Audrey’s POVLike deja vu, we were heading by to the town again where I have learned they call the capital with a ‘K’.It kind of made more to refer to it as the capital because if we were being fair, it was the capital. It was more of the people. The fact that we had normalized a different zone for people of the same pack because they were dignitaries didn’t make sense to me till Trudeau had explained it better to me.He said that under a good rule, isolation is for the sake of the people, and under a bad rule, isolation is for the fear of the people. Both were done because of the people of the pack at the end of the day. Just with two different points of view. There was a lagging feeling I had as we kept driving past the usual familiar places I knew. I was with Sabrina, Cynthia, and Felix—which is why I had called it a deja vu.“I know at this point it is obvious that this would not be holding at the ground like I thought it would but can someone please tell me why there is a shift
Audrey’s POVThe matches were nothing but unapologetic blood baths. Goodness…It began with the lower-ranking packs. Each werewolf representing the smaller packs had something in common. Their fighters were grey or black fur wolves with incredibly scary physiques if they were to be in their human form. I saw the most gory I have ever seen in my life and the worst part, people cheered. They cheered like it was the best thing that ever happened to them and it would never not be normal to me.So far, three rounds have been concluded between four packs. It was the start of the fourth round and it was Blue Lotus time to step on the hill of power. Again, there was no hill. That was what I thought. I recalled the image of the landscape outside the whole area, and finally realized it was built around the hill not so high, which is why the center seems to have a kind of doom shape to it.“It is time...now you will know why he is called a monster,” Sabrina whispered to me. I instantly found mys
Audrey’s POVI have never felt so weak in my life. Neither did I have a single idea where I was. But I knew one thing for sure, I wasn’t feeling well. My head wasn’t aching like it was initially. Where I was a question I would have loved to be answered because I didn’t seem familiar. At least I was on a bed or a cushion. I felt comfortable lying wherever I was and I didn’t want to stand up. Not yet at least.“Should we tell the alpha or tell her first?”I identified Sabrina’s voice as the person speaking. It made me wonder what the hell they were talking about.“Why tell the alpha first when she is right here in front of you? What is Trudeau going to do about it?”It was Cynthia talking. Since it involved Trudeau, it was enough to wake me up. Straight from the rest of the rest, I rose to a sitting position, probably what caused Sabrina to jump up.“Fuck…” She clutched her chest for dare life, glaring at me. “Don’t do that again, I almost ran out of my skin thinking—”“I never died,”
Trudeau’s POV“Where did you both go? Where is Cynthia?” He inquired. “She is right in the restroom. Alpha, I have something to tell you. Audrey is pregnant.”Her words were in a language I understood but I wasn’t processing her words like I should have. There was very little to hold on to where I stood. I checked Audrey and she wasn’t staring me in the eyes. No…She had her eyes turned away in another direction. Was it a shame? Was it fear? I couldn’t tell. I didn’t know what to say that would sound right at the moment. But I could hear the uproar that it would cause if I ever announced this on the meeting board. They would go ballistic. As much as a few of them watched me train and grow into the werewolf that I am today, a lot of them were in support of the life I was forced to live by my father. And how could I blame them? They could see the training paying off and now they think there is no better way to have it than to repeat the circle of damage that started with my father. I
Trudeau’s POVToday’s show is over and everyone is emptying the Arena as it is getting cleaned up for the next three days when the final events will be held and the winner will be announced. I have searched for him multiple times along with places I thought he would be, especially outside having a smoke break but he wasn’t there. I didn’t want traction from the pack members wanting a meet and greet session so I stayed in the parking lot that was on the higher part of the hill, looking down on the entrance. It was close enough to study but not close enough to be found. I didn’t think Audrey and the rest had left because the car I had ordered Felix to bring them in was still around.So there I was, seated on the bonnet of my car thinking. Then Claudia came back. For a while, I thought she had left and disappeared back into her little world but even now and then, she would pop out, showing herself and we would make small talk before she upped and disappeared again. This time she was walk
Audrey’s POVIt has been two weeks since the discovery of my pregnancy. Two weeks since I had seen Claudia and everyone who was allowed into the Alpha’s mansion treat me as if I was a delicate egg on the shelf. And two weeks since Trudeau suddenly made it his assignment to make sure I was more than okay. I have never seen him show this much care. I mean enough to even make me feel like it was…too much.I woke up a few minutes ago to throw up and I was starting to think my belly wasn’t taking the pregnancy too well.We have spoken about every detail of the pregnancy. About how he wasn’t sure he was going to tell the council about the pregnancy yet or his intentions of keeping it until there was enough time passed where the decision was simply irreversible. Now that was the part that got me into the fear frenzy I was in.What the hell did he mean by till it was irreversible?Where are they going to try and make me abort it?I recalled a girl in the same neighborhood I used to stay in ba
Audrey’s POVDon’t say it…I didn’t hide the warning in my head.“I know someone is trying to kill you,” I confessed, looking at him with nervousness wrecking through me. He squinted at me, drawing back to stare at me extra hard like I didn’t just speak English. “Trudeau, please say something…you are making me nervous,” I begged him, beginning to get sweaty under the sheets because my heart was starting to pound harder. I tried to adjust, pulling the sheets off me so I could feel some of the breeze in the room. “What do you mean you knew? How long have you known that someone or some people were after my life?” He asked in a stern voice. I swallowed heavily. I should have obeyed the voice in my head and shut the fuck up while I had the chance. “Well, Uh–Claudia told me…the night we went out for a drink after the questioning. We were both getting drinks and she started to tell me about her...profession—” “I know she is an assassin.” He deadpanned. “Oh…” “Well, that’s when she told
Trudeau’s POVShe dropped the juice box and stood to her feet, strolling towards me, stopping right in front of me.“I want to know why you kept Audrey’s pregnancy away from the council.”“What are you talking about?” I played dumb, knowing I hadn’t told anyone but my sister. By my calculation, she should not know and however she found it, I was ready to disprove and discredit it even though it was true.“Oh please, don’t even try to bullshit me. I know about it. And I have known since the day of the tournament. I saw the signs. Remember the dress I wore that day was part of the same dress you got for her?” She chuckled dryly. “Of course, you didn’t even notice. But anyway, that’s not why I am here. The council is worried. You haven’t called for a meeting since Guillemette winning which is something that is supposed to be celebrated as usual but you have yourself locked up in another woman’s arms instead. So what? To damn with Guillemette’s efforts to keep the pack at the Status we ha
Trudeau’s POV “We have to test the blood of the child. We need to know he is of our bloodline and fit to take the throne for the future.” Phil said.I could have argued that part too about how I have been the only one to lay with her since she had arrived at the pack but even I felt I would be disrespecting Audrey in a way. I believed I was the father of her child, plus the defeat in his voice gave me life. I agreed to the terms willingly. Even though I didn’t want to, it was the tradition to test for the bloodline of a child to show he was in line to take over if anything ever happened to me. “Why don’t we do that right now? I will go and bring the mother of my child and my five-day-old child. Here and here, Phil. Let this be where everything about this subject ends. After this, I do not want to hear you talk ill about Audrey or anyone else in this room. Is that understood?”Everyone gave some form of a reply from nodding to mouthing a not-very-audible yes.I took some seconds to t
Trudeau’s POVWalking through the council doors and seeing the faces of the people I have so dearly avoided for months.“One would think you had gone to join the ancestors early the way you completely deserted the table, Alpha Trudeau.” Elder Fiona announced out loud for everyone to hear. I heard it in her voice. That angst against me and the decision I made. From past encounters, I have known her to share a close bond with the shaman, and therefore his idea. Several others whispered amongst themselves as I walked by the long dull table that was placed in the center of the hall.I have watched this room shift into a jury room, back to a council room and a place to party in the past. Today, it felt like my own throne was my judgment seat as I drew it back and sat in it, looking at faces that had added a line of wrinkle and of course, the clear expressionless face from Guillemette who sat on the last seat at the end of my right hand.“Good evening, council.” I nodded to Elder Fiona in p
Audrey’s POVI never thought pain could feel this unearthing before. I could swear I was in the afterlife at some point during the operation. I thought they would tear my stomach up like I heard them whisper amongst themselves while they thought I was completely under the drug's seduction. There were moments in between where I sifted in and out of consciousness while wondering where the fuck I was. With the pain racking through my body and none of the drugs keeping them fully at bay, I was left watching the life show while wondering where this would leave me after it was all over.At a point, I had completely dissociated from the entire procedure going on between my legs. I asked myself, “How did I get here…”With no one else to answer but myself, I kept on watching. The moment the sound of my child hit my ears, life zapped back into me. I don’t know how I was able to tell it was a boy from his first cry. I could barely even see him though his body hovered over the cover clothes that
Trudeau’s POVWho paid to have my sister and Audrey killed months ago? This question took a ride back with me to the hospital. Before that, it haunted my mind while I tried to pick out the most comfortable clothes for Audrey. I recalled how she would avoid the darker clothes and stick to the lighter ones because according to her, they made her feel less hot. I understood the science of it. The rest of her things I just picked at random from flashbacks of what I have seen her use. A little bit of everything.Before embarking on the journey, I was kind of tempted to ask what the current situation was but hesitated last minute. I picked out some of her favorite flowers by the garden, again a little bit of everything.By the time I got to the hospital, the time was a few minutes past nine. I just feel the energy, the buzz. It was electric, very daunting and it was making its presence known. I was still approaching the entrance, roughly parking at a spot away from the entrance where the p
Trudeau’s POVI Can’t tell how long we waited. If you ask me, I will say it would take forever. I rose myself up and rode to the very high mountains that were the pack upstate. I needed to clear my head. There were already Elders by my door by the time I arrived first in the morning. ‘The doctors were still performing surgery ’ was the reason why I picked up and returned to the pack. After sleeping in my car and getting tired of the clothes I was wearing, I decided to leave and keep everything else secondary.“Alpha. You are back…but without the breeder.” Yousef said. An older man who was in charge of the northern territory but stepped down from his role and continued to hold a table on our council because no one in the band district knew this section better than him. I liked him, he was useful, and multiple times has he shown his usefulness. I smiled at him.“Yes, I arrived alone. She is still being taken care of by the doctor. I only came to get some necessities and go back to her.”
Trudeau’s POVShe passed out right in my arms. But she was still breathing. That was all that mattered to me. That she was still breathing.“Alpha, we need to make room for her. There is a chance that we might have to go into surgery.” The doctor tugged me by the arm gently. One looked at him and immediately let me go. I looked towards Audrey and Cynthia, they were the only familiar faces I knew here aside from Peter who has been the Lycan family doctor for as long as I can remember. I couldn’t bring myself to let her go. That would mean uncradling her head and letting her go through this alone.“I am here, Audrey. I am here!” I found myself yelling at her. I aggressively kissed her forehead. The need for her to feel my presence wherever she was deep in there was all that concerned me at the moment. I needed her to know that I was right beside her. We got out of the room after another minute or so of Cynthia trying to round us up. I just found it hard to let her go.I peeked through t
Cassandra’s POV“How does it feel to be pregnant?”She had barely slipped the blunt past her lips when I decided to ask. It took her a second or two delay before she began coughing up the smoke. I shook my head, not enough to get noticed but still showing a little bit of disappointment at her level of predictability and I haven’t even spent that much time with her.She looked up at me as if contemplating what her next reply was supposed to be. She kept staring at me and I stared back at her. Something in my expression should have told her I knew exactly what I was talking about and she didn’t have to lie. Eventually, she conceded. Her eyes fell to the ground. Good girl…“Yeah no, I don’t know. I don’t know what’s going on for now. I don’t even think I want to be pregnant right now…I am sure that is not what the pack would want.” She said, staring down at her fingers.“Hey…” I touched her shoulder, studying her reaction to know if I could move further. She didn’t seem bothered by it. Y
Audrey’s POVI wasn’t supposed to be out. I mean outside here in public. Inside the hall would have been safer in Trudeau’s opinion but I was tired of the loud music, the dancing, and the increased popularity. Plus, I was moving around with the consciousness of anyone who could tell I was pregnant. At times I would find myself looking at an unclear reflection of myself and my heart would skip thinking I had a bump shooting out of my tummy. I should know better that pregnancy doesn’t work like that.So I was outside smoking a joint under a tree instead of trying to fit in with everyone inside. Heck…I don’t even dance. That’s the problem. Or part of it rather.“Tired already?” Cassandra’s voice never failed to take away all of the peace I had every time she showed up unannounced, which was beginning to happen a little too often for my liking. There was a time when we barely ran into each other. It is scary that that is what I would refer to as a good time right now. She made herself vis
Audrey’s POVYou may be wondering why I had to jump back on the bed a second before I heard Trudeau slam something on the wall before yelling through the house with frustration.“Fuck!”I sat back up on the bed, looking for an excuse, anything to come out without sounding like I had been awake for a while. So I went into the bathroom, dabbing my face with a moistened clean towel, making sure to make me look kind of messy before I walked out of the room with the stray in my hands. My room was one of the few rooms on the downstairs floor and it emptied into a corridor which in turn showed the way to the living room.There he was, lying on a chair with the frustration of the world evident on his face. I dropped the tray on the closest flat surface I could find. It was never really my main mission to begin with. I got closer to him, subconsciously being careful of my every step as I didn’t want to piss him off by being too loud knowing how sensitive he got whenever things got too loud aro