As the ship was pulling into port, Archer gave his bag to Levi who swung it over his back determinedly, Anya strapped the baby to her front before wriggling into her husband’s backpack and grabbing Alyona’s hand.
‘Remember, wait until the first few loads have been lifted off before you try to leave’ Archer warned, ‘we want everyone to be too busy to pay you any attention.’
Anya nodded silently; her lips pressed into a thin line as she stood in their cabin with the children.
Placing a kiss on his wife’s cheek, Kurt, glanced at his children sternly, ‘be good for mama, Levi you help watch over Alyona, Aly you stay with Levi, do NOT wander away from mama, understand?’
‘Yes daddy’ the children replied quietly, fidgeting nervously with the hems of their clothes as they watched the two men le
