Alfredo’s POV It took Mom two days before she held the meeting. A waste of time, it was in my opinion as I walked to the meeting room with my beta, Sarah, in tow.“Is alpha Brian present?” I asked as we took our time to the meeting room. Sarah had made it her duty to make sure I was never late for another meeting after my first. I was sure my mother had something to do with it.“He came a few minutes ago,” she answered as her hands scoured the phone in her hands, multitasking with the piece of paper in her hand.I knew the purpose of this meeting wasn’t just because of a regional meeting. It had all the scent of anticipation for one person: the alpha of Nightshade pack. Sarah held the door for me to walk in. A few elders sat in their positions, waiting for the rest of the elders to move in. Alpha Brian sat at the end of the table with a smile on his face as he looked towards me.“Can we get this meeting going?” I whispered to my mother, who sat in her position like she was some life
Alfredo’s Pov “What’s the issue?”I turned to see Sarah standing by the side of the hallway. Her eyes were in the direction Mr. Peter had taken before turning her head in my direction. There was a frown on it as she tapped her hands together, waiting for an explanation, I mused.I turned my head in the direction, unsure of what I could say to her at that moment. “I’m in some sort of dilemma right now.” It was not an option I could keep to myself anymore. She, as my beta, had the right to know my thoughts.“What did he tell you?” She asked as she walked next to me. We stood next to each other as we leaned on the wall. I stood with a foot against the wall while I stared blankly at the opposite wall.“He wants me to take out Nightshade’s alpha if I get the chance.”There was a moment of silence between us as those words left my lips, just the sound of us breathing.“That’s how heavy it was the first time he told me,” I said as I let out a puff of air, turning my head to the left as I
Melissa (Gabriella’s Pov) I woke up with the boys already up and playing in the room. The room was in a mess, but I looked far worse as I dragged myself from the bed, trudging to the bathroom. Motherhood wasn’t as easy as I would have thought it to be.My hands were on my face as I rubbed them underneath my eyes. The eye bags grew less with each passing day and how they viewed maturity.I smiled as I turned to look at them playing. They had the characteristic look of Alfredo, tainted with my image in the mix. If there was an advantage to it, I saw more of myself in Daemon than in Damian, but it was enough for me. They belonged to me.“Going somewhere, mom?” I turned to see Daemon flashing me a smile as he beat the toy sword in his hand on the door, making a drumbeat rhythm with it. “Yes, I am,” I answered as I closed the bathroom door. “Allow mom to have her bath.”The water cascading down my body was a thing of joy as I let it sting me with its heat, feeling my pores open and invig
Claire’s Pov Seeing her every day was enough torture for me. It became unbearable when Aiden informed me about the Alpha’s move to make her his assistant. It tore at me each moment when I came to see Aiden.“What do you want us to do?” Anya, my wolf asked as I walked the path that would take me to the mansion. I had tried a range of things, but she always came up with a way to turn my actions in her favor with my best chance happening six years ago.“I don’t know,” I answered as I stopped, staring at the house from a distance. It was like a tall dream that I could never reach with the time that I spent. “We are getting old,” Anya said, a timely reminder of the time I had spent waiting for him to notice me.“I know,” I growled, gritting my teeth in the process. It felt like I rubbed my teeth against steel with the force I used. “I’ve tried everything in the books, but if he isn’t occupied with the affairs of the pack. He gets occupied with Gabriella and her children.”I could feel rag
Claire’s Pov.I stood in sheer shock as I walked into his room. Aiden lay in his bed with the sheets wrapped to his neck, shivering and mumbling words I couldn’t understand. This was the first time I had seen him in bed till this time of the day.“I’ve been knocking for a while,” I said as I walked to the bed, dropping to his side. He moaned as I touched him, groaning in pain as I turned him to face him. His body burned with a fever, making me step back to monitor the situation. “Seen Alpha Farrell this morning?” He asked, wrapping the sheets tighter around his body.“I’m pretty sure I have seen no one since I got inside the house. Eerily quiet that I’d consider it a ghost house,” I answered him as I got closer to him. “You don’t look so well.”“I’m fine. I just need to get up from this bed and I’d be up and moving,” he said as he struggled to put his hands over the sheet, moaning from the pain just to turn around. Beads of sweat formed on his head from that little action and it tol
Melissa’s (Gabriella’s Pov) “How are the boys?” I raised my head to see Alpha Farrell with a coffee in his hand. I could feel the urge to have coffee rise again in my stomach from the reaction he built inside me.“They are doing well,” I said as I packed the pieces of paper on the couch, arranging them properly before I filled them.He nodded as he took a sip, moving around the living room like he had a specific thought in his head that he wanted to speak about, but could not. “Anything the matter?” I asked as I tried to clear the air.“It’s nothing, just feels weird,” he said as he took another sip, dropping the coffee on the table next to the chair he sat on.That was weird; him feeling weird was one thing out of the charts. “What’s the matter?” I asked as I dropped the filed papers on the couch before me, walking to meet him.“Have you seen Aiden this morning? I heard his sister’s voice,” he said, completely avoiding my question.That was an answer I never had, as I hadn’t seen A
Alpha Farrell’s Pov“This is bad,” I muttered to myself as I had spent my day here on the sick bed with Aiden. He wasn’t getting any better as he wrapped himself in a thick blanket. I doubted any air would get to him.A knock sounded on the door, jolting me from my thoughts as a man of mine stood at the door bearing the nightshade emblem.“What’s the matter?” I asked as I turned towards him, slightly angered that he disturbed me at the hour and would love to take his head if he did not give me a suitable response. “The doctor is here,” he said as he opened the door wider, ushering the doctor into the room. It was a different doctor this time, as our doctor seemed caught up in some issues. This was the first time this was happening. I let out a little curse word, promising myself to get back to him when everything was over.The doctor that appeared this time was lighter, with dark curly hair like mine, but with gray eyes. It felt like a bottomless pit as he stared at my beta.“You ne
Alfredo’s POV“I would not get a kiss before you leave?”I turned to see Sheila standing behind me. She wore a lacy dress that made her look like a goddess, sending sparkles around the room. “If you never got a kiss. Who do you think would moisten mine?” I asked as I walked next to her. Six months had run past like a smoke in the wind.She smiled as she walked next to me, wrapping her hands around my neck. It was a wonder we had no kids running around our house with the time we had spent around each other. “Well, these lips are waiting for yours,” she said as she lowered her head, dropping it on my lips so that it aroused me.My hands wrapped around her waist at that moment, pulling her closer to me as she sucked the air out of me. Our tongues wrapping and unwrapping in our mouths. Her nipples poked at me, urging me to do something to them. She moaned as my hands found their way through the spaces of her gown, stretching towards her breast.“I thought you were leaving for a meeting
Hello guys, so the last chapter was supposed to be an author's note. I'm not really familiar with the author's center interface, so please bear with me. So, guys, I understand that I haven't uploaded any chapters for over two months, and that's because of my health. I'm really really sorry about that, but my health is not entirely under my control. I had to rush the story even though I had a lot planned out(walking you guys through on how Claire was caught, and what happened with Alfredo and his family). I just had to wrap it up because I feel it's long overdue. I know many of you must have forgotten about one or two details regarding the story, but for every single one of you that sticked to the end, I'm super grateful 🙏🏽. This is actually my first story, and the love you guys showed me was immense. Thank you so very much, and God bless you all. I hope to see your support whenever I come up with a new story. Kindly leave your honest reviews and criticism, on the general comment
Alpha Farrell's POV Two Months Later. It's been two whole month since I found out that Gabriella and I were mates, and all the saga that led us to this moment. Alfredo has been stripped off his position as Alpha, and his family exiled from the Pack, they're basically rogues with nothing but scraps to feed on. Princess Sheila on the other hand, was given a more milde punishment. Lockhart was still under Nightshade's while she served as an omega in the Packhouse. This was the mildest punishment we could give her, since it was with her help I was able to locate Alfredo after he secretly changed the location where he held Gabriella and the boys. The first phone call I had received was from her. But Alfredo found out she was tipping me off, and used her to lure me into a trap. Where he used those rogues who attacked us to secretly inject us with wolfsbane, making us weak and powerless. Princess Sheila still came to the rescue, soon after Alfredo came to gloat while I was chained, and c
Melissa’s POV One month later.The gown in front of me was sparkling, casting glittering lights from its reflection as the helpers helped me don it.“It’s pretty, mummy,” Daemon said with his brother running behind him.The helpers stood at the door, stopping them from reaching me for fear of them ruining it.“Let them in,” I said, waiting for my boys to run into my arms.They came in haste, but mounting their distance, even as curiosity pushed at them to touch my gown.“My wife is going to wear one like this when I get married,” Damian said as he caressed the gown.I threw him a smile, bending as low as my gown would allow me to touch their heads. “Of course she would,” I said as I pinched his cheeks.“Are you ready?”I raised my head to meet Aiden as he stood in front of the room, dressed elegantly, for the matter. “I am.” The answer was no surprise for me as I straightened my gown while Aiden held out his arm for me.“You wouldn’t want to keep the groom waiting for too long,” he s
Gabriella’s POV I stood like a display doll in front of the entire Silverrose, as I listened to Alfredo give a glamorous speech to justify why he's an asshole.I can't wait for all this to be over so Alfredo can take me to see my voice. He has done all he can to break me, and since he wasn't succeeding, he stopped so low as using my boys, our kids to threaten me.‘I only want you Mel, we can make more babies,’ he said, holding a knife over Damian. My baby was so scared and called out to me for help but I couldn't do anything. Now in order to keep my kids alive, I'm subjecting myself to an eternity of hell on earth. But I can endure all that, as long as my boys are fine. The look on Farrell's face when I told him I wanted to be with Alfredo broke me every time I thought about it.Alfredo nudged me, which was his cue, telling me to smile. I forced a smile, as Alfredo took another gulp of wine.“You're mine forever now, Mel,” he said, his voice barely above a whisper as he brought out
Claire's POVToday makes it exactly four days since I saw Aiden and Alpha Farrell last. From what I was told, they suddenly got into their car and drove off. At first I was worried that maybe, somehow they'd figured out that Gabriella was in Silverrose Pack, but I called Alfredo and he confirmed that they never showed up at his Pack.I didn't take his words for it when he told me, but everywhere has been calm, and there's no way in hell that Alpha Farrell found Gabriella and Alfredo still have his head.“Don't get happy too quickly,” Anya said through the mindlink. “I’ve got a feeling that this is the calm before the storm.”“Yeah right,” I replied, rolling my eyes. “There's no storm coming. If there's one thing, the storm already happened and this is the calm after the storm.”“But–”“Not now, Anya!” I snapped. “Alfredo is going to mark and announce Gabriella as his Luna today, and we’re going to witness that alongside anybody,” I explained. “So, no matter what storms come after this
Alpha Farrell's PovHow we arrived at the location in the text was a total blur. The stone walls of the shrines were cracked and filled with overgrown vines.As we stepped towards the entrance of the shrine, the door to the shrine creaked open.“Ah, Alpha Farrell,” Alfredo called out gingerly, spreading his arms wide like he was seeing an old friend. “I must say, I'm disappointed you didn't send an official letter. I would have made your welcome, more… memorable,” he smirked.“Cut the crap, Alfredo!” I snarled, bringing out my claws, as I marched forward, Ora flashing in my eyes. “Where's Gabriella? Where are my boys?”“Your boys?” Alfredo chuckled darkly. “I think you're getting things wrong, Alpha Farrell,” he said, a smirk tugging at the corner of his lips. “THEY ARE MY BOYS. And as for my MATE, I'm sure she doesn't want to see you.”“Alfredo!” I growled, charging towards him.“Farrell!” Aiden called out to me from behind.“What?!” I snapped irritatedly, turning sharply to face him
Alpha Farrell's POVIt's been three days since Aiden made me see things clearly, and honestly speaking, this has been the longest three days of my entire life. It actually felt like an eternity. I'm trying to do things Aiden's way but Ora isn't having it. He's beating himself up about not seeing through this and believing Gabriella won't just abandon us like that.The door to my study swung open and Aiden walked in."Any news from your guys?" I asked impatiently."Yes, they trace Alfredo to a secluded house at the outskirts of his Pack's territory," he explained. "One won't even guess something like that was there," he said. "They'll try and confirm if Gabriella and the boys are there tonight," he continued. "The place is heavily guarded, and if they're indeed there we wouldn't want to tip Alfredo off that we're on to him so we need to be careful and patient–""I don't have patience, Aiden," I said, my voice higher than usual. "I messed up, don't you get it?" I asked rhetorically. "I
Alpha Farrell's POVIt's been over two weeks and I felt like my life has been sucked out of me. The heavy stench of alcohol was the air I breathed in now, accompanied with the whimpering of my wolf, Ora. What was left of both of us was our brain refusing to accept that Gabriella was truly gone, she left us to be with that scumbag.I can't even tell what's happening physically and what's just a figment of my imaginations. For the first few nights Gabriella left, my nights were plagued with dreams of her returns, but for the rest of the night till now I couldn't tell the difference between day and night, I've been in a loophole of endless emotional torture. Why I feel this way, I had no idea. She wasn't my mate, I've never had one but I'm sure even wolf's that lost their mates didn't feel as empty as I'm feeling right now.Has Gabriella always been like this? Was I blinded by the soft spot Ora had towards her that I couldn't see the real her? All that filled my thoughts were countless q
Claire's POVIt's been two weeks since Melissa supposedly left Nightshades, and Alpha Farell has basically done nothing but locked himself up in his room, while the omega's dropped cartons of alcohol by his door. Most nights, we could hear him growling, it felt like a part of him left with that bitch. Well, I just need a chance to make him forget all about that bitch at the drop of a hat."Do you have everything that I asked for in there?" I overheard Aiden's voice, it was coming from the kitchen."Yes, Beta Aiden," an omega responded.Curiosity got the better of me, and since I was practically idle at the moment I decided to go find out what's happening."Hey Aiden, what's happening?" I asked ,as I saw trays of different foods lined up."Nothing, just want to take this food to Alpha Farell," he responded and got back to dishing out orders."Isn't this a bit too much?" I asked. "He hasn't eaten for two weeks now, the last thing he'll want is too much food.""I don't know," Aiden said