Cecelia povAna was sitting down, sipping her drink, and going through a document, but I was walking around as if I could die, and I could die if Hayden found out what I did. He was suddenly so protective of her since he found her again. "Sit down and be calm; nothing is going to happen. You are giving me a headache," she said, rolling her eyes."Sit down? Be calm?" I asked her, making sure I mimicked her voice to show her how ridiculous it sounded. "I can't sit down or be calm because I might lose my head anytime soon.""You wouldn't, and if you are so afraid of losing it, why would you then plan something like that without allies that could help you?""Um.....h..... I did not know that there were other people interested in this too. You look like you would not hurt a fly and only yell at it, so I did not think that you would approve of my plan."She smiled and stood up. "I will take that as a compliment. It is better than being called a psychotic killer. But a
Hayden povWhen I arrived at the prison, I could not believe what my eyes were seeing—two dead bodies and my guards, who were looking guilty. Lucien was looking at me like I was going to explode, and truly, I was close to exploding. Someone was in my pack, doing as they wanted, poisoning my twins and killing two people in my dungeon.I took two steps towards Melinda, whom I left in charge since I sent Lucien to go do something, and the rest to my house and the seer's, She backed away from the wall, but she did not say a word because she knew that begging me would piss me off."Talk," I commanded."I kept torturing them, then the lights started having problems, and I was still trying to know what happened when one of the girls started panicking. I called for water, and a guard gave it to me, but then there were some snacks on the table that had a note that said dinner, and because we were hungry. I took a bite, and so did the rest of the men, and then my eyes sta
Hayden PovI hated feeling like this; I was always in charge of everything happening around me, but somehow in just two days I had not felt like that. First, it was the poisoning of the twins; now it was killing two suspects from my dungeon, but it was not just that; this person could infiltrate my cameras, go into my house, and do all that, yet I did not know who the person was. I was feeling incompetent, which was an emotion I hardly associated myself with. I needed to find out who the person was before he tried anything again; this time, he might even decide to go after my mate too.My phone started to ring, and I grabbed it. Checking to see if it was a business call because I was not in the right frame of mind to be talking about business, I might tell someone off if they said something stupid and lose money, but it was my mate, Lex, who was mad at me and blamed me for what happened."Hello Lex," I said sweetly, but I heard her hiss."Aren't you done w
"That's a lie; I want you, and I love you," he replied, then kissed my hair while I kept trying to swat out my tears. I was ruining his shirt, but he did not seem to mind.He just kept clutching me and rubbing my back, making me feel a bit good, but then I heard the door close, but I was too hurt to find out who it was. "I don't doubt it because a witch we saw on the road a long time ago called me Healer, but I did not understand what she was saying, and now I am being told the same thing: How can she do this to me?" I lamented while batting tears."Let it all out. Stop holding back," he told me, and then I remembered what he did.He was one of the people who did not want me, at least not outside the bedroom, so I pushed him off."What?" He asked trying to draw me close but grabbed my hand back."Sorry for ruining your shirt; I don't have any money that isn't yours, but I will make sure to buy you the same one when I go shopping," I said, then turned to where Heaven was sitting, but
"Thank you for saving my boys; thank you for everything," I said, hugging Heaven.She smiled and said, "I did not save them; the moon goddess did. I will send you other books I have on the white witches as soon as I get back.""Thank you so much. I feel so indebted to you. Please take the check."She shook her head. "No, I did not solve all of your problems; I only saved the twins. Although I wanted to, the moon goddess wants you to solve it yourselves.""What you did was the most important one. I would have died without my twins, but thankfully you brought them back to me. So take it," I said, and I tried to shove the check into her hand, but she grabbed her hand back."No, sorry, I cannot take it. You have already taken care of me, and I enjoyed my stay in your pack. I cannot take more from you," she replied."Don't you take money from other people? So why is ours different?""Well, yours is different because I did not get all the work done," she replied.We have been arguing about
When we reached back home, I opened the door a bit and took a peek, claire was running around with the twins while Lucas sat on the chair looking at them."Come join us, grumpy ass," Claire taunted, then slapped her mouth."Don't say that, baby; that is a bad word," she told Lily, and Lucien started laughing."I see you guys are having a good time," I said and moved in. Hayden got in too, and sat down opposite Lucien then started discussing with him.Elijah and Lily ran to me, and I hugged them immediately."Thank you for looking after them", I said and she smiled."That isn't going to save you from me, how could you not tell me I was busy making dishes in Lucien's house while my babies were poisoned?"Didn't Lucien tell you?"She shook her head. "No, he did not. He gave me the excuse that he did not want to worry me, but I am still going to get him for that. Now tell me everything that happened from the beginning, or I will shave your head off.""No need to threaten me; I need someon
"Lex, you will be late if you keep wasting time." I heard Hayden scream, and I rolled my eyes."I am not playing around; I am redoing my makeup; this one is starting to sweat," I said, but if anybody who knew me well heard my voice, they would know that I was lying.I was nervous. Alpha Joe, who was rarely home, had come back two days ago and said that he was going to be at my Luna training today. On the last day of the training, you are allowed to invite people if you want because it was mostly doing the last task and reviewing the past results.I was sure that Hayden had told him about me being a healer because he came in with some books on the white healers and told me that his father got them. I wanted to bite his head off for telling his father about me, but then I realized that he was still his father despite everything.It has also been two days since I read the book on white healers. It narrated my family as a sort of special being that can heal almost everything, even if it i
"You look nervous," Hayden whispered."No, I don't. Why will I be nervous about your father, My Alpha?"He scoffed, "Your Alpha is me, not my father. And don't be nervous; anyone that wants to get to you will have to go through me, but I doubt that the reason he called us is to cause trouble."I nodded, but that did not stop me from thinking about it, wondering why he invited us to his house and why he kept looking at my stomach when I was coming with Hayden."We did not tell Josh and Peter that we had gone home. Do you think they will still be there waiting for us?"He shook his head. "I mind-linked them to take some hours off, and Josh was happy about it."I smiled. "He should be; his mother is there, so he gets to go home with her."The elevator stopped, the door opened, and then we got out. There was no guard in front of his door, and when Hayden pulled at the handle, it turned, and the door was open."He has no guard, and his door is not locked," I whispered to Hayden."My father
Hayden POVToday was the day of the general meeting. Since my return two days ago, I have spent it with my twins, organizing every piece of evidence that I had. Compiling the conversation between Abel and Ana, I could still see the look of horror on her face when I pushed Abel out of the car; she looked like she had seen a ghost.No one could escape, as I made sure the boundaries were guarded, and I confirmed that Peter was truly my uncle's son. I told my father about it this morning, and I had to hold him down from rushing to his brother's house.I also told Josh what his father had done and that Peter was his brother. He had been working with me for a long time, so he deserved that much respect.My twin's birthday was coming in a few months, and I could not wait to get all this over and start a new phase with my family."Ready," I said to Alex.She nodded. "More than ever."I grabbed her hand and then pressed the elevator. We had left the twins at home wit
"Good morning, soldiers," I said while standing in front of them."Good morning, Alpha," They greeted."Tomorrow, we will save our pack. This is one of the most important missions in our lives, so there is no room for mistakes everywhere. Do you understand?""Yes, alpha.""Good. What I want is your excellence amongst others. No mistakes. Anyone who leaks any information here will die in my hands in the worst way possible. Now let us start."Jim had told him to come to the house; it was near the water. He initially disagreed and gave him another location with the excuse that he could be walking into an ambush. Jim used the same excuse for him, telling him that he might decide to kill him and take every dollar in his account. "The location is the house in the forest. It is not afflicted to any of us, and although he thinks he is smart, we are smarter."I pointed at the hidden cameras that had picked up a picture of a middle-aged woman who came to look around, using detectors and everyt
Hayden pov After what we had last night, I had slept off but was woken up by the sound of my phone ringing. It was on the bed stand, but Alex was using my hand as a pillow, and I did not want to wake her up. I looked at the clock, and it was midnight. But then my phone started to ring again. She must have been disturbed by the noise because she turned and moved away from my hand.I tiptoed off the bed and grabbed my phone, then headed to the bathroom after looking around."This better be important, Jim?" I said immediately that I had picked it."Good evening, Alpha. I am calling because you said to call you and to never act on my command.""And?""The dealer messaged me. He says that he has something to do next week and decided to get the job done tomorrow, so I should get him money ready by tomorrow.""What did you tell him?""Nothing. He just sent me the message a few minutes ago. Also, there's a feature in my laptops that makes messages I have rea
Alex povWe arrived on our private plane to Paris. This was my first time in Paris, and I was so excited. It is going to be a fun experience for me. I brought out my phone, then found the article about Paris I had downloaded, because I wanted to have a better knowledge of where we were going and where we would be visiting after we had rested well.My interest was piqued when I saw a picture of the Eiffel Tower. We will do that.We were taken to our hotel room by a limousine.The hotel NH Paris Gare de l'Est was famous for its exquisite view and its transport convenience, and I will go see it too.The fact that it was closer to the Eiffel Tower, the train station, and the airport made it an exciting place for tourists and visitors.After we checked into one of the biggest hotels in Paris, which was owned by Hayden, We collected the key to our hotel room, while the baggage porters helped us carry our bags into our room.I did not waste time showering; he want
Josh povAs soon as Hayden left, I sat down with Lex, watching her rummage through the wardrobe.She had come to the kitchen, where I was lounging and waiting for them to finish cooking, and dragged me to her room."I need you to help me choose the perfect lingerie to seduce Hayden when he comes back.""Wouldn't Hayden kill me for looking at you?""He won't know unless you tell him, and what he does not know would not kill him. Now come with me."I followed her to the room, but all I wanted was to call Cecelia. I knew that she was in the Alpha's whatever, but I liked her.I remember how beautiful she looked from the back in the tub. She looked like a princess, so I pulled off my clothes and joined her in the tub."What are you doing?" She had asked me."Bathing, Isn't it obvious?" I asked."I thought you said that there was no reason for you to do that, as you will be leaving soon.""I changed my mind," I said, and then I started washing her hair for her."Okay,
Alex povI felt someone tapping me, and I groaned, then buried my face in the bed. It must already be time for us to leave, but I had stayed all night watching K-drama recommendations because I wanted to sleep more.It had started with Hayden bringing his laptop to bed when I said that I did not want to be alone in the room while he typed. He had agreed, but then the noise from his typing would not let me sleep."Can't you put down that laptop? I can't seem to sleep because of what you are typing." "I can't, but I can get out of bed; I will just be in the living room. You can call me if you need me."I shook my head, then placed my head on his chest. He likes to say that I have been needy these past few days.I had told him that since I almost died, I now knew what I was missing, and he started laughing.I stayed curled up at his side while he worked, but then I saw that it was disturbing him, just that he did not only tell me that he could not type comfor
Finn Hallmark povI had finished making a few calls in my study and learned that Donovan was not giving up and that he was still trying to finish up in the few days that they gave him. I did not know what he thought he was doing, but that bastard was starting to make me angry, and it looked like I would get rid of him."Is there a way that you guys could get him to leave the deal for me? You know how much I give you for everything that you do for me, right?""I know that Finn, but there is nothing that I have not tried. I sent you a picture of the deal too, and you could not find any clause that would make anyone take anything back. He was very thorough in making that deal like he knew that something like this would happen." I scoffed, "I don't mean through legal means; I mean, can't you get rid of him through any means?"The bastard at the other end of the line started laughing like I said something funny. He laughed for a while, and it started to irritate me, so I
When I opened my eyes, the room still felt dark, so that may mean that it was not morning yet. I felt sore in many places, and my head was killing me, but either way, I tried to touch his side of the bed and ask him to pull me up, but there was no one there. I looked at the side, which was a bit rumbled, which meant that he did sleep there but had woken up before I did.I managed to sit up and then looked at the clock. It was five o'clock in the morning, and I pushed myself to the edge of the bed even though my whole body protested against that movement. But I needed to get up and drain my bladder since I fainted from my orgasm and did not know everything that happened after that. I also needed to eat something because all that walking made me hungry, and I was too busy ogling Josh to ask for noodles yesterday, but now that all that was done, I needed to eat. I heard the sound of a plate falling somewhere, so that means that he was in his kitchen.Then came the whole problem, because
I grabbed the drink from his hand and took a sip from it to calm my insides. I had not examined what kind of tea, which is unlike me; it could have been poison and I would have drank it without looking, but it turned out sweet, so I looked at the remaining liquids at the bottom of the cup."What kind of tea is this? It's really sweet," I asked him."I don't know; my mom bought most of the things in my house, including this tea. She blended a lot of the things into the dried green tea, but I have forgotten what she mentioned."I tasted cinnamon on it," I said, and he shrugged."I did too, but as for the rest, I did not pay much attention," he said."Do you want to play a game?" He asked me."What is it? Truth or dare," I continued. "Do you want to dare me to pull my pants off?""It is not truth or dare, and if I wanted you to pull your pants off, I would not need to play a silly game. It's an Ouija box game where you have to do anything the alphabet on it says.""Is there another paper