DravenThe perception of Kade being the one who offered to sell his shares made Draven and Sabrina uncomfortable because it was like giving the devil a pass to not only dine with them but also have a say on what meal should be made and who should eat.Judging from the past experiences with Julian, the devil they were dealing with, they knew he would make sure they didn't even have access to the food."Any update?" Draven asked Sabrina who walked in with a pile of files in her hand.They had been working tirelessly to contact Kade or even find evidence that he proposed to sell his shares.They also tried to change the company's policy so that the shareholders would not be able to sell their shares unless the company approves but they were told it would take a lot of time and they didn't have time."Nothing yet." Sabrina shook her head, her expression was one of defeat. "Did you search everywhere for him? His office?" Draven asked to be sure but Sabrina maintained her look of defeat."
Draven"Turn off your headlights!" Draven half screamed to the warriors on the steering wheels of each vehicle and their lights went off.It was almost daybreak, the sun was still forcing its way out of the dark clouds and they were in the woods. There was no telling what could be there with them.They stayed there, frozen in the silence as they waited for whatever it was to reveal itself."It's a hare! A hare!" One of the warriors exclaimed, running to Draven's car."The lights made it look huge so we thought it was a Lycan." He explained.Though Draven did not show it, relief washed over him at the information. He could not afford to endanger the lives of his warriors again after what happened the first time."Let's continue. I'll stay in front this time around." Draven replied and they continued moving.They moved in silence for miles until the trees close to the Lycan clan came into view."Drive into the trees, hide behind the trees," Draven instructed his warriors and sent Sabrin
KadeAfter his short meeting with Draven, he was destabilized and could not do anything, especially torture Aveline. Julian was making moves to take his position in Aveline's company despite his pleas to him to reconsider.He knew that Julian wanted the position but didn't expect him to make such quick moves towards getting a position there.With the urge to do anything, gone, Kade decided to go to his room to think out some ideas.Since Julian had refused to share, he needed something else to distract him from the shares.Kade barely lay on his bed when Beatrice barged into his room, her hands on her waist and her face contoured with a frown."What is this I am hearing about you having a meeting with my son?" She asked."Get over yourself Beatrice, he came here himself, with his clown friends to speak to me." His shoulder elevated with pride. "Why would Draven come here to speak to you?" She asked thoughtfully but caught herself when she thought of the one thing that could make him
AvelineAfter what seemed like hours after Kade left, I could not feel my legs any longer. I had been tied so tightly to the chair that my body began to feel numb.My body was a mess with blood on my thighs and my left arm. And my head banging like my brain was going to pop out of my head the next second.I wanted to scream for help but I hadn't spoken un hours and I didn't trust my voice not to come out hoarse or croaked even.Plus, I trekked my way here, and I saw how far this building was from the other buildings in the clan. Shouting might be futile but I had to try anyway."He... Help.... please... anyone..." I doubted my voice reverberated through the walls and I grew even weaker.The dim light in the room didn't help with my sight either so I was half blind. My lips were chapped from lack of food or water for almost four days now.After my ordeal in the dungeon, I had no idea how long I was kept there. And now, I've been here almost three days without food or water but constant
DravenThe visit to Kade's was futile and Draven couldn't get Kade to see reasons with them. Worse of all, he didn't see Aveline. He did even get a glimpse of her face.Everyone was disappointed but none showed their disappointment like Sabrina did. She was on the verge of shedding tears and Brian had to pay her shoulders to calm her down."I will kill him any chance I get!" She swore with anger as they returned to Draven's pack. "What now?" Brian asked when they got back to the pack."Nothing. We wait and watch as things unfold." Draven replied before walking into the mansion. "The next shareholders meeting is next week." Sabrina followed Draven who was not in any mood to talk."Julian will be there." She said again. But it was just the obvious. "He won't hurt you if that's what you are scared of. What he wants is the company, not your life." Draven replied his back to her.She stood glued to the spot as she watched him retreat. He was right. Julian wasn't coming for her. His targ
SabrinaBeatrice's return to the pack didn't sit well with Sabrina considering the history she had with Aveline. And even though she said she came back to help them win the war against Kade and Julian, it wasn't appealing to Sabrina. However, Sabrina had more pressing matters on the ground that needed her attention like the shareholders meeting where she was expecting Julian and didn't know what to expect from him.A lot had been heard about him and they were enough to make a pregnant woman miscarry her child and the realization that she was going to be working with him was something else."Did anything unusual happen while I was away?" Sabrina asked the gatekeeper who shook his head enthusiastically."No ma'am, everything was quiet and intact. Just the way you left it." He must've replied with more smile than necessary because Sabrina cringed. She walked into her office which used to be Aveline's office and paced around the space. Her hands were on her waist."what would you do if
JulianThe lady continued with the meeting without any word from Julian.Not that he could not speak, he didn't know what to say to her, he didn't know what to reply to the lady who spoke to him so fiercely.It was a while since he was spoken to in that manner and he loved it oddly, he enjoyed the way she spoke to her like she was in charge and she was setting the space.So as she continued to speak, he kept his eyes on her. Never blinking, never tearing it off even for a second."As I said, we need to get companies outside the country that we can latch onto to market our goods in foreign lands." She stated and paused to look at all their faces to check if they were following all that had been said.And maybe it was subconsciously, but she caught herself when she saw Julian looking intently at her.And there was a hint of something in her eyes. Something that Julian had always loved to see in the eyes of his prey. Fear.It was very faint but it was there. He saw it for the second it w
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
Sabrina"How dare you bring me to a motel? You think I'm one of those cheap sluts you play around with as you will?" Sabrina fumed, ignoring the look of total confusion her words brought to Julian's face. "Read my lips you scumbag, I do not want to do anything of that sort with you. Hell, I don't even want to be in the same space as you are and I'm barely coping..." Sabrina was raging on and on and it seemed like the more she spoke, the more angry she became so Julian tried to calm her down."Wait, wait, you think this is a motel?" He asked with a chuckle. He had no idea why he warmed up to the lady despite her fierceness. Maybe that was what intrigued him in the first place.Sabrina stopped raving and just stared daggers at him."You think I want to do something of that sort with you?" Julian asked again, a subtle smile of amusement on his face."Of course! Why else will you bring me here instead of taking me to the hotel we booked? This is not the name of the hotel. And why would y
JULIAN The day Julian and Sabrina were meant to travel finally arrived, and they both made their way into the private jet that was waiting for them at the airport. Immediately after they stepped inside, Julian noticed the change in Sabrina's expression, and it was quite easy for him to tell what the cause for her sudden change in expression was. “Why are the chairs so close to each other?” She questioned, slowly moving to one of them, while he moved to the other. “I am not the one that built this jet, so I have no answer to the question that you just asked me,” Julian replied as he slumped down into one. “It was a rhetorical question; you didn't need to answer it,” she replied with a quite feisty tone. “If it were up to me, I wouldn't have minded the chairs being so far away from each other,” she muttered under her breath. Julian turned to stare at her with the same amused expression that always finds its way to his face whenever his eyes land on the embodiment of beauty sittin
Aveline I started getting worried. Not because of Betty this time around, or Sabrina or even my company, _although those always got me worried daily_This time around, I was worried because of the She-wolf who had been helping me through my recovery. I had not seen her in a while now and it was not normal for someone who always came around every morning to check in on me and keep me company, she hadn't come in for three days. I had every right to be worried. Considering what I went through in the hands of Kade.'What if he locked her up in the cell because she did something offensive?' I thought to myself with a deep sigh. She was a slave after all, and slacks are not cut for slaves in the clan. 'What if they killed her?!' My heart beat accelerated at this thought and I placed a palm on my chest to calm myself. I had to think about the positives that could happen but there were barely any positives that could happen in this shit hole of a clan where the Lycans kill for the fun o
Draven’s office was occupied by three people, with Draven seated behind his desk on his usual office chair, while the other two occupants, Brian, his beta, and Scar, Aveline’s right-hand man, sat on the two chairs opposite where Draven was seated. “Let's not even beat around the bush, and let me get straight to the point. I called both of you here to fill you in on my plan to attack the Lycans and set Aveline free from their grasp.” His gaze moved from Brian to Scar while he spoke, paying rapt attention to the expression plastered on their faces. Just like he had expected, the only person that reacted to this news was his beta, Brian. “You know this is not something that we are supposed to rush into,” Brian said and leaned forward, placing his arm on the table, like Draven wouldn't be able to hear him due to the little distance between them. He continued before Draven could interrupt him, “These people are far stronger than we are; they are well versed in battle individually. It w
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