Chapter 151Liam’s POV. I stormed into the council chamber, my anger and frustration barely contained. The council members looked up at me, their faces a mix of angered and disappointment."Liam, we've been expecting you," one of them said, their voice firm. "We've heard about your refusal to mate with Mendy.""Yes, I refuse to be forced into a mating I don't want," I said, my voice sharp.The council members exchanged glances, their expressions unyielding. "Liam, you've made your bed, now lie in it," one of them said. "You slept with Mendy, you bonded with her. You can't just reject her now."I felt a surge of anger at their words. "That was a mistake, a moment of weakness. It doesn't mean I'm bound to her for life." I reject my eyes staring at a spot with rage. "You should have thought of that before you acted, Liam. Now, you've committed to her, and you need to see it through." one of the council members shook his head.I realized, with a sinking feeling, that the council was not
Chapter 152 Chloe’s POV. I looked exhausted like I've been carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders. My clothes seemed to be sagging under the burden too. Lucy, sitting beside me, looked just as tired as me, her eyes also bearing the signs of fatigue. She leaned against the headboard, her expression soft with concern as she gazed at me. The hotel room was small and plain, with gray walls that seemed to close in on us. The old carpet creaked beneath our feet, and the single window let in a sliver of sunlight, casting a warm glow over the space. The clock on the desk ticked away, a gentle reminder that we only had two hours to rest before we face whatever challenges lay ahead. We searched almost all the city before we found a cheap hotel that would accept two hours of payment cause we were left with no money Lucy's voice was gentle as she asked, "Chloe, how did you come back to MayHill?" She paused, her eyes filled with empathy. "What happened that made you stay away so l
Chapter 153 Author’s POV. "I'm asking Did you know Chloe, you do? don't you?" Ryan's eyes narrowed, his voice firm again. "Chloe? I don't know Her I've told you countless times" May Rolled her eyeball from one edge to the other her expression turned puzzled, her voice innocent. "Don't lie to me, I know you're hiding something. Chloe is connected to me, to my past. And I think you know more than you're letting on."Ryan's eyes searched hers, trying to read her expression. "I bet I don't know a damn about her. And even if I did, why would I keep it from you?"May's face remained blank, her voice unsteady. "Because you're always keeping secrets, You're always hiding something from me. And I'm tired of it!" Ryan's eyes flashed with frustration, his voice rising. "Ryan, that's not fair. I'm trying to protect you, to keep you safe. You don't understand what's going on, what's at stake."May expression turned hurt, her voice soft. "I don't understand. Why are you protecting me? Why
Chapter 154 May's eyes welled up with tears as Ryan's harsh words cut deep. She tried to speak, but her voice was barely a whisper. “Ryan…I’m sorry” She pleaded, her eyes begging for understanding, but he shut her down. "Don't mention my name with your dirty mouth, May," Ryan sneered. "Instead of whining, come up with a solution to the problem you cause," he snapped. Ryan's worry about Grandma Terry's whereabouts was evident, but his anger and frustration were misdirected at May. "Maybe she went home? We could try going there too?" May suggested. "You think we can just waltz up to the house without the paper address? You're stupid, May. How will we even find the house?" Ryan's response was cruel. "Grandma Terry mentioned a big white house, and her husband was well known on the street..." May Uttered her voice still trembling. "So, you expect us to start asking around like lost children? 'Hey, have you seen a big white house?' Get real, May." Ryan's expression turned unbeli
Chapter 155Chloe’s POV. The loud knock on the door jolted me and Lucy awake from our deep sleep. I rubbed my eyes, still cozy from the long slumber. "Ugh, what's going on?" I groaned, trying to shake off the sleep.I looked around, but everything was black. I couldn't help but wonder how many hours we had spent sleeping. "How long have we been out?" I thought to myself.A loud voice came from outside, "Come on out! You've slept long enough!" it Sounded like a triggered boomed to my soul as i gazed around .I exchanged a meaningful glance with Lucy. "Did you think we used more than our time?" she asked, her voice laced with concern. "I don't know, but I think we should get up."I stirred with a concerned look, my voice a little bit slumpy and sleepy. Lucy rubbed her eyes, trying to shake off the sleep. "But it's so dark... how long have we been sleeping?" she snapped standing up from the bed. "Come on out! You've slept long enough! You're using more then your time!" The loud voice
Chapter 156Chloe’s POVAs we turned to run, a menacing figure emerged from the shadows, blocking our escape route. We frantically scanned our surroundings, only to discover we were surrounded by a group of Fatty men, their eyes blazing with fury. Fear gripped my heart as I desperately sought a way out, but we were trapped.The man Lucy had confronted earlier that afternoon sneered at us, his eyes gleaming with malice. "Why did you hit me, huh?" he taunted, his voice dripping with venom. "You think you can just attack me and get away with it?"Lucy tried to speak, but her voice was frozen in her throat. She couldn't utter a word. I watched in horror as tears streamed down her face, her lashes clumped together in despair.“Let's teach them a lesson” one of them urged but the man we had encountered in the afternoon stopped him. "Not until she tells me why she hit me with that stick," he growled, his eyes fixed on Lucy with an unnerving intensity.My wolf growled restlessly inside me,
Chapter 157Chloe’s POV. Lucy's eyes widened in surprise when she finally saw the figure, she wrapped her body around me, clinging tightly like she had just seen a ghost. "Oh no, oh no, oh no I'm scared!" she whispered, her voice trembling with fear."what's wrong? You're the one who just acted like a superhero, knocking down that grown man! What's got you so scared now?"I couldn't help but laugh out loud at her sudden change in demeanorLucy pouted, her lips pursed in a sulk. "This is different," she said, her voice barely above a whisper. "That person might be a ghost! I don't want to see a ghost, I'm not ready for that!" she wailed dramatically. "Oh, come on, Lucy! You're not serious, are you? Let go and take a look. I'm sure it's just someone who needs our help. We can't just leave them there." I chuckled, trying to reassure her. "No, no, no! I'm not going to look! You go ahead, but I'm staying right here. I don't want to see a ghost, I'm scared!" Lucy refused, her grip on me
Chapter 158Chloe’s POV “Did you have any idea of where the white house is” Lucy asked jumping up in excitement. "I have no idea where the white house is!" I exclaimed, throwing my hands up in the air."That's weird, I've heard of it before... I'm pretty sure it's the biggest house in the neighborhood!" Lucy said, her face scrunched up in thought."You're not just exaggerating, are you," I asked, raising an eyebrow."I'm not exaggerating! I'm telling you, I've heard it's a huge house! But... I've never actually been there before," she said defensively.We stood there, unsure of what to do next. "Well, we can't just stand here all day," Lucy said, her voice laced with frustration. "We need to figure out what to do next!""I know, but what can we do? We're stuck!" I said, my mind a blank."I know, me too. Let's just think for a minute... maybe something will come to us," Lucy said, sighing.We stood there in silence, thinking, but neither of us could come up with a plan. The uncertain
Chapter 68. Chloe's POV. Lia placed right in front of me, with her hands safely at her sides, looking at me as though she needed more explanation as to why I had not taken a firm decision. "You need to tell me that you suspect that she might have something to do with this and was even talking about it yet you left? Tell me something else, and I would readily believe, but not this. Why are you so calm to a fault?" She mumbled under her breath. I didn't want to disgrace myself in that place. "I need to go back and knock some sense into her head because she sounds senseless. How can she even say that?" She demanded, whistling in fury."I think we should focus on more important things than fighting my sister for not showing up despite everything that has happened. I don't think Liam is well and would focus on that while Scott handles the other issues." I responded with a small smile, also hoping that this would help her calm downHer eyes tripled in size as she looked at me, "I woul
Chapter 67. Chloe's POV. Back at my house, I was a bit worried about what could be done to harm me anytime soon because if someone was so pertinent about doing something like this, then they had every intention to even go deeper, making me a bit worried. I decided to seek Mendy out, she had to have answers for everything that had been happening so far. I bumped into Scott on my way out and I was just a little bit worried for the look of excitement I saw in his eyes. He had probably done something pretty insane and was proud of himself which I didn't know how to feel about it. "Where are you off to?""Nowhere in particular, I was trying to talk to Mendy and see what she would have to say concerning the issue at hand because now I'm beginning to wonder why she has been wasting so much time to give me answers."He looked at me with slightly widened eyes, a bit locked in but still very anxious so I decided to speak with him at length to kind of figure out what exactly was going on.
Chapter 66.Chloe's POV. I rushed straight down to the dungeons so that I could meet up with the scientist who had been imprisoned. If I was able to get more information from him, it meant that I was settled but if I wasn't, then I would have to do a lot more just to prove how interesting this was. "Having an initial contact with you I would never have imagined that you would not tell the truth when it is presented to you because of everyone I felt like you would be better." I said immediately I spotted him, looking far off. The man truly looked dejected and I couldn't help but feel sorry for him but it could probably be a lie because that was the way most of them behaved and I had no choice but to do what I could. I stopped moving around and watched his countenance go from being pleased to annoyed in one second. He had a lot to tell me but was holding back. "You are going to remain in this dungeon for a long time and never see your family again. I'm sure that is not what you wa
Chapter 65. Chloe's POV. "It has been revealed that there was something in his food." My heart skipped a bit that the revelation because this was completely beyond what I was expecting in any shape or form. My eyes were focused on what was more necessary than just waiting for answers My wolf package hard time believe it that it was probably just poison. It's substance was not mentioned and that was a huge red flag on its own. Someone had to explain to me in layman's term why the autopsy results didn't reveal anything favorable. There were a lot of things to think about but one of the things that stood out for me was the way the scientist switched carefully while staring at me. This was an explanation that could not be done without and I was expecting more. Scott glanced at me as though we shared the same sentence and he coughed. "Whatever way I know that we still need to talk." He said. The living room was plunged into greater silence as we waited for the answers to be m
Chapter 64. Chloe's POV.Awaiting the autopsy was not even a great idea. All that Chloe thought about was to make her father get the justice he deserved. The insane amount of mishaps that had come into her life the past few days was not to be reckoned with, and she felt like there had to be a means of tackling this without feeling weak or weary from any angle. Her kids didn't even think that their actions had a long-lasting impact.She picked up my phone to call Scott, "what is happening." Liam was less concerned with what was happening, so she needed to get my answers myself. "I don't want you to think so much about everything that has been going on because it's not going to help either of us, but there is only one way that we can achieve our goals, which is by waiting for the result. Then I would know what to do." Scott said. Chloe didn't understand why he was wasting so much time confronting their sister when it was almost getting clear that her father had been murdered, prob
Chapter 63. Chloe's POV I was on my way to my father's room when I stopped halfway, taking a giant sneeze; I found out that the youngest for them wasn't something even important at all. Instead, it was only her next move. Evil when she's poked against, she's poked against close powerful. I could see the way things began to drum in a sarcastic manner. I believed that everything was going to work out for good, but at the same time, I needed to be as careful as I should. I stopped in front of his room and contemplated how my next statement was going to affect him. I needed new people to understand the mood of the population and abide by it, not those who are ready to change me at every cost. Without him clamoring to have some sort of land or power to himself it's made everyone appear in their natural state just to make it very relatable. "I have always had problems with you because of how decided to represent everything that you are and own." I heard someone's voice ringing
Chapter 62. Chloe's POV. My heart pounded in my ribcage, trying to find out if my child was fine. Why hadn't Lia called me if there was an issue? She was the only person that I trusted too much to call me about what was happening. As soon as I headed into the room, I didn't understand what was going on at first but decided to take a deep breath just to see what was happening. I pushed the door open and so Aria hooked up with different drips running through her veins, looking pale. My heart skipped a bit as I rushed her to her side. Ignoring Liam, who was sitting beside her and looking at me as though I was the devil spawn, I looked at her and back at him. "What happened to her?" "You went away for so long and appeared out of nowhere to ask what happened to her. How interesting!" I shut my eyes in shock. This was absolutely not what I was looking for. I needed something very important, such as a damn reason why this was happening. "Apparently I think that you didn't he
Chapter 61 Chloe's POV. Two days later, My knuckles hovered above my father's study as I waited for a minute before taking the initiative to walk in at his silence. My dad sat on the chair in front of me watching carefully, as I progressed towards where he was sitting and also looking carefully. "You are unhappy. I can feel it. Why is that?" I knew that if I opened my mouth to start speaking immediately I would burst into tears, uncontrollable ones at that. My eyes welled up with tears but I realized that for me to continue this way it was going to make me look even more weak. "I wanted to report certain things to you. I need you to call Mendy. She has been getting on my nerves for so long now and I would appreciate it if you called her to order. She isn't a lost cause yet until we agree that she is not worth it." I said, hoping that she had not come here to report before I did and render my testimony invalid. Gazing at me intently, my father finally spoke, "if she ha
Chapter 60.Chloe's POV.I headed into the school with only one intention. To find answers."We should talk to Scott. He should be able to find answers for yours because that's the only way I would be free to do what I have in mind." Lia said, Without further ado, I headed to his office and realized that he was a little bit busier than I thought so I waited a bit."Hey! Is anything the matter?" He asked, a bit anxious just to find out why I had decided to call on him. 'I need to tell you something very important and I hope that we should be able to rub minds together. I have pondered on this for so long and still have not come up with an answer that is suitable." I started. His eyes widened slightly, looking at me for a minute. "May I know the reason for this discussion?" He asked while scanning the environment, his heart pumping visibly underneath his tight shirt. I had a lot of reservations when it came to opening up to people but I knew he was someone that I could trust and wou