Chapter: Chapter 86The End Morris sighed and looked at the floor, “Carlos, I. . . I owe you an apology.” He was feeling regretful standing in front of the Fernandez family’s large living room. ”I’ve been wrong about you for far too long. ” The man, who once was called the ruthless billionaire Carlos Fernandez, stared at Morris in surprise. The passage of time had made him bitter and a little less cruel; the man had a glimmer of humanity in his gaze. "Morris, we have both sinned, and maybe it is time that we let that go, and start afresh." ,. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . Two days later, there was a tense atmosphere in the Fernandez mansion as the family got ready for the last day in court. Isabelle walked around the room, her twins, Sophia and Alex watched their mother with concern. They were teenagers, still they were not dumb enough not to feel the gravity of the situation although not wise enough to understand it fully. “Mommy, are we going to be okay?” Sophia asked, her face registered with concer
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Chapter: Chapter 85Price of Redemption In the airport lounge as they waited for their flight back home, Carlos turned to Isabelle, out of the blue it seemed, deadly serious."We need to talk, Isabelle," he said, with the voice just loud enough despite the background noise of the terminal.Isabelle put down her magazine, knowing whatever he would say next carried weight. "What is it, Carlos?"He paused again and looked over to the kids, who were all busy with their phones and snacks, apparently noticing nothing of the tension palpably drawn between their parents. Then he turned back to Isabelle, his fierce gaze softening. "This trip. I realize now more than ever how much we have run away from facing things. I mean, we have been so ensnared with the trial, that we paid no heed to how much we needed each other."Slowly, Isabelle nodded and put the magazine aside. Of course they would have had to discuss it sometime. This vacation had been an escape route for the time being, but they had not been able to
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Chapter: Chapter 84Isabelle's POV A Change of SceneryCarlos had grown distant and busy, and Isabelle could barely remember the last time that they had really spoken.The children were affected by this too—reportedly. Alex, who was otherwise so cheerful and full of life, grew into a quiet individual who spent more time in his room compared to before. Sophia watched her parents with a worried look in her eyes, which seemed to pick up on an air of tension.She knew something had to give. They couldn't go on much longer this way, dancing around each other and barely holding together as a family unit. One evening while they sat around the dinner table almost in complete silence, Isabelle cleared her throat to speak."I think we need a break," she said, her voice slicing through the tension. "A real break. I've booked us a vacation; just the four of us. We leave tomorrow." Carlos's head jerked up from over his plate, his eyes flashing with surprise. "A vacation? Now? Isabelle, with the trial coming up, I d
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Chapter: Chapter 83Double CrossIsabelle's POV While Carlos and I pretty much were picking our way carefully through a brittle truce, truth got entangled—an undercurrents of mistrust and suspicion run too deep underneath.Morris was back in our lives, busy with Carlos, planning an appeal that hung over us all like the sword of Damocles. I played the supportive wife, but my stomach twisted with each glimpse of the two of them huddled together in strategy sessions. Not to forget Allison—always there to remind me things were not just as they seemed.Somehow, Allison had wormed her way back into Carlos's favor. Now, she just made herself useful in ways that left me wondering at her motives. There wasn't much I could do, though, I didn't have a lot to argue with results for. We needed all the help we could get.Yet something in the way she smiled at Morris, maybe something about it, in her eyes' glitter, when she thought herself unobserved jarred on me. I could see that she was plotting something. I only wo
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Chapter: Chapter 82Unlikely AlliesIsabelle's POV As I came home after the trial, the silence was palpable. Carlos and I had sort of reached a compromise to work things out, but the chasm of distance between us now seemed larger than before. We tiptoed around each other, trying not to detonate the fights that had become all too frequent. The weight of everything that had happened hung over us like a dark cloud, and I couldn't shake the feeling that something was about to give.It was late in the day, but I found Carlos in his study, nursing a glass of whiskey. His face seemed to hold more etchings of worry lines than even a few days ago. Hesitating at the door, unsure if I should intrude, before I could retreat he looked up and caught my gaze."Isabelle," he said, his voice soft, almost vulnerable. "Come in."I walked into the room and sensed the tension in the air. "What's on your mind?" I inquired, attempting to keep my tone light.Carlos let out a sigh and raked a hand over his hair. "It's everythin
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Chapter: Chapter 81Hidden AgendasIsabelle's POV The silence was so thick, so palpable, you could cut it with a knife in that courtroom. Then the voice of the judge finally broke the quiet, reading the verdict. It was almost as though time had slowed down—draggy, very long words. There it was, folks; the last words: "Not guilty." The disbelief was hard to digest. Wave upon wave of relief washed over me, and then I was numb the next moment.We had finally won, and we were clean for sure this time. But something didn't feel quite right in this wave of relief. What was wrong?Carlos turned to me with a mix of victory and exhaustion on his face. "We did it," he whispered, his voice hoarse with emotion.I nodded to him with a try at a smile. "Yeah, we did."In a flash, Morris was beaming reassuringly upon Carlos, shaking his hand, and at my side. "That is a victory for all of us," he declared, quite assured and composed in voice but with eyes that gave a flicker, the very doubt which was gnawing at me.As
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Chapter: Chapter 15: A Wolf’s Wrath Shanice could feel the weight of Nelson’s piercing gaze pressing down on her, demanding the truth. But she had already made her choice. “I don’t know where Luna Selena is,” she said, forcing the words out as steadily as she could. Nelson’s jaw tightened. He didn’t believe her. His red eyes darkened with suspicion as he leaned forward slightly, his body stiff with tension. “You expect me to believe that?” Shanice held his gaze, refusing to look away. “Yes,” she said firmly. Nelson exhaled sharply, shaking his head. “You’re her closest friend, Shanice. She wouldn’t just disappear without telling you.”Shanice shrugged. "I would've done the same thing if I was her."Nelson raised an eyebrow."She was broken, Alpha," Shanice continued, her voice unwavering. "You rejected her, replaced her, and paraded another woman - your ex, in front of her. And not just another woman; a woman who was pregnant with your child. You destroyed her in ways nobody would have ever known."Nelson's fi
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Chapter: Chapter 14: Where is Selena? The tension in the room was thick enough to suffocate. Shanice’s heart pounded in her chest as she locked eyes with Alpha Nelson, who stood by the door, his piercing gaze flickering between her and Caspian. He didn't need to tell her. She could tell by the look on his face—he'd known something had been happening when he walked in.His mouth twisted into a winking smile. "Bad time?""Yes.""No."Caspian and Shanice said at the same time.Caspian shrugged, rubbing at his hair then putting on a smile. He stepped back and bowed politely. "Not at all, Alpha Nelson." His voice was proper, smooth but containing an edge.Nelson's eyes followed Shanice's, his sneer broadening, but nothing came out. Instead, he sat in the chair before Shanice's desk."Please." Caspian gestured to the chair. "I was just leaving."Nelson nodded brusquely as he took the chair. Caspian again stared at Shanice, his eyes fixed, he smiled at her before heading for the door.The moment the door clicked shut after h
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Chapter: Chapter 13: A Dangerous Confession Shanice ended the call with Selena, a small smile lingering on her lips. Talking to her best friend always brought her comfort, but today, a sense of unease settled in her chest. Selena was still confused about the vision she had the other day, and Shanice knew that there was more.She could not just sit and guess when something in the air shifted. A presence. Her wolf senses were on edge, telling her that she was not alone.Groggily, she shifted, and her heart raced as she turned to see Caspian looming over her.He leaned against the doorjamb, his hard eyes on her, blank but probing. His arms folded over his chest, his broad shoulders contracting the already small office still further.Shanice swallowed, trying to get a grip on herself, but his unflinching gaze disconcerted her."That was Selena, wasn't it?" He was speaking low, in a commanding tone.Shanice was paralyzed, her brain racing. How long had he been standing there? How much had he overheard? And most importantly, how ha
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Chapter: Chapter 12: The Void She Left BehindNelson sat still in his seat at the grand council hall, his hands resting on the carved wooden table, his eyes unfocused. Voices droned around him, but he barely heard them. His thoughts were elsewhere; somewhere far from the present. Somewhere lost in the past. The council room was occupied by the six most prominent members of the Snow Mountain Pack, four males and two females, all facing each other in a semicircle. Their duty was to assist the Alpha in administrative duties of the pack.Seated beside Nelson were his Beta, Caspian, and his Gamma, Marcus. They both knew their Alpha was not right, but neither of them said a word.The head of the council, Gareth, a man whose dark hair held flecks of silver and whose face wore the lines of age, cleared his throat. His sharp eyes ran over the Alpha before he spoke."Alpha Nelson,"Nelson did not budge.Gareth's brow furrowed, and he shouted louder, "Alpha Nelson."Nelson blinked, suddenly brought back to reality. His head swiveled arou
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Chapter: Chapter 11: "You Don't Belong Here!"Selena’s eyes fluttered open, but nothing was familiar. Darkness wrapped around her like a shroud, cold and suffocating. She tried to stand, but her legs felt heavy, her body swaying unsteadily. Her heart pounding, she looked around.There were no walls, no ceiling, just a seemingly endless space that yawned in every direction. "Where... where am I?" Her own voice echoed back to her, ghostly and hollow.Panic gripped her, wheezing out her breaths in short, shallow gasps. She tried to move, but her legs wouldn't cooperate.It was as if she were trapped, bound by invisible chains. “This isn’t real. It can’t be.” Then, a silver light appeared in the distance, faint and flickering like a candle in the dark. It grew brighter, illuminating the shadows as it moved closer. Selena’s eyes widened, her body frozen as the light approached.A figure emerged, a silhouette framed by the golden glow. It was a woman, her hair flowing like silver silk, her form delicate and ethereal. She moved gr
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Chapter: Chapter 10: "You Must Return!" Selena’s heart dropped as she locked eyes with him. Prince Gregg stood in the doorway, his tall, powerful frame leaning casually against the doorframe. A smirk curled at the corner of his lips, his piercing green eyes gleaming with amusement. "Well, well. I guess I'm the last person on your mind you expected to see right now, by the look on your face." His tone was free, bordering on sarcasm, but his eyes were deep enough to make her shiver.Selena's jaw fell open, but no sound came out. Her heart beat faster, her fists clenched around the armrests of her chair.Why was he here? Does he read minds now? Her mind whirled, panic threatening to engulf her. Gregg shifted away from the doorframe and into the office, his presence commanding the space. He moved with an easy stride, his energy exuding confidence and power. He sat down in front of her desk, his gaze locked on hers.Selena swallowed hard, her heart beating ferociously. She had not laid eyes on him for years, not since she
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