Chapter Eighty-Four Elsa's POV "Ouch!" I felt a sharp pain in my back as I slowly opened my eyes. I tried to touch it but I realised that my hands were tied up. I waited a bit for my vision which was quite hazy to clear up. Then I turned around to see my surroundings. I was in a very bushy area that had a few trees here and there but I didn't know how I got there. It wasn't just my hands that were tied up. My feet too. I couldn't even stand. Slowly, I began to recall what happened the previous night, if indeed it was the previous night as I didn't know how long I was out. The hunger that I felt seemed to suggest something different. I'd stayed a whole day without having anything to eat, but I didn't feel as hungry as I felt at that moment. So I naturally suspected that I was out for a longer period. I remembered that I was on my way to Alpha Davon's room when I felt a hand grab me from behind and place material on my nose. That must have been how I passed out. They must have p
Chapter Eighty-Five Elsa's POV "Would that be wise?" Jan turned around and asked his people. "Should we tell her?" They nodded with a shrug of the shoulder and he turned back around and smiled at me. "Today's your lucky day. You get to take all the information that you want from me, just before I take your life. That's a fair deal, isn't it?" I nodded, not because I wanted to die. I didn't. I just wanted to do anything to find out who it was that wanted me dead. I had my suspicions though but I didn't want to make any conclusions, especially since I was going to get the answers that I sought first-hand. As my dad would always say, there's no need to try to scratch a package which would still be opened soon. "What do you know about a certain lady called Princess Alina?" Jan asked, biting his lower lip. I clenched my teeth in anger. She had gotten one over me, just like she said that she would. She promised to deal with Alpha Davon and me. She had finally gotten her wish and I c
Chapter Eighty-Six Elsa's POV "What did you just say to me?" I asked, very surprised to hear those words come out of her mouth. "I am your mother Rachael. This is the truth," she affirmed, still holding onto my legs as she knelt before me. "No, please stay away from me," I moved away from her in a hurry knowing there was no way that could have been possible at all. It just couldn't be. "Don't come close to me, ma'am. Keep your distance. Whatever it is that you want to do with me, please don't," I put out my hand to keep her away from me. "Just let me go, please. I won't come back for any sort of revenge. I promise." She stood up and kept making her way to me, still sobbing. Her sobs were the only sounds that could be heard at that moment. Her heartbeat too. I could hear it very clearly. It was something that I had never been able to do before. "It cannot be that you are my mother. My mother is dead," I said to her, just in case she felt she could deceive me. "Please, don't li
Chapter Eighty-Seven Murray's POV As we got to the borders of the Rogue Pack, I alighted from the carriage and yawned as I stretched after such a long journey. Mandy and Stam got down too and we sat on the floor just to rest a bit. "It's funny, right? How we could rest inside this carriage and yet feel as tired as someone who just got done with hard labour," I laughed. The driver, the maids and the guards remained in the carriage as the plan was to get back in there and make our way into the Pack once we found a way to do that. "What's the next line of action?" Mandy asked, scratching her ears with her fingers. I hated it when she did that. Especially because she rarely washed her hands afterwards. It was simply gross to me and I didn't know how best to say it to her. "I believe Stam should have the answer to that," I replied, turning to him. "What are we to do? Have you spoken to the Rogues at the outskirts?" "Yes, I have. I did that before we left and I'm certain that th
Chapter Eighty-Eight Murray's POV The guards approached me as they were instructed and I took a cursory glance at all three as they approached from different sides, wondering if I was to let them have their way or fight. My men stepped forward to protect me but I put out my hands. "Stand down," I said to them as it was no use trying to fight those guards. They might have been trying to help me but all they were about to do was get themselves killed for nothing. There was no way I was going to let them do that to themselves. Not when I could do something about my situation, or at least try to. "Alpha Grim. You don't have to do this at all," I said as the guards got to where I stood. "I am not your enemy. I have come here to be your ally so that we can fight and conquer the Stronghold Pack." "And I am supposed to believe that?" He asked, grinning. "This man must believe me to be stupid." Everyone in the room laughed aloud and made mockery sounds at me. I could hear whispers all
Chapter Eighty-NineMurray's POV"You challenge me?" He chuckled, shaking his head. "You don't mean that, do you?"I stood my ground and let my eyes do the talking. "Wait, you're serious. You are really challenging me to a fight!"He turned and faced his elders whose mouths were agape and then returned his gaze to me with a cheeky smile on his face. He bit his lower lip with his gaze fixated on me. I could tell he was thinking of what to do at that point. It dawned on him that his position as the Alpha of the Pack was in jeopardy and in front of him was the most formidable foe that he'd have ever faced.Although he tried to hide it with a fake smile, I could see in his eyes that he was scared. Need I blame him? He had to be scared. He had been challenged by the Prince of the strongest Pack in the realm. Of course, he had to be afraid. I saw sweat slowly build up on his face as he drew closer to me in a confident fashion, hoping to intimidate me into being afraid but it was a fool's
Chapter NinetyMurray's POVI lay on my bed facing the ceiling as I tried in vain to get some sleep. I felt much better though. The previously excruciating pain that I felt was nearly gone and my broken bones had all healed. I thought about the different ways that I was going to destroy Alpha Grim and each of them didn't look good at all. I kept seeing myself crushing the bones of his skull in anger but that wasn't the plan. I didn't want him dead. So, I had to figure out a way to get him to yield instead."My Prince, you only have twelve minutes to get to the Rogue Square where the fight is to take place," Stam voiced as he dashed into my room. "I need to rest a bit more," I turned and faced the wall, not willing to get up at the time. "You need to get up so we can move immediately," he maintained. "Failure to get there on time means you've lost the fight without even trying. I'm sure you wouldn't want that, would you?""Damn it!" I exclaimed, jumping out of the bed without hesita
Chapter Ninety-OneElsa's POV"Wow!" I exclaimed, shaking my head after hearing all that my mother had to say concerning that snake called Murray. "I can't believe that I fell for someone like that," I sighed, ashamed of myself for letting him into my life."You better believe it, Elsa. It's not your fault though. That man is very cunning. He just has his way around people and eventually gets them to do what he wants. He did that to me too, didn't he?""He fooled us both, mother and child," I chuckled. "If I knew that he was responsible for breaking your heart, he'd have been dead by now," she mouthed in anger. "I'm so sorry, my baby.""It's fine, mom. No point crying over spilt milk, right? We must now concern ourselves with the more important things."She smiled and stood on her feet while I did the same. "We're going to take a trip to the Runway Pack, Elsa," she divulged. "It's time for everyone to know the truth."I'd have preferred to go to the Stronghold Pack instead, especial
Chapter Hundred and EightElsa's POVI ran to where they were and stabbed him in the back with my dagger, causing him to yell. "Get on with the fight, Dad," I urged him, seeing that he got distracted by my decision to fight Murray. "I can handle this.""What is this?" Murray asked, looking surprised. "Why won't you let me fulfil my destiny? You know that you can't beat me, right?""You think so?" I raised my right brow."I didn't think that you'd be here, Elsa. I felt you'd be inside with your child in your belly or your arms," he explained. "I have not stopped loving you and I'd hate to kill you. Step away or you'll leave me no choice but to take your life.""You can try," I chuckled, gripping my knife very strongly. "I taught you everything you know, Elsa. Without me, you'd have been nothing," he reminded me. "Now, I didn't teach you everything I know. Just the ones I felt you should. I'll teach you now. I'll make you learn by experience. Some things are better learned that way."H
Chapter Hundred and SevenElsa's POV"Where's my baby? Let me have my baby," I said to the Pack nurse as she stood over me. "You'll have her soon, my Queen," she calmly replied. "He's being cleaned up by the maids."I stared at the ceiling feeling so exhausted. The pain that I felt and the energy I had to muster during my baby's childbirth had begun to take a huge toll on me. "Did you just say, 'He?'" I asked, as it suddenly struck me that she was referring to my child as a boy."Yes, my Queen. It's a baby boy and he looks so handsome," she gushed."Oh. Here he is," she said as one of the maids walked to my bed with my child in her hands.I managed to sit up with my back pressed against the wall for support and the maid handed my baby over to me. He was beautiful; so beautiful that I felt a few tears drop from my eyes as I stared at him. He had blue eyes, just like his father and he took my hair. My boy was a blondie. I bent and kissed him on the forehead, very happy to have him.
Chapter Hundred And SixMurray's POV"Hold," I screamed at my men as we got very close to the borders of the Stronghold Pack. I had sent three of our men to head over to the borders to find out what was going on and they were yet to return. So, I felt the need to hold on until they did, instead of rushing in blindly. I paused to look at the army that I had with me. I had managed to convince two other Rogue Kings to join us with their warriors in our quest to take Davon out. It wasn't that easy as they didn't trust me at first. Just like Alpha Grim, they thought that I had come to lead them to their demise and if Alpha Grim didn't intervene, they'd never have joined us. They weren't that large but with more than 15 carriages full of our combined warriors, I had no doubts that we were going to overwhelm them with ease. I also believed that the Rogues and I were the perfect match. I had trained the Rogues in my Pack for several months and I knew they were ready. But more than that, t
Chapter Hundred and FiveAlpha Davon's POV"The men from the Runway Pack have arrived, Alpha," one of the guards said to me as he rushed into the throne room. "Is Alpha Duncan with them?" I asked the guard but he just gawked at me, looking very clueless. "I'm sorry, I didn't look, " he confessed. "I just ran here as soon as I saw their carriage approaching the borders.""Thank you."I stood, headed out of the throne room and began to make my way to the borders. I wanted to welcome Alpha Duncan myself. I felt it would mean a lot to him if I did that, and encourage his people to give their all in the fight.I was a few metres away from the Pack Square when I saw them approaching. They were massive; even more than I had expected them to be. I tried to count but stopped when I was at ten carriages, only because they had gotten to where I stood and came to a halt. So I had to give my attention to the Alpha King who was making his way out of his carriage to meet up with me. "Greetings,
Chapter Hundred And FourAlpha Davon's POVEight Months Later"Alpha, we've got a letter," a guard walked into the throne room with a piece of paper in his hand. Two other guards walked in with him and just stood beside the door as he approached me with the paper. "From whom?" I asked, stretching my hand to take the paper from him. "My apologies, my Alpha. Good morning, Sir," he greeted. The urgency of what he had seemed to have caused him to forget that he was to greet me once he saw me. The other guards with him also did the same. They all bowed and greeted as they ought.I just nodded curtly and went back to my question. "Where did you get this from?" I asked again. "It was delivered to us by a Rogue. He came to us with a white flag and when we asked him to approach us, he came to us and handed the paper over to us. He said it came from your brother…""It came from Murray?" I asked in shock."Yes, Sir. It did."As I stared at the paper, I wondered what he wanted this time. We ha
Chapter Hundred and ThreeElsa's POV"My Queen, you're awake," Abigail remarked as my eyes opened slowly. I turned to my left and saw her holding onto my left hand with tears in her eyes and I wondered what happened to me. There were others in the room; the Pack nurse and two of her trainees. One of the guards was there too. They all had their gazes fixed on me when I woke up and it felt so overwhelming. Slowly, I began to recall what had happened. I remembered how I was talking to Abigail close to the garden before I felt weak and my eyes got hazy. It became clear to me exactly what had happened to me…I had fallen to the ground, unconscious. That must have been why I found myself in my room with no knowledge of how I got there. What I couldn't tell was what caused me to lose consciousness in the first place. "What happened?" I asked, trying in vain to sit up. "You must relax, my Queen," Abigail said, seeing that I struggled to get up. "You don't need to exert yourself at the mo
Chapter Hundred And TwoElsa's POVThree Months Later"It's morning again," I sighed as I slowly opened my eyes. I yawned and then sat up on the bed to stretch. The previous night was a very busy one as I had to put a few foodstuffs together so that I could send them across to my mother. It was exhausting, yet it was worth it.I looked to my side and Davon was still fast asleep, even though he went to bed much earlier than I did. I thought he was beginning to get too lazy."Get up, sleepy head," I teased him, shaking him a few times to awaken him from his slumber. "It's morning already. Didn't you say that you had a meeting to attend?"He grudgingly turned as he stretched, yawning so loudly that I wondered how he became that tired. He finally got himself to sit up and he just stared at me like he was going to hit me. It was so funny. "You should have just let me sleep a little more, honey. The meeting is not until another hour," he protested. "You just didn't want to watch me enjoy
Chapter Hundred and OneElsa's POV"We got in as soon as we heard what happened, dad," I said, walking into the throne room alongside my husband. A few elders were already seated there when we walked into the place. My mother was there too. She sat on a sofa just opposite the elders and I didn't expect to see her there. I felt she'd be right next to my father instead. The previous night, news was sent to us that Melissa and Alina had broken out of their cells. We were told that they managed to get out despite the presence of several guards who were stationed in front of their cells in the dungeon and I couldn't help but feel surprised. I had thought something like that couldn't happen, especially because it had never happened before. Somehow, Melissa and her daughter were able to do the impossible. Davon suggested that we wait till the next morning before making our way to yeh Pack but I swiftly objected to that. I wanted to get to the root of the matter, especially since I was th
Chapter HundredAlina's POVAs we got off the carriage after arriving at the Rogue Pack, I looked around at my new surroundings and it wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be. For sure, it was nothing compared to the Runway Pack. The brown leaves on the floor left a lot to be desired. The flowers grew wildly, no one bothered to trim them, but as I walked past them with my mom by my side, those were the least of my problems. I wondered how Murray was going to take the loss of his dear Mandy. I had lied to the other guards that she was killed by one of the guards in the Runway Pack. The good thing was that I didn't pull out the knife that I used to kill her and it belonged to Ronnie. Nothing about her death pointed to me, except that I was supposedly with her when it happened. Well, I shut off those thoughts as we continued to make our way to the throne room. I wanted to know what it looked like. "It must be the size of a mushroom," I laughed in my mind. Yet, I knew not to write it off, s