Konstantin: The Heartless Beta novel Chapter 35

Konstantin

Kai pulls me out of the bedroom and looks at me with wide eyes. “What the fuck does this mean?” He asks me as if I have the fucking answer right now.

“It means that even the demonic child is a Volkov, and we cannot exchange one for the other. No matter how we look at it, that child is family.” Cat says and comes up behind us. She looks at Kai and sighs. “This won’t end well.”

Kai growls and punches the wall next to me. “What the fuck are we going to do now?!”

Marle walks out and looks at the three of us.“They can’t kill your child; it’s their bargaining chip. I need to get in contact with Morganna to find out exactly what they’re planning. Give me a few minutes.” She says, then touches my arm. “Lilith is waiting for you.”

I look up at Kai and Cat when she says this, guilt creeping into my heart at the fact that I can experience this with Lily while they can’t. What do I do or say to my brother in this situation?

As if Cat can pick up on my hesitation, she throws her arms around my neck and breathes out a sigh. “Your family needs you, Kon, don’t worry about us. We’ll be waiting downstairs with everyone else.” She says, then pulls away. “You’ll make a great father.”

I don’t usually cry, but I feel my resolve crack at those words. “Thank you,” I murmur, then turn around and walk away from my brother and his wife.

My brother, who looked like his life was falling apart by the second.

What should I do? How do I comfort my brother and assure him we’ll get his child back? He came on this rescue mission against the word of the witch and wanted to save our little brother. I fucking hope he doesn’t live to regret this and resent me for seeking out his help.

However, as soon as my eyes fell on my mate and children, everything else became background noise. She looked beautiful sitting up with both the babies in her arms while breastfeeding them, only looking up when she heard me approaching.

“Hey, you,” she says with a smile.

“Hey,” I responded sheepishly, sitting down on the bed next to her. “How are you feeling?”

She looked like hell, and God knows she’s been through it all. But apart from that, she seems at peace…happy.

“I’m feeling…I don’t know. I can’t explain the sudden calm that has engulfed me. Ever since I laid my eyes on both of them, every other worry went out the window, like my life only has one purpose; and that’s to protect these two.” She says.

I don’t even have to question that because I feel exactly the same; I will protect these three with my life. But as much as I want to enjoy this moment with Lily and the twins, I know this will be short-lived. So I move next to her on the bed and kiss her shoulder before laying my head down on it and scenting them.

“I don’t want to lose this perfect moment,” I say, inhaling her lavender scent I had missed so much and leaving the sentence open-ended, but Lily knows me too well to leave it at that.

She breathes in and sighs. “Kai needs you, I know, and I will never hold it against you for missing this moment,” she says and kisses my forehead. “We’ll still be here.”

I looked up at her, knowing she would kill anyone who had to harm these two. “The blonde bitch won’t stop until she gets her hands on….” I frown, then look down at the babies in her arms. “The second one is it-”

“A girl; it’s a girl,” she gushes and leans down to kiss the baby I had called an undesirable not too long ago. “The blonde woman posed as my mother and was adamant that Stefan’s ‘child’ would be a male and wanted me to name it Asmodeus, after the Demon of Lust.”

“Fuck that,” I growl and listen to her chuckle as she sushes me.

“You’ll scare them,” she says, then kisses their heads again. “I know there is no way I would name my child that. But we can always think about names later, once everything has blown over.”

I sigh and nod. “It’s always something lately with our family; now we’ve discovered that Dimitri is the traitor.”

“Oh!” She suddenly says, and I sit up to look at her. “That’s true; before Stefan took me to the basement, someone had come to see him and spoke to him outside the bedroom door. The person sounded like Dimitri, but it wasn’t the first time I heard him either. I even heard him back in Jersey.”

This little bit of information makes my blood boil; Dimitri knew how broken up I was about Lily, and he still does this to me; to all of us. Why did he betray us?!

“Hey,” she says, making me look at her again. “Don’t think about it now; you can always ask him later. For now, you need to regroup with Kai and the others, don’t worry; I have your second in command here to keep an eye on me.” She cocks her head towards the door as Zephyr enters.