Kian pov My wife and I were slowly becoming strangers in our own house, she wasn't making much of an effort to see me anymore and even though I was checking up on her through the servants, I wasn't personally going to meet her. We didn't even sleep on the same bed anymore and I made sleeping arrangements for myself in my office. The first time my second in command came in and saw them he didn't say anything but the longish way he stared at them and how his eyes would immediately dart to them at any given opportunity just made me fed up and I had to just explain why I had sleeping arrangements in my office.“I'm working out some things in my marriage right now,” I said as I placed more documents on my desk and watched for his reaction. It was the same face he still carried in a moment ago as if the information I had given him made little to no difference when all of them were all hankering for my relationship to end.“Well, fight all the time I'm sure that you guys will settle whatev
Evelyn's pov “Yes, I finally figured it out!” I said with joy as I lifted my head from my desk and rocked back on my chair standing up in the same movement and lifting a small piece of paper with a set list scribbled down. It had been excavated from a mountain pile of some littered around.I was excited to show it to my husband because he was going to be excited as well and I was elated myself because of that, so I went to look for him and one of the guards.He beautifully pointed me over to my husband who at that point was standing at the balcony with his second in command and both of them had a serious aura between them, my instinct told me to stop and think, so I did and then I heard my name gently coming out of my husband's mouth but despite the gentleness there was this coldness to it. My heart ached, I had been bouncing here with so much excitement that he would probably be excited to see me. I clung to the piece of paper in my hand.If I showed him this piece of paper and I to
Kian's pov“This is actually quite brilliant…” the head doctor exclaimed, taking out his spectacles and observing the piece of paper I had given him, running his eyes across it with them almost running out of their sockets.“Are you sure that your wife came up with this?” He asked with astonishment. After taking the paper to the Head doctor for the first time he had looked at it skeptically and then cynically when I told him that my wife was the one that came up with it. The look on his face was more than enough to tell me that he wanted to question the point of even researching the herbs that she claimed could possibly solve the problem at hand but right now I will stretch to my limits and be ready to consider every possibility. “I don't mean any disrespect at all but don't you think that it would be a waste of resources to look into this?” He asked me, and looking straight at him, I asked him if he had any cure for the disease that was ravaging my people. “If you have a cure yo
Evelyn's pov “How is he?” His cool eyes traveled gradually to meet mine, taking his sweet time to show he had minimal desire to do so. “He?” he sighed with an arched brow.“Do you mean your husband?” He said less mechanically, after 2 days of radio silence since my husband decided to test the cure I had come up with. I couldn't hold myself back anymore and my feet found their way in front of his beta's mahogany desk in his office, pleading to know what had become of him. “He's fine…” he practically drilled out then returned back to the work I had found him with.Now the disrespect was far too much for me to pretend that there wasn't any. I slammed my open palm on the table, he looked at me, his eyes filled with bewilderment. He had probably not expected me to do that, nor did I but I needed some way to get his attention and at least a little bit of his absolute lack of interest had flickered away even if I just had it for the moment I would use it. I openly admitted to him that I
Evelyn's pov “I can't tell you how much this means to me. I have been worried sick and I don't know what I'm going to do anymore. I feel like I'm losing my mind…”I said to my husband's Beta as he escorted me through the hospital with a medical professional with us, all of us were wearing protective gear and we were getting closer to the quarantine area of my husband, he had been excluded from the other patients of course, so that the doctor could observe him and see if he was recovering. In response to my gratefulness, my husband's beta checked his wristwatch snappy and turned to me, he told me that we were going to spend exactly one hour and a half here and by the time that was over, all of us were leaving, he told me that he wasn't going to be able to listen to my please if I asked to stay longer.Even though speaking with him felt like I was talking with someone over a wall it was nice to know that he had come to respect me even if it was just a little bit and he was helping me
Evelyn pov After getting that pep talk from my husband's second in command I realized that I was wasting valuable time, instead of staying in the waiting room and moping hopelessly sitting like a dog for things to turn out right I had to do something myself. So I lifted my chin until my eyes were looking straight into his. “Chris I'm going to need another favor from you,” He looked at me surprisingly then after a moment or two he quickly nodded. “Thank you we don't have a single second to spare, Kian's life is on the line and if I am just right about this we can save him…” In a few minutes, he had actually fulfilled the request I made of him. As I was stepping into the lab, the same one that was working on the head medicine that I had made and all of their faces seemed to turn in uniformity when we stepped in. The Beta held up a card that had gotten us through several security and staff and once he put them down with it he ushered me forward to who appeared to be the head of
Evelyn's pov I woke up feeling ache in every single part of my body but the physical pain I was experiencing was little compared to the emotional pain that was truly tearing me apart, that morning the healer had been invited to the hospital but declared the same news along with the head doctor that my husband was in a sort of state of limbo. He had not rejected the treatment and yet his body had not reacted to it either, so he was still being observed right now to see if there would be any improvements or if he would relapse completely meaning that I got another day with my heart hanging on a thread. Which was why I needed to do something. I needed to make myself useful so that I wouldn't spend the entire day moping into the night. I didn't know how long my husband would be in this state but it meant that the position of a leader was being open and even if the people didn't trust me enough to fully lead them, I wanted to at least be able to help them which was why it would
Evelyn's pov I didn't know that I could rush so quickly until I heard the news and the next thing I knew my feet were carrying me over but then that was when I was grabbed suddenly by Chris, as I was stopped from my propelled movement he apologized for abruptly doing so. “Have you forgotten?” He told me and I looked at him with confusion as I blinked my eyelashes. I wanted to see my husband, he had woken up. “Kian doesn't know you are here…remember? He told me to protect you and he would absolutely lose his mind if he found out that you came to this hospital,”Immediately, all the excitement in my chest caved in, I was stupidly rushing over to see him because of my excitement I didn't allow myself to think for a second just how infuriated he would be with his second in command if he found out and I knew that he would grow even colder to me. “I'm sorry I wasn't thinking at all…” I said but that was not enough to wipe away the smile from my face. He was all right. The cure had worke
Evelyn's pov I couldn't believe that he actually recognized me and I wondered if he was just messing with me but when he said my name, I knew that he wasn't and I wasn't sure how to act around him. I had been holding myself together for when I would eventually leave the hospital then I could process my feelings but now after being separated for 5 years we had collided again, our lives in tangling even though I had done everything possible even traveling across the world to avoid it. “You look very well. I guess the choice that you made to leave wasn't a bad one since you appear to be doing very good for yourself,” the bitterness in his voice was clear and evident then I remembered that he didn't have any right to be angry or at least not at me. I planted my hands on my hips and told him that I couldn't stay with him anymore if he would never tell me the truth. All I asked well was some honesty, for him to respect me enough to tell me what was really going on in his mind and that
Evelyn's pov Even though I knew that the park was just close by and we wouldn't have to go there, there was still a dreadful feeling in my chest, of running into Kian after so long. I never really gave him any explanation as to why I left, he must have returned back to the mansion confused and conflicted I don't know if the letter that I wrote for him would have been enough to satisfy his curiosity but I knew I couldn't stay and say those words, if not I would have never had the courage to leave at all. A tap on my shoulder brought me back to the present and I allowed a small smile on my face as I looked at my stepbrother, Kelvin, I had never imagined that he would become such a pillar in my life, somebody who was once a spineless puppets for his mother had matured into a responsible man and he had girls chasing him left and right but he told me that he was interested in only one person and one day he will confess his feelings to her. I had begged him to tell me who this per
Evelyn's pov The day I made a decision to leave the pack, to leave him, I knew that I could never return back or at least I never intended to and now 5 months had passed it felt like 5 years. Everyday my heart was aching for me to return back but I knew that he would have some kind of convenient explanation or he would deny being part of the council at all but it made so much sense that I was not going to allow him to deceive me anymore. It was not an easy decision to come to and I had no idea where I would even go, all I knew was that I had to leave, now was when I got an unexpected call from my stepbrother Kelvin. He had never reached out to me before, so I was surprised to get his call that night. I contemplated answering it or not, then I decided not to because whatever he had to say, I doubted that I had the Patience to even listen to him but just as I was about to cut the call, my fingers slid in the wrong direction and I answered it by accident.His concerned voice came thro
Kian's pov “It's been a pleasure doing business with you,” I said with a confident smile as my fingers gripped that of my newest associate. The contract that I had just closed down would end both of us millions and that satisfaction was almost enough to make up for the 3 days that I had spent away from my mate.Well almost…I had already booked a flight and I would be pulling her into my arms once again in less than 3 hours or so, so with an expectant smile on my face, I checked out of the hotel that I had been staying for the past 3 days and made my way to the airport, my eyes were glued shut throughout the entire flight and everything seem to blur until finally, I was driving into my mansion through the gates. A maid came to take my briefcase and I easily handed it to her asking her if she knew where my mate was. Her face suddenly paled up, and then she started shaking a little bit, her lips obviously trembling as she visibly battled to get out her words saying that she had no ide
Evelyn's pov The search for my father's killer went on for months, it started with days and then it dragged out into weeks until months passed and yet there was nothing. It was almost as though they appeared out of thin air and after committing that heinous act disappeared like dust in the wind. I mourned for my father until my heart wanted to bleed right out of my chest. My only consolation was my husband who was there for me during this difficult time, promising me with all of his heart that he would find my father's killer but despite all of his efforts, nothing came out of it. One dead end was just followed up by another one. Eventually, after catching him looking through the little evidence that could be found at night barely allowing himself to sleep I had to call it quits but he was stubborn about letting go insisting that if he just kept looking he would find the killers. On one of such night, I caught him in his office after waking up in bed and finding that his ow
Evelyn's POV When I woke up the next morning, the first thing I got was an urgent text from my father's personal investigator urging me to reach out to him as soon as possible. My heart quickly found its way to my throat. I had a nightmare and it involved my father and now this? Calming my racing heart, I took a few breaths and then made the call and on the second ring, he picked up and his voice was low. It was always sort of monotone but now there was something beneath it that made a pit my stomach grow even deeper. “Is something wrong?” I couldn't help asking and his voice was a few decibels as he dropped the bombshell that left the room spinning around for several seconds until I spoke again in a response. “You must be joking…” I said, my voice coated in denial. “You can't be serious, please tell me that you are joking right now…” “I'm sorry you have my condolences…” I wasn't able to listen to his next words because the phone fell from my trembling hands, and if I h
John's pov “This has to be a joke…” I said for the millionth time throwing a folder back to my desk. My personal private investigator looked at me with a source of resignation on his face and he told me that he was confident of his findings.I looked at the folder again like a bomb that was about to explode cautiously touching it and I opened it up. The first thing I saw randomly was a picture of a boy and standing next to him was the familiar feminine face that made me close the folder once again, my chest burning up. It couldn't be, it just couldn't be… “Alpha John…” My private investigator was about to speak but I held up my hand. I needed a moment to digest this so I dismissed him, leaving me alone with all the evidence that brings back memories from the past, memories that I thought I had long buried. And along with it came intense guilt, just as I was battling with this, Quinn appeared in my office with a cheap smile on her face but right now I needed to be alone. When she g
Evelyn's POV I looked down at my wristwatch for the millions of times and a heavy breath left me as I tilted my head up and groaned afterwards. I was hoping that this flight would make me get to my father faster but instead it ended up getting delayed because of an incoming storm.So I was left with no other choice, I had to Lodge into a hotel for the night, I would be coming back the next day to quickly catch my flight it was already too late to consider going on the road anymore and I would still end up wasting the same amount of time anyways, so I might as well just get on a flight. At least, I wouldn't have to worry about traffic or anything. When I was settled with my baggage I lay down on the bed with my shoes. I feel like a bigger traitor than those two shameless people for not telling him this. How was he even going to react when he knew that I had been keeping these secrets for so long now? I squeezed my fingers together until it pulled into a fist and I was agitated just
John's pov My wife stayed in the basement longer than I expected. I thought that after a couple of hours, she would come out but it was only the next morning that I was able to convince her. I brought some food for her, an omelet and some bacon because she had also refused to eat anything from the previous day. Then, standing at the entrance of the basement, I knocked to get her attention. “Quinn, don't you think that this is unnecessary?” I asked her “Both of us are adults so we can discuss this as adults..” “I don't want to discuss anything…” she cried out. “Just tell me that I can go, that you don't need me anymore, and have my bags packed for me so that I can leave immediately. I have dedicated so many years of my precious life to you and you won't even trust me I don't want to talk about it,” I looked down at the plate of food. “You haven't had anything to eat since last night. Are you really planning to starve yourself to death?” There was silence for a while before sh