ALPHA RHYS. I was gradually losing it. I was losing my mind because of Arabella. I couldn't sleep and when I did sleep, I was dreaming about her. Her name constantly got in my mouth. I remembered speaking to Craig one time and suddenly, I got lost in calling her name over and over again. Craig had to snap me out of it by tapping my shoulder. It was hard for me to understand that she was a suspect and needed to stay in the dungeon. I was torn between justice for my father and the woman my heart yearned for. I knew she was in pain in the dungeon. There was not much ventilation in there and it stunk. There was pee and poo. There was the remnant of dead rogues. There was all kind of smell in there. Every day I was plagued by guilt. I once promised her that I wouldn't let anything bad happen to her. Then, it was all a bed of roses. I gave her my word that I would protect her from any evil that was going to come to her. The first betrayal choosing her stepsister because she was my m
JACK. Her eyes were the most beautiful color I had ever seen. It wasn't like I had never seen small blue eyes prior but hers was just different. It was captivating. I get lost in the beautiful canvases of her eyes. Although they held gloom, sadness, and betrayal. It was obvious she had been betrayed and played by the ones she loved. Her eyes did not align with the story Luna Mia told me but it did not matter. I did not care about her past. I have never felt this way about a woman. Even if I found my mate, I did not think I would be able to abandon Arabella for her. This was a feeling I couldn't suppress and no matter how much I tried to, I kept feeling excited. She did not say anything to me. Even when I told her my name and made her know who I was, no iota of word formed in her mouth. She looked into space probably thinking about something so deep, that she couldn't refrain. Normally, women cower when they hear my name. They learn to caution themselves around me and try to impre
ARABELLA. Gently, I opened my eyes. The bright light seeped into my orbs and I shut them very quickly. It took some seconds for me to adjust to the bright light in the room. And then I sat up and took in my surroundings. I was in the hospital ward. Why was I here? The last I remembered was being served in the dining room. Speaking of food, my stomach grumbled, I hadn't eaten in a long while. I wonder how I was able to survive not eating for long. It should be because I was depressed. Hunger doesn't affect a depressed person. I slowly sat up because I felt pain in my belly, it wasn't much but it was there. Just then, a woman dressed in jeans and a blue shirt walked in. She had an overall white jacket that indicated that she was a doctor. “You are awake,” she said. “Yes,” I answered. “Why am I here?” I asked. “You are here because you fainted from exhaustion. We also found out that you are three months pregnant not with one baby but with three,” She explained. I couldn't belie
JACK. I stepped into my father’s office as he asked for my presence prior. Father was still agile and active in the pack although he had given me the Alpha throne. He was still as powerful as always. He was always helping me in places that I lacked. “You called for me,” I said. “Yes.” He paused his writing and raised his head to me. “I heard you brought a strange girl to the pack house. Who is she? She even occupied one of the largest rooms in the house.” He pointed out. His dark hair fell on both sides of his forehead. I looked like my dad in all aspects. Aside from the good looks he gave me, he also gave me his curious side. A part of me that had helped me attain different heights. “Yes. I bought her from the frostbite pack,” I answered truthfully. There was not a need to lie especially because Father would find out anyway. “Bought her? To be a maid?” He asked with raised brows. He knew I regarded my pack members as helpers rather than low maids. These made him much more cu
ALPHA JACK. After leaving her room, I decided to walk around the pack and check on some activities. It was normal for me to want to check around especially when it was almost nighttime. After doing this, I returned to my room and met Jenny waiting for me there. We were best friends and she could come into my room anytime she wanted. “Hi,” she said. “Hi,” I walked to the bed and sat on it before lying down. Jenny turned to me, watching my tired self stretch on the bed. “How was the journey to the packs?” she asked. “Good and stressful at the same time,” I told her truthfully. It wasn't very easy to watch over the packs. Especially because these men are Alphas. They loved to show superiority. They hated that I had power over them and whatever I said stood. They could make a decision and if it didn't sit right with me, I could change it. There were the hidden nags and the ones I saw but chose to ignore. In the end, It took a whole lot of strength to not fight them or worse, kil
ARABELLA. The food tasted awful in my mouth. However, I did not blame the chef but my taste buds. I feel like my belly was used to not having any food anymore. I managed to swallow a few spoons. Jack made me attempt to eat it anyway, it wasn't like I was hungry. After he was gone, I just dropped the spoon with an uninterested expression. I resumed looking around the room, it was a beautiful room. I have never been opportune to be in a room like this, it was always meant for the high calibers.I had to share a house with my stepmother and bathrooms. My personal room was very small and disorganized yet I did not complain. I was happy with Rhys. I thought that I would end up with him. And I believed my life would be better with him. This was until he took my sister as a mate. Then I was accused of killing his father and now, I was sold to a strange man. I sighed and stood. There was a balcony in the room and I walked to it. I looked over the balcony. I did want to kill myself b
ARABELLA. Jack was right, I hadn't gone out of my room. I didn't argue with him and he wouldn't let me anyway. With this, we went out. Jack stayed on my side as we walked through the street of the pack. The pack was large and every house was built beautifully. I was impressed by the look of his pack, it meant that he was a good Alpha. That had me questioning the way I looked at him. Perhaps I was overreacting. Maybe Jack was a good person. Then on second thought, Rhys also took care of his pack yet he betrayed me with my sister. We kept walking on the street, each house stationed on the right and left looked good and there was an atmosphere that came from each house. It just showed that the pack was a happy one. We had walked a good distance when Jack dropped in front of a larger house. It was four buildings tall, quite larger than a family-sized home. It made me wonder who owned the place. Before I could elaborate on my question, some children ran out of the house. They ranged fr
ARABELLA. Just then, a feminine voice called Jack. Jack and I turned at the same time and saw a slim girl walking toward us. I remembered the girl, I saw her in the dining room just before I fainted that day. “Who is she?” I whispered, asking Jack just as she ambled closer to us. “Her name is Jenny,” Jack said before she got to us. The next moment, she got nearer and then instantly wrapped her hands around Jack’s neck and whispered something into his ears before giggling when Jack's eyes went wide. I wondered what she had told him to make his eyes go wide. “Jenny, don't be childish.” Jack scoffed. I felt a little out of place but I did not let it get into my head. I was out of place, I did not belong here and I should be grateful for all of these. “I am not childish and you know it. I am better than you when it comes to maturity!” Jenny laughed, slapping his huge biceps. She looked like a pick-me girl from a teenage drama. I did not think Jenny and I would get along just right.
ARABELLA POV“I can’t believe you’re getting married,” Lily said.I turned away from the mirror to face her. “Do you think I could be potentially making a mistake?”Lily laughed and playfully slapped my arm. “Don’t be silly, Arabella. You thought about this for months. You even went through the painful process of telling everyone your identity.”I smiled at the memory of that. “Yeah, it went surprisingly well. People took it in pretty well.”“You know the one they took in the most? The arrest and public death of Mia.”My mood dampened just a bit. My half sister was killed two weeks ago and here I was, getting married to the man she was previously married to. Rhys asked me not to overthink it as he wasn’t even hers to begin with, and I was working towards that step. I turned to Lily again.“Do you think James and Jenny would make it? They promised that they would show up today and they’re not here yet.”Lily slapped her forehead in embarrassment. She’s been slapping a lot of things lat
RHYS POVI stood outside the boys’ quarters, thinking of how best to go over this. If Jack wanted us to talk about whatever he wanted to talk about, then this was a big secret opener. I was dying to see just how much secret he was willing to uncover, and that included Mia.She was dancing when I stepped into her room. As always, it was open and inviting, as if she was waiting for the day when I would finally accept her. Was she expecting that day to be today? Had she done all this just because she wanted me?Yes, dumb ass. Yes.I ignored my wolf voice and cleared my throat. She stopped dancing and smiled brightly at me, as if I was the sunshine at the end of her tunnel.“You’re here,” she said, wiping her brows with a face towel.“And you’re dancing,” I commented. “What’s the occasion?”“You’ve confined me to this mean, smelly place and I have to get used to it, Rhys.” She gulped down a glass of water. “The fact still remains that I’m your wife and I will be until I sign the divorce p
ARABELLA POVI’ve never had so many things happen to me in the space or hours or minutes but it was definitely happening now. First my children gets kidnapped, then after 24 long, excruciating hours, I go to get them and discover they had somehow managed to free themselves. Then I stupidly went into to the cabin instead of running away with them only to get kidnapped again and have a gun pointed at me.“Your children was a handful,” the first man said. “That is not surprising. I see now where they got it from. You do know we can’t leave you alive after this?”I immediately clasped my hands together in prayer. “Please, I’m begging you with the almighty name of the moon goddess, please let us go. I swear I’ve packed all my things! I’m ready to leave now.”He shook his head. “You’ve seen our face, lady. I wish there was some other way to not kill you—”The door burst open, forcing a startled scream out of me. The kidnapper in front of me trembled. I angled my body to the side and shifted
ARABELLA POV“What are you going to do now?” Lily asked me. “Do you have any plans on how to tackle this?”I paused my restless pacing and turned to her. “I’m burnt out, Lily. I don’t know what to do! I’ve tried to think of every possible thing but nothing. Rhys isn’t even helping matters. He thinks Mia is innocent simply because she hasn’t left the house in days!”“And the kidnappers want you to leave?”“Yes! They clearly said no money, that I should just leave. Who else would not want money and ask me to leave?”She cocked her head at me as both of our mind went to Mia. She was the only sworn enemy that I had that would dare though my children and go Scot free. Thinking about it made by blood boil. I wanted to grab her hair and force her head into a hot oven…“Okay, you’re making that face again, “ Lily said. “We just need to think about what to do next, Arabella. I know this must come as a shock…”“It’s quite the shock, Lily.”“But we have better things to do like waiting for the k
Arabella PovI realized I was vibrating with fear and doom. I needed to calm down, but the thought of my children going through the most traumatic experience of their life was chilling to the bone. Why was it only them that was kidnapped out of all the children coming to school? The kidnappers had technically been aiming for me and my children. I glanced at Mia. It was her. It had to be her. There were no other logic asides the fact that Mia has a vindictive aura towards me and she was not afraid to use them.I turned my back to them and spoke into the phone. “What do you want, please? Can you just let my children go, please? I’ll do anything.”‘Of course you’ll do as you’re told, Dr. Emma, or you’ll never see your children again.”I shivered once more, bracing myself as I asked the most important question. “What do you want then? Is it money? How much would you need to let my kids go?”“You insult us, Dr. Emma. We don’t need your money. We only need you to do one thing and we’ll retu
ARABELLA POVI was very upset, and rightfully so too. I thought about Rhys every day for five days, mostly wondering if he didn’t want to let Mia go. Did he trust her enough to be sure that she hadn’t killed his father? If only I had enough time then to pressure the guy more so he would tell me the truth about Mia. She certainly had more wicked things up her sleeve and I was very desperate to reveal them to the world.“Dr. Emma, you’ve wiped that post four times in a row now,” a nurse said.I jerked back into consciousness and realized that I was in the hospital, wiping a patient’s wrist over and over so I coke inject their antibiotic for them. Murmuring my apologies, I quickly gave them their dose and stood up.“You look tired,” the nurse who had called my attention said. “You can go home; I’ll cover your shift for you. I’m not sure I want to see you dozing off the rest of your days here.”“I’m fine,” I saidSpacing out. I was constantly spacing out because I was concerned for Rhys an
ARABELLA POVI was really bumped and hyped with energy when I took Bruno back to the car. He asked load of questions about why he wasn’t allowed to see the prisoner and I said something in the lines of how his ears were too little to hear all the important details. It would really sick if he had to hear from a strange prisoner that his mother was involved in a crime.Once I left him in the car and locked it, I ran back to the cell. My heart was drumming with excitement. I imagined that prisoner holding Mia’s picture and announcing that she was the one who had made the order. Oh, that would make so much sense! However, when I joined Rhys minutes later, I noticed that he was silent and now holding the picture, having collected it back from the Rogul. The Rogul was snacking heavily on the food I brought, which I now every much regret since the mood wasn’t what I expected it to be.“What did he say?” I asked Rhys, a note of desperation in my voice. “He was holding Mia’s picture, right?”
ARABELLA POVI had a plan. A grand, beautiful plan. Rhys was going to be here anytime soon and he would be solely against it, which means I have to be wise towards it. I knocked once on the children’s door before opening it. They were laughing and walking about, looking for the perfect fit.“Mom!” Delinda cried when she saw me. “Do you think I should wear a dress to the park? I can’t seem to find the perfect fit.”I smiled reassuringly as I remained at the door. “You don’t need to stress to much, my darling. You guys should all wear shorts and shirt—you can wear a skirt, Delinda—and carry a backpack too.”Damon frowned. “A back pack?”“Yeah. It’ll make you looo smart, like a professor.”I knew they would accept readily to what I said, yet I waited on high tension. When they finally agreed to dress like professors and carry their backpack, I grinned. Earlier today in the morning, I came across Bruno’s backpack and I slipped in Mia’s picture in it. At first when I saw her picture lying
MIA POVI paced around my room, completely restless. He hasn’t been sleeping at home lately and now Bruno was gone. When he was brought back from rhe hospital, Rhys took him away and said he wanted to take him to a recovery center. How long do recovery centers usually take? Did Arabella put this idea into his head?Oh, Arabella, that wench!I laughed wildly as I continued to pace around. She thought she won this time, didn’t see? She was the lowly, stupid omega in the past, and now she’s come back a bit chic doctor who’s trying to steal my man? How are people not violent towards this act?! Do I need to start an uproar? She’s not going to win against me. The deadly wench is not going to win me.“You do not get to have the last laugh!” I roared loudly, and then fell to my bedroom floor in a beep.My hair was a mess. With everything going awry, I haven’t give my much thought to how untidy I’d been. That was fine; it didn’t matter what I looked like. I would have every single thing I’d ev