Chapter 250


    #Chapter 250 – Help from a Friend


    Alvin gasps as Victor slows the car down, pulling up to their destination. “I know where we are!” he


    cries, pressing his hands eagerly to the car door and bringing his face close to the window.


    “You do?” Victor asks, frowning at his son in the rear view mirror.


    “Yeah!” Alvin replies, nodding eagerly. “The fire station! We’ve been here before, for a birthday party!”


    “Oh,” Victor responds mildly, shrugging it off. He shouldn’t be surprised, he supposed – the boys had


    lived in this neighborhood for a long time, and fire houses weremon-enough gathering ces. “Are


    you ready?” he asks.


    “Yup!” Alvin replies, taking off his seatbelt and pulling the handle on his door. He frowns at it when it


    doesn’t open, and then frowns at his dad, who blesses the invention of child safety locks.


    “Alvin,” Victor says seriously turning to his son. “Remember, we’re here on official business, okay? Not


    for fun. So you’ve got to be an Alpha today. Very serious and well-behaved. All right?”


    “Yes,” Alvin says, determined, working hard to wipe the excitement from his face. He doesn’t even


    come close to seeding. Victor can’t help but smile a little and goes around the car to open his son’s


    door.


    Victor hadn’t intended to take Alvin with him today, but the boys freaked out when they saw that he was


    leaving the house in one of his suits. They knew that he was going somewhere important, and they


    were dying to apany him. Victor had said no, of course – he had to keep his head straight today –


    but Alvin had looked at him with those big brown eyes, and had brought up the fact that Ian had been


    allowed to go to the prison with him.


    “Why don’t I get to do Alpha stuff?” Alvin had asked in a frail little voice, and Victor’s heart had broken.Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024.


    So, now, here Alvin was, along on a very important and delicate mission. Victor sighs as he pulls the


    handle on his son’s door, hoping it isn’t a mistake.


    It’s hard to regret, though, when he sees his kid’s smile and feels Alvin take his hand. “Okay, dad,”


    Alvin says with a nod. “You lead the way.”


    Victor nods in agreement and together the pair head into the fire station, looking around for the person


    they came here to meet. Before Victor can find him, though, Alvin surprises him by crying out again.


    “Uncle Mark!” Alvin shouts, and suddenly the boy’s hand is gone from Victor’s. Victor turns swiftly and


    sees his son streaking towards a gigantic firefighter who is crossing the room, his boots in his hand.


    Victor’s eyes go wide with surprise as the firefighter blinks at his son and then his face breaks into a big


    smile.


    “Hey, little buddy!” Mark cries out, dropping to one knee and wrapping the little boy in a big hug. “Long


    time no see!”


    Victor frowns, walking slowly over to the firefighter hugging his son, his face deliberately cool. When he


    reaches the pair, he says nothing, just stands by watching them catch up. Who the hell was this guy?


    “Mark,” Alvin says, looking between the firefighter and his dad. “Do you know my daddy?”


    Mark starts and hesitates before standing up and holding a hand out to Victor. “No, I don’t, little man,”


    Mark says, grinning down at the boy before smiling at Victor. “Hi,” he says simply, giving a charming


    smile. “I’m Mark.”


    “Hello, Mark,” Victor says, shaking his hand and frowning to see that the firefighter is about an inch


    taller than him, and far more muscled. Victor is used to being the tallest man in the room and he


    doesn’t quite like being outmatched. Victor takes his hand back and puts it casually in his pocket. “How


    do you know my son?”


    “Um,” Mark says, ncing awkwardly at the floor.


    “He used to sleep over!” Alvin exins enthusiastically, beaming up at Victor. “In mommy’s room! We


    used to handcuff him to the bed for fun!” heughs.


    “What!?” Victor breathes, suddenly appalled. He shoots his eyes to Mark’s awkward face and opens his


    mouth to enquire further when he’s interrupted by the appearance of a familiar dark face turning the


    corner.


    “Hey, Alpha,” Edgar says, smirking fondly and leaning casually against the wall. “d you coulde


    visit me at my new job.”


    Victor, still shocked and wondering about Mark, takes a minute to look between the two of them, slowly


    realizing…


    That all three…


    “Oh my god,” he murmurs, running a hand down his face to hide his embarrassed blush. “Thank god


    Evelyn’s not here.”


    “Why not?” Edgar asks, frowning a little.


    “Because,” Victor sighs, putting his hands deep in his pockets. “She would dieughing. And never,


    ever let the three of us live this down.”


    Edgar and Mark bothugh and Victor silently thanks god that the awkward moment has broken.


    “Come on,” Edgar says,ing forward and pping him on the shoulder. “Come upstairs, where we


    can sit down. It’s good to see you.”


    “You too,” Victor says fondly, meaning it. Working with the Betas hadn’t been the same since Edgar left.


    Victor looks hesitatingly at Alvin for a second, but Mark steps in.


    “The tyke can stay with me,” Mark says fondly, ruffling the kid’s hair, “if that’s helpful.”


    “Really?” Victor asks, pleased and surprised.


    “Sure,” Mark says, looking down at Alvin and giving him a little nudge. “We’ve got some really tiny


    ces in the truck engines that need to be degreased. Put those little hands to work.”


    “Really?” Alvin gasps, thrilled. Mark looks to Victor, his eyebrow raised, and Victor nods his assent.


    Mark takes Alvin away then, asking him about his brother and his new life. Alvin chatters happily as


    they go.


    “He’s a good guy,” Edgar says, starting towards the stairs. “No worries. He’ll keep Alvin safe.” Victor


    follows, looking around curiously.


    “Are you happy here?” Victor asks when they reach thending, which leads to afortable if shabby


    common room with a kitchen, a big-screen TV, and a couple of couches.


    “I am,” Edgar replies with a smile, leading Victor to the kitchen counter where he pours two cups of


    coffee. “I mean,” he shrugs, “it’s a step down from the intensity of Beta life but it’s good camaraderie.


    Good to know you’re doing something good.”


    Victor looks at Edgar seriously then. “Do you ever feel like you want toe back?”


    Edgar pauses, looking at Victor intently and then down at his cup of coffee. “Is that what this is about?”


    he asks.


    “Did you think I wasing by to watch the game?” Victor replies, his voice hard. Edgar meets Victor’s


    eyes again, holding them. “I need your help, Edgar,” Victor continues seriously. “It’s a mission, a big


    one. And I honestly think that only you can do it.”


    Edgar sighs and puts his cup of coffee back down on the counter. There’s a moment of silence before


    he responds. But when he does speak, it’s a single world.


    “Amelia.”


    Victor frowns at him, then. “How are you two doing that?” he asks, frustrated.


    “What?” Edgar asks, confused.


    “Evelyn did the same thing this morning,” Victor says, shaking his head. “What, can you two just read


    my mind or something? Did she text you?”


    Edgarughs at this, leaning back on the counter and smiling at Victor like an old friend. Victor’s


    grateful for it, for this man and all he’s done for him. He hates to ask for more but…well, if it was a case


    of keeping Evelyn and his boys safe, there’s nothing he wouldn’t ask of anyone.


    “How is she, anyway?” Edgar asks, and Victor knows he doesn’t mean Amelia.


    “She’s good,” Victor answers honestly, giving his friend a warm smile. “She’s…very happy.”


    “Did you marry her yet?” Edgar continues, an eyebrow raised.


    Victor huffs augh and looks bashfully at the floor. “I’m working on it,” he says, not mentioning his


    interrupted ns this morning.


    “Did you go see her?” Edgar presses further and Victor looks up to meet his eyes. “The wise woman in


    the forest?”


    Victor nods slowly. “Astral mates,” he says simply, knowing Edgar will understand.


    Edgar just scoffs and shakes his head,ughing a little ruefully. “Damn,” he says. “I never stood a


    chance.”


    Victor doesn’t reply, just stands quietly watching his former Beta. He feels an odd impulse to apologize


    but he resists. Because frankly, he’s not sorry. Evelyn is his, she belongs with him, and he won’t


    apologize for that. Still, he gives Edgar a minute to pull himself together.


    “So,” Edgar says after a moment, smiling up at Victor and tucking his feelings away. “What do you


    need?”


    “I’m not going to lie, Edgar,” Victor replies, his voice low. “It’s a big ask.”


    “With you, Victor?” Edgar returns, giving a little shrug. “It always is.”


    “Are you willing to give this up?” Victor asks, looking around at the fire station. “The life you’ve built


    here?”


    “Well, it depends on the ask,” Edgar replies, giving a little smirk. “But for my Alpha and my Luna?” he


    shrugs again. “I could be convinced.”


    “You’ll bepensated,” Victor offers, hoping it soothes the sacrifice. “Generously.”


    “Oh, Victor,” Edgar says, looking steadily up into his eyes. “If I’m going to turn my life over for you


    again? Then yeah. You’re going to make me a very rich man.”


    Victorughs, pping his friend on the shoulder.


    “Come on,” Edgar says, grabbing his coffee and nodding over to the couches. “Let’s go talk details.”


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