One and four are not the same

*Kamila*

ET1 Kane is pure evil. I can tell by the way he looks at me, that he is a monster inside. Even if he hadn't just threatened to kill my children and me, he would have the same opinion.

I know his type. He thinks it is the Goddess's gift to women and to the universe. He's standing there, looking down his nose at me, like he's so handsome, and I'm just a big blob who's supposed to want him just because I have a vagina.

Although she was the daughter of the ET1 in my home pack, I ran into this guy often, especially when he worked at the sewage factory in the pack neighboring ours. Every day when I came to work, there would be a group of men walking down the sidewalk, bothering those of us who had to pick up shit for a living. They were yelling at us about how disgusting we were and how they'd like to show us a good time to distract us, but they'd have to put paper bags over our heads, things like that. I hated every one of those cretins. If they had any idea that she was the daughter of an ET1, they would probably be singing a different song.

But then... My own father was the same way. How many times did I hear him talk about different women in the pack wanting him? My mom accused him of having affairs, and he said he was stupid, of course he didn't, but he could if he wanted to. It was just one more reason why I didn't like my dad, and with all that going on, my mother was becoming quite unlikable as well. Now that I have men in my life that I love and am close to, I can sympathize with my mother a little more. If one of the ET1s said something like that to me, she would be devastated. The only difference between the four of them and my dad is that in his case, it's actually true. I have seen firsthand how all women want to be with my men. And I know that they are completely loyal to me now, although that has been tested a bit in recent months. Sometimes, I still can't believe how lucky I am to be loved and have the opportunity to love so many amazing men.

Right now, however, I'm facing an ET1 who's not even half the man of one of my ET1s who is threatening me and my children, and I've never wanted to rip off a man's pen... and shove it down his throat. More than I want at this very moment.

"What is your ultimate goal, Kane?" I ask, narrowing my gaze. I refuse to be the scared girl he seems to think she should be. —What exactly do you want to achieve?

"Of course, I want the throne," he says with a shrug.

—And you think the way to achieve this is to kill me and my babies? Or kill my babies and have sex with me so we can have a baby together? You do know that the only reason me and my babies are significant in all of this is because the current king said so, right?

He looks at me with his eyebrows drawn together, a perplexed expression on his face. —The baby that comes out of your womb first is destined to be the new heir, right? So whoever the dad is becomes king for a while and then the baby becomes king?

How come so many people in this kingdom are so fuc... stupid? —Things changed a little when I became pregnant with four babies. The baby of whichever ET1 is born first is supposed to take over when King Gene is ready to retire, and eventually that child will rule. But King Gene isn't really happy with everything that's happened, so I think he's changed his mind. I'm not even sure if one of the ET1s is destined to be king now. It would be much smarter of you to go straight to the source and eliminate Gene. Then, none of his wishes or decrees would matter. “I can't believe I'm trying to convince someone to kill the king, but if that's what it takes to keep my babies safe, I'll do anything.”

Kane seems to reflect on what I'm saying. The other people in the room just look confused. I know the woman will at least ask me why she was pretending to have amnesia when she gets the chance. I'm not sure the two men figured it out.

“You know, I've never slept with a woman with a watermelon in her belly before,” Kane looks at me seductively, and I feel a bitter taste in the back of my throat. "I bet those other ET1s would be furious if they knew I had my way with you."

"Funny, you didn't look like a rapist to me." I give him a meaningful look, and he backs away a little. —Usually, rapists are guys who can't get women without having to force them, right? I was under the impression that you could get women who wanted to have sex with you to do it.

"Well..." he stammers, "of course I can." But... you are their property, and they will be very angry if I do it.

—But if you're going to kill them anyway, why would you need to make them angry?—It's like trying to reason with an angry ape who's already spewing his own shit.

—Because—wait, I'm not killing them. I'm killing babies. And maybe you,” she explains, as if I were stupid.

"So you're not going to kill the men who want to avenge our deaths?" That seems like a sure way to die. They are going to be ready to kill you.

His eyebrows furrow even more as he thinks about what I'm saying. —Well, I want to kill them. But there are four of them and only one of me.

—Maybe you should have considered that before kidnapping me? Again, I go back to Gene. A Gene. A Kane. That's the same. Four ET1s, one Kane, is not the same. You're screwed, and not in a good way.

He opens his mouth to say something else when a guard runs in. -Mister! There is a large army moving in this direction. They're the ET1s!

"Which one of them?" he asks.

The guard's response sends a shiver down Kane's spine that I can see clearly even from ten feet away. -All of them.