Alpha Caleb's POV;From all indications, I was certain that Sophia was going to die but seeing as she was looking hale and hearty, something inside me pricked me with guilt, hatred, and anger.Why was she looking as beautiful as ever?"Where are you taking her?", I tried to stop Brandon but one glared at me and I knew my place immediately.I stepped aside as I watched him bundle her in his arms. Her baby bump looked beautiful and the way she was carrying the pregnancy almost made me feel terrible again.He began walking when I stopped him. "Tell me the truth", I started. "Is she your mate?".Brandon seized me from head to toe and then flinched at me. "Count yourself lucky, if it wasn't for Sophia right here, you would have been six feet under by now".I hissed and threatened to spit at me when I immediately gave way for him to pass.I looked down at my shirt to make sure nothing had touched me and even went ahead to curse him."You bloody, fucking, bastard. You're lucky I don't have a
Sophia’s POV.Seeing Alpha Caleb again brought back memories. Terrible ones. I shook my head many times as I tried to forget it but I just couldn’t. The way he dragged me to the high podium and asked me to stand there.I remembered the way he accepted my apology and asked me if I was doing well. I nodded. In his eyes, I thought I saw care. He called me and made me feel like he loved me only to be called names and disgraced that way. As I remembered it, I felt a chill run down my spine. My baby kicked in response.“Here, have a cup of water”, Brandon brought a cup my way. He sat close to me by the edge and handed it gently to me. “I will get you a glass of freshly made orange juice soon. It is being made”.I accepted the glass cup and drank from it while he watched. He took it from me once I was done. “Are you alright?”.“Mmm”, I nodded slowly, “Thank you”.“You’re welcome”, he dropped the glass far on the other table, “May I ask what happened between you?”.I thought he knew. I stared
Sophia's POV.I dashed out of the room and ran downstairs in the blink of an eye. Outside the house was quite chilly but it didn't stop me. I ran to where Brandon was."Stop!", Once again, I was coming in between them.Brandon sighed."Good, you're here." Caleb shifted back to his normal state and then pointed to me, "Thank the moon goddess, you're here. Take all your property and come back here. You and I are leaving". He snapped his fingers a couple of times at the end, as though he was laying out a command to a maid.He still had no regard for me."Excuse me?". I yelled. I could feel my blood boiling. "I'm sure pregnancy doesn't make people deaf, or does it? Didn't you hear me say you should go in there and take your stuff out? Didn't you?". He poked his hands through the gate, pointing at me, then the house, and back at me. He snapped his finger again as if to say I should hurry. I shouldn't waste his time."You have got to be kidding me", Brandon murmured."What did you say?", C
Sophia's POV."You're bluffing". I shot at him. He held his stomach as he let out loud sounds of laughter, "You must not know me, I don't play".Brandon could see I was becoming agitated by this and so he scooped me up in one sweep and took me inside. "Let me go!", I fought him while we climbed the stairs as I kicked, pushed, bit, and hit him. Tears rolled down my eyes. I needed to go back."Relax, he's only bluffing, he will not do that".Brandon placed a hand on my shoulder. He tried to calm me down. "I know him"."You might know him but I know my stepfather. He can influence anyone at all and I feel Caleb will go talk to him. Father will get to know of the truth and have me hunted down and killed again."My eyes searched desperately but I didn't know what I was looking for. "No!", Brandon held my wrist. He pulled me to himself and hugged me. My head was placed on his chest. I could hear his beating heart."No one will harm you, I promise. Believe in me".He was worried also, I co
Sophia’s POV.I could see the look of embarrassment on Alpha Brandon’s face. He attempted to say a word but stopped halfway with his hand slapped on his forehead.“I know you!”, Alpha Caleb exclaimed. They turned to his direction. He had a wide grin on his face. “I know Brandon could not have taken you. Surely, he might be the father of your child but not your mate. I am still your destined mate”.Heating those words infuriated me. I had just publicly disgraced Brandon and now Alpha Caleb was worsening everything. I walked to where he was and glared at him.“Can you stop it?”.“Why would I?”, he was mocking me as he ran his hand through his hair and flipped it backward. “Since that is settled, I would suggest you tell your friend goodbye and cross over to this side of the gate. Let's go home”.“I would never”. I spat out. “Do you think I have forgotten?”.He was quiet. The words I had said had wiped the smile off his face and I liked that.“You think I forgot what you did to me that d
Derrick’s POV.I felt something crawl down my nose from my forehead. The sensation awoke me, making me realize I had been tied up and on a cold wet floor. I turned my necks to the sides as I tried to make out where I was but it was too dark to see. I must have been drained. I was too tired to see anything and my head was hurting.“Where am I?”.My voice echoed. The closeness of the echo made me feel I was in a tight closing, making some sort of a well.“Hello”, my deep voice went again. “Anyone here?”.This time, my voice made something crawl up the enclosement I was in. I felt its movement. I turned around to follow its vibration as I watched it climb up. I was indeed inside a well.“How did I get here?”. I asked myself. I remembered laying Sophia down on my bed and a maid came to call me saying I had a guest but when I went down, all my maids were dead.“What’s going on?”, I asked as I slowly realized something terrible had happened. “What is the meaning of this?”.She began to cry
Derrick’s POV.“Argghhh!”, I groaned as a silver blade tore through my thigh. The pain was excruciating and numbing. I felt myself almost passing out but my eyes were wide open.“Isn't that one working as well?”, the man in a red mask asked in disbelief.“No boss. It tore through but he is quickly healing”. The servant who held the handle of the silver blade stuck inside of me said. He turned back to my thigh and pulled the knife out in the blink of an eye. I shouted.“If I get the chance to be freed, you are all going to die!”.Blood streamed down from my forehead. Sweat and saliva drooled from my mouth as I stood with my kegs apart, chained by the wrist to the ceiling. They were strong chains, far stronger than anything I had ever seen. With every pull I tried to make in an attempt to free myself, it dug deeper into my skin.“The witch assured us this could kill him, did she lie?”. The masked man skeptically asked his subordinate. He had three other servants gathered there.“I don’t
Derrick’s Pov.I ran back as fast as I could to the mansion, hoping to the moon goddess that I would see Sophia hidden in that secret cabinet.As I ascended the stairs and looked around my room, I couldn’t find her. The secret compartment in my room was yet to be touched.“Could she have escaped?”, I asked as I searched also for any signs of her blood but couldn’t find any. It would have been my heart’s greatest joy if she had escaped but I had an eerie feeling when I traced her lingering scent down to the staircase and couldn’t find it anymore.I searched through the front gate and back but I couldn’t find her.My wolf asked me to check behind the mansion and when I did, I managed to pick up her faint smell.“She escaped.”Since marking her, Sophia’s scent was much stronger for me to track than any other person.“This way”, my wolf led me. I managed to track her to a highway before I lost her scent again. “What do we do?”“Do you think she is in danger?” my wolf asked.I nodded, “Wit