MANUEL'S POVI had been in meetings after meeting all day trying to keep my mind off my imploding relationship with Samantha. It's been over two weeks now and our relationship h aga d become strictly professional.We only talked when we were in the same space and stayed in silence when we were alone.The only other words I had spoken outside work was the occasional pleasantries when I came over to see my kids.On some days she avoided me.On other days she gave the excuse that she wasn't feeling too well and disappeared into her room tight after I arrive.It got on my nerves but I knew I needed to give her some space as advised from Rdyer and Micheal who had reprimanded me for my disgusting behaviour towards her.I had betrayed her trust and she would need a lot of time to at least give me the opportunity to regain her trust back .All day,thoughts of her had plagued my mind.I couldn't concentrate because of her.That's why I had to do this.I thought aloud as my hands gripped the steer
SAMANTHA'S POV "I'm coming!"I called as I secured the belt of my night robe securely around my waist.I wasn't showing yet but I didn't want to make it obvious to whoever was pounding on the door."Who are you?"I mumbled as I swilling the door about to give the person on the other side of the door a piece of my mind and a long speech about kids sleeping and how hard it is to put them to bed after they've been woken up in the middle of the night .I paused as I saw Manuel panting and leaning on the door frame as he stared at me.There wa something about his stance.His expression was one of remorse.But remorse for what?"Ma'am am heading to bed now..."I turned at the sound of Martha's voice. "Is everything okay?"she asked as she wiped her hand on a towel as she waited for my response.I gave her a reassuring smile."Its fine.You can head back up to bed.I will attend to our...visitor "I hesitated on the last word as it rolled off my tongue.Martha reluctantly went in to the oth
MANUEL'S POV I stared at the blood that had stained her night gown.I had never expected her to say the words that shattered my world."You're pregnant?"I ran to hold her as she staggered back about to fell to her knees. Martha came bounding out of room and towards us.I instructed her to stay and to watch over the kids while I take her to the hospital."Samanatha"I called as I wheeled her in unconscious. The nurses took her on a trolley into the emergency room."Sir we urge you to wait here for us to do our jobs."Its my fiance that's in there!"I busted out."I understand but you need to be strong for her"The nurse said before running into the room.I waited outside for hours as they attended to her.I paced the length of the lobby until she was eventually brought out.The doctor stopped just short behind the trolley to address me."Am sorry to tell you but there is a high risk of miscarriage.And I suggest you be there to support her as she works through it."He told me.
SAMANTHA'S POV When I had woken up,I felt empty.Like something and been taken out of me.It took a few more minutes for me to register the voices that surrounded me."She should be awake by now"I heard the Male voice say.I blinked as the light rays seeped into my eyes."She's awake!"I would recognize that voice anywhere.it belonged to Martha."Are you okay?"I saw Rick as he leaned closer to me to inspect.He waved his hand in front of me and I followed it."She's responding"he said letting out a sigh of relief.Manuel shoved aside and leaned in closer."Samantha are you okay?"he asked softly.I groaned as I felt a sharp pain around my belly.I looked at all the expectant faces that surrounded me.Immediately a wave of sadness hit me.My baby was gone.He or she was gone before they got the chance to meet me.Manuel enveloped me into his arms.I sobbed into his shirt.When I was calm moments later,I stared at Manuel with everything hurtful he had said,his betrayal and Marcell
MANUEL'S POV If anyone has told me that where I would be at the wee hours of the morning.I wouldn't have believed them.As I stared into the cold steel eyes of all the council-members ,I wondered what had happened to make them summon me by this ungodly hour."Alpha Manuel.."The head council member named Valor spoke up,his voice bellowed through the hallways.The echo bounced off the walls."It has come to our attention that you have not kept the honour that is befitting of an Alpha."He said raising his voice a little higher."What?I do not understand what you mean"I asked confused.He flung a set of pictures towards me.It slid all the way to my feet."What is all this?"I said inspecting the pictures. They looked familiar. But I couldn't quite place where I had seen them before until I had looked closely. They looked like screenshots from the video that had threatened to destroy my reputation years ago when I had first met Samantha."Shit!"I cursed. "Do those pictures repr
SAMANTHA'S POV Just when I thought that everything was over.I get the call that the kids were taken on their way to school that morning.On their very first week of starting school, this had to happen.I shrieked as the fear of loosing my kids hit me .I couldn't loose them.I didn't know how I was going to live without them.How was I going to survive without them?With shaky hands I dialed the one number that could at least do something to help.He picked up after the first ring"Hi Samantha"His deep voice rang through the receiver."Manuel the kids are gone!"I shrieked.There was a pause on the other end of the phone."What?"I could hear the confusion in his voice."The kids were taken!"I elaborated."Am on my way.Try to stay calm.You just went through something,I don't think I can handle something happening to you. "He said .I almost felt myself calm down a little bit.Soon after he arrived with Micheal and Rdyer.Rick had arrived with them as well."Are you okay?"Manuel
MANUEL'S POV "What's wrong?"I asked."It says here that they in two different locations.How is that even possible?"Micheal replied."We could split up."Rdyer suggested."Yes,we should."Rick agreed.They sprung into action as they walked towards the door.""Am coming too"she declared.They all turned to look at her wide-eyed. Walking up to her,I gripped her hands tightly "No,Samantha.It will be too dangerous.We can handle it"I told her."No,I want to come with.These aren't children you're talking about here"She refuted heading towards the door."Look,if there's anything,I promise...we promise we'll tell you.It will be like you're there with us.You just won't be there...physically"he suggested. She paused."Okay.Am only staying here just incase they come back or something."she said reluctantly."But please let me know about whatever you find."She pleaded.we all smiled at her attempt to convince herself."We sure will."Rdyer answered."Be safe out there guys."she envelo
SAMANTHA'S POV I tried so hard to stop my beating heart to calm down.I couldn't.I didn't know what I was doing,or where exactly I was asked to go and I didn't know if Manuel had arrived at the apartment and read my note.I had s plan but it was solely dependent on if Manuel had gotten my message.I checked my phone to see a text message from Manuel saying:"Let's do it"I let out a breath that I didn't know I was holding.I arrived in time to see a flashlight waving up in the air like the caller had said would happen.I rushed out of the car and ran towards the house but wa stopped by two men."Did you come alone?"One of them spoke.He had a deep baritone voice that was befitting of a man his stature and size."Did you come alone?"he asked again with an impatient strain in his voice."Yes"I responded.He gestures towards my car and without hesitation,a man came out if the shadows and placed something magnetic under my car before leading me inside the house.The interior of the
EPILOGUEOn the 24th of August,my beautiful daughter Ava was born.At the right time too."she's so lovely"Martha,my new mother said as tears welled up in her eyes."Isn't she?"Manuel said softly as he stretched out his hands to envelope the beautiful tiny creature in his hands."Daddy let me see,let me see!"Nova chirped jumping up and down just to get a good look of her baby sister."Yes!I finally have a sister.Thank you mummy!"she said excitedly.I laughed.Manuel planted a soft kiss on my forehead."You did great Samantha thank you for eveything.Thank you for coming into my life."He said softly settling in the chair beside my bed with the baby in his arms."She's so tiny dad"Dax said in disbelief.I laughed. "Yes she is darling."He responded."Its amazing. Were we really this tiny too when we were little?"Finn added. My heart filled with joy looking at my family. Martha stood at Manuel's side with the baby in her arms and a warm smile on her face.While my kids surro
SAMANTHA POVMy mind trailed back to all the seasons in our lives that seemed difficult that we never imagined we would scale through but we did.And I was eternally grateful to having the fate to meet Manuel in my life.He was indeed a blessing in my life.We had fought multiple times.***FLASHBACK***"There is no way that I will have a relationship in secret and I will never stand here and watch as other men sniff after what's mine"He told me grimly ."I'm not an object!"I shouted.He arched a brow at me."No matter what you do now,you can't take it back.You're mine"he stated matter of factly."You're not saying that you love me but that I need to stay with you forever "I said."You're mated to me now.No man would be foolish enough to come close to you not when you belong to me now."he said,pulling on his pants.I opened my mouth to speak but we were interrupted by the soft knock on the door."Mommy!"Nova's voice called out.I wrapped my robe tighter around my body.Walking
MANUEL'S POV We had come a long way.There was a lot of past behind us.I recalled all the moments I feared we wouldn't make it last. ***FLASHBACK*** How long will you keep up this act?"I asked. "Am sorry,what act?"She asked feigning innocence. I groaned in frustration. "You do not know what I went through there.They helped me and I couldn't just let your jealously get the best of you and have you laying baseless accusations against someone that had done absolutely nothing to you"I spoke. I watched as her expression changed with each word I spoke. "Jealousy? Baseless accusations?"she repeated. I groaned out. "You know that's not what I meant by that.I just..." She turned to walk away.My hand snaked out to grip her arm. "Manuel,let me go."She told me trying to struggle out of my grasp. "Don't walk away from me when am talking to you."I warned holding her tighter. "Manuel,let me go!"She cried. I saw tears pooled around her eyes as she struggled to break free. I dragged her
SAMANTHA'S POV Five months later..."Why would you say that?"I heard his voice say in a hushed whisper."Is mummy sleeping?"Nova said. "Look..Look..."Finn cried."Samantha?"Manuel spoke up "Doctor!she's awake!she's awake!"I heard him calling out.The first thing I noticed when I opened my eyes was the intense glare of the overhead lightning.I raised my hand to cover my eyes until my eyes adjusted to the light.When the doctor were done with their tests and my vitals were checked,I watched the relief on all their faces.From Micheal and a beautiful female who was glued to his side.I couldn't hide the smile that crept up on my face which he returned with a boyish grin.My kids ran up to me.And with Manuel's help I was able to get them all on my bed.I was seated with my unbelievably huge belly inbetween my thighs.I had been told that I was asleep for over five months and that there had been any sort of hope of me recovering. And that it was a Miracle that I had survived even
MANUEL'S POV One second.Two seconds passed but still nothing.My heart oundedbin my chest as I waited for the people to speak. The council looked smug on their table as they watched the tumult of emotions that passed through my face as I watched the crowd."Alpha Manuel!"Someone shouted from the crowd."Long live Alpha Manuel!"Another rose to cheer.And the rest stood chanting.Soon the room is filled with eruptions of cheers and claps as they chorused their answer. "Long live Alpha Manuel!"They chanted in harmony."Order!order this minute!"The speaker rose shouting at the top of his lungs until the rook went silent again."You have all made your choice and we have all taken it into consideration. But until we have reached a final consensus,Alpha Manuel will be stripped of the Alpha Position and his Beta Rdyer will resume duties in his place until the trial is finalised."the man declared.The room erupted in an uproar of angry emotions."How dare you!"I shouted stilling the
MANUEL'S POV "What is this Manuel?"I cried."Where have you been?!"He said through gritted teeth."What is that supposed to mean?Are you monitoring my whereabouts now?"I asked in disbelief."Just tell me where you were Dammit!"He said.I jerked backwards at his raised voiceHe took steps backwards pacing away from me,running a hand through his hair. "Why are you getting angry at me for?"She cried. "You ...you've been having an affair all this while and I didnt know.How couldn't I have known."I told her. Her mouth grew agape in feigned shock.I felt my blood boil mat the thought that she thought she could deceive me ."Where is all this coming from Manuel?"HShe asked.I couldn't let her know that it was Maeve because it wasn't. All Maeve did was comform a suspicion that I've had for the longest time."That's not important. What's important is the fact that you've been secretive,absent and distant for a while now"I told her.She raised her hand up in exasperation."Th
SAMANTHA'S POV "I don't think it would be easy to be able to find out the culprits"Steve said as he sat across from her sipping his coffee.We were seated in a coffee shop at the far end of town for a stakeout.We had found a recurring name in my mom's journal,Zain.My mom had described him as a nut-head that had wanted her mated to him.He had gone as far as going to her parents to get them arranged to be wed but she had blatantly turned him down stating that she loved my father who had appeared strategically in her life at the time.And after much difficulty they were wedded .On their wedding day he had barged into her dressing room and threatened her to leave with him but she had refused.He had vowed that day that their marriage wouldn't last and that if It wasn't him that no-one would have her and that she should bid her time well and that the click had already began ticking.He had been dragged out because he had refused their offer of being escorted out.It did sound like the
MANUEL'S POV "Why the hell did you not take care of this Manuel?You didn't even tell me?!"Rdyer scolded.I walked past him,pushing the door open to walk into my office as he trailed behind me."Everything that I did,I did for all of us."I responded settling back in my cushioned chair."But still...Manuel what the hell were you thinking?Did you really think that you were going to keep this a secret forever?"He chastised leaning closer."I was hoping that nobody found out about it.Thats why I dont understand how it was revealed and..."I explained. "...And you know that no matter what truce you may have called with the council,they were going to flick around this piece of information like vultures prey looking for their next dead meat"Rdyer finished.He slammed his fist on the desk with a bang.Unfazed I stared at the dent that he had made on my furniture."Manuel it's not about you killing him.Everyone knew he deserved it but you had to know that eventually the truth would be rev
SAMANTHA'S POV"Manuel Wait!Stop!"I said moving my lips away from his,moving my head to the side.His hand gripped my jaw stilling my movement. "Samantha please let me.I love you.And I want to show you"he pleaded.I stared into his eyes watching his dark beautiful orbs glistening with desire. Desire for me.I nodded.He let out a sigh of relief,bringing his lips down towards my lips.Bringing his lips dangerously close to my lips,he nibbled on my lower lips waiting.The pain in my arm was forgotten as he pinned me closer to his body,bringing my belly closer to fill his need for me.I tried to side step him but wasn't successful, instead he lifted me up unto the desk, prying my thighs apart he slipped in between them wrapping my legs around his waist to cage me in.he growled impatiently slamming his lips unto mine.He rode my skirt higher up to reveal my red lace panties.His eyes lingered for a while before ripping them off."Manuel!"I exclaimed."I love the way you say my na