PRECIOUS "Actually, I had always thought of having a female as my first." I smiled sheepishly, before spooning rice into my mouth. We were having dinner and just like we planned, we made a surprise celebration party at the side but somehow along the line, Ruby, who was all giddy and excited couldn't control herself and she ended up spilling the information to Alpha Rodriguez and ending up spoiling the surprise. "Why is that?" Ruby rolled her eyes, biting into a lap of chicken, and licking off the juice that came from the chicken. "I thought you would want to have a male pub who would look exactly like his handsome fathers." I was about to reply back but Duke beat me to it. "I had always wanted to have a daughter who looked pretty much like her mother. She's the prettiest lady on earth and I'm glad that our daughter is going to be just like her." He gave me a look and I smiled thankfully at him. Just the tiniest things they did always managed to tug at my heart. I continued bitin
PRECIOUS I looked across everyone's faces, catching a glimpse of their confused faces before the word finally sank in. Wait. "Rare?" The single word rolled out of my tongue effortlessly. It seemed like snow which melted suddenly on the ground as everyone's mouth hung low, their lips slowly reciting the word. "Yes, Rare. Your name is Precious babe, and precious means something rare so I picked the two together and I came up with the name." He smiled, flashing his teeth at all of us. "I like it." Damon said, nodding his head. "Me too," Tiger joined. "And me too." "It's beautiful, I like it." Alpha Rodriguez said with a smile. I raised my hand and everyone kept silent, maybe thinking that I was going to object to it. "We like it too," I said, running a hand on my tummy. "That was a close one," Tiger released a breath, and everyone laughed at him. Suddenly, I thought about how my life was going to change all of a sudden. It wasn't something I planned and now it was
DAMON I stood with my hands on my waist, watching as some other players were either chatting or laughing with one another. I searched amongst them for a particular person who I came here with. Rally. Thinking about him made the sides of my mouth stretch into a deep smile. It had been a long time since I had some quality time with him and after failing to show up for football rehearsal, Rally had been annoyed with me but when I told him everything that happened that day, he had thrown his annoyance through the window and hugged the hell out of me. And I eventually made it up to him. I had to attend our rehearsals later and luckily, we both got selected by our team coach to represent our country. Although at first I had been adamant about leaving Precious, she reminded me that she still had a father and my brothers who would always look after her. But still, I had wanted to be with her at every stage in her pregnancy. The thought of my daughter warmed my heart and I felt overwhel
DAMON As we entered the field, I was ready and greatly filled with energy. I don't know if it's as a result of my last minute conversation with Precious or not but I'm not surprised if it's the latter. "Remember you can do this both of you." My coach, Rolex Wonnel shouted with two thumbs up at us. He was full of smiles as he continued to give us encouragement. I had already become tired of hearing his words. He had constantly been telling us this but what happens if we eventually don't win the trophy? What happens then? "Remember that the trophy is ours to win so grab it." He continued, as though he read through my thoughts. I gave him a nod and watched as Rally conversed with him, as he beamed from ear to ear. That has always been his nature, always trying to please others at the expense of his discomfort. I know this because he complained while we were still back home about how Rolex's constant encouragement was beginning to wear off on him. But he had to play the good boy no
DAMON "What about your brothers, do they know you won?" I shook my head at her question. "But I bet they know." I then brought my phone closest to Rally's side so that she could see him. "Meet Rally my teammate. He's been troubling me since we came here." I laughed. Rally glared at me playfully, before waving at her. "Hi, Precious. I have heard so much about you from your cold demon mate." He chuckled, glancing at me and sticking his tongue out before facing my phone. Precious laughed and I could see tiny tears leaving from the sides of her eyes. Tears always fall from her eyes when she's having a good moment and I hate that she wasn't crying because of me. "He's your pal and he's innocent unlike you think." My wolf whispered in my head, and I realized that I had it the worst. Even my own wolf isn't in support of me. That means that he doesn't think that Rally is a threat, which I know is the truth too. "Cold Demon?" Precious broke into another fist of laughter, her head thro
PRECIOUS The weeks flew by faster than I thought it would. Today was finally the day and I was beginning to get the hangover from all the work I had been doing for a long time. In as much as I thought that my body would adjust to the stress, it had not and now I was feeling pains at my back and on my neck. The pack's doctor had been called to check up on me, after I was banned from healing myself with my rod which I had barely used for a long time now, and he decided that laying in bed was best for me. But between him and I, I knew what was best for me. I couldn't just lay there doing nothing except to eat, sleep and most times gossip with Ruby. No matter how many times I had tried laying my points down, Nate had been adamant about everything. According to him my health and that our baby is paramount so I was forced to lay on the bed. That was why I was finally happy that today is right here before us. I couldn't finally get to walk around the house and entertain visitors who a
PRECIOUS "Excuse me please," I muttered to Damon, not waiting for his response before sauntering in Duke's direction. He had a glass of wine in his hands and from the way he held it, I knew that the poor glass didn't stand the chance of surviving it. But suddenly a thought came to mind and the memory of him with Ruby flashed through and for a fleeting second moment, I thought about how well it served him but it quickly vanished when I remembered that he could never do anything behind my back or to hurt me for that matter. Duke's eyes shot up when he saw me walking towards him and I thought I saw his tension loosen a little and a fake smile appeared on his face before it vanished like it was never there. I maintained our gaze with him and as I was finally standing in front of him, I looked down at the poor glass and gently took it away from him. "Leave it," He tried taking it back, but being stubborn, I didn't let him. "Why should I? The poor glass did nothing." I whispered,
PRECIOUS I immediately withdrew from Ruby and feigned to be angry at Duke when suddenly the door was pushed open and several men without shirts walked in. Everyone suddenly became quiet as we stared at the men who barged into our home as though it belonged to them. They all looked like they couldn't wait to destroy us all and I shuddered as an uneasy feeling settled at the pit of my tummy. No one said a word as we all sat as if in a trance before one of the men cocked their gun and began to shoot at the roof, leaving a hole in its wake. A loud piercing scream erupted from my mouth as I watched with fearful eyes as another man pointed a gun at one of the maids. I saw people getting up and I felt a hand grab my waist, dragging me towards his chest. My breathing became hitched as fear clutched my heart. My legs suddenly became wobbly and I had the feeling that I was going to faint anytime soon. “Take her away from here Richmond and make sure to stay with her,” I heard someone