Audrey’s POV “Woof woof” I muttered to myself, chuckling right after. An image of myself flashed in my head from a bird's point of view. And unconsciously, I took a break from licking the liquid milk spilled on the floor to stare at the ceiling above me. I don’t know why it never occurred to me to look in that direction. Probably because the room itself was already beyond expectation, and the other free time I had to appreciate the interior decor, I was fucking the Lycan alpha. I found CCTV cameras, two of them. They were placed right in the ghost spots of the room. It wasn’t big enough to notice at the bat as it was black and blended with the darker golden tones walls. They were actual beige walls but the parts of the room that didn’t get the dash of morning light got to enjoy the dark beige peaceful aura. “Woah…she has a sense of humor.” He chuckled. It caught my attention. In my head, I had made that Statement. I didn’t care for the part where I knew the words may have slipped
Trudeau’s POVDr. Russell is on the line…” I groaned and reluctantly took the phone off the tray. “Don’t ever put my phone in a tray like that again. It looks ridiculous.” I looked up at him. He nodded aggressively in compliance. “Go.” I watched him go away, skipping steps and moving faster than he should be. I took a sniff of the air, infiltrating the fume of petals and soil was the pungent fear that sipped from the pores of the skin. You see, fear was a scent I was too used to. It was the sweetest scent when you commanded it, and it could be a nasty sight when you are not directly or purposefully inciting it. I exhaled before putting the phone to my ear. “…Hello? Hunny, I don’t think the alpha is present with his phone. It seems to be radio silent. Maybe we should call him back lat—““Mr. Russell, I’m with you. Speak.” I said monotonously. “Oh oh, pardon my assumption. I’m here. Sorry, I was at a function where I was needed so I couldn’t make it to your call but I’m here now
Cassandra’s POV“Speaking of the devil. How did you even find me?!” he asked, getting up from his initial resting position. “I didn’t know you were already thinking about me.” I stared down at him. His face was lifted in a way you would think he was annoyed. And I guess there was only one way to find out. I dropped to his level and sat on the grass, my hand moving over the blades as I wondered how he found this comfortable. The pointy parts of the blades prickled my skin most uncomfortably but I told myself it was worth every prickle as long I got to get through to him. Which was something that had a very slim percent chance of working. “You can’t tell me you want to be here. You hate the outdoors, Cassie. What do you want?” His tone is flat like his expression wasn’t clear enough. Did he think I couldn’t see the reluctance in his eyes? “Just wondering why you are touching grass when the day has barely started.” I tried to move my head in his direction, bending properly so I cou
Trudeau’s POVI walked into my main quarters, coming to a stop right in the middle of the yard.Where are I going?!I facepalmed realizing the cafeteria where I ate was on the other side. Where I was headed was the area where my private quarters were located. It was the end of the yard straight ahead and The breeder also happened to be there. I ran my hand through my hair, thinking through my actions and how they could fuck me up. The look on her face flashed in behind my eyes again as I blinked.It pushed me to curse out loud, and the guards in front of the main entrance jolted in sync.“Hold your shit together Trudeau…” My wolf, Max warned me. He was quite the opposite of me. Super calm, collected, and calculated. I, on the other hand, was the epitome of drama if you considered yelling, acting out, and striking others as part of drama. It was real drama. My emotions came with an overwhelming urge to damage the thing closest to me or the source of my problem.So now you understand wh
“It's about your breeder situation.” the chief priest said with a heavy amount of displeasure in his voice. I didn't have the words for him. It was tough to listen to the scratch in his grumpy voice from all ages and all the tobacco he had been taking. Slowly, I moved my eyes around from person to person to see who knew this question before it was asked. Everyone seemed to be looking away from my direction as if a single eye contact from me would obliterate them into nothing. “Breeder situation huh...” I looked around again just to confirm that it wasn't just in my head. They were trying their best not to look in my direction. I got to my feet. That got their attention. Not only did it demand their eyes but it fastened their heartbeats. I could hear every single collision of heartbeats in my ear, jamming in disharmony. “I will go ahead to ask this one question. How many of you present here have sat down and spoken about this issue behind my back?” The air in the room thickened wi
Trudeau’s POV She sucked in her lower lip. “Your breeder is just about right then. I’m sorry for all of this.”“That’s what I thought, Beta. That’s what I thought.” I said before walking out. I spared no one-second glance before leaving the room but with no exact idea of where I was taking myself. I stormed down the stairs. One thing about being an alpha was that you lived a private life even when all you needed was someone to talk to. Rodney Carter was the closest to a best friend that I have had for the longest time, he lived in the neighboring pack which was an hour's drive if I put my mind to it. My hands unconsciously searched my body for my phone to put my chauffeur on a call, only to realize that it wasn’t with me. Fuck… I recalled leaving the garden with Cassie and leaving it there lying in the grass. I would have sent a guard to go get it for me but last minute decided against it. The walk to the garden was not too long, but long enough to make me feel tired of even attem
Audrey’s POV“Just don’t. You are not supposed to be able to feel it. Except you want to go through being called A witch breeder and getting burned at the stake. There are important people in this pack who don’t want your presence here. That’s all I’m going to be saying.” She said with a warning tone. It made some sense so I nodded in agreement. Silence reigned again between us. This time it wasn’t as awkward as the last. I was at peace while my eyes traveled through the garden area. It was so peaceful and quiet, and it smelt nice. Or maybe that was Sabrina, I couldn’t tell it apart. It made me feel much at peace. “It might be a gift though.” She randomly said. “What??” I turned to her, adjusting my bum on the stone stool because it was starting to hurt the way I sat. “Your ability to tell when there is a spell at work. That is not something a werewolf can naturally do. Especially one without a wolf inside of her.” She winked at me. I could see now that she was trying to make me f
Trudeau’s POVThe doors to his private man chamber were opened for me by his bodyguards but he wasn’t in. I turned to face the tallest among both men because I naturally assumed him to be the head between both men standing by the entrance. “I thought you said he was in?” “He is.” He replied monotonously. I stared at him for some second, deliberating on what to do next because they certainly had the same expression that was too serious to play a joke on me. I walked back into the office and once they closed the door, Rodney jumped from behind and gave me a scare. “Boo!” He exclaimed so dramatically, gripping my shoulder. Even though I tried to act unfazed by his silliness, I was still startled and chuckling. It was just like Rodney to do the most unserious thing even after I Indicated in my message that I wasn’t doing okay. “Yeah yeah, you got me, man. How do you even have this much strength when almost half of the day is already—“Looking at his table answered the question I was go
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