AvelineDraven's mother smirked at my words like it was some kind of joke but I fixed my eyes on the files that filled my desk. "So while you are at it I would give you time to think about it." She placed her hand on the chair that was at the corner of the room. "That's what I came here to do and I think it was worth my time." "You would have a lot of white hairs on your head while waiting if you think I would sell the company to you trust me." My face was etched with seriousness, but she just kept on laughing at each thing I said, which made me take my eyes away from the files. "Do you think you would not sell this company at the end of the day?" She scanned the room before landing her gaze on me again. "You can talk to me about the price and I'll see if it's negotiable." Her chuckle echoed in the room but it was shortly replaced by my scoff. "I don't think you are getting me here," I walked up to her with a face lined with focus. "You won't see me selling this company no matter
Aveline"Okay, can you tell me why you called me?" That was the first thing I said when I picked up the call. "Is this your way of playing with me?!" "I…I don't–""So you are acting like you don't know about what happened right? It won't be long until you find out for yourself." "Do you know what you are talking about?" Draven sure seemed confused but that was not enough to convince me that he was behind the photos that were taken. With unwavering determination, I addressed Draven, my voice firm and resolute. "Draven, tell me you did it, didn't you?" I demanded, my tone leaving no room for ambiguity. The weight of my suspicion was able to make a monster truck slow, and I could feel the tension building as I awaited his response.Draven's reply was characteristically calm and collected, his voice the complete opposite of the turmoil brewing within me. "You are not explaining anything to me here," he stated, his tone measured and deliberate. However, I was not convinced by his feigne
AvelineThe men tailing me some minutes ago were nowhere to be found after I turned back. Maybe they figured out we were already in an open place. Slowly, I scanned the airport and it was not long before my gaze landed on Sabrina, and just like it was connected, she turned to me, and I saw her lips broaden with a smile.Swiftly, we closed the gap between us and she ran into my arms just like I did. "Oh my God!" She exclaimed with continuous chuckles before pulling back from me, and she looked me in the eye again before hugging me."It seems you have gained a lot of weight in a couple of months," I had to admit, and just like I knew, she nodded in affirmation. "What do you expect, babe?" She squared her shoulders and a smile pushed the corner of her lip. "I was stress-free for four months." "Four months?" My eyebrows shot up in surprise. Sabrina glanced at me from my head to my toes before letting out a giggle. "Why are you acting all surprised?""It's not like you went on a vacat
AvelineThe car swerved into another road, which was more narrow than the previous one, making Draven's chances of getting to us slim. From the look Sabrina had on her face, I could tell that she had yet to know a savior was right behind us. I was not even sure if he was here to save us or threaten me into selling the company to him.It was also the same as I don't know if he planned the whole thing for me to gain his trust again, but that is too bad since it won't be happening again. "What do you think is going to happen to us?" Sabrina held my hand with fear in her eyes. "Do you think it was our fate to die together?" With a dismissive scoff, I draped my arm around Sabrina's shoulders, offering a reassuring gesture. "Do you think we're going to die?" I asked, my tone laced with a hint of amusement as if the very idea was absurd.Sabrina's response was hesitant, her words tumbling out in a stuttered sequence. "I...I can't see the future, so I don't know what's going to happen." He
AvelineJust as Draven's car crashed with ours, my head collided against the car's window causing me to groan weakly. I caressed my head before rubbing my eyes gently to make my vision clearer. "Damn it!" The taxi driver cursed. His voice was a testament to how pissed he was. From the look of things, it looked like he had no serious collision with any object in the car. "Who the fuck called the cops?!" His deep baritone voice made me shiver but my attention switched to something else. More like someone else.Sabrina. How could I not think about her all this while?! Why would I even forget she was in the car with me this whole time? The side of my head screamed in pain, and I knew that was probably one of the reasons I forgot. "Hey," I gently touched Sabrina's hand and she winced. "I'm fine." She took her hand off her arm and I saw bruises on the right side of her hand. "I'm fine, we should be fine now." She was about to know what was going on with Draven and the suspicion I had
AvelineThe events of the previous day still lingered in my mind, a constant reminder of the disastrous ride I had endured. While Sabrina may have experienced her own share of turmoil, mine had been more distressing. The person who was likely behind this was Draven's mother. Her unexpected visit to my office had set off a chain reaction to the unsettling and disastrous events.Her words, laced with an undercurrent of disdain, still echoed in my mind. The threats she had issued, the calculated intimidation of those photos that either she or Draven had employed, had all served to unsettle me."Do you want to tell me about what happened yesterday?" The coffee I was drinking went down with a loud gulp immediately Sabrina's elbow met my rib softly. "I'm sorry for sneaking up on you actually," she took her seat close to me.Sabrina was the type to always remember things no matter how hard you want her to forget. Her way of reacting if I told her about the photo was still uncertain to me,
Aveline"You were not the one that came here the last time why?" I was disappointed after I saw the usual delivery man this time. "I've always been the one delivering to this company," he scanned the building before turning back to me. "I was quite surprised when you all asked for nothing yesterday."I stood there, perplexed, trying to make sense of the situation. We had placed an order, and yet, it had failed to reach its intended destination. I racked my brain, searching for any possible explanation, but none seemed forthcoming. The only lead I had was the person who had threatened me, but even that seemed like a long shot.Just as I was about to ask about the name of the company that delivered to us yesterday, his words pulled me back to reality. "Were you the one who made this decision?" he asked, his tone laced with a hint of concern. I looked at him, taken aback. "What decision?" I asked, my eyebrows shooting up in confusion.He gestured to the packages on the chair. "This is
Aveline"My mind was telling me the truth after all," Draven's mother looked at me and Kade with a smile. "From one to the other just to increase the growth of your company." Kade stood upright and he looked at me in confusion. Yeah, it was the first time he was seeing her but that was not the same for me. "What is going on here?" His voice was laced with confusion. "I'm sorry, but please, can you step out for a bit?" I raised my hand and he halted. "She is someone I know, let her stay. Not like she would be here for long." "She's right," Draven's mother pushed a chair close to my table and a smile broadened her lips. "I would be out of here in a bit then you guys can continue whatever you are doing.""And trust me, there won't be any interruption." She added with a venom laced voice.On seeing Draven's mother, my mood changed completely. The urge to confront her about what happened yesterday kept getting stronger but I tightened my grip on the pen I was holding."I believe it's s
Draven Two weeks later.Draven lay on the bed in his chambers, Aveline sat beside him, her hands interlocked in his as they stared into each other's faces.The storm was over at last. Julian had showed up the day Aveline defeated Kade and he came with a surprise. Beatrice and Emily. Hands chained and beaten.Beatrice was the leak in Draven's pack and Emily worked with her.Aveline expected Draven to be heartbroken and soft towards his mother but he banished her and locked Emily up in the pack's dungeon for breaking the rule of banishment showing her face countless times and also involving in treacherous acts against him.Julian went to Draven's pack with a bouquet in his hand, in front of the bewildered pack members, he went on his knees to confess his love for Sabrina. The Lycan king! His display of love and affection made it hard for Sabrina to refuse him and the two got the blessings of Aveline and Draven. Julian explained his involvement with Kade and Beatrice and how he no lo
AvelineMason shivered in anger as the reality of his situation dawned on him and I patted him gently at his back.It was a real heartache to lose the people you cherish more than anything. I for one, knew how that felt."Julian took them." His breath came out ragged and I could tell they were out of anger."We tried to avoid him and stay away from him. We even denied the kids civilization and he still found us." He raged."What are you going to do about it?" All I needed to do was ask. He had already made the resolve in his mind and as he shifted his gaze to me, I knew that we were fighting the Lycans together.We all stormed out of the forest. The plan was to get to Draven's pack, regroup and go to war and so we did.Luckily, none of Julian's men were outside the clan so we were able to pass through, following the bush paths.We had no means of transportation other than our legs but we were pretty fast. Maybe it was the change in the atmosphere after Mason made a new resolve and we
DravenDraven and his team had less than 4 hours to 48 hours to give Kade what he wanted and they all agreed to go with the plan.Sabrina brought the certificate of ownership and Draven sent a text to Kade. With a picture of the certificate for proof.Kade asked Draven to bring the certificate himself without the police or anybody following him else Betty would be gotten rid of without a second thought. Draven told his team not to follow him but they did anyway, they trailed him with another car. Brian and Scar could not take chances. This gold also be another of Kade's perfect plans to add Draven to the kidnap list and they were not going to let the Alpha out of their sight.Draven drove to the address Kade gave him with urgency and he had lost his way a couple of times as he followed the bushy path to the location Kade gave him.He got there alas and walked into the compound of the only building surrounded by the forest and Kade walked out of it just in time to meet up with him out
AvelineA sharp pain in my head made me force my eyes open. I'd been having lots of weird dreams that I couldn't wake up from no matter how hard I tried.It was strange since I knew that it was all a dream but it was as though someone or something was at the door between real life and dreamland, shutting the door to real life whenever I got so close and forcing me back to dreamland.The dreams were about my wolf, the first time I felt her. Which was strange. I never had a dream about V, and now I was having countless, recurring dreams about her. How we fought Sofia, for the first time. I won.How I threatened Sofia, how brave I felt having her with me, defeating Scar and becoming Alpha. And how I lost her. My days in the dungeon, the hallucinations and torture. Then back to a powerless and helpless Aveline working as a secretary, reeking of sweat and the scent of cheap roll-on that has changed to something else due to the excess work I was occupied with.The insults, humiliation and
Mason"What is this place?" He whispered. The crystals glistened more with the lightening of the place.She did not reply to him. Typical. Instead, she walked into one of the corners of the cave where a stream sat.The stream wasn't flowing, it was more like a stale pool but it's water was so clear that Mason could see the pores on his facial skin"What is this? Why did you bring me here?' He asked, all the more confused."Tis the place my ancestors stored their valuables." She replied and went mute again.Okay, now, this was scary. "I want her to have it. This is the reason I'm still alive. They will not let me go until I do what they have instructed and they say I should give this to her." She spoke again after her silence almost killed Mason. "I have watched you, you are a good wolf. You will protect her. It's your life duty. And you will make sure she has these things." She finished. Mason's eyes fluttered, as he tried to understand what he was told."Who is she? Why did they
Mason"Don't touch that." The healer, or witch or whatever she was called said when Mason wanted to examine a statue in her living room. The living room was used for most of her practices.It was a large room with wide corners that held tables, in some and statues in some with incense burning out from them."Uh, sorry?" Mason replied, drawing his hands back to himself. "Follow me." She bellowed and he gasped with uncertainty. She had barely spoken to him since he showed up with Aveline. She didn't even ask him what happened to her.She just tapped on the closest table and had Mason lay her on it. Ethan tried to speak but she grunted angrily and he figured it was best to let the witch do her job.After taking long hours on Aveline, the men grew tired and settled in front of her hut. They were exhausted from their long journey and it did not help as she wasn't speaking to them. She also did not need their help which had them standing there, watching her perform what was alien to them.
Kade"W- what are you doing?" Betty asked confusion spread over her face as Kade began to bind her hands and legs."You just wait, my dear. Trust your uncle now will you?" He faked a smile and tied up the last piece of rope."Where's my mom?" She asked again, her voice shaking with each word."There are some things you don't know about your mom Betty. Your mom has done some bad things to me but it's not a problem anymore, because I have you now." Kade smiled.Betty pressed her back against the frame of the chair but it was too late to escape now. "Your mom is not here. I'm sure you've figured that out by now." Kade continued"But I plan to put you in her place. She's owing me a great deal and I don't like to be owed."Betty broke into tears. Not because she was standing in for her mom but because she disobeyed Draven. He would be all over the place looking for her."Can you call Draven, and tell him that I am safe?" She asked amidst tears of regret.Kade squinted as a smug smile cros
DravenWithout any word from Kade for eighteen hours, Draven was scattering everything in his path. From the chairs to the papers in front of him to the walls. He had a bandage tied over his previous injury but he didn't relent. Neither did he stop punching the walls.Kade was a bastard. That was certain. He was messing with Draven's mind and eating deep into him at the same time.Handing over Aveline's company, Aveline's hard work over the years was non-negotiable even considering her absence but Betty was involved. The only heir to Aveline's company was involved. Draven felt like he was a train of bad luck. Everyone who loved him, every single person he cared about always ended up in one danger or the other.First, it was Aveline and now, Betty. Draven was about to punch the wall in anger again when his phone's notification drew his attention.It was another video from Kade and this time around, Betty was in chains. Although, the tape was still glued to her legs, separately, her
KadeJust as he promised, he headed for his niece's school that day. It was his last opportunity to get what he wanted and have been fighting for for years.As usual, he got there in time to wait for the students to come out of their classes. And there was, Betty. His last ticket to getting what he wanted in life."Hey pretty..." he greeted but Betty changed direction and walked back towards the class.He chased after her. His niece was not out yet so he had some time with Betty before she stepped out. "Hey, hey, what is it?" He asked nervously when he caught up to her.The little girl had an unreasonable expression on her face and it made Kade all the more suspicious. "Didn't you see me waving at you? Why did you turn around? Are you not happy to see me?" Kade threw question after question, desperate for answers.But Betty just stared at him while she tried to free herself from his grasp."What is wrong huh? Did Uncle do something wrong? Why are you not talking to me?" He continued