Rafe frowns back at his nephew. “How do you know that? How do you know your mom’s motives? You’re attached, mentally, to your twin – not to her.”Alvin narrows his eyes at his uncle. “My mommy would never do anything to hurt me.”“She left you –““That’s enough,” Victor snaps, just as Alvin snaps of
Emma looks at Delia nervously as they pull up to the road block near her father’s house.“Something’s going on,” she murmurs as a Beta raises his hand, requiring her to stop the car.“Um,” Delia says, biting her lip and considering. “Is there any reason that they should like…suspect us? That we shou
Emma frowns, saying “what?” just as Delia exclaims “Joyce!? Disappeared??”Emma shoots Delia a little look, trying to communicate that she needs to tone it down. Delia either doesn’t see or ignores her. “You don’t know?” Mrs. Walsh says, confused. Emma shakes her head. “Yeah, we haven’t seen Joyce
Victor and Alvin sit quietly in the hummer, their eyes focused on the foliage in front of them. Just through it, they can begin to see the start of a field, the place where Victor intends to hold the battle. Alvin sits next to his father, quietly chewing on a granola bar, patiently waiting for the
“Yes, Betty,” Walsh says, walking over to his wife, Willard at his heels. “We are at war. That upstart, Kensington – he’s surrounded our lands.”Mrs. Walsh gasps, pressing a hand to her heart.Walsh’s eyes move to Emma, then, sweeping over her. “You’re back,” I see, he says, a bit of a sneer in his
When all of the hummers and war machines have made themselves present on the fields surrounding Walsh’s property, Victor steps out of the car, Alvin climbing out of the driver’s side with him. They’re nowhere near the house, not really. Instead, they’ve positioned the majority of their forces aroun
Stephen grimaces, looking down at the tablet in his hands. Then he looks up at Victor, his mouth a straight line. He doesn’t say a word, but Victor understands his meaning.If they’re going to win this battle, they’re not going to do it by sheer force. Instead, he’s going to have to use superior tac
Victor leads his forces on foot, but overhead, his aerial forces begin their attack. They swoop low overhead, the chopping of helicopter blades and the hum of small-aircraft engines covering the pounding of feet as Victor’s ground forces plunge ahead.He watches the skies carefully as his troops pic