I allowed Mon-el to hug me, starting to cry again, being somewhat more relaxed by the fact that I had been able to tell them, to say what I had been hiding for weeks, truly terrified what would it happen if I did.
"When are you going back to Daxam?" He asked, pushing me away from him.
"If you don't offer to come with us, never," I answered sincerely. "Do not give yourself up, it's the only thing that keeps us here," I asked him through tears, watching as he nodded slightly before kissing my forehead and hugging me again.
"Kaelah, we have to go to DEO, make sure everything is fine," said my sister, making me shake my head, I really could not.
"Kon-el's coming for me," I said, bowing my head.
"We will tell him," she said at the same time I looked at Mon-el knowing what would happen if he saw him here, what he seemed to understand, for he nodded slightly.
"We will meet in the DEO, okay?" He grabbed my chin and smiled slightly. "I also want to know that everything is fine," he said putting his hand on my belly, stroking it.
I closed my eyes without wanting to start crying again, but the truth was that I could not help it, feeling his arms around me again, allowing me to relieve myself on his shoulder, trying to calm myself down, but it was hard to achieve if we were sincere.
"I have to go," he whispered kissing my hair. "I love you," he said from the door.
"I love you, too," I whispered before he left to look at my sister before burying my face in my hands and trying to reassure me.
Kara sat down next to me, hugging me, helping me calm myself down, getting it after a few seconds, because she managed to distract me the moment she set the television.
The truth is that I was having a good time, laughing at some comments to my sister about the movie, however, this moment was broken when we heard him speak behind our backs, which made us both turn to look at him.
"Do you know what a door is?" My sister asked, to which I looked at her. "You can't break in like that, you have to stay outside and wait for me to open," she explained, opening the door to show him.
"Is that the way you're treat someone from royalty, Kryptonian?" he questioned, grabbing my arm.
"Is he always that arrogant?" Kara looked at me as I wanted to nod, but the pressure he was exerting on my arm made me shake my head. "Never mind," she sighed watching me with concern. "We have to go to DEO" she commented.
"Why?" He asked, not trusting the situation.
"There-there's a chance I'm pregnant," I replied, watching the surprise on his face, as if he could not believed it.
I thought he was going to refuse, that he would not allow us to go to the DEO, but after I had answered that, he seemed to have been more collaborative than in other situations. However, he had refused to let me stay alone in the room, without him, since both Alex and my sister were there with me, so after much insistence on my part I succeeded, showing myself much more relaxed in the room the moment that he went out.
Alex looked at us with surprise, trying to understand the situation, especially wanting to know what had made me assure her that Mon-el was the father, so I had to explain everything that happened, even if I could not say 100%. But this was not the only problem we had, because I was aware that my pregnancy was similar to a human, but not the same, since it lasted three months less, so the development was different and this, was beginning to alter Alex, since she did not know how to make sure how many weeks I was. This fact had prompted my sister to have left for information to the Fortress of Solitude, because it was the only thing we had to get it.
"Again, how much are you supposed to be if it's Mon-el's?" She asked.
"Six weeks," I replied as she analyzed the information my sister had brought.
"And Kon-el's?" She asked.
"Almost three weeks ..." I replied, watching as she nodded slightly before she looked at me and approached.
"Okay, I think I could have an idea of how to know," she said lifting my shirt. "Let's do it, okay?" She looked at me making me nod.
I felt like my sister was holding my hand, the truth is that I could see the nervousness in her eyes, so I tried to smile, trying to calm her, because the reality was that I was the same, but seeing her so nervous, I was afraid that the next thing that Alex was going to say was that the baby was Kon-el's.
"Kaelah, you weren't mistaken, they are Mon-el's" it was Alex's voice that got me out of my thoughts, confusing me, was not it just one? "They are twins, I still can't know the gender, but in two-three weeks ..." she stopped talking the moment she saw my facial expression, as I continued to struggle to assimilate the news. "Hey, calm down, we're going to listen to their hearts, okay?" she smiled at the same time I tried to nod .
However, before she could do anything, Kon-el entered the room, desperate for the time he had been out without knowing anything about it, demanding information about my state and the baby, so after telling him the only true that they were twins, the following were lies, like telling him they were his and the time they had.
I calmed down the moment I heard their heartbeats, feeling the tears coming, but I could not help but smile, knowing that they were both well, but the truth is that I would have liked Mon-el to have been here too, but he was near, for he could hear his thoughts.
"They're perfect, Kaelah," Alex smiled. "Only one thing, usually the twin pregnancies are ahead, I don't know if that's your case, but it's possible and much more if you're in a stressful situation, so I need you to be relaxed as possible, okay?" She explained as I nodded." Take advantage of the situation, "she said at the same time as I laughed lightly.
"What happened?" Mon-el questioned as if it were the first time we had seen each other all day.
"That the future heirs arrive sooner than I thought," his brother answered, while I closed my eyes, for they were not the heirs, indeed, they were behind Mon-el in the line of succession.
"Congratulations, then," I heard him whisper, which made me look at him, wanting to tell him that I was sorry.
'I didn't know you could do this,' I heard him think what confused me, for I did not understand what he meant by that. 'I could hear you in my head,' he explained, managing to smile slightly, remembering what I had once heard, if the bond was strong enough, it was possible that both parts could hear each other.
'I love you,' I tried again, watching as he tried to hide his smile, looking straight into my eyes; 'I love you too, Kaelah, and those little ones, they're strong, they'll be safe with you.' I stared at him as I smiled, the truth is that this was not a bad idea to communicate, since nobody could know what we were talking, beyond showing the same complicity as always.
When we got back to the ship we ended up arguing about when we were going to tell his parents, so I pulled away from him without wanting to listen to what he was saying, wanting to do it already, advancing toward the throne room in search of them.
I wanted to step back the moment I saw the scene, unable to keep my hands to my mouth in an attempt to cover my scream at the impression of the scene. I watched the king's lifeless body for a couple of seconds before looking at her, frightened by what might be her next move.
"It's you, Kryptonian," she said, turning to look at me.
"You killed him, why?" I questioned even though I knew I could not, that it was forbidden to me, but I was curious about the answer.
"You should not ask these questions, you're not the one to judge me," she reproached me.
"You're his murderer, you're the only one who knows the motives," I began. "I'm just asking for an explanation before the scene I've just seen," I demanded, putting her patience to the limit.
"We to have to teach you how to speak to your superiors," she replied, shaking her head. "Although it will not do any good, you have the insurbodination of any Kryptonian," she said, getting my jaw tight.
"If you have such a grudge against my kind, why did you choose me to marry your son?" I asked, skipping any kind of protocol, making her laugh a little.
"Your father was too desperate, sweetheart," she said, laughing before continuing. "Besides, it wasn't too bad to have someone with powers in the family," she said, lifting my chin.
I kept her eyes defiant, feeling the presence of Kon-el behind me, fact that made me try to move, but I did not get her to let me go.
"You'll learn, Kryptonian," she said, and let me go before turning to her son, who was watching the scene carefully.
"Why mother?" He asked, holding me close to him.
"He betrayed me," she replied simply.
"That doesn't justify a death," I said, entering into the conversation.
"I'll tell you again, you're not the judge, and I don't care if your parents worked like that." She looked at me.
"I judging, it's an opinion," I corrected. "According to what you said, I could kill him and not feel remorse," I pointed to Kon-el. "But I can not, because as much as I hate him and dislike being with him, I could not. Just like wanting to protect a person does not justify murdering the one who is trying, just to remove it from the path, "I said, ending by letting go of everything I had been in my head for so long.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"That price that you put at the head of my sister," I replied seriously.
"It's none of your business," she said back.
"No, it may not be, because I will never be like you," I said sarcastically before turning and walking into the room.
I sat on the bed holding my tears, burying my face in my hands completely surpassed by what happened today, feeling as he sat next to me and surrounded me with his arms to hug me against him, which only managed to stir me violently.
"I want to be alone," I said.
"No, you don't want to," he said, making another attempt to hug me.
"Yes, I want to, please," I asked again, rising, heading for the door to tell him to leave.
I watched as he stood to get closer, but he did not leave, but he stopped at my side before he grabbed me in his arms and went back to bed, getting me to start crying, asking him again to leave me, closing my eyes. I felt his hand on my belly caressing it, causing me to open my, no doubt, this was not Mon-el's touch, it was not the same feeling I had had this afternoon when he had placed his hand in that same position, because unlike his brother, his had been full of love and affection, but Kon-el ..., he only had interest in having an heir.
However, I ended up relaxing, falling asleep in his arms.
Thank you for reading,
Ayrin