SCOTT POVI slept late last night after having a terrible day at work, only to be woken up by the tears of my grandmother. The sniff of her nose and her uncontrollable tears made me roll on the bed. I stayed on my bed for some minutes before thinking of heading downstairs, thinking that her sound of tears and wails would have stopped.The sun was still lost in its own dreams when I was abruptly ripped from mine. The symphony of my grandmother's tears echoed through the silent house, a heartbreaking melody that pierced through the veil of my dreams. I groaned, my eyes heavy with fatigue, but the sound persisted, refusing to be ignored.“If only Chloe was around and hadn’t taken the foolish step of leaving our pack just because she caught the man she once loved sleeping with her elder sister. I know it hurts, but leaving our pack just because of that minor issue makes no sense,especially when she didn’t inform me or speak to anyone about it before leaving the pack. Now I have to deal wi
CHLOE’S POVI woke up to find out that I didn't wake up in the same woods I slept in, despite spending the night outside in the cold weather. At first, the disorientation was so overwhelming that I questioned if I was still dreaming. The transition from the biting chill of the night to the mysterious warmth enveloping me left me in a state of confusion.I tried to wash away the remnants of sleep. I squinted through the dimly lit room. The air was thick with the fragrance of burning incense, a scent that danced around me and seemed to carry a hint of ancient magic. I noticed I was no longer on the hard ground but on a soft mat laid out in a corner of a dark hut. Wooden walls surrounded me, adorned with intricate carvings that seemed to tell stories of times long past.As I pushed myself up, the mat seemed to protest, whispering tales of dreams woven into its fibers. I looked around, taking in the unfamiliar surroundings. The hut was small but cozy, and the soft glow of the incense burn
CHLOE’S POV“What! That’s so terrible! I exclaimed as I watched her break down in tears as she shared with me her family story.“That’s the major reason I don't like talking about my family. Most times, people think I'm the one framing up the story, but that’s just the hard truth. They didn’t abide by the rules in the woods, and all of them got killed, and I'm the only living one out of my family. So, when I tell you to be careful in the woods, you just have to abide by it.” She spoke as she warned me intensively.“I don’t know the right words to say to you, but I strongly believe that you are a strong person, and I can't wait for you to take revenge on those who killed your family.”“That was the same reason I rescued you from them last night. They wanted to devour you and make you their last supper meal, but I rescued you.”The revelation sent shivers down my spine, and I couldn't help but replay the events of the previous night in my mind. Unaware of the imminent danger, I had narr
CHLOE’S POV“Abigail,what are you doing? Who exactly are you?” Fear gripped me as I asked her certain questions while watching her play with blood and reciting certain chants.“You don’t have to be scared, Chloe. This is just like my daily rituals; besides, I thought you should still be asleep by now. So, why are you up?” She spoke without looking remorseful or scared about what I said to her.“Really? Are you the one asking me this question? How do you expect me to sleep when I'm not comfortable seeing you play with blood?”As she got to hear the last line of my question, her eyes turned red, and immediately she kept moving forward to me as she continued reciting the chants and moving her hands in a funny way.“Don’t come close to me,Abigail. Stay very far away from me. I don’t want to do anything that will make both of us regret our actions.” I said to her while pointing my finger at her as I raced backwards.It seems like the more I'm moving backwards, the faster she is coming towa
SCOTT POV“What are you doing here? How dare you come into this apartment and act as if everything is alright?” I questioned her while trying to sound defensive.“You didn’t even welcome me by telling me to come inside. You just stood there as I stood outside, bombarding me with unnecessary questions. Is that how you welcome your guests into your home?”I laughed out loud while watching her spit out guts from her mouth.“Who told you that you were welcome here,Mendy? Is it after you betrayed your little sister or after you betrayed Grandma Trust? Wait for a second! Who told you that you are even a part of this family?” I spoke to her in a rude tone. without being scared that she was my older sister.“Do I actually need anyone’s validation before I enter my father’s house? Do you think I came to banter words with you, weakling?” She spoke as she gave me a scornful look with no iota of pity.I clenched my fists, feeling the surge of anger coursing through me. Mendy had always been the o
CHLOE'S POV:“What do you want from us, mister stranger?” I spoke as the two men came into the hut where I and Abigail stayed and stared at us before focusing more on Abigail.“I guess you must have missed the road, and this place isn't the right place for you to be. This place isn't a path to follow; this is my little home." Abigail spoke up while looking at the two men staring at her with no iota of fear in her voice.The two men, who were clothed in black attire that covered their heads until their toes, exchanged glances, a silent communication passing between them. It was unnerving the way they synchronized without uttering a single word.As they approached Abigail, their movements were calculated, and I could sense an ominous energy surrounding them.Without warning, they reached Abigail and seized her hands, their grip firm. I tensed, ready to intervene, but Abigail remained surprisingly composed. "Release me," she commanded, her tone unwavering.The strangers ignored her deman
LIAM’S POV.“Mendy! Mendy! Where are you?’ I continuously called her out as I went outside the compound of my house. I searched the backyard to check if she was in there,but to my utmost surprise, she wasn’t there at all.I kept searching every corner of the house to check if she dropped any letters at all before heading outside of the house. I searched carefully without any limiting factor weighing me down."I hope she hasn't gone to attack Chloe. I hope she isn’t planning to do anything dangerous that could tarnish my image in the pack." I spoke to my inner child as I flooded my mind with different thoughts.I pushed the door of my sitting room open and went to go make coffee to start my day properly before I heard footsteps coming from the end of the door. I turned and saw Mendy with some luggage on her back and on her hand. From the look of things, she looked very distressed and palpable as she stood at the entrance of the door.I dropped the glass cup of coffee I had in my hands
CHLOE'S POVThe blood of Abigail splashed on my face as I tried to pull her down from the thread where she was hanged, but I was unfortunate to pull her down, for before I got to hold her legs, the guards used her as their aiming targets.Guilt washed over my face as I saw the only girl who picked me and saw me as her confidant was murdered right in front of my eyes. It was unbelievable to see an innocent witch go extinct just because of one's useless culture and traditions.He walks up to me and squats right before my sight as he watches me mourn over my friend, whom I just lost.“This isn't the end of you; you just have to brace up and get over everything. Besides, you have a long way to go, starting from now on." He spoke without any guilt in his voice.With the way he spoke, someone would have thought that he was a saint in this scene. He didn't even feel remorseful for a second, not to mention an iota of anguish in his voice.“What else do you want from me? Do you want to kill me
Chapter 112. Chloe's POV. I took a deep breath trying to figure out how to start this conversation. "So, I have something in mind, I overheard your conversation about us almost being attacked and I felt like I could weigh in.""What do you possibly have to say? That I also ask alpha Brandon to stay because I cannot be capable of providing security to my pack? Or what?" "I would never insinuate that you have no control over your people. I wanted us to seal a deal that has nothing to do with that man and you know this. I want you to step back from having anything to do with my sister and then you can retain your power over these people.""They are not blind not to see what you have done so far and you expect them to still be happy with you, definitely not to rebel when you have done something so appalling. You are not supposed to be found in any relationship with Mendy."Deep down I knew that I was just testing out the waters and hoping that he didn't bite my head off after everythin
Chapter 111. Liam's POV.I sat at the table, lifting several pages of these distant jobs that should have been delivered simply when I had the chance and then went on to blow it by Brandon's intervention. I would never be allowed to get the deals sealer anymore because people miraculously danced to his tune no matter what. As much as I would have loved to challenge this, at the same time, I had a lot of time to reflect on what was more important to me. I had the opportunity to deal with it but I refused because that was meant to bring up a war and right now we were not in that state.I wanted to solidify my presence but the only way to do that was to make sure that there was nothing that would link me with Mendy just yet but she didn't want to leave. My eyes roamed over the files in front of me and I realized that I had made a huge mistake in the past by not bringing the words to limelight before going ahead to deal with it now I was stuck, and couldn't do a thing about it. My m
Chapter 110.Chloe's POV."I have to turn in my assignments today." I heard Aria complain quietly as I moved downstairs, with a smile on my face. If there was something that I could change, it had to be the way they were so concerned about getting to school just to please my sister. "Oh, I don't think that we need to turn it in just yet but we need to work on it regardless. What do you think?""Absolutely nothing. I don't think that we need to roam around just yet, Mendy isn't going to allow us to relax, she's going to stress us the hell out.""Oh, right? We shouldn't forget to turn it in. It's a little too stressful to say the least. How are you coping?""Good." "Yeah, right."Hearing my children speak like they weren't aware of my presence rubbed off wrongly on me but what could I do about that?"Lia should be here. She said she was gonna help me with my assignment.""I can help you." I interjected, watching them look at me as though there was an issue but I didn't bother about t
109. Chloe's POV. I watched mendy's eyes flash with irritation but I was not going to let her go just yet. I intended to press my foot on her neck, making her feel the exact hurt that I did when she took my man away from me. I made him feel useless. "You can't seriously ask him to dump me and pick you up. You can see that I'm barely coherent and I need all the support I can get right now. I knew you were heartless but didn't know it was as bad as this." Mendy managed to speak. She was yet to fully recover but I was going to start now. I looked at the person who was in charge of the steering instead of the one who was just very concerned with herself. "What's it going to be Liam? I already have Alpha Brandon's number on the speed dial and I can always come here to revoke the deal. I'm sure it's not a big deal to you right? I mean what is the assurance that you were going to get it anyway without him." I shook my head and pretended to pick my nails only making Mendy grow even more
Chapter 108Chloe's POV. "Where is my sister?" I demanded immediately I walked into the pack clinic. She wasn't going to keep on doing this when I had sufficient evidence against her. It was her time to finally come clean and I was going to push for it until she realized that there was no going back. I had stomach a lot of shenanigans from her and hearing it from somebody who had absolutely no idea of everything that I went through was the deal breaker for me. The nurses looked around a little bit worried, making me also panic. Their reactions were not normal. I didn't expect that they would be breaking at me as though I asked for their heads."I asked a bloody question: why is everyone taking so long before they give me an answer?" The woman took some time before finally pointing in the direction where she had been before. "I think I should inform you that the alpha took her away." I skidded to a halt, watching them carefully trying to pick up the pieces of their lies.They had
Chapter 107.Author's POV.The intruder moved carefully towards the room where he had heard a sound. somebody was here and was pretending like they weren't. It was a little bit challenging because both of them were on different sizes of the house trying to figure out the best way to attack the other. Chloe was more in tune with her defensive mode, picking up a bat that she found behind the door and raising it in the air, hoping to crash it on whoever was concerned. It wasn't also news that she was trying as much as possible not to do something that would lead into a problem but at the end of the day ended up failing short. They opened the door at the same time and she screamed when she saw the person. It was James, one of the men who worked in the stables. She would never have imagined that he was even remotely close to her sister. James skidded to a halt, dropping the wooden stick he had picked up. "Oh I'm so sorry.""James, you were working with Mendy all this while?" His ey
Chapter 106. Liam's POV. I watched Mendy flicker in and out of consciousness as she tried to grasp on what was reality but lost. "If there was something that I had your opportunity to do, it would be bringing her to life and giving her sound rest. She has been stressed for so long and I think she deserves to be in a safe space where she doesn't have to look over her shoulders." The doctor called from beside her bed. It was a lot more stressful than I thought it was going to be because Mendy looked like she was about to jump out of her skin, thrashing violently. The amount of problems that these frequent attacks were causing to my mental health was getting out of hand. I didn't know why Chloe of all people was so invested in making sure that I missed out on a lot of good things. I knew it was kind of a partial obsession just to get back at me but at some point it was bound to get tiring wasn't it? "I think that you should ask her a few things because she doesn't sound as coheren
Chapter 105.Chloe's POV. I rested my back behind the door, hoping that no one would find me anytime soon. It wasn't because I didn't want to be found instead I just felt like that will be the best way to know who exactly was out for us The voice came closer while I shut her door, also walking stealthy towards it. "Mehndi has been here for a long time and it is time for us to collect our deals. She can't keep playing us like a fiddle. If no one wants to discuss this then I am ready. How long is she going to take us for a ride?" I cocked my head sideways to understand what these people were about. It was evident that they were mad at something. I just didn't know what exactly and most importantly I was feeling a little bit weird, if there was a reason I needed to be fast at ensuring that absolutely no one had their hands on us. My major motivation for whatever I was doing was simply because I knew that I had a lot of work and uncovering what could be something that I could use ag
Chapter 104. Chloe's POV. The dismissal was as evident as anything else in the world but I refused to think about it in such a manner instead I focused on what was more important to me which was to get him myself out of this mess. Since Liam had arrived a part of me wanted to wait to hear what the doctor had to say but self-preservation kept me. I moved away from where they stood, signaling to my brother who nodded in response and moved even further. I need to go pick up my kids from school and whip up dinner.I wasn't going to allow myself to be pressured by him or anyone else. I needed to investigate my sister, but the only way to do this was to go to her house in her absence. So I took a detour, this was the best time to figure out whatever I needed. If I didn't move right now I was going to regret it for the rest of my life. As soon as I went to her house, I looked front and back just to be sure that no one saw me enter because if they did then it was going to become a pro