide whether my trust in

how it works,” he laughs, tugging my hand and leading me off into the woods. Honestly, I don’t really know how he

only walk a short distance before I hear

I exclaim, my eyes going wide, suddenly excited. “Oh, I get it!” I laugh, my heart

we are?” he asks, preening a little at the cleverness of his

him along. “Back at

the waterfall pounding into its far edge. I marvel at the beauty of it as Victor sits down next to me. I glance at him, curious, and then do a double take as I realize

I ask. He blinks

“What’s wrong?” he asks.

you’re going

me. “We smell terrible. We’re covered in dirt. We’re exhausted. We have been gifted a

at the idea as he finishes pulling off his hiking boots and then his socks. “I don’t know,” I murmur, crossing my arms over my chest. “I like my baths inside.

pushes, raising an eyebrow at me. “So

you were the one on the