Alpha King’s pregnant Ex-Luna

When Thalia reached the airport and got onto the airplane, her expression darkened.

She frowned when she saw her tiny seat. “Tony Jackson , did you have to be so stingy? Why on earth would you get economy seats?” complained Thalia before she pressed the button to hail the stewardess.

Seeing that, Tony turned to her and demanded, “What are you doing?”

“I’m getting an upgrade. I haven’t flown in economy class since I was eighteen!” said Thalia. “How may I help you?” asked the smiling stewardess who made her way there at that moment. Thalia was about to answer when Tony spoke up first. “Please get us some bottled water.” Confused, Thalia stared at him.

“Okay, please wait for a moment,” replied the stewardess before leaving.

Thalia glared at Tony . “Why did you ask for water? I told you I don’t want this seat.” “My daddy is in first class right now,” replied Tony .

Thalia froze. She had forgotten all about Alpha Kilian being on the same plane. “If we upgrade and go there now, he will see us,” answered Tony .

“We’ve already gotten onto the plane, so it shouldn’t matter that he’s not happy with us being here. He can’t exactly get the plane to turn around,” retorted Thalia.

“No, but he’ll force us to take the next flight back as soon as we land,” answered Tony in all seriousness.

Thalia stopped talking for a moment after hearing that response. It did sound like something Alpha Kilian would do.

Still, she was uncomfortable. “D*mn it. I never fly economy unless it was necessary for the mission.”

“I know this is tough for you. Please bear with it for just a bit. I’m sure Ben will go all out to help you if you are ever in need in the future.”

Thalia arched a brow. “Tony Jackson , do you see me as an idiot?”

Tony , who was sitting beside Thalia, frowned in exasperation after hearing that. “Umm, no,” replied Tony .

“Then will you help me if I’m ever in need?”

“Of course, I will. Should the day come, I won’t even complain as I help,” promised Tony . “That’s it?”

“I’ll do whatever it takes.” Thalia kept staring.

“I’ll help both financially and work in person.” “And?”

“Oy, you’re crossing a line here, Thalia.”

Thalia reached out to press the button and call the stewardess again. Tony stopped her immediately. “Okay, okay, you win. I won’t complain, will do anything necessary, help financially and work in person, and obey every word you say.”

Thalia grinned in amusement when she heard that. She nodded in satisfaction before glancing in his direction. “That’s better. That’s a good attitude for a kid. You should keep this up.”

Tony took a deep breath. Tony took a deep breath.

He kept reminding himself to stay calm. Don’t stoop to her level. She’s just a bully who is too dumb to win an argument any other way.

Tony turned to Thalia and grinned when that thought ran through his mind. “Hey, don’t insult me in your mind. I can tell when you do that,” warned Thalia.

“I would never,” denied Tony who was still smiling evilly.

“Uh-huh… be good now,” ordered Thalia before she reached out to stroke his tiny head. “It’s late, and I need my beauty sleep, so be quiet.” After saying that, Thalia fished an eye mask out of nowhere, put it on, and lay down in a comfortable position to sleep.

“I’ll sleep now, too,” said Tony as he turned to Ben . Ben nodded. “Okay.”

“What about you?”

“Nope. I’m not tired, so I won’t go to sleep yet. Just ignore me,” replied Ben . Tony didn’t pry. He simply put on his eye mask and drifted off.

Time always seemed to travel ridiculously slowly when on the plane.

Thalia didn’t know how long she slept, but she was aching everywhere and wasn’t comfortable. The tiny space was so irritating that she almost lost her temper.

She took her eye mask off in frustration and was feeling horrible when she suddenly caught Ben doodling away on the table.

“Ben , you’re still up?” said Thalia.

“I took a nap earlier and am not tired now.”

Thalia inched forward when she noticed how he was doodling without even looking away. “What are you drawing?”

When she saw what he drew, however, she was stunned. “Hold on. Let me see that,” said Thalia before she took the sketchbook away from Ben .

The second she saw the blueprint of a gun, her eyes bulged. “D-Did you draw this?” Ben thought nothing of it, so he nodded. “Yeah.”

“Seriously, of all the things to copy, did you have to learn how to draw a blueprint for a gun?” “It’s not a copy. I designed it myself,” replied Ben .

Thalia was momentarily stunned. “You designed this?”

“Yeah,” replied Ben .

In disbelief, Thalia stared at the boy for a bit before flipping through the sketchbook. The more she saw, the more excited and disbelieving she was.

“Are you sure you designed all of this?” asked Thalia in an uncertain tone.

She had seen him in the act of doodling, but she still couldn’t believe what she knew was true.

Ben nodded once more. “Yes, I’m sure. The earlier ones are from a few years ago, so those designs are a little childish.”

Thalia was speechless.

A few years ago? You’re still a kid! A few years ago meant you were just a baby at the time! What the hell is wrong with this family? Is everyone a genius or something?

Thalia felt as though someone had shoved an invisible apple down her throat and made it impossible for her to utter a single word.

Her speechlessness made sense since she knew many countries would regard those blueprints as national treasures.

She flipped through the pages some more and got to a page that captivated her. The design on the page made her ask, “What is…?”

Ben inched over. “That’s not a gun; it’s just a weapon I’m designing. So far, I’ve only gotten the outline ready. I haven’t decided how everything will work yet.”

Thalia asked, “Have you ever seen blueprints like this before?” Ben shook his head.

“Then how did you get the idea for these blueprints?”

“There are tons of stuff on the dark web, and some of those websites have blueprints to show you how to build your own gun. I examined them and thought that they were ineffective, so I designed my own for fun,” replied Ben .

Thalia was silent when she heard that.

Ben stared and was a little confused, but he nodded anyway.

He understood the nature of the problem. What he couldn’t understand was how the problem could be as grave as Thalia made it out to be.

It’s just some doodles…

“Your talent is what the world desperately needs now, so if you are exposed but can’t or won’t work for someone, they will send assassins after you to prevent you from working for their competitors. You understand that, right?” asked Thalia. She was careful and truly meant it when she warned him.

“Yeah, I understand,” replied Ben .

Seeing how calm Ben was, Thalia raised her brow. She seemed uncertain when she looked at him. “Ben ? Do you really understand what I just said?”

Ben nodded. “Yeah, I understand. I will protect myself and won’t expose my secret until I’m certain of what I want to do in the future.”

“Okay… If that’s the case, then can you at least pretend to freak out a little? You’re making it look as though I’m an overreacting idiot who doesn’t understand how the world works,” replied Thalia.

Ben frowned. “How am I supposed to behave, then?”

“Excited or maybe proud? Do what Tony does all the time. The tiniest praise will get him smiling like an idiot,” suggested Thalia.

That was when Ben turned his attention to Tony , who was still asleep. It seemed the siblings were wildly different in that sense. Tony had always been firm and confident when he was complimented, but Ben would always be cautious or calm when others praised him or gave him a gift.

Still, Thalia had already requested it, so Ben felt compelled to smile.

Seeing that forced smile rendered Thalia temporarily speechless. “Nevermind. Let’s pretend I never said anything.”

Ben put his smile away immediately.

As Thalia stared at Ben , she felt weirdly happy and proud. It was as though she was watching her baby grow up.

She took another look at the design he had been doodling and quickly closed the sketchbook before looking around. It seemed she was worried that someone would see it.

“Ben , put it away. Now,” instructed Thalia.

Ben obediently did as he was told and put everything into his backpack.

Thalia remained on edge until everything was put away. Her eyes glowed with the warmth and pride of a mother when she looked at him.

“This has got to be my lucky year because I got to meet all three of you. You kids keep surprising me at every turn. I wonder if there is anything else I don’t know about you three. Maybe you should just come clean all at once. That way, my heart won’t have to endure this level of shock again,” said Thalia.

Ben frowned before answering, “That’s probably all the surprise there is.” “Probably?”

“Definitely no more surprise,” answered Ben . “Probably?”

“Definitely no more surprise,” answered Ben .Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

It was undeniable that Tony was a genius, but so was Ben . The only difference was that Ben was unaware of his own extraordinary intelligence.

Thank the heavens that I’m the one who discovered his talents. Who knows what would happen if he had remained careless and someone else learned about this?

Thalia had lost all desire to sleep by then. She kept her eyes on Ben as though he would suddenly disappear if she were even a little careless. “Ben , I think you can continue exploring this and developing your skills. If Sam ever finds out about this, he will surely take you away and-”

“Then don’t tell him about it.” “Why not?”

“Because I don’t want to be taken away.”

Thalia couldn’t help chuckling a little. “Ben , you don’t know this, but this world has always been extreme. You will only be protected if you can be of use to someone else. If you cannot contribute, death will come for you because, as far as your enemies are concerned, your mere existence is a threat to them.”

“So what you’re saying is that Sam will kill me unless I work for Darknetz?” asked Ben .

“Uh, no. That is not what I meant at all. Sam is not that kind of person. If he finds out about this, he will likely worship all three of you. What I’m truly worried about is that Darknetz might not be able to handle you three geniuses,” replied Thalia before she sighed.

The truth was that the matter was easily solved once it was laid out. Darknetz specialized in hacking and assigning tasks. It knew nothing about building machinery, and expanding into that field would require a lot of resources. On top of that, their efforts wouldn’t bear any fruits until years later. Many governments, who had long been in that field, would be their competitors as well. Under those circumstances, it would not be wise for Darknetz to get involved at all. There was also the part where they would have to compete against military personnel. That was, perhaps, the worst part of them all, because those people had no problem with killing and would not hesitate to annihilate those in their way.

Darknetz would attract a lot of attention if they were to dabble in weapon construction, and Thalia could already imagine the danger it would bring.

The more she thought about it, the more uneasy she became. I better meet up with Sam as soon as possible to discuss this matter in detail.

Thalia was still excited about her discovery, but her worries had drowned that excitement out. She knew, at that moment, that anxiety would keep her company the entire journey.

Just then, Tony , who had been sleeping, woke up because their conversation was getting too loud. He pulled his eye mask away and revealed his exhausted gaze. “What are you two talking about? You’re so noisy!”

Thalia turned to look at Tony . She whispered into his ear, but to her surprise, he simply responded with a simple “okay.”

After that, he requested, “Keep your voices down while you talk. You keep waking me up.” After saying that, he put his eye mask on, turned around, and went back to sleep.

Thalia was dumbfounded.

Must he be that calm? Or do they simply not know what I’m talking about? This is such an incredible discovery, so why are these boys acting as though it’s just an everyday issue? D*mn it, they make me look like an overreacting idiot.

Thalia turned her attention to Ben . The latter couldn’t help defending his big brother. “As far as my brother is concerned, there is nothing more important than sleep.”

Thalia replied, “Yeah, I can see that.”

“Thalia, I understand what you’re worried about, but you can rest assured. I will keep myself safe and

will think long and hard about what my future holds,” said Ben suddenly. He kept his eyes on her the entire time to show her how earnest he was about it.

Thalia turned her attention to him when she heard what he said. She nodded firmly and sighed. “I thought that Darknetz would be a home for you three, but now… Ah, forget about it. We’ll cross that bridge when we get there.”

Ben nodded.

“Okay, it’s late, and you should get some sleep,” said Thalia.

“Okay.” With that said, Ben put his backpack on the table. Thalia snatched it away immediately. Ben stared at her in confusion.

“D-Don’t leave it there. It’s not safe,” said Thalia. Ben didn’t respond.

“I’ll hold it for now and give it back to you after we’ve landed,” said Thalia. The boy didn’t comment on that. He simply nodded.

“Okay, go to bed now. A brain like yours should not be strained,” said Thalia. She looked cautious and seemed on edge about his amazing brain suffering even the tiniest bit of stress.

I guess it makes sense. Precious resources shouldn’t be wasted.

Ben didn’t say anything else before closing his eyes and going to sleep. Thalia smiled like a proud aunt when she saw Ben going to bed.

She sat in the middle, so she could check up on Ben and then on Tony . Her eyes shone with pride, glee, and worry all at the same time.

The complexity of her emotions could not be expressed with words. In a way, she was holding all the trump cards in the world.

It was at that moment that she felt something strange. It was as though she was invincible so long as she had them with her. She even fantasized about being the queen of the world for a moment there.