DAISY’S POV
I jolted from the bed and sat up feeling nauseous while trying darting my eyes around the room. My eyes widened when I saw the ECG machine. All that happened flooded my memory as I clutched at my belly in fear.
I shrieked. “Is my baby ok? Is my baby ok!”
I began to scream. “Someone help me! Someone help my baby! Someone please help.”
I sobbed so hard as I shook with waves of fear on the bed. I didn’t know what was going on, but I could tell it wasn’t good. My baby was in grave danger.
A nurse rushed in not long after and tried to calm me down but I was too restless. As much as I struggled, I still felt the pinprick of a syringe injecting something in my neck. My head began to swim even again. I lapsed into unconsciousness once again.
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Someone had tried
DAISY’S POVMy escape the next day was certain, it being the Pack's festival and everyone most especially Max would be busy. There was no way on earth I would leave my precious babies in the hands of Jezebel. Not when she could harm them or make them go through a lot worse than I had gone through, during my stay. I settled on my bed, and almost immediately, a knock sounded on my door. It jolted me out of my thoughts, and I got up, crossed the room, and opened it. “Welcome back.” A maid greeted me, with a tray consisting of a plate of Parmesan roasted potatoes, butter, and meat broth in her hands.I looked down at the food, and sighed. Initially, I had no interest in eating as I wasn’t in any situation to desire food, but I was going to need the food for strength to escape. Dizziness due to hunger would ruin my plan. “Thanks.” I appreciated her, as I took the food from her, and she turned around to leave.At the very least, it was better for me to eat in my room than join any of the
DAISY’S POV.Four years laterI wiped the shelf, humming my current favorite song happily. My kids had completely scattered the house. “Nadia…” I began, but ran off. She had been playing charades all by herself, and had been spilling milk from her mouth as blood, as she completed a tragic scene. Yes, she was spilling milk on the floor I had wiped minutes ago. “What is wrong with you both?” I asked, leaving to get the mop. My adorable twins were the ones who gave me headaches all day, but they were my greatest joy, and best friends. I brought the mop and began to clean, but stopped as I noticed Nadia whispering into Aidan's ear furiously. They were scheming something again. Aidan burst into laughter, and I changed my decision to stop them.How could anyone be so adorable? The both of them giggled again, and looked at me. I smiled. I'd let them prank me all they want. They were just five, but gave me trouble ten times their age a day. “Mom, aren't we having an outing? You promised.
DAISY’S POV.Four years laterI wiped the shelf, humming my current favorite song happily. My kids had completely scattered the house. “Nadia…” I began, but ran off. She had been playing charades all by herself, and had been spilling milk from her mouth as blood, as she completed a tragic scene. Yes, she was spilling milk on the floor I had wiped minutes ago. “What is wrong with you both?” I asked, leaving to get the mop. My adorable twins were the ones who gave me headaches all day, but they were my greatest joy, and best friends. I brought the mop and began to clean, but stopped as I noticed Nadia whispering into Aidan's ear furiously. They were scheming something again. Aidan burst into laughter, and I changed my decision to stop them.How could anyone be so adorable? The both of them giggled again, and looked at me. I smiled. I'd let them prank me all they want. They were just five, but gave me trouble ten times their age a day. “Mom, aren't we having an outing? You promised.
MAXIMILIAN’S POVI sat in my study, pouring myself glass after glass of vodka. I had told myself I would stop after three glasses, but I couldn't stop. Finishing the whole bottle felt like my unspoken plan. I hadn't felt better ever since I saw the latest trend with childless couples. How dare they count me among them? I was going to have an heir, and soon. A sigh escaped me. That had been what I told myself for the past five years. I had talked about having an heir soon, and just that way, the years had rolled by. It made me wonder if things would have been different if Daisy had been found that night. It had been a night of extreme anger and helplessness. ~FLASHBACK~“Damn!” I yelled, grabbing the table cloth at once. The dishes, glasses, and cutlery had all tumbled to the floor, crashing, smashing, bouncing… Jezebel had been alarmed by the noise, and had screamed. My guards looked their fiercest, but I knew deep within them, they were trying not to crumble. “Say it again.” I
DAISY’S POVI felt chills running down my spine as I tried to walk far away from the company. I had come for an interview which I heard about, but to my shock, I saw Maximillian’s beta.My eyes scanned around for empty cabs as I tried to walk further from the company.“Shit! Why do they have to be scarce at this moment?” I said, under my breath, looking around and also watching my back to beware in case anyone was running after me, strangely.They were definitely going to spot me at this point if I didn’t find a cab. I knew soonest, they were going to look in my direction and would definitely recognize me.“Daisy!” I heard John’s voice and then turned towards his direction.I quickly walked close to his car and he opened up the door for me and got in immediately, hoping Nicholas and those men had not caught sight of me.“What’s going on? Been trying to get your attention for over two minutes back there, but you seemed troubled.” John said as he drove off.“Please take me home immediat
DAISY’S POV.I held Aidan in my laps, cradling him to me, as John drove us to the nearest hospital. He wasn't waking, nor showing any signs of response to me. All I could lay my hopes on was the faint sound of his heart beating. His hair was matted on his forehead in sweat, and it felt like my heart would burst out of my chest. With each thud, it felt louder, and more dangerous.The tears rolled down my restless eyes carelessly, and ceaselessly. Every part of me seemed to be jangling with nerves. I couldn't even concentrate on any other thing else than keeping him warm, like keeping him warm would ensure that he lived. “You need to calm down, Daisy.” John said, glancing at me through the rearview mirror.“Drive faster, John. Aidan’s leaving me.” I cried. “Nadia is right next to you. Would you have her crying too?” He asked, and I looked at Nadia, whose large eyes were spread wide in fear, and shock. I placed an arm around her shoulder, and cradled her warm body to me.She held Aida
MAXIMILIAN’S POV.“Together, I'm sure our joint company will be formidable.” Mr. Stein said, and I smiled, wondering if his offer was truly worth taking up. “I believe you had a scandal in the past. Don't you think I will get affected by it? I mean, when everyone learns we are joining hands to make something new, your name will come up, and when it does, your scandal will also come up.” I pointed out. His offer was a great one, but I needed to be certain I wouldn't have any regrets. “I was acquitted in court. You should remember I was found innocent.” He said immediately. “But do people think that way?” I asked, and he sighed. Years ago, Mr. Stein was accused of taking advantage of a twelve-year-old girl sexually. Everyone was quite sure he did it, and paid off his lawyers extra to lie for him. Some even speculated that he paid off the judge to judge in his favor. “It doesn't really matter what they think, does it? After all, our product will be irresistible, and once people test
JEZEBEL’S POV“Welcome back, ma’am.” My driver greeted me respectfully.“Let’s go.” I said, leaning back into the car seat. I gave a relieved smile, and found myself unable to stop thinking of Mrs. Brooke. Honestly, I didn't think it would be that easy, but it had been. “Stop, stop, stop.” I said, as I saw a wine shop. He parked the car, and I got down, brushing my wind-swept hair away from my face. Max would undoubtedly enjoy wine from his beautiful wife. I hummed a catchy tune, as I walked into the wine shop. “Welcome ma'am.” The lady at the cashier greeted me, and I walked past her to the wine shelves. My fingers trailed on the bottles, as I checked their names. “Old wine tastes sweetest.” I said to myself, as I considered the wine with dusty looks. I picked up a bottle, and went back to the woman, who cleaned the bottle with a napkin, before checking the price. I paid and drove home immediately. “Get me two tumblers for Max and me.” I said to a maid, as I arranged the tabl
MAX’ POVThe next day, I went to see the executive in the hospital. I had been unable to see him the previous evening because he was sleeping, and I didn't want to interrupt his sleep. He was sitting up, watching the news when I came in.“Alpha Max…” He said, trying to get to his feet, but I stopped him.“How are you feeling?” I asked, and placed the fruits I got for him on the little table over his legs. “I’m sorry. I…”“You're sorry? That was none of your fault.”“A reporter came by and saw me injured.”“Oh yeah, that reporter? He came to threaten me.” I said, with a laugh. “What? How dare he?”“Let him be. Just focus on your health.”“I'm healing already. It was a deep gash, but I'm already healing. Even if he speaks to the public, I'm going to tell them I had no injury, and came here for something entirely different.”“You don't have to do that…” I began, but he shook his head.“A few of my colleagues came and told me the whole story. Alex was such a sweet boy, and in exchange,
DAISY’S POVI felt the urge to ask him why he had been staring, but the situation was just too eerie for me to bother asking. Who knew what it could lead to, if I actually tried to ask?Without wasting much time, I picked up all that I wanted to get, and then paid for it, even without collecting the change as I had told the seller not to bother.Just as I began to head back to where Max and our children were, I heard quickened footsteps behind me, and I almost screamed, if not that he jumped right in front of me.Although, I gasped in shock as I wasn’t expecting him to pop up just in front of me.“Why are you stalking me!” I voiced out, trying to muster up the courage to confront him.But then, he chuckled, and swept his flying hair, to the back.“Stalk you? You just met me at the shop. There’s no way I was stalking you.”“But you kept staring at me.”“Oh, that? I was admiring you. I love the way you look. You are a very beautiful woman.” He complimented me, staring at me with lustful
DAISY’S POV“Daisy? Wow. Been a long while.” Two of the neighbors who came in, uttered as they looked at me in surprise.I only smiled shyly at them, and they looked so happy to see me.“Why are you all being so nice? Isn’t she a wicked daughter? She hasn’t been here, in years to see her father, and only came when I sent a text to her. You don’t deserve to live among us.” Mrs. Dane shouted at the top of her voice.Surprisingly, the other neighbors urged her to leave, and even had to drag her awayAlthough, my step-father wasn’t a man I loved, because he made me dislike him, especially because of the pain he made me go through, but I felt sorry for his death.“What was the cause of his death?” I asked, out of curiosity.“He died of kidney stones, due to his bad drinking habit, Daisy.” Mrs. Powell answered me, softly. “I’ll take you to his grave.” She offered, and I had to wait for her to get properly dressed before she took me to his grave which wasn’t really far, so we didn’t need to
MAX’ POVAbout thirty minutes had passed since I got a call from the cops, and then all of a sudden, my phone rang. when I glanced at it, I noticed it was Nicholas who was calling. So, I answered his call.“What’s the update?” I asked him as he was with the cops, the whole time.And for him to have been the one to call me, I didn’t think they had any luck in finding Jezebel’s body. “Her body is missing. She might have been devoured by the creatures.” He informed me, and I sighed. “Alright then. Talk to you later.”As I dropped the call, I sighed deeply again. Well, if they had searched over and over, than it meant that she was really gone. Although, it was quite disturbing that I didn’t see it with my naked eyes, but I had no choice than to give up on the search.It also annoyed me that I kept getting worried over someone who had done many worse things to I, Daisy and our children. I shook my head, and decided to forget about her, since she wasn’t even supposed to be in my head, at
JEZEBEL’S POV“Good. A face-lock.” He uttered as he stared at the phone, and began to walk up to me.“No. No. Don’t do this.” I spoke, shaking my head as he walked up to me.But then, he held my head firmly, without seeming violent, and all, and the phone unlocked, then he let my head free.“Let go of my phone! Let go!” I yelled at him, feeling rage, build up from inside me.But then, he didn’t say a word as he walked up to the bed, and sat as he scrolled through the messages. I was doomed.I could see how his facial expression changed from being curious to one of rage. Before I could make out what was happening in his head, he rose to his feet, and dashed towards me. He raised me to my feet, and pinned my throat to the wall.“How could you do this to me, despite all that I have done to you!” Max growled at me, with rage, clearly seen in his eyes.My heart was thumping hard and loud that I thought it was going to beat out of my mouth. It was even challenging to gulp down my saliva at
JEZEBEL’S POVNoticing that they had gotten the description of the garage, I had to act fast on it. Immediately, I excused myself from the room, and then went to the balcony in our room to make a call.“Hello ma’am.” Darwin spoke, over the phone.“I need you all to get your asses out of the garage. They just found out where the garage is, and anytime soon, they’ll be on their way. Ensure you leave no trace.” I instructed him, firmly.“Alright, ma’am. On it.” He voiced out, and then I hung up.I stepped out of the room only to see Max, Nicholas and some other men, going out of the palace. My heart felt troubled as I wasn’t certain of how fast those men could be, in clearing out all traces that could give us away.“Goodness.” I muttered under my breath as I bit my fingernails, feeling anxious and worried about how things were going to turn out.I walked back into the room, and sat on the bed, scrolling through my phone, several times, doing nothing in particular. Just before anything e
MAX’ POVMy phone rang, and when I brought it out of my pocket, I discovered it was Jezebel who was calling me, so I answered the call.“Hey, baby.” She spoke, with so much joy, felt in her voice.I walked towards the balcony, and stepped out to take her call.“Hi love. How are you doing?” I asked as I dipped my other hand into my pocket.“I’m okay. I was missing you so much, today, so I had to call, to check up on you.” She said, and chuckled.I smiled, and sighed.“What’s wrong, baby?” She asked, noticing the difference in my behavior.“A lot happened, while you weren’t around.”“What do you mean by that? What’s going on, babe?” She asked again, sounding concerned.“Nadia was abducted, and was even poisoned, as they already told us they were going to finish her off, last night.”Jezebel let out a sharp gasp. “Are you for real?” She questioned, sounding like she was finding it difficult to believe me.“You know there are no jokes when it comes to topics like this. She could have give
JEZEBEL’S POVI was still feeling the pain of the mistake which those men had made, last night, and I just couldn’t get over it. Even what I had to do to them, still annoyed me, as well, because now wasn’t the time to waste men.~flashback~“Gosh! You. Silly. Scumbags!” I yelled as I kicked the three of them, one by one, out of anger.“We’re sorry, ma’am.” They apologized, in a trembling tone.“What the hell! How could you make such a silly mistake!” I yelled at them, at the top of my voice.“We’re sorry, ma’am. We felt she wouldn’t be able to escape as we had already injected her with the poison.”“She managed to escape from here, and yet, we still can’t find her, outside. Can you just see how much this mistake of yours, has cost?” I questioned them, feeling my blood boil, and unable to see how possible it was, for me to calm down.Venting my anger on them, wasn’t enough. I had to spill blood.I brought out a gun, pointed it at them, and shot them, one by one, until they fell dead.~
DAISY’S POVIt was evening already, and so much tears had been shed to an extent that my eyes were giving me a burning sensation. Yet, more tears streamed down my eyes as I thought more and more of what they could be doing to my daughter.I dreaded the next message they were going to send to me was going to be Nadia’s dead body. There was no way I could bear that. I wouldn’t feel alive, anymore; neither would I forgive myself for not being able to protect her, regardless of if I was present, or not.“Goodness.” I muttered under my breath as I kept waiting, for a message from them.The time was 8pm, and that was obviously late into the night, so why would they not have sent a message, at all? Did they change their mind, or were they cooking something different, up?I looked towards my window, staring at the night sky, pleadingly, hoping that I would hear nothing but good news. Hour by hour, time passed, even until 11pm, and yet, no news. I couldn’t think straight anymore, and so many