"You fucking bought a lady, bringing her home only to discover she was your mate? How does that even work?" Alan asked, his arms crossed over his chest as he paced back and forth in the room with raised brows."Well, I didn't know how that happened." Adrian shrugged in answer.Suddenly stopping in his tracks, Alan turned to face Adrian. "Wait a minute, what about Ashley, what are you going to do with her," Alan said to him, his tone taunting."What do you mean what am I gonna do with her?""Well, if you must get the point. Your mate is in danger because Ashley might not let her live. There's a competition for power here." Alan cleared his throat."And if care is not taken, you might lose the both." Alan avoided eye contact with Adrian.Adrian went to stand closer to Alan. "There's a more serious situation I'm worried about though.""What's the matter?" Alan asked, Adrian hardly worried about anything, so he thought it must be important."I suspect something very strange is up with Iri
Adrian didn't panic, his face expressionless. "Send more men to protect the borders. Nothing must go wrong. Make sure there are no casualties for women and children."He said, thinning out his lips in a cruel smirk.Dialing Alan's number, Adrian spoke into the receiver."Alan. Get me the names and locations of everyone your damn technology suspects is against this pack."Surprisingly, Alan chuckled. "Now you believe me, huh?" His tone was mocking, but Adrian turned a blind eye. Alan was not standing in front of him, or he would have gotten a punch in the guts.At that moment, Adrian began walking towards his veranda which overlooked the garden as he made to leave the house through a secret back door.He had to get to the borders and fight off rogues and oppositions, even if he knew well that his soldiers were well-trained and could handle it in his absence.As he passed by, he caught sight of Irish and halted in his steps. He was simply enthralled by her beauty. Her mesmerizing honey-
Shoulders tensing, Irish froze, her mind reeling with questions while imagining the worst-case scenarios.Did Ashley just hear her say she wanted to escape?Was Nora going to be punished for hiding her identity?Walking towards them, Ashley went to stand beside them. "Need I remind you that you both are nothing but servants?" Ashley's yelling voice dripped with malice and disdain.Pointing at the mansion, she yelled."Fucking get back to work!" Her voice was full of authority.Irish's eyes moved to Nora's hand which was already crossed behind her. That was when she realized that Nora was hiding the mask right behind her."I'll get to work now." Nora excused herself, hastily leaving the place and entering the mansion.Then, it dawned on Irish that Ashley couldn't simply recognize the faces of all the servants in the house, and so, she had mistaken Nora's face for another.Letting out a breath of relief, Irish made to leave the place when Ashley held her by the arm pulling her back."Yo
The next day, Irish kept looking around the room for a route of escape but she found none.Laying back down on the bed, she relaxed her body, reclining, just anything that would make Cynthia delay taking her for an antenatal check-up in the hospital.For a while, she even thought about killing herself. Yes, nothing was better than not letting Ashley have the joy of killing her. Additionally, she had to live for the sake of her baby.She could imagine that sweet cunning smile that would play out on Ashley's lips the moment she was confirmed dead."Never. I can't let this happen. I must act." Irish sighed when the door opened and Cynthia walked in.Irish thought of exposing Ashley but Adrian would think that it was one of her tricks. Not that he was on her side anyway.Jerking up from the bed, Irish went to hug Cynthia tight.Cynthia's brows knit up in confusion. Irish's hug came to suddenly, with a force that wasn't typical of Irish whom she knew was never impulsive.Slowly, Cynthia r
Gently placing a half-conscious Irish in the back seat of a car, Adrian instructed Michael, one of his men. "Take her to the hospital and I'll make sure to be right on your trail." The soldier and Cynthia had been knocked unconscious as well.Fear appeared in Michael's eyes as he worried a little for Adrian's safety."Yes sir. But Alpha, you..." He trailed off, a little scared because Adrian didn't call for any back up, even after single-handedly tearing apart the rogues that had come to attack."Leave now!" Angry, Adrian barked out his orders as he turned to stare at the two cars, gearing their engines and preparing them to attack him.The sound of the engines revving hard could be heard as the anonymous bad guys approached, their cars, doubling in sight.Adrian frowned hard as he entered his hummer, his eyebrows knitting tightly in determination, as he thought to do to them, exactly what they had done to Irish.Burning rage, fuelled by the thoughts of the state their baby might be,
Adrian had stayed over in the hospital till the next day.When Ashley came, she couldn't bear to look in his eyes. That look of concern, which he didn't often show to her even if she was not in the best shape, was what threw her off balance, especially because he had stayed over in the hospital the whole night, making himself uncomfortable just to safeguard Irish.Ashley walked into the hospital room, to see Adrian standing right across from Irish, his arms neatly folded over his chest as he crossed his legs, watching Irish intently."Darling..." She walked in after taking a glance of the place, her feet, making little to no sound as she walked."How is she?" She asked with a fake concern as she didn't want to be seen as wicked by Adrian.Because she wanted her husband's attention to be taken off Irish, she went closer to him.Hugging him, she put up a brave smile even though he wouldn't move."Darling, I understand that you care about Irish and our child, but you only just got back
"I'll be right back, Ash. Please make sure the car's taken home." Alpha Adrian handed the keys to his wife and as he was about to storm off, turned to face her Pecking her cheeks, he said, "Please take care of Irish. For the baby's sake." Then he gave her a knowing look, turned around, and stormed off.Settling deeply in her facial expression was a big frown, as Ashley folded her arms over her chest repeating the last words of Adrian's sentence."...For the baby's sake,"Mentally tossing those words around in her mind as they rolled off her tongue, a look of disdain appeared on her face as her lips twisted in an ugly frown.She hated that Adrian committed Irish's safety to her hands.Irish their breeder and slave, was to be her responsibility, at least till they got home...safely, and it made her skin crawl.Walking closer to them, Ashley threw the doctor a scowl. "I want her discharged now. Make it effective immediately."Now that Adrian was gone, there was no more need to pretend t
Arriving at his plantation, Adrian set his eyes on his plantation and he suddenly felt his heart tear apart. The plantation was a large expanse of land where he reared crop plants, very valuable which could be used as drugs. He'd usually export these plants which would be transported to his drug factory and would then be exported to other packs as finished products. It earned him thousands of millions in one day, and yet, he was watching his entire farm burn right before his eyes. Feeling frustrated, he picked a stone and threw it into the fire. Then got down on all fours and transformed into his wolf form. Who had done this? When did this happen? Who fucking gave the person the audacity to act this way? "We are going to find them, Orion. And when we do, we'll surely tear them limb to limb." Adrian said to Orion, his wolf, who went sullen from the moment the call came in. Adrian's eyes suddenly turned golden as he began howling, giving off a feral energy unmatched, wh