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
MANUELS POV"What have I done?!"I cried numb."You have to relax Manuel,nothing good will come out of you getting angry All we need to do now is to hope and pray that nothing happens to your son."Micheal reasoned. "What is going to happen now?"Rdyer asked now."I have no idea man.All I do know is that we have to focus on what is going to happen now."Micheal responded.My hands trembled as thoughts of what might happen to Finn came flooding my mind.Who could do such a thing?My anger had no bounds.I was enraged by the the time we arrived at the hospital.Rick was already inside the lobby with Nova and Dax while Samantha and the rest of us went towards the surgery room waiting outside for some sort of miracle to happen.Samantha paced the hallways still in. Her bloody clothes, her eyes were red from crying and her nose was red and runny.She sniffed.I went up to her to her and and she fel limp into my arms."My baby.Our baby Manuel"She cried.We don't know how long we stayed
SAMANTHA POV"Its Marcella's"I knew immediately I saw the scarf.Manuel had come back hours later with the other guys and they were huddled together outside the hospital room arguing about something. I looked down to see the scarf I knew truly belong to her.I had seen her wear it."How can you be so sure?"Manuel asked skeptical."Because I've seen her wear it."I reploed wryly. "It does make sense. She seems like the only other person that could have done a thing like this.From what you have told me,she's obsessed with you and doesn't believe in you and Samantha "Rdyer responded siding with me."I don't think we should jump to conclusions just yet.We still have to give her a chance to defend herself."I reasoned."Come on man,you yourself said that you saw a man walk by you and you know her scent was familiar."Micheal added.My heart broke to think that after all this time,Manuel still couldn't accept that Marcella was a cunning and scheming woman.He still believe that she is
MANUEL'S POV Today as we were seated in the congregations ready for Rick's wedding with my hand gripping Samantha's hand tightly. I wondered what our mating ceremony would be like.As per requested by Rick's fiance,Miriam's mother,they were having a church wedding in the eyes of God.She was quite religious and what better way for Rick to make Miriam's mother like him than to do her bidding. So here we were sitting together. All his best people were seated in the front row of the pew while the Samantha,Miriam's bridesmaid for the day was looking ravishing in her milky white dress. We were all dressed looking our best as we prepared for Rick's wedding ceremony.At first,Rick had not been my favorite person but now i understood why Samantha loved him so much. I tugged at the tie of my suit groaning quietly at the tightness of the suit.I had barely fit into the suit but Samantha had had it handpicked for me so I was forced to wear it. But I must say I was looking rather sharp in a tail
SAMANTHA'S POV when I had gotten a call from Rick's phone at 1am in the morning,I had no idea that it would be this.Here I was nursing Rick's wounds that had been inflicted on him by Manuel my boss.He narrated the whole event accounting from the moment he had proposed to his girlfriend. He told me that he didn't expect to Manuel there and when he had tapped him on the shoulder,turning he had been surprised to see it was him and without waiting to hear his explanation,Manuel had punched him hard in the face giving him a bloodied broken nose.And he couldn't just stand there and watch him hit him repeatedly,so he fought back giving him a damaging blow as well that had sent him staggering backwards. In the full.brunt of the fight, Manuel had shouted at him for cheating on me which surprised me.I couldn't believe that he had attacked Rick for me. I must have laughed at that moment.But then it had dawned on me that they had had a full blown fist fight because of a misunderstanding I had
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