I was no fan of Emily especially after her display in the office the previous day yet I listened to whatever she had to say hoping it was good and Draven was coming soon but that was where I had got it completely wrong.
"What do you want Emily?" I asked folding my hand across my chest in a defensive stance. "You sent a message to Draven didn't you?" She smirked as she walked in and shut the door properly behind her "And whatever message I sent has nothing to do with you either. " I was really irritated by her guts. "I don't think Draven shares the same thought as you else he wouldn't have sent me here to talk to you in his stead." "What? Draven sent you here to meet and talk with me instead?" I was shocked. "Oh Aveline, what really do you expect from him?" She blinked like a cute puppy. "Draven sent me here because he does not want to have anything to do with you or your bastard baby." Her words hit me hard. My child was no bastard. "He can't," I stammered because I saw him read the text from where I stood and now Emily had the exact details of my text and was standing in the exact room I had asked Draven to meet me in "He cant?" Emily laughed like a maniac. "Don't act dumb, Draven sent me here with just one message and I'll tell it to you." She said increasing my curiosity. "And that would be?" I should never have asked in the first place. "He wants you to get an abortion and he thought I would best communicate it to you for your sanity sake. It hurts less this way." I took two steps back as my knees buckled, "Did he say that to you?" I asked in a small voice before sitting on the bed that stopped me from taking more steps back. I knew Draven had suddenly turned cold and cruel but to kill his own child?... "Oh Aveline, you are so naive," I saw the devil grin and the glint in her eyes were unmistakable. "Draven and I would be mated soon and I will be Luna of the pack. I don't think he wants a stain on that identity at all." She said pinning me down with a stare. What was i thinking, that Draven would accept me insteasd of his mate simply because I became pregnant? Damn Aveline, he told you your place already yet you had to foolishly tell him about the baby, now you have to lick your wounds yourself. I scolded myself. "Are you listening to me?" Emily was still talking but I already zoned out. My heart continuously shattered at the thought that Draven would kill his own child. "I will not abort my child," I didn't care what she thought about my decisions but I said it all the same. "Fine, you do you. I was only sent to remind you that—" she shrugged and was interrupted by the ring of her phone, she smiled at the caller ID. "Yes baby, I'm done here already. I made it clear to her too." She finished her call. "See you later, my mate is waiting for me. She swayed her hips as she left me to my demise in the ward. My world came crashing again. The room was spinning and my mind was blank. All I could think of was the time I had wasted loving and trusting Draven because it was all a waste, it meant nothing to him, he had no place in his life for me or my child. No! Something wasn't just right. I pulled myself together remembering the doctor's warning about my emotional and mental state for my child's sake. I got on my feet and decided to hear Draven say it to my face so I hurried out and caught them in the hall way. "Draven," I called out to him and he was decent enough to stop and turn. "What is it?" His brows furrowed ina frown and his eyes were cold and distant. I shook my head unbelieving of who stood before me. He was a complete stranger. "I want to speak with you," I managed to say, I Knew it would break me to hear it from him but I wanted to know. "Oh baby, please can you take me home right way." Emily clung to him like a rag doll and batted her lashes "I don't feel too well." She pouted. "Sure," he smiled at her but when he turned to me, his expression was sour again. "You can take of yourself Aveline, I have better things to attend to, you don't need me to spell out what you should do, do you?" He glared at me and I understood his communication and nodded. "Good girl," he picked Emily up in bridal style and carried her away to his car. My throat felt patched as I walked back to the car, "take me home please," I told the driver before completely breaking down in tears. I felt my whole body quake as I sobbed but I managed to get off the vehicle and drag myself to my porch, that was when I felt the sharp pain in my stomach. "No!" I immediately wrapped my arms around my body as if to keep my baby safe but the pain was excruciating along side the howling of my wolf in my head. What have I done, the pain in my heart was still stinging so I couldn't control my emotions either, I felt warm liquid trickle down my legs and when I looked down it was blood. The life that I was so proud of was slipping away before my eyes all thanks to Draven. His wish had come through. I fiddled with my phone as my vision blurred from the bleeding and managed to call someone. "Help me," was all I could manage before Vel my wolf howled again and everything went blank.I blinked back the excess sunlight and shielded my eyes with my hand when I regained consciousness. My head hurt slightly but I was alive."Damn it girl," a familiar voice filled with concern rang through my ears before I could catch a glimpse of the company around me."Hi," I muttered the words as I struggled to my sit upright. "Hey, be careful." Sabrina my best friend helped me to a sitting position. "What do you think you are doing to yourself?" I saw the lines of worry on her forehead as she squeezed my arm gently. I didn't need a lecture, I wanted to know what happened to me."What happened?" I asked in the loudest tone I could but it still came out a whisper. The sadness in her eyes fueled my curiosity, "Brina, where..." she shook her head and I trailed off.If not anyone I had surely informed Sabrina about my pregnancy. "I didn't lose it right?" I asked still hopeful."I'm sorry baby girl but I couldn't get here fast enough after your call and I met you in a really bad stat
DravenDraven arched an eyebrow when Aveline snapped back at him with her words.He rose from his chair and placed his hands on the table. His broad shoulders were very visible, and his hair bounced upward, leaving the few strands just at the front of his innocent blue eyes that could capture one's heart with just a glance.His facial appearance was one to speak about also, but at this point, he was angry rather than confused. Aveline was still standing when he stood properly. "What did you think you are trying to do?" His deep baritone filled the room but Aveline was not fazed by it. Instead, she just shrugged. "I told you already, I'm packing my things," she heaved a deep sigh and opened her eyes. "I would be out of this place in an hour."Two lines appeared on Draven's face as he stared deeper into Aveline's eyes. "We both know you are doing this to make me beg you." "Ain't I saying the truth?" He added. A deep scoff escaped Aveline's throat. "I need nothing from you, Draven; I
Aveline I walked out of the office slowly, I had made up my mind already, I could not turn back on my words. Emily was deceiving herself if she thinks I was hurt by the stupidity she portrayed in there, I knew Draven had given up on me and he sees me as a whore who just satisfy his sexual urge, it was painful but I just had to accept it.Different thoughts of what to do after I leave this place kept flooding in my head and it just kept fading away and I saw more of it as a bad option.Was Draven was right about what he said?Maybe I can't survive outside his territory, is he the reason why I had been surviving all this time?No, no way!!!The seven years that I spent here with Draven was more of a living hell so I don't think I would be fazed by the world outside this place. I would survive!!!It felt like my heart was squeezed as I turned away each day I keep telling myself that it's fine, that I would be fine even though I know things are not okay."Where did you think you are goi
Aveline Immediately I got to the hospital, and I rushed off to where the doctor that had called me was. I pushed open the ward door, hoping that what the doctor had said would turn out to be false, even though I knew that the chance of that happening was extremely low. I met the doctor standing close to the bed with what seemed to be nothing other than a stethoscope around his neck with his back turned towards me. I walked slowly, my feet feeling too heavy to raise, so I had to drag them across the floor, my facial expression betraying my emotion in that instant immediately after I laid my eyes on the figure that lay on the bed that the doctor was standing really close to and was covered from head to toe. The doctor turned to stare at me with a saddened expression plastered on his face; that same emotion could be noticed in his voice when he spoke to me. “I am sorry for your loss, Miss Aveline; she died not too long ago,” he said to me and clasped his hand on my shoulder. I tight
Aveline I sat at a country club among the company of the most loving couple I have ever laid eyes on, Grace and Roy. They are the perfect definition of what I had always wanted my relationship with my mate, Draven, to be. We could have worked towards it and made it perfect. Their relationship is almost what every young lady who had laid her eyes on them wants her own to be like also. They were obviously a couple filled with love who were also mates; their combination was really a match handpicked by the moon goddess herself, while mine was no doubt handpicked by the devil himself instead. I had woken up this morning for the first time in a long while jobless; there was nothing to do, and I was all alone in my home. I could not visit Sabrina in her own home due to the fact that she was far away from home, a thousand miles apart, in another country, engaging in a business matter. Staying alone at home was not an option I was even going to consider at all. If I had stayed at home, th
Aveline Days had slowly turned to weeks and I was yet to find a job. I was qualified for each and every one of them, but Draven just kept getting in the way; he was the only thing that was making me jobless until now.They all kept rejecting me since they failed to see a reference from my former boss, which was Draven; some of the companies I went to even rejected me immediately after I failed to provide a reference from my former boss.I knew that things would be bad but I never knew it would be this bad…or was he doing this on purpose for me to return to him?If that's the case, then it's a big lie, I'm returning nowhere.I'd rather die while looking for a job than return to anything that has to do with him, it was more than a living hell. No one would wish for that kinda life but I just had to put up with it. "What the fuck did he think he's gonna gain from doing this?" I spoke for the first time since I got out of the last company that rejected me. "It should not be difficu
Aveline The constant ticking of the clock had probably woke me up, I was not far gone in sleep actually. I was always thinking about how things were, and it was not even a thing to laugh over. After all, it seems like Draven was right. I don't think I'd be able to get a job without his signature.It's been three bloody whole weeks since I got out from Draven's company and I was yet to secure a job. Lots and lots of jobs were available, huge jobs but Draven was just a pain in the ass. "Damn!" My eyes went wide immediately and I remembered I was supposed to be somewhere today. Well, it might just end up like the rest. They would definitely ask for the same thing again which is the letter, so I guess it'd be great if I just sit here and save my strength. No. No one knows what might happen. I looked up at the wall clock, the time was just six minutes to eight and I needed to be there before nine.I undressed and walked towards the bathroom, the water was cold but soothing, as I s
Aveline There his mom was, seated on one of the two visitor's chairs placed opposite the one that Draven usually sits on. The only thing that separates them is the expensive glass table. I looked past Draven, who was standing in front of me with his palm open and outstretched, like he was waiting for me to place my hands on them, to stare at his mother. If this asshole thinks that I am going to do his bidding just because I came back, then he is gravely mistaken. I just need to complete this deal that I had already started with a huge business company. It was a huge deal that this company actually needs, so it can be my parting gift with them. "What is wrong with you?" Draven's mom stared at me with a slightly pissed expression. Wait!Hold on a minute here; I don't think we are getting the situation clearly. Who is supposed to be pissed here?There is no way she is the one that's supposed to piss; I did nothing wrong to make her pissed, but the same can't be said for her son and
DravenThe day was a busy one for him, it was either that or he had been so buried in Aveline's absence that he snubbed work for weeks. And it was telling on him from the pole of files on his table and the trouping in and out of his secretary into his office with more complaints and questions. Must have lost track of time with the so much work he had to handle and he only realized that when he picked up a call from a client who wanted a detailed statement of his transaction with Draven's company. Draven ran out of his office when he saw the time. He had forgotten to pick Betty from school.He drove over to her school like a man whose wife was in the hospital.When he got there he was told that Betty already left and Kade picked her up.Kade was no stranger to the school. He always picked his niece from school before he decided to show his true colors and Betty always tagged along so the teachers didn't read any meaning into his meeting with the girls."You could have called me and i
KadeAfter his conversion with Julian, Kade decided it was better to act on his _with the last card he had to pull; getting Aveline's daughter, Betty._He had not shown his face since he got to Julian's clan and had his friend handle his business while he was away but everything was not going as planned so he had to take desperate measures."Hey, sis!" Kade greeted over the phone as he got in his car."Am I talking to a ghost? You have been gone for so long that I began to think that my dear cousin is now a ghost!" The woman exclaimed from the other end of the call."I had to handle some serious business and it took more time than anticipated," Kade replied with a calm voice."You got me worried. And your niece had been asking after you all week!" She replied. "I'm sorry I got you worried. You know what? I'm coming into town today, can I stop by the house for a good lunch? You know I've missed your nice dishes." Kade asked and just like he expected, the woman had no issue with hostin
AvelineI have not set my eyes on Kade since the last time he came to my room. It was hard finding out what happened between Kade and Julian because I was still healing and had been falling in and out of sleep.The she-wolf who has been helping me had suddenly been distant. She doesn't spend as much time with me anymore, claiming that I need my rest. So I had only the books she gave me for consolation. However, on this faithful morning, I woke up and I didn't feel sleepy after some seconds of being awake so I got down from the bed.My wounds were almost healed since I'd been resting well and taking my meds. I still felt weak but it wasn't as much as the first week and the pains had reduced to a faint feel.I staggered to the door and was surprised that it wasn't locked from the other side.Perhaps, this has anything to do with what the guards said about King Julian's order to let me be.Two guards were manning my door and they shifted their gaze to me when I walked out but they did n
Sabrina The days moved by so fast and the closer the date of her meeting with Julian drew near, the more anxious she became.How could she be in a meeting with a man who provoked her every being? The fact that Aveline was being held hostage in his clan was not doing anything to reduce the anger she felt towards the man."Hello, Aunty." Betty's light voice cut through the angry woman's thoughts and she stared towards the door."Hey, sweetheart. How long have you been there?" Betty was glued to the side of the half-opened door, staring at her mother's friend with so much adoration. It would be no surprise if Betty said she was looking up to Sabrina as a role model. The woman was fierce and still so sweet. She had a large heart but never hesitated to call out anyone who was in the wrong."Not long. I just came by when I heard you were going out soon." Betty replied with a shrug.Sabrina smiled as she gestured to the girl with open arms."Come here, child." Betty ran into her embrace.
JulianJulian found himself looking forward to seeing Sabrina again and it got him excited as he reminisced about the last time he got on her nerves. They were supposed to have a meeting concerning their collaboration."Kade is asking to see you, my king." One of the guards announced with a bow by the door just as Julian was about to leave the room."He's here for what?" Julian asked as nonchalant as he could be."He said he had been trying to speak to you since the evening of your return from your first meeting at Aveline's office. He's been going mad about it and threatening to break in if we do not let him in." The guard replied. Making Julian stifle a laugh."Typical of him. Let's hear what he wants to say." Julian stepped out, to meet Kade pacing like a hungry lion waiting for its food to be served."You want to see me?" He asked Kade who wore a frown."You didn't let me in your chambers? Why is that?" Kade asked, fuming.He was pissed enough that he was no longer regarded as t
KadeKade walked past the lady by the door of Aveline's room and stopped before Aveline who wore a blank expression. It was as though she was not scared of him but at the same time, he could feel something, it was not fear, no. It was disgust."What are you doing here?" Aveline asked him, cutting through his thoughts. The look on her face confirmed his guess. She was disgusted by the sight of him."Surely, you do not think that because I let you out of the torture house, I'm not going to get rid of you," Kade answered with a smirk.If she looked at him with such disgust when they weren't in the clan and he hadn't shown her his real colors yet then he might have been a little bit disturbed by it but now, he had gone too far to let a little frown from her hold her back.The humiliation he had received from Julian was enough reminder that he needed to awaken the banished vampire army before everything he had worked for would go to ruin. "Just take this as a uh... break. You will raise
Julian He returned from the meeting with a smirk that seemed to stick to his face. He caught himself smiling whenever he remembered the events of the day, which was him, provoking the human lady who looked like she wanted to claw his face."Boss, Kade's here." One of his guards announced with a bow. Making him catch himself smiling again.'Fuck!' "Let him in." Replied, resuming his usual unfazed expression. Kade walked in seconds after his guards left and Julian could smell the anger brewing within Kade. "Hello, my friend!" He greeted Kade like he usually would.Even though he always knew that Kade had other intentions."I am here for the update on the meeting," Kade announced, ignoring his greeting. Kade's anger was palpable. He never wanted Julian to have his shares but it was too late. Julian was not nicknamed a man of his word for fancy.He always got what he wanted and he knows what he wants."Meeting went well. Did well on my second day. They will be relying on my companie
DravenDraven waited for Sabrina to return with news about the meeting.He couldn't attend the meeting himself because he had to attend to a client of his waiting for him at his office. He had been postponing his meeting and the client began to think that he was incompetent.He had to show up and clear the air.The footsteps from the entrance of the living room caused him to shift his gaze there and he heaved a sigh when he saw her strolling in."How was it?" Draven asked before she even had the chance to get close enough."It was a day," Sabrina replied when she got close enough. She slumped into a nearby chair, heaving heavily."What's wrong?" Draven knew that the woman was scared of him, she was scared of facing him alone and she had to due to the circumstances so he knew she wasn't her normal self."Did he say anything offensive to you?" He asked again, beginning to boil from within.Kade had done enough with the help of Julian. They had taken Aveline away from him but if he tried
Aveline The wounds were healing very slowly. And I was in a lot of pain. The day the lady came to take me out of there, I finished three bowls of soup and only realized it when I was done.I didn't realize I was hungry until the aroma of the soup hit my nose. I ate like a hungry wolf for someone who had lost her wolf.My wounds were treated with some herbs and I wondered if they didn't have any hospital in the clan or a medical doctor who worked with advanced equipment.I couldn't complain as long as I was receiving treatment. However, concerning the men who came for me, the lady didn't speak much on that. It seemed like she did not know much either. She only stated that Kade's mood was soiled after he met with them.She had no idea what their discussions were about but it destabilized Kade. "How are you feeling?" I turned to the source of the sound and found her staring at me through the door.It was the dawn of another day. Even though she didn't sleep together with me, she made