WEREWOLF - PART 3.1

CHAPTER Thirteen

Everyone at the round table gasped upon hearing that one single word. Raphael bowed his head in shame as he looked on to his father who was already staring at him. He thought Aliyah was going to keep up with the lie but her sudden revelation would mean his father taking him off the position as the leader of the Alpha squad.

"Can you explain in details what you mean by the phrase NO" Norrignton asked her in a low tone still trying to recover from the shock.

"When Raphael approached me, he offered my uncle a contract that I be his wife for a period of time. All through those months, I stay faithful as a wife would, obeyed his instruction and before the time could elapse, I kinda started having feelings for him" Aliyah was rudely interrupted by Priscilla

"Leader of the round table, Norrignton, I hail you, this woman here is a con artist and I had been right all along; she was never worthy of being part of the round table" Priscilla looked on to everyone seated and watched as their face morphed into one of realization.

"Leader of the round table, Norrignton, I hail you, regardless of the fact that I offered her uncle a contract, it is pertinent I say that I had fallen in love with her and at this very moment, she holds my seed in her hands. That is enough reason to show that she is part of the round table and also enough reason to show that she is my bloody wife" Raphael stated the last statement looking at Priscilla with rage in his eyes.

"Leader of the round table, King, I hail you, I must say that Raphael is a man of his own shadow, he is egoistical and does not care for people's feelings. Now I must say this very minute that all through the years that she was with me, I never had seen such a woman in my entire life. She was charming, loving and has this sense of humor. I must at this time state categorically that Aliyah belongs to this family regardless of the marriage or not and oh! Raphael, I want you to know this very minute that she isn't your wife" Pearl mentioned with a smirk on his face which Raphael would be so proud to smack.

"This issue is quite complicated than I thought; Aliyah, the bone of contention here is the fact that you should not be on the round table having revealed to us that your marriage with Raphael is a scam" Norrignton pointed out to Aliyah.

"Leader of the round table, Norrignton, I hail you, I must say this very minute that I had the opportunity to lie to you all and stick with the script that Raphael had always given me by lying to be his wife but I knew that eventually, one day you will all find out and that day I would be stripped without explanation from my side off the round table. I bare Raphael's son Alonso and his gene is evidently strong thus the resemblance between Raphael and him. That single fact alone is evident to prove that I should stay with this family" Aliyah explained.

"You do know that Raphael has a baby mama prior to your coming and having a son doesn't make her part of the round table regardless of bearing the son?" Norrignton asked her.

For a moment Aliyah looked at Raphael in disbelief. All through the times he had conversations with her, they never talked about his past relationships.

"She might have bore him a son but then she still isn't eligible to be part of the table" Aliyah pointed out. Raphael smiled on, being impressed by the way she held herself before her father. He turned and looked at his beloved father, who was about to pronounce his judgement.

"So at this time, having heard from everyone on the issue once again, I hereby state that........" Norrignton was about to pronounce a decision when he began to cough incessantly causing Priscilla to rush to his side while one the guards came inside and was ordered to go get some water.

**

There was panic everywhere and as Norrignton was carried by one of the guards up on his shoulder while everyone paved way for the guard to head out to the car. Aliyah waa panicking; she knew Norrignton was an old man but regardless of this fact, she had been told by Raphael on several occasion years back that Norrignton always loves to monitor his health.

***

Norrignton had been taken to the private hospital of the Elite Packs; the hospital was built by Andrew Diego the father of Norrignton and had declared to be the hospital that his kids would go whenever they were ill. The hospital's facilities were top notch and one thing that Aliyah noticed was how the nurses as well as the doctors are always active about regardless of the fact that it was built specifically for the Elite Packs.

"I need to see the oldest person of the family right now please" the doctor had arrived after few hours of leaving all of them in suspense.

"That will be me" Xavier announced and followed the doctor to his office as the rest of the members went back to seating and waiting for Xavier to come and announce the news. After close to Thirty minutes, Xavier was back with a gloomy face causing everyone to panic and they pleaded with him to say the result.

"The Elite Pack's leader Norrignton has been pronounced dead" Everyone gasped upon hearing the words of Xavier who had a hard time in saying it. Priscilla was crying on the shoulders of his son Pearl who was consoling his mother.

"As the law of the Elite Packs would have it, it is pertinent we give him a befitting burial in seven days to come" Xavier declared.

**

Aliyah was staring at her son as he slept peacefully by her side on the baby's bed. He had added few weights causing Aliyah to believe that there is every tendency that the boy could also inherit his father's structure. She was in deep thought about the death of Norrignton which was rather surprising. She believed that the death of Norrignton was not because of age and in her theory, Norrignton was indeed old but not too old to die. She had read up the historical background of the family she was joining soon as the book had been given to her by Pearl and had discovered that by record, Norrignton is the youngest person to die as a leader. All previous leaders had stayed up to their late ninety and even early hundreds too. While she was still in thought, she heard the knock on the door and went on to check up the person.

"Hello Aliyah" Pearl's voice came through upon opening the door "Can I come in?" he asked

"Sure" Aliyah extended the door for Pearl to enter. He was putting on a long black thobe; the Arabian male robe which made him look rather handsome.

"How are you getting along in the house" he asked leaning down to touch Alonso cheek.

"It has all been thrilling and fun for me" Aliyah responded with a smile on her face upon seeing how Pearl admired her baby.

"Anyways, I am here for something more crucial" Pearl said and sat down on the bed so he could face Aliyah face to face.

"I wish to know something Aliyah" Pearl stated looking her in the eye. Aliyah couldn't match that look so instead she looked through the window.

"Do you still love my brother" Aliyah knew the question would come considering she had talked mostly about Raphael on the day Norrignton had interrogated her.

"Your brother is the father of my child" Aliyah stated firmly.

"Doesn't answer my question Aliyah; do you still love Raphael" He asked with every word pronounced slowly so she could know how serious he was.

"Pearl, why the question? I mean you haven't asked me something of this nature before, why now?" Aliyah asked.

"Because I love you!" Aliyah swiftly turned around to look at Pearl's face and saw the seriousness matched in the face.

"Love me?"

"Yes Aliyah, I love you. From the moment you stepped into my life there has been this change I have experienced and I must say that I am influenced by you in many ways you could possibly not have imagined" Pearl explained.

"Pearl, you are a good man and perhaps most ladies would die to just get a moment to speak with you but the truth remains that Raphael and I have come a long way"

"So what about you and I Aliyah! You and Raphael didn't spend two freaking years together but we did! You stayed with me and I watched Alonso grew from just a small baby to a child" Pearl interrupted by pointing out a fact which Aliyah couldn't ignore.

"Look Aliyah, I am not saying you should deny Raphael access to his son, all I am saying is that let us be together, you and I" Pearl held her hands and Aliyah stared at him in the eye. Pearl drew closer slowly and Aliyah seemed to be charmed by him as she couldn't resist till he was only inches away before kissing her slowly. While they were kissing, the door opened and Raphael who had just seen his wife and Pearl kissing was horrified. He was about to leave when Pearl called on her but she didn't answer him and ran after Raphael. Pearl stood up and checked her room out, admiring the beloved child Alonso once more and smiling to himself. He knew that Raphael would be coming over to her room and he had a perfect timing to execute the plan of kissing her before his arrival. He needed to prove to Raphael that Aliyah was no longer his wife and will someday be his.

CHAPTER Fourteen

Raphael was beyond pissed! Never had he expected in his entire life that Aliyah would do a thing as kissing his brother. So many thoughts ran through his mind; could it be that Pearl had forced her to kiss him? But there was no sign of struggle which showed that Aliyah had consented to kissing him. He had chosen to come outside the luxurious family penthouse to get some air by the swimming pool. He had ordered Viola get him the hardest gin that was possibly available and also with a smoke. He wasn't a smoke addict and perhaps this was his first time smoking. He took a sip of the drink and the substance burned his throat.

"Raphael" Aliyah's voice surfaced in his ear. He didn't want anything to do with Aliyah at that moment. He would prefer to be left alone.

"Raphael I am sorry. What you saw wasn't meant to happen, Pearl lured me" Aliyah explained to Raphael hoping he could understand.

"Lure you? Lure you? Look Aliyah, your presence here irritates me. I don't want to see you this very minute so get the fuck off" Raphael warned and took a puff of his smoke, coughing afterwards as he tried to get accustom to it.

"Raphael don't be like this, I never liked Pearl."

"Oh! But you like his dick? Hope he grinds your pussy more than I do? He must have probably fucked you so hard that his cum is what you taste every night" Aliyah couldn't believe the words that came out of Raphael's mouth.

"Raphael" He stopped her immediately, taking one sip of his drink which also burned his throat once more.

"Tell me Aliyah, does he fuck you so well enough? Does he last longer than I do? Surely you have seen how big his dick look" Raphael kept taunting her as he approached her like a predator.

"Raphael" He shush her this time around gulping yet again on another of his drink as he was few inch away from her.

"I should have known that all this years, you were nothing but a gold digger! But no, I was so foolish to defend you in front of everyone, in front of my step mother, in front of my late father and now that it is unbelievable the term I can use to describe you; THE Elite Pack's WHORE" Aliyah slapped Raphael hard on the face causing the latter to look at her with disdain.

"I am sorry" She tried to say but it was too late as Raphael left the swimming pool and was about heading inside when he stated to her

"If I ever see you or that bastard son of yours, I swear to God I will kill you both" Raphael warned before entering the house.

Aliyah got down to the floor, crying hard with her hands closed to her face. She was feeling every emotion that was there to be felt. Raphael had spoken so many harsh words to her and above all, he had called Alonso a bastard.

"I told you Raphael wasn't meant for you" She heard someone say and she look up to see Pearl standing with his arms by his side looking down at her.

"You! You caused this!" She said with a sudden emotion swelling in her; Rage, that feeling of just looking for any near by object and just having to stab it on Pearl.

"I did not cause anything Aliyah, I only protected you from the monster that you would have married" Pearl bent down to her level "You deserve more than that douche bag"

"You are the monster Pearl, you are just like your mother, a manipulative person" she said with every tone of anger laced within her speech.

"I may agree with you about being manipulative but my feelings aren't, infact I will let you know this very minute, Father's death means that I will become the next Alpha Leader and also leader of the Elite Pack's family" Pearl boasted.

"I don't care about your leadership, I don't care about the Alpha business and I certainly do not care about you" Aliyah spat words to him.

"Don't worry sweetheart, you will soon care a lot about all these things. Just you wait and see" He stood up and left to go inside.

Aliyah was still crying. She never knew that loving someone would hurt this much, she had always thought that love in context was just a mere thing but now she could feel it, she could feel love but her heart was shattered to a thousand pieces.

She was still crying and looked up to the still water which the sun's reflection made it beautiful. A thought flew in and immediately, she acted on impulse and ran into the water to drown herself.

Lucifer, one of Raphael's men was passing by the swimming pool when he was horrified to see the body of Aliyah laying lifeless by the water. He ran into the water and got her out of the water immediately and took his device, phoning his Leader who didn't pick up. He checked her pulse to see if she still had pulse and indeed she had pulse. He took her small frame on his shoulder with one arm and used his device to contact the rest of his colleagues informing them of the incident.

**

Aliyah could hear the sound of an annoying beeping monitor and it caused her to open her eyes which were met with white rays of light. She tried to stand up but something held her to the bed. Where am I? She wondered to herself looking around the room till her eyes landed on the one person which she held dear to her life.

SOME HOURS BEFORE THE HOSPITAL

When Raphael woke up from his long sleep, he checked his device to see that Lucifer had put a call across to him making him wonder why.

He stood up from his bed and stretched himself wide. He checked his phone to see how long he had pass out and he was shocked to discover that he had passed out for close to seven hours. He had a banging head pain and decided to go out to get some aspirin. While he arrived at the hall, he noticed the entire house was a bit quiet and thought to himself, the Eli loved peace and quiet thus would do anything to crave some.

While he went on to the first living room, he noticed only Micheal was around making him wonder where Viola and Lucifer had gone to. When Micheal saw his Leader, he immediately went to meet him inside.

"Where is Viola and Lucifer" Raphael asked as his phone rang that moment and stopped Micheal from speaking any further.

"What do you mean Aliyah is in the hospital" Raphael replied the caller with a shock written in his face as he looked at Micheal who confirmed it.

"And the child?" Raphael asked and hanged up afterwards.

"Get the car ready, I will be with you in some minutes" he rushed back to his room to put some simple clothes on. He wore a black jean and a matching black polo to accompany it, he took is rolex and wore it on his wrist before heading out to Aliyah's room to check on Viola. Apparently, Viola decided to watch the baby while Lucifer had taken Aliyah to the hospital.

"He is still sleeping" Viola mentioned to her Leader as she rocked the baby's bed.

"Make sure you take good care of him, I am headed to the hospital" Raphael instructed and left after wards.

BACK TO THE HOSPITAL

"You came" Aliyah's voice brought Raphael back to reality from sleep. He was a light sleeper so, it was understanding that her voice had woken her up.

"Are you crazy?"

Aliyah wasn't expecting to get that reaction from Raphael but what did she know, the man is literally mad at her.

"You tried to kill yourself Aliyah" Raphael's voice had a little panic tone to it and it made Aliyah's wondered if he was truly worried for her.

"I am sorry" Aliyah said.

"Sorry? Did you consider the baby before you tried to take your life? What would I say If he asked for his beloved mother when he grows up? That she died because of what exactly?" Raphael asked looking at her.

There was a sudden new found energy that rushed through Aliyah's body as Raphael said those words.

"I think at this point you are mentally unstable" Aliyah remarked causing Raphael to stare back in surprise at her.

"What did you say"

"You heard me Raphael; You threw lots of words at me that day, you called me the Elite Packs whore remember? You even called Alonso a bastard, you called your own son a bastard and here you are acting all rightous" Aliyah was getting angry as the minute went by.

Raphael was surprised he had said those hurtful things but he would blame it on the gin he had took that day. He had always learnt to control his temper when he was sober but was undoubtedly uncontrollable when drunk.

"I had enough to drink that day Aliyah" Raphael tried to make her understand.

"The more reason I am right. You were drunk and you poured out your emotions to me and I will say this to your face that there is nobody that here those words you spoke to me on that day that wouldn't kill themselves" Aliyah stated. "It was all my fault that I allow Pearl lure me to kiss him but you should know that i had no intention to do it i was only induced by his charms and nothing more" she explained.

Raphael felt guilty for believing that Aliyah could do such a thing; he had known Aliyah well enough to be a lady who is loyal and it hurt him that he had said those horrific words to him. Raphael stood up from his seat and approached her bed and sat on it looking at her intently. He was trying to fight his ego so he could say what he needed to say. He wondered what his late father would make of him if he saw him say these words.

"I am Sorry"