Chapter 121


    #Chapter 121 – Heat


    Victor finally shuts down hisputer, letting out a big breath. Finally, finished for the day. He picks up


    his phone, intending to text Evelyn to see if he can bring something down to the house for dinner, but


    he’s surprised to see a text there already waiting.


    Evelyn: When youe down, bring your parka. Heat’s out.


    Victor scowls and runs a hand through his hair. How is this possible? He had the heater reced


    against just this possibility months ago when they had the security updated in the cottage.


    He heads upstairs to change into warmer clothes and then pulls on his snow boots, heading across the


    property to Evelyn’s house. On the way, he asks two Betas to ensure that Evelyn’s house is fully


    stocked with firewood that some space heaters be brought down.


    When he opens the back door to Evelyn’s cottage, Victor is pleased to feel that the air in the house isn’t


    icy – just a bit nippier than usual.


    He’s greeted by a very pleasant sight, though – a giant nket fort, in the living room, built before a


    roaring fire. Inside of it, he can hear the boysughing.


    Evelynes down the stairs, then, wrapped up in a cozy sweater and scarf. “Oh, hello!” she says,


    rubbing her hands together and smiling.


    “Hello,” he says, watching here down the stairs towards him, her cheeks and the tip of her nose


    flushed with cold. “What are you doing in all of theseyers?” He asks, curious, unable to help himself


    from imagining her body beneath them. “It doesn’t seem so bad in here.”


    “Not in here,” she says,ughing and gesturing towards the fire. “This room is fine. So is the boys’,


    really, as they’re right above it. But my room is ice.”


    Victor frowns again and sheughs at him. “Don’t be so upset,” she scolds. “The Betas have already


    called the repair man, he’s going toe tomorrow to fix it.”


    “Yeah!” Alvin says, sticking his head out of the fort. “And until then, we get to have an adventure!


    Pretend we live in an igloo!”


    “Igloo’s are very interesting!” Ian calls, his voice echoing from inside the fort. “Mom gave us a book!”


    Victor shakes his head at the three of them, “you guys certainly know how to look at the bright side of a


    situation.”


    Evelyn smiles at him slowly. “Well, it’s all brighter once you’re here.” She bites her lip a bit, watching


    him take off his coat, enjoying the way that his muscles move beneath his sweater.


    Then she clears her throat,ing back to herself. “You want some coffee? Tea? Ice cubes?”


    Victor shakes his head, denying a drink, but leans forward to grab her hand as she passes. “You really


    should have told me sooner, Evelyn. I’d have fixed it.”


    She looks at her hand in his for just a moment, and then drags her eyes up to his, not pulling her hand


    away. “We didn’t want to bother you, Victor,” she murmurs. “I know that you’re busy.”


    “Never too busy for you three,” he responds, letting her slowly take her hand from his and move over to


    fill the tea kettle. He notes that she blushes slightly before putting it on the stove. She keeps her eyes


    on it, not turning to look at him.


    He watches her closely as she twists the knob on the stove to ignite the me. “What is it you wanted


    to talk about?” he asks. The stove clicks, refusing to light.


    “Hmm?” she says, confused and looking up at him.


    “Your text this morning,” he rifies. “You said you wanted to discuss something.”


    “Oh,” she says, shooting a quick look at the nket fort. “It can wait,” she says. She bends down,


    staring at the grate beneath the kettle. It continues to click, but doesn’t light.


    Victor frowns, intrigued by her evasion. But, shrugging, he epts that there are some things she


    might want to talk about with him that she wouldn’t want the boys to overhear. “Do you need some help


    with that?”


    “Well,” she says, ring at the stove, which still hasn’t lit. “Considering that I just remembered that the


    gas stove is controlled by the broken gas as the heat, I don’t think there’s much you can do!” Evelyn


    laughs a little and Victor joins in.


    “I guess we’ll just have to keep each other warm,” he murmurs. Evelyn casts her eyes at him,


    surprising him by blushing again. He smiles at this. She’s not usually so coy.


    The family has a very cozy time that evening, staying warm by the fire. The boys use their imaginations


    to think up interesting situations that embrace the cold. When imaginary Igloo gets boring, they pretend


    they are pioneers in the American West, living in a log cabin at the first frost. When they get bored with


    that, they pretend they are a family of bears, preparing their cave for their long winter hibernation.


    “What do we y next, mama,” Alvin says, crawling onto the couch where Evelyn’s shoulder just barely


    touches Victor’s, though both pretend not to notice. Alvin’s eyes are bright, but, like his twin, he is


    sleepy.


    “Nothing, baby, no more games tonight,” Evelyn says, putting out a hand to brush his cheek. “Mama


    bear is sleepy, it’s time for bed.”


    “Good,” Ian says, rubbing his eyes as he sits before the fire. “I think I just want to be myself again.”


    Victorughs softly at this. “Your room should be warm and cozy by now,” he says. Betas hade by


    hours ago with a stack of plug-in heaters. “Do you want to go up?”


    “Yes,” Alvin says, yawning.


    “Okay,” Victor responds, standing up and smiling as he watches Evelyn snuggle into the pillows on the


    couch where he had just been sitting. “Come on, you two. Upstairs, I’ll tuck you in.”


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    About fifteen minutester, when that’s all done, Victores back downstairs to find Evelyn still on


    the couch, staring into the fire. He leans his shoulder against the entryway, looking at her, watching the


    mes y shadows on the ivory of her skin, bringing out red highlights in her brown curls.


    “What about you,” he says softly. “Are you going up?”


    “No,” she says, her voice thoughtful, shaking her head. “I had them put all the heaters in the boys’ room


    so that they’re warm enough. I’ll just stay down here by the fire, where it’s cozy.”


    She sits up a little, tucking her legs in to make room for Victor next to her on the couch. She c***s her


    head towards the empty space, a silent invitation. He epts, sitting and draping his arm over the back


    of the couch so he can face her. Slowly, perhaps a bit shy, Evelyn extends her legs again,ying them


    over hisp.


    Victor looks her in the eye and then, quite deliberately, ces a hand on her calf, rubbing it softly,


    massaging it, moving it slowly upwards towards her knee.


    Evely holds his gaze and then, very slowly, draws her lower lip into her mouth, drawing her teeth over


    it, and then letting it go so that it reappears, wet, plump, and red.


    God.


    Damnit.


    Victor moves then, unable to help himself, swooping forward and wrapping a hand around the back of


    her neck, pulling her towards him, needing to cover that lip with his own mouth now.


    Evelyn gives a little moan – of hunger, desire, need, she doesn’t know what – and responds in kind,


    crushing her mouth to his and pulling her body close to him, straddling hisp. Her hands are


    everywhere at once, in his hair, holding his face, across his shoulders and down his back. She wants to


    touch him everywhere – wants to feel his skin against her own –


    Victor groans, feeling himself grow hard beneath her. God damnit he’s wanted her since the moment


    he saw her walk down the stairs tonight – wanted to slip his hands under that sweater, as he’s doing


    now, sliding them across the panes of her stomach, up to cup her full breasts in his hands.


    Evelyn throws her head back, giving a heavy moan of satisfaction as he runs his thumbs over her hard


    n*****s, as he tightens his fingers around the round flesh of her breasts. Victor kisses her newly-bared


    neck, running his tongue up from her cor bone almost to her ear, savoring the taste of her. In


    response, Evelyn grinds her hips against him, feeling the hardness of his ready c**k pulsing beneath


    her.


    At this, Victor growls, pulling back to look her in the eye. It’s a proprietary look, one which she steadily


    returns.


    Mine, his face says, his teeth bared to her.


    Mine, she responds, taking that face in her hands and running her tongue over that mouth, over the


    edges of those teeth.


    Victor shifts, then, moving his hands from her chest to her ass and lifting her up off the couch, moving


    her to the ground where heys her down on the nkets of the wrecked fort already strewn before the


    fire. He pulls her bulky sweater up over her head.


    Evelynys back on the floor, bared before him, letting him look at her, letting him enjoy the sight of her


    hot flesh in front of the fire. He growls at the sight, running a hand down the length of her, stopping to


    again cup her breast, to spread his fingers out over her stomach before he reaches the waistband of


    her pants, which he moves to pull downward.


    Evelyn obligingly lifts herself so that he can slip the pants off of her legs and then she sits up, kissing


    him again, unbuttoning his shirt and shoving it impatiently off his shoulders.


    “Victor,” she whispers, “I want you now, please.”