I gasped at his command. Ah, shit. I was sure I was going to regret this tomorrow.I stood up and let my chemise fall to the floor. Desmond inhaled sharply as soon as he saw my naked body. His eyes sparkled with lust as he couldn't help himself cupping my breast, which irked me."Beautiful..." he said dreamily when his hand stayed on my stomach. I purred when he gently caressed it as his expression softened. "Come, seraphim," he said softly as he guided me to straddle him."Don't you feel disgusted seeing my stretch marks?" I couldn't help but ask when Desmond kept admiring my stomach.He creased his forehead. "Why would I?" His expression looked annoyed and at the same time aroused. "Did you ever see me feeling disgusted? I even worshipped you more." He held my face. "We may be divorced but you are still my mate, Seraphina. You are the mother of my pups and I will always love you even if you say you do not love me anymore."My heart had been swayed at his words. That included my wolf
"Marry you again?" I parroted, feeling my blood boil. I couldn't help standing up from this madness Desmond had thought again.He arched his eyebrow. "You said that you are prepared for the consequences. Then, this is it. You are going to marry me again." There was a condescending smile written on his lips.It was as if he already knew that I was going to initiate sex from him. He was well aware of my pregnancy hormones..."No," I said in a determined tone before I started picking up my clothes and dressed up."Seraphina, whether you like it or not, you are going to marry me again!" He roughly yanked my arm, meeting his darkened face.I scoffed. How dare... "In our agreement of divorcing our marriage, you promised that you are not going to scheme on me again, Desmond!" I clenched my hands. "What is this that you are forcing me to marry you again?" I yanked my arm back before I slapped his face. "You never change!""Seraphina, this is the only way that we can reconcile—"Before he coul
DesmondMy hands were fidgeting right now as Anderson had taken care of the unconscious Seraphina. I was forced to leave the room as I kept pacing back and forth.Seraphina... She was bleeding...This was my fault... This was my fault again..."If something happens to them, I am not going to forgive myself..." I cursed myself, clutching my hair in distress.I hurt her again... I hurt her again...How many times did I have to hurt her again? I... I had never done something to make her happy since she was here back in my pack.Damn it! Where did I go wrong?I clutched my chest, wondering where it all started. At that moment, I realized where it was.The time I slept with Hazel..."It's my fault..." I said mindlessly as I slowly slumped to the floor, feeling more guilty than ever."Papa! Papa! What happened to Mama?"I felt myself being shaken by someone. Glistening in tears, I looked up and sniffed the scent of my son."Sander..." I didn't wait for my son as I hugged him so tight. I cou
Desmond"My apologies, Alpha Desmond, but Lady Seraphina does not want to see you."My heart dropped upon hearing that from Anderson. "S-She doesn't want to see m-me?" I even pointed at myself.Anderson released a sigh. "Alpha, she is well aware that you are the triggering factor for her almost miscarriage. Please allow her to rest." I could tell that Seraphina had asked him a favor.'She... really hates me, right?' I asked him through mind-linked. Anderson hesitantly nodded.'I am sorry, Alpha. Also, it is really best for her not to see you know that you are the cause of why she is bleeding in the first place.' He smiled sadly at me. 'She said that you have never been good to her in the first place.'I could have sworn my heart fell out from my chest to hit the floor. Seraphina's words were truly heartbreaking. It was equally painful when she rejected our mate bond before she absconded.I was forced to smile. "I see... I shall try again to see her next time." My wolf was already howl
Desmond"What?" I couldn't believe that my son was negotiating with me by... staying away from his mother.Sander exhaled sharply and smiled emptily. "Papa, I am not naive to know that you are the one who caused Mama to bleed. Mama almost lost my baby sibling. The only plausible cause is you, Papa." His tone sounded cold. "This is not the only moment you have hurt Mama. This time, I am not going to turn a blind eye."The way my son spoke was the same as mine when I was going to turn the tables. It was frightening that Sander was really my son.Was this what Seraphina was getting frightened of? I had turned my son to be like this?"I have been patient with your actions, Papa, to be honest. I am hoping that you will have some character development however, in the end, Mama is still hurting by your actions. You are not good for her."I was silent, and couldn't defend myself from what my son proclaimed. It was as if what he was spouting right now were the things I needed to hear."That is
Desmond"I want to move to Elian."Seraphina didn't waste any time when she told me that she wished to speak with me in my renovated study room after a few days of recuperating in the infirmary.Also, I changed the location of my study room and made my previous room a storage room.Seraphina had been feeling uncomfortable going to my previous study room, so I decided to renovate it and make it a storage room. I knew that it reminded her of my infidelity years ago.Sander was right. Seraphina was going to tell me that she wanted to go to Elian... to the vacation house I built for her.My heart was constricted right now with what Seraphina said. And the way she was looking at me with pure coldness was enough to hurt my wolf right now."Is this... for certain?" I felt a huge lump in my throat right now, asking for that. How much more if I decided to agree with it?And I had to follow Sander's unilateral agreement. If I love my mate, I must let her go now. That was what Sander had been te
Desmond"Are you not going to see them off, Alpha?"I raised my glance when Harvey asked. Oakley was taking care of seeing Seraphina and Sander right now.Today was the day my mate and my son would be going to Elian without me. I decided not to see them off."There is no need for me to see them off. I would be seeing them every Saturday. Plus, Sander would be staying here for four days," I answered him coldly.Honestly, I wanted to see them off. But I halted myself. If I see them off, I might not be able to halt myself once I ordered that they would stay in my pack without my permission.Seraphina would call me selfish and might have a miscarriage this time. I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if that happens.Additionally, Sander would take some measures that would finally separate us. Knowing my son, he would do anything to protect his Mama.Oakley entered and informed me that they already dispatched the carriage. "Young Master Sander said that he would come back after three days.
DesmondJust as we talked about, I was staying in Verlice's vacation house to be my son's mentor while still doing my Alpha duties. Right now, I was sparring with Sander with the wooden sword."Is that the best you can do, Sander?" I mocked my son when he was attacking me by calculating my movements. "You are boasting that you can defeat me but I do not see a good result."Sander frowned, annoyed at my remarks. But he did not let himself be distracted by how I was ridiculing him. In fact, he was focusing more on how to counterattack me.Sander was excellent at dwelling on the wooden sword. It would be a matter of time before he would be holding a real sword soon.To finish this sparring, I made a dirty tactic by tripping him with my foot. Sander fell to the ground and glared at me. "That is so unfair, Papa!" He looked frustrated and was near to bursting tears.I chuckled and winced his hair. "This is not always about how well you can hold your sword, son. You must think on the battlef
"Are you certain that you have no task for today?" I asked for the nth time as we headed to the kitchen area to grab snacks for the three kids who were near finishing their tasks.Desmond helped me prepare for their snacks but after a while, he hugged me from behind and couldn't stop sniffing my scent. "You sound like you want to shoo me away... I am sulking, seraphim." I could tell that he was pouting. "You know that we are on vacation.""Hilarious..." I leaned on his back and stayed in that position for a while.We were both enveloped in the silence that was so peaceful. Both of us were purring at each other's presence until I felt something poking behind me which made me frown."Desmond..." I warned him and pinched his arm."Aww!" He stepped backward and caressed his arm that I pinched. "That hurts..." He frowned."We can't do it right here." I shook my head.Desmond chuckled. "Ah, yes. It is not the two of us now. We have kids." I could feel my cheeks getting in heat right now beca
"Wrong answer! Wrong answer! Wrong fucking answer!" Hazel said, losing her mind already as she kept stabbing Sander's chest until Sander screamed in pain while there was blood oozing from his chest. "Papa...! Mama...! Please help me...!" "Sander!" I cried. "You motherfucker! How fucking dare you!" Desmond attacked her by using his wolf speed. He tackled her down by holding her neck, gripping it. "Bring her to the prison cell! Bestow her a hundred lashes! You do it, Harvey!" he ordered angrily. "Sander!" I rushed by my son's side as he fell to the ground, coughing with so much blood. "No, no, no... Summon Anderson!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, panicking more. "Mama..." Sander groaned in pain, crying. "It hurts..." "I know, baby..." I decided to tear the skirt off my dress, not minding if it was a customized one. "Help me to wrap this," I said to Desmond as my hands were shaking right now. "Sander, son... It will be alright, hmm?" Desmond asked, already shedding tears as he
"Desmond..." I looked at him, worried upon hearing that.That woman... That fucking leech...She took Sander as her hostage! How dare she!Desmond growled so loud, grabbing everyone's attention as he had Harolyn in his arms. "Harvey, Oakley," he called after dispatching his elites and the pack warriors to look for Hazel."Alpha."He shot Harvey a glare. "We are going to talk later. She took Sander!" His voice raised. "You said that she will not cause a problem for me anymore, Harvey!" He grabbed Harvey's collar causing Harolyn to cry, frightened at his father's action."Papa..."Harvey gasped, horrified. "S-She is, Alpha. I-I didn't know that Hazel would be acting like this..." Then he looked at Harolyn who was sniffing, worried about her."You should've known better! She is your fucking sister, you dumbass Harvey!" Desmond couldn't help shouting at him causing everyone to look in our direction."P-Papa... Please don't be mad at Father..." Harolyn sobbed.I stepped forward even though
"Desmond?""Hmm?""Do you still need to watch me getting measured?" I asked, looking at him in his reflection while he looked so alluring learning at the wall as he had Saoirse in his arms. "Are you finished with your Alpha duties?"They needed to measure my size because Desmond insisted that I need a new dress to wear to my upcoming Luna ceremony.Yes, Luna ceremony. Desmond and I sealed our mate bond again. We marked each other again to solidify our mate bond. It meant that I would become his pack member at the same time as the Luna of the Rising Diamond pack."Why? Don't you want me here?" Desmond frowned, looking like he was sulking.I playfully rolled my eyes. "I am thinking that you are not finished with your tasks." As soon as they were finished taking my measurement, I walked straight to him and tiptoed so I could kiss him fully on his lips.In my peripheral vision, Desmond covered Saoirse's eyes before he removed his hand after we finished kissing. He said that our daughter w
To start anew with courtship, Desmond took a day off from his Alpha duties and decided to take me to the town. We dated and went to eat some delicious meals in a restaurant."I could have wished we brought our pups and the twins," I said as I suddenly missed them already.Desmond nodded. "But this time, it should be only the two of us, Seraphina. I really want you all for myself for this day."I tried my best not to exert a smile since it made me feel ticklish from what Desmond said, especially since he brought my hand to his lips and kissed the back of it. My wolf and I felt ticklish after that."Thank you for giving birth to our pups, seraphim. It must have been hard for you to leave because of how jerk I was before." He heaved a sigh. I could see how regretted all of the actions he had done in the past.It was clear that he would want to ask for my forgiveness. He never pressured me that I should forgive him now. He was being patient and more considerate to me now."You will not be
"Mother!""Hezekiah... Harolyn..."Desmond and I watched their reunion as Hazel hugged her twins and rained them with kisses. Desmond intently watched them with his earnest expression. He was really watching them with wariness."What?" Desmond asked, surprised. His heart was racing so fast right now that he caught me looking at him.I inhaled slowly, having his amber eyes piercing me. "Um... I am glad that you bestow Hazel a chance to be with her twins." Even though Hazel threatened to kill me. She was just blinded by jealousy. I was certain that she would not do anything that would displease Desmond.I hope so.Desmond heaved out a sigh before he returned his glance to Hazel and the twins. "Actually, I am still hesitant to let Hazel see our twins. I still have no assurance that she really changed." He lowered his eyes to the ground. "But if you say that she really changed then I will believe you, Seraphina."His tone was soft and gentle. It was still unusual for me that Desmond was b
"What punishment did you bestow to Desmond, Mother? Why did he act like that?" I said as I sat beside Her and hugged my mother.Mother caressed my hair. "He has a fear of abandonment, dear. I just made it worse and bestowed on him some nightmares.""He has what? Fear of abandonment?" Then it hit me. If Mother meant that abandonment, was this the time that Desmond developed this when I left after finding out that he had an agreement with Hazel?"Yes," Mother answered the question I had in my mind. "Ever since that he forced you to return to his pack, Desmond is already paranoid and wants you to keep at bay. He does not want you to leave again. I know you have seen his desperation to fix your mate bond.""But the thing he did is to control me through that process until I felt suffocated with his actions." It almost resulted in Desmond wanting me to separate from Sander and I almost lost Saoirse when I had her in my belly."Indeed." Mother nodded. "Remember when you tried to make some te
I was shocked when they called me that. Mama? They really called me that, right? And I freaking softened after that.I looked at Desmond, expecting that he heard what they whispered at me but his attention was on our daughter which he bestowed on her nannies. Saoirse was taken care of by the newly hired two nannies which Desmond himself picked. Since we needed to have a conversation, it would have been better if our daughter had not been present here."As you know, Hazel is not present here, Seraphina," Desmond began when the three of us were left here in the dining hall. I nodded as a response. "I already took custody from Hazel two years ago since she had been defying me so many times." He glared at Harvey.I shivered since he did not change the way he conversed with his people. But it seemed like he acted differently since Hazel was involved."I see." I already knew that... Mother told me what was happening in Desmond's pack. She made sure that I would not remain clueless until suc
"Oh, is this my baby Saoirse?" Desmond asked, looking at Saoirse in my arms after he carefully put down Sander to the ground.Nodding, I spoke. "Yes," I said softly as I wiped the tears. I turned to Saoirse who was slightly tilted her head, looking at her Papa. I gently held her hand. "Sweetheart, honey." She looked at me. "That's Papa, hmm?""Da-da?" She pointed at Desmond. I nodded and smiled. At that moment, Saoirse clapped her hands. "Da-da!" she exclaimed.Desmond cried more when our daughter reached out to him. "Saoirse..." He hugged her with so much gentleness. "You have grown up so well, my daughter..."I placed Sander by my side as I watched them having a reunion. I looked at how he adored Saoirse as he sniffed and kissed her forehead. Saoirse giggled after that.Then Desmond's eyes lingered on me which made my heart skip a beat. I decided to curtsy before him. "Greetings, Marquis Verlice."There was melancholy written in his eyes when I greeted him formally. "Greetings to yo