Alex povI felt someone calling my name in my head. I tried to ignore it, but it got so loud, so I pushed out and opened my eyes, even though it felt heavy.But then the room was so bright, so I closed my eyes and blinked a few times, trying to get my eyes used to the light before I opened it again."How are you feeling?" A voice I recognized to be my mate's asked me."Worn out, tired, drowsy, take your pick. Where are we?"He pointed at the machines and said, "At the hospital, isn't that obvious?""Again? What happened this time?""You don't remember anything from the ceremony?""What ceremony? I do not..." I stopped talking because I started recollecting everything, from Hayden making me angry to entering that enclosed space, and someone placed something on my nose and then knocked me out.My hand went to my bump, and it was still there. "My baby did anything...""The baby is fine; the moon goddess was merciful. Though they said that they would still ru
Ann povI was pacing around the house, waiting for Josiah and the nurse we sent to look around to give me some news. "Okay, I am fed up; I am tired of waiting; maybe I can go look around too," Cecelia said.I looked up and rolled my eyes. I did not have time to deal with imbeciles now. "For the last time, you are not going there. I mean, what will you say that you came there to do?"She shrugged. "I will pretend that I went there to seduce Hayden while I tell them that I came to know how Alex was doing. And like every cliche story, Alix will flair up and Hayden will send me away, then I will go around the hospital and look around to see if someone will drop a hint of what is happening."I nodded, because for once she was making sense: "Give it a few minutes; let me see if Currie or Josiah will call me back."She nodded. "Fine, twenty more minutes, then I will go clean up quickly and go to the hospital and maybe even talk to Josh; I saw him watchin
Cecelia pov"What is keeping her?" I said and sat down, keeping my bag.I was waiting for Ann to show up. She called me as soon as I got home and told me not to go because there was a problem. She then called me this morning and said that Hayden was in, so I should dress up but wait for her. I wanted to ask her why I should do that, but she cut the call before I could talk. I had been waiting for her for over two hours since I dressed up, but she was not yet here.My mom called me when I got home last night. She said that she just missed me, but I knew that she was calling me to find out if I had found my mate, and shamefully, I told her that I had not found my mate when we did not know what to say to each other anymore and we're just breathing in each other's ear.I would not have been worried about all this if that stupid person had not come into Hayden's life or stayed dead like she should have.Someone knocked, and I went to the door. It was Ann, so I opened
My back was pushed against a hard object; no, wait, it was a body. A hard-ripped body that could only belong to a man because I could feel the muscles peeping from the cloth.I started to wiggle and tried to push him off, but the asshole hold was tight and he was trying to hold me in place, but then I also noticed that the asshole shaft was poking against my ass. He must have a kink in assaulting innocent women, but I was not one of them then, so I kneed him in the shaft, then pushed away to hit him on the head with my bag. But then it was:"Josh, what the fuck is that?" I shouted with my bag still up in the air, ready to slam."Sorry, I was trying to get you to talk to me; you were rushing off, and I wanted to talk to you privately.""Really, and you could not do that without pushing my ass on your dick?" I said it as a matter of fact, and he started scratching his head."Sorry, I did not mean to do that; I was so angry, so I did not think before grabbing you."I rolled my eyes. "Fin
Ann pov"Sit down, Peter; you are going to make my blood pressure skyrocket with how you are pacing around." I chided, then drank my brandy again."Mom, you do not understand. She was smelling like him completely. I know you said that you told her to be nice to him, but they f*cked or something close to it for his scent to be conspicuous on her body like that.I wanted to throw the cup at my son and tell him to shut it. I was worried about us losing our heads, and he was worried about a woman that he was going to kill later on."Peter shut your mouth and go sit down," I said when I could not stand his tantrum any longer."Mom, you do not understand. I...""Peter, shut up! I do not care to understand anything right now; our lives are on the line. If we do not do it right this time and get to the root of things, then we will all die," I shouted angrily. "You will cease to exist alongside your precious dick, and I doubt our deaths will be quick. He will p
Alex povHayden had stayed in the living room to welcome his friend, while I was still in the room trying to make myself appear human.He had not told me to come to the living room or anything; he only whispered, "I will be back."Then he walked out. A few minutes later, I started hearing the sound of Finn's voice in our living room, and then I heard them laughing.Finn said something about Hayden having a mate, and Hayden retorted back, which made him bark out a laugh.I turned and quickly grabbed my phone to call Claire and inquire about the twins."Hello, Claire baby.""Alex, How are you? What time are they going to discharge you today?" She asked. There was music playing in the background of the place where she was."I am already at home; where are you?""At home, some of Summer's old friends came here, and they have been blasting music since they came over. I am so thankful that the twins are not at home or they would not have gotten any sleep.""I ca
Finn POV"You can never change, always rushing everywhere to make sure that your money is intact," he said with a smile.I shrugged. "If I don't take my business very well, I will go broke, and you know what will happen to me if that ever happens."He nodded. "Yep. Many packs will tear you apart for selling weapons to their opponents. But don't worry. If you give me those two new enterprises that you started, then I might be tempted to protect you from them."I scoffed, not only because of what he said but mostly because he said that he would protect me if he knew about my involvement in what happened to his mom. I am sure that he would have made me an example. Hayden was not the forgiving type, just like me."Please, it will never come to that, and like I told you, the main reason why I came is to see your beautiful mate who was sick," I teased, and he scoffed.He rolled his eyes. "Sure, I believe you. Did Donovan contact you for a new business deal?"I shoo
Hayden povAlix was in bed after eating her dinner. She was still feeling dizzy, even though she would not admit it, so it was my job to get her in bed whenever she fell asleep on a chair, or at least make sure that where she was lying was comfortable.My phone started shaking. I had set an alarm to remind myself that I had a meeting with Lucien and his friend, who was trailing Ann for me. Lucien had mentioned that they had a problem that I had not looked into yet and told him to hold on.Leo had sent me the videos and pictures he had gotten, which I managed to watch a few before my mate woke up, but now that she is asleep, I have time on my hands. I needed to see what they had guarded and use it against her.I need to get rid of Ann and her cohorts because it seems that the longer I wait, the more they strategize. So I was going to do things my old way.I hurried down to my living room since there was no one in the house except both of us. As I had dismiss