Identical Alpha Twins and Silver Shackles

Chapter 27

I knew I was awake but I kept my eyes closed, my head felt fuzzy and my stomach was bloated and a little sore but I suspected I needed to pee. I didn’t want to be awake yet, it was comfy and warm lying here in bed but something was niggling my brain like I’d forgotten to do something and my back was sore, as though I’d been lying down too long. I positioned myself on the bed to get up but something was tugging on my right hand and the more I pulled the more pain there was. I woke up properly as I realised I was in hospital again, the tugging was from a drip of some sort which I immediately pulled out hoping it was the meds
that were stopping me from being able to talk to Angel, she felt too far away for my liking. I could hear a beeping in the corner and turned to confirm I was hooked up to a heart rate monitor which was currently telling me my heart rate was high which I knew since I was feeling very irritated. The machine went crazy a minute later as I removed the leads and cables I was hooked up to and I quickly darted into the bathroom as my bedroom filled with medical personnel. I sat on the toilet as doctors banged on the door but since I had no
intention of coming out or letting them in I decided to ignore them instead and try to enjoy the sensation of peeing.
“Sweet girl, can we come in please”
Rogan’s voice sounded like Heaven and I immediately pulled open the door to admit him and Rio. They closed the door behind themselves looking apprehensive.
“Sorry we weren’t there when you woke up Princess”
Rio looked tired and concerned but I was too happy to see them to read too much into, it felt like I hadn’t seen them in a really long time despite it only being yesterday. I cleaned myself after using the toilet and both of them were paying worryingly close attention to me as I moved around the bathroom. I went back to the toilet to flush it but my hand froze on the flusher, the toilet bowl, water and paper were vivid red, I stared in horror at what had just come out of me. Like a lightning flash my brain was suddenly presenting me with memories one after the other like a disconnected movie, Lissa telling me I’m pregnant, me telling the
boys it is quadruplets, me throwing up in the forest, my dad stamping and kicking me and my dad’s foot slipping into my stomach. My hands flew in panic to my stomach which I thought had felt bloated before but was actually just very full, it was like I’d gone from 4 ish months pregnant to full term overnight. The boys were holding their hands out to me trying to calm and comfort me
“Let us explain, we’ll tell you everything, ok?”
Rogan as always was authoritative and in control but below the surface he looked panicked and close to breaking.
“How much do you remember?”
Rio tried to gently coax me into talking to them
“Um………dad kidnapped me, is it still kidnap if I’m 18? He beat me, I shifted, Angel got her head bashed, you two shifted, tore dad apart, I went for a nap and woke up in the hospital”
Rogan chuckled without any humour at my summary
“You were gone for 4 days before we could track down where he had taken you, whatever chemical he used to knock you out, he also sprayed liberally around his entrance and exit routes to disguise your scents, we had to pick apart his finances to find a warehouse he had rented in the past that suddenly had its electric turned back on but by then he had a 2 day head start on us, mercifully it seems he kept you sedated while you travelled so he was stuck in a car while we could run”
He looked pale as he recounted what they had done to get to me but he clearly wasn’t finished as he took a deep breath and carried on
“Angel didn’t have enough time to heal herself never mind you before you shifted back so your healing was slow, 2 months slow to be precise while the babies were still taking what they needed from your body, the doctors could only tell us that you needed time but the
longer you were out for the scarier everything become”
Rogan looked helplessly at Rio like he had used up all the energy he’d had to tell me all of that and Rio seemed to understand, he picked up the information onslaught but he looked so shaken that I almost wanted to tell him not to tell me anymore.
“Princess”
Rio started but stopped almost straight away like he was searching for the right words or maybe a different way to tell me.
“The babies…….um…….the sets of twins……….you had two sacs with two babies in each one”
I desperately tried not to hang on the word ‘had’ but the boys were holding my hands and looking at me with such sadness that I knew I wasn’t going to like what they were going to say next
“The babies in the sac on the right got hurt badly, there was a lot of bleeding and swelling for a few weeks and even now the doctors can’t get a good view of the sac because it has sort of collapsed but the doctors have said that they can’t find discernable heartbeats from that side………um………the doctors think that those babies have……….passed”
They both hung their heads, Rio had tears dripping of his chin and Rogan looked like he’d never smile again
“You both know that you aren’t responsible for this, right?”
The statement came out harsher than I’d meant it to and both boys flinched
“We should have got there faster, shouldn’t have let you be anywhere alone”
Rio’s voice was lifeless and shook with sadness
“We are relieved that you aren’t angry with us but you should be”
Rogan too sounded like his life had already ended
“I AM angry, murderously so but not with either of you. I wish my dad wasn’t dead so that I could kill him for what he did but he is gone now. I am safe and as devastating as it is, we will still have two babies to look after if we can get me to the end of this pregnancy, please and thank you both!”
I looked them both in the eye to make sure they had heard and understood me, they both looked deflated but nodded at my words. I knew it would need more work and a lot more time but for now I had a room full of doctors waiting to poke and prod me.