Telling the twins

Alicia’s POV

“I was afraid of everything. I didn’t want my children hurt. So I hid. And I don’t regret it for one bit, Acker, because if you were in my situation you’d have done the same,” I told him. He didn’t say anything in response and I knew he wouldn’t. How could he, when he knew I was Cross’ target simply because of who my father was and how he wished to antagonize Mikael?

I wasn’t such a fool to believe they would be able to protect me, even now. That was why I had to take steps myself to do so, and I would continue to do so, even now.

I longed to put some distance between Acker and myself, with the tension of our conversation topic still lingering in the air.

“I have to go,” i said. “The children will need certain things explained to them.”

I left the living room without waiting for a reply from Acker, and went up the stairs.

Mikael had the twins placed in the room across from mine which I deduced simply by following the sounds of my boy’s voices that were loudly asking the m