“Your father called to tell me that he won’t be available for some time because he will be busy at work,” I lied, hoping to calm Hope down before she starts throwing tantrums like always but it did look like none of my words affected her because she pouted at then slammed the teddy on the floor.
“I WANT TO SPEAK TO MY FATHER!” her scream terrorized me, “I WANT TO SPEAK TO MY FATHER!” she screamed again while I tried to reach her and get on my knees to hold her by her arms.
“My daughter! He will talk to you but he is busy right no---,” I was beginning to panic and tell her to calm down but she wasn’t really ready to hear anything I have to say.
“I WANT TO SPEAK TO MY FATHER!” she shouted in the same breath as before. Tears were springing down her cheeks. She seemed to be choking on her own breath.
Her sight was terrifying. I hugged her but it did not change anything.
“Fine
The next two days went by peacefully, and it was going to be like that. Now that I have enrolled Hope in the morning time, I expected Silas and Roxanne to give their demands a rest. Hope also didn’t bring them up as she was too busy in the school’s activity, but I feared what will happen once the activity was over? She will be back at her usual stubbornness over visiting the park and spending time with them.Desmond would call and speak to home for at least two hours and, for some reason, I wasn’t comfortable with it anymore the way I used to be before.It was almost like I didn’t trust his intentions for her anymore.“Finish this and the---,” I have placed lunch in front of Hope when I heard a knock on the door, “Finish this,” I eyed her before attending the door.“Oh! Alpha King Silas!” I said in a very sarcastic tone. I did not like seeing his face after he had spat utter bullshi* towards me.
Well, I denied meeting my father. I know Silas gave me a weird look but I didn’t need to prove myself before him or anybody else.If they think I am a heartless person, then be it. I cannot forget the treatment from them when I was just a teenager and going through a lot.“Silas! Would you give us some time to talk in private?” She turned to him as he was just silently observing everything.“Sure!” He excused and exited the house to leave us alone for this discussion.“Fine don’t meet him, but your daughter will spend time with my daughter and if you denied that,” she paused, waiting for me to show a reaction to her threat, “I will demand for a DNA test.” The smirk across her lips was a piece of evidence that she was 101% sure Hope was Silas’ baby.“What are you try---ing to imply?” I asked in a stutter, trying to look confident but failing at it.“You know w
“What? how was it my fault? I lost my brother as well and even got accused of his death.” I forgot I was at their mansion and they were staring at us from afar. Obviously, they couldn’t hear us, but they could see that we were indulged in a heated argument.“No! you killed my son,” she pointed her finger at my face and accused me of it again.Every time I have tried to pick up the broken pieces of me and mend myself, she had reminded me of Oliver and had blamed me for his death as if she hadn’t hated me before that.“I ---,” I got up on my feet in tears and looked around to acknowledge my daughter watching my face in concern.“Mommy!” she broke free from Roxanne’s arm when she tried to prevent her from leaving her and rushed towards me.“I did--- n---,” I tried talking but it didn’t work. The world around me was swirling and all I could see is blood, Oliver’s
They haven’t done mating yet?Wait!“Did you ever see a mark on her neck?” Icy recalled and asked me in bewilderment.“Shush!” I hushed her down because there was more to come.“I don’t understand, Why is that? We love each other, we have been together for so long but not even once have you slept with me,” she whimpered more.That was like a bullet to my chest. I have been in a marriage where we did have sex, but only a few times, and after that; he rejected me. Although their relationship was nothing like ours because they were emotionally attached but it still didn’t sound less concerning because, unlike us, they were mates.As the two have claimed in the past.“I don’t know. If only I could get my wolf to tell me why he doesn’t want to mate with you, I will answer you,” Silas responded to her in a defeated tone.“But why can’t I see Hope
I cried coming home because of the things said about me to my face, but the pain was gone in the next few hours when Icy told me how good the outcome would be for me.They will finally leave me and my daughter alone and, by the looks of it, I am now certain that Tessa would never accept my daughter's truth to be found out by Silas.Now that they weren't coming into Hope's sight, she hadn't asked about them as well. I was making sure Desmond stays connected with her so that she has someone she is getting attached to."Are we going to the park today?" Hope asked, following me to the kitchen, and my body shuddered out of fright.What if she throws another tantrum?"Umm, well, I have another surprise, but you get to decide what you want to do," I tricked her and started doing my dishes."Surprise? What is it?" she giggled and clapped her hands as she expressed her joy hearing the word surprise."I have planned a game for you," I sai
After my father had left as I demanded, I was more scared of Silas' words than ever.Thankfully, the little activity I have planned with Hope kept her occupied until she fell asleep and now I was stuck between in the sea of my own thoughts."It's getting frustrating how everyone just easily uses our motherly love between us," Icy complained, and I agreed with her.It wasn't long that I received a text from Silas himself. I was surprised because he has never texted me from his private number before.Silas: Let the man meet his granddaughter once.I stared at his text with a frown on my forehead and then decided to put my phone down.After only a few more minutes, I received another text from him.Silas: I know you read my message and you are even awake. I can see the lights of your room.I lifted my face in the direction of the window when I acknowledged that he might be outside the main mansion or else how else could he see the
After father had spent some time with her, he sat down whilst Hope got distracted with the swings and the slides ahead of us. There were other pack members in the park as well, so Hope was busy with the kids.“She is very creative and social,” Dad complimented her, watching her play, “She must have got it from you. You were never shy of spilling your thoughts, always ready to argue for your rights and others,” he recalled the memories from my childhood and laughed a little.“I remember you---,” I was unconsciously going to indulge in the conversation when my heart split open at the reminder of our past and last memories together.“You can share your heart and thoughts with me, you know!” Father held my hand and kissed the back of it. I felt his tears touching my skin, tears of regret. Well, it made me teary-eyed.“I did once, remember?” It was so hard to say those few words, “I --- I didn&r
It’s been a few days since dad fell sick. After returning from the hospital, he demanded to stay with me. I was happy to have him over. I can take care of my daughter and my father.“You look very happy for someone whose father had a stroke a few days ago,” Icy had been bothering me a lot these days. Or should I say, she was back to teasing me.“The feeling of being loved is a very different feeling, Icy. It makes you feel alive.” I smiled with myself. “Remember how we used to always say we will grow up and become just like dad? I was broken, shattered every time I remembered him hating me.” I admitted to have missed him the most.“Well, I am sensing a bit of energy today.” As usual, she had to ruin my mood.“What are you sensing?” I asked her, filling the soup in the bowl for my dad. I was now sleeping with Hope and had cleaned my room for dad.“I don’t know. There is ju
The after-party started right away but we had our own little fun planned. I saw Nessa walking behind Desmond, who was angrily trying to get away from her. The two stopped after she held his hand and stopped him from leaving.Silas, Rick, and I had followed them but didn’t come forward to announce our presence. They were standing near the trees to talk, while we stayed behind the bushes to wait for them.“I thought you said he was going to reject her?” he yelled at Nessa, not realizing he was outing himself.“I was wrong! But why does it seem like you are so mad about this?” she inquired, feeling confident once she noticed we were there to help us if he tries to do anything.“I am not mad; it is just--- I was worried for the poor girl the whole night. You got me worried for nothing,” he shouted once he couldn’t come up with an explanation to his behavior.“It doesn’t seem like that though,&
“Is Hope all dressed up?” I was standing in front of the mirror, watching the hairdresser set my hairstyle with a diamond crown on my head. My wedding dress was designed for royalty; it was a long white dress decorated with white gemstones for a Luna Queen. It was way heavier than I thought it would be, but it was all fine. At least better than wearing a mask like others. Vanessa was my bride’s maid and wearing a peach pink long gown, looking all elegant too.“Everything is ready. I will just have to go out and receive that as*hole,” as she mentioned Desmond, my mood changed. I didn’t want the wedding to be all about him but it was the one last war that I needed to win.“I am so sorry,” she instantly acknowledged what she has done but I don’t blame her. In fact, I have more to speak to her about.“Nessa! Can you bring Rick here?” I requested to see him after dismissing everybody else.&ldqu
“The question is where is he hiding and why?” Rick was the one to question since everybody else was just silently sitting around the phone and looking at his caller ID.We have called Silas home, who hadn’t sat down ever since he had found out about Desmond contacting Vanessa. He was breathing like a bull and walking back and forth around us.“Because I took everything back from him,” Silas muttered whilst not stopping. At this rate, he would have traveled the world even if he had taken breaks. He had been working up his poor feet like that would solve the problem.“When?” Rick inquired, stealing eyes from us because he knew even I wasn’t told anything about what happened to Desmond.“Okay!” Silas gave a little rest to his crazy walk and took a deep breath in to speak up, “after I made him rich, I attempted to contact him back again,” he finished as if he knew there will be some quest
It's been a few days and we were busy preparing for the wedding. Hope was the happiest one and so was I, Silas had proven to be a completely different person from the past.Tomorrow was the wedding and we were still busy sorting out office work, but at least we were trying. The masquerade wedding was Hope’s idea, she wanted to dress up like a princess and wear a mask just like the rest of the guests and pretend it to be a fairy tale. Silas and I would be the only ones to not wear a mask. I didn’t interrupt her because I was happy with whatever made her happy.He was the one helping me and Hope with everything. Rick has returned and taken his status as the Royal Beta of the pack.I would join the office with Silas every day to not be just a home at staying Luna Queen because I have spent years learning to fight so I couldn’t just throw it all away."I was working on these files about the borders when the whole insane Roxanne thing happene
Silas slowly walked towards the bench and sat down on the bench with me. His strong and refreshing scent hit my nostrils and I smiled a little. “What?” he politely asked, feeling awkward due to my reaction. I responded to him, I only shook my head and we both went silent for the next minute. "I can't believe you went through so much," Silas and I were sitting with our eyes stuck in space while my father and Rick were in the mansion. "It was all worth it, that nightmare helped me understand something," I lowered my face to focus on my fingers to distract myself from looking at him and melting right away before I could even say anything else. "Before going to that cabin, I didn't accept your marriage proposal because I held so much resentment towards you that I couldn't see past the truth," I started talking and spilling what I had been keeping in my heart for too long. The good thing was that he was silently listening to me without adding anyth
Tessa had stabbed her own daughter in haste when she thought she was attacking me. Everybody was now silent at the outcome of Roxanne’s jealousy of me."Roxanne!" Tessa's body shuddered when Roxanne collapsed on the floor without any delay.Silas wrapped his arm around me and covered Hope with his other arm as we watched Tessa get on net knees and cry like a wounded she-wolf.Hope was sobbing while not being able to pull away from me."My daughter!" she screamed, holding her daughter's dead body in her lap and shedding tears. Now she understood what it is like to see someone you love so much in pain?“Roxanne! Wake up. I didn’t mean to,” she was bawling her eyes and screaming, her voice was going to haunt us forever.“Hope! Look at me,” I got on my knees to cup Hope’s face in my hands, “we will leave now, okay?” I wanted to take her out of here so that she doesn’t have to listen to
“Octavia!” Silas smiled while I expected him to be mad at me, to yell at me. I bet Roxanne had shown him the video and probably made it seem like I have run away from him but he still smiled in contentment.“Silas!” after so many years of suffering and accusing each other either under the control of some stupid blue rose or by misconception, saying his name didn’t only contain tears in my eyes but also love for him.“My Octavia!” he corrected himself and my heart skipped a beat, everything turned blurry while his image stayed bright in my view.I can only thank the nightmare to make me forget the past and move on, I was desperate to accept Silas and get accepted by him. our moment of reunion was interrupted once I acknowledged the person behind him was equally shocked to see me.“Rick!” Silas looked shocked and it definitely took him a moment to recognize him.“You are back!” Roxanne
“So do you remember losing from me,” I smirked weakly because I don’t even know what she was capable of. I watched her show her face and I realized I wasn’t wrong.She was probably in her 50s but looked way older than her real age because of all the animosity she had carried in herself throughout the years.“And I was right! You do have all the qualities of your mother. Beautiful, smart, and a bi***!” she grunted, appearing in front of us with her lips blaring hate. The light stuck in her hand was now tossed to the side without any concern of anything catching fire.She was wearing a black dress and holding a silver knife in her hand. I know she had come to either shove us back in there or just finish us.“You wasted your years to get back to my mother and this was your master plan?” I scoffed to annoy her, getting a rise out of your enemy helps you in distracting them. Anger and rage do not work for everyon
“You call it a mistake?” I closed my eyes to calm my nerves down. Rick’s gentle touch around my wrist helped me hold my emotions in for now.“That was all her fault, she was being too reluctant to someone who truly loved her,” Mavi raised her voice in defense of her son, she was the reason her son never understood the fine line between right and wrong.“He forced himself on her out of rage after she passed out. Instead of being understanding of his frustration, she told Abel about it and cried a river to make my son look like a monster. She didn’t even think twice that her friend made a mistake and oh! She shouldn’t have drank anything if she was such a pure soul. That stupid bond they shared made Abel to give the power of punishment to the hands of Martha, who asked my son for an open battle without any powers. She fu*king killed my son because her ego was too big,” she finished and I urged to throw up. There