Gwen ran as fast as her legs could carry her, the sooner she was out of sight. Her heart raced as she kept running. She realized that Reina has been a snake after all and Cora was innocent.
She could hardly believe what she had heard while she had crept to the window of the cabin. Reina was still very much involved with her family. She had deceived all of them, but most of all, she had taken control of Maya's kindness and has been fooling her all along.This made her realize that Grey was right after all. As she kept running in the direction of the pack house, all her hope was to tell Grey the moment she gets to the pack house.As she kept running, not stopping for once to catch her breath, out of nowhere, a huge plank hit her on her forehead and she staggered back as her ears rang. A vibrating pain went through her head and her vision went blur. The last image she saw before she fell down and lost consciousness was a pair of black boots.||Grey walked out of the room and headed downstairs to speak with the warriors. Maya also walked out of the room to speak with the omegas to search for Gwen in the pack house.After doing that, she walked over to Reina's room and knocked. The door was immediately opened by Reina. "Maya," she exclaimed in surprise. They've not really spoken in a while."Have you seen Gwen? Did she tell you where she was going to?" Maya asked in a matter of urgency.Reina had a puzzled look on her face. "No, she did not tell me where she was going to. The last I saw of her was this morning. I have been in my room since then," she said.Maya was distraught and she almost pulled at her hair. "I think she's missing. Gwen would never leave the pack house without informing me. I have a feeling she's missing," she replied, worriedly."Missing? That's impossible," Reina said in disbelief as she continued. "Perhaps she went somewhere that is quite far. She will soon
"You're my best friend, Alyssa. I'll do anything to protect you," Ariella said to her.Alyssa hugged her tight. "Even if there's another life, I would still choose you as my friend, all over again," she replied and Ariella hugged close.Gwen swallowed hard as she watched this scene. She could not believe her eyes. She was Ariella that she had always dreamt about and Maya was Alyssa too. It felt like she was in a trance. It was all too familiar."Marianna will keep trying to separate us, Alyssa. What shall we do?" Ariella asked as she pulled away from Alyssa."There's nothing much that can be done, Ariella. She does all of her transgressions so subtle that we do not have evidence of her sins and yet, she has told a heavy lie against me to the Heavenly god," Alyssa said shaking her head."She wants you out of the heavens, Alyssa and she's using this love affair you have with Verne as a medium to carry out her evil plans," Ariella replied as
"How dare you call me by my name and speak so ill mannered and crudely to me?" She demanded in anger.Gwen ran her tongue on her inside cheek and realized that her teeth had grazed it and left a cut.She raised her head to look at her. She let out a dry laugh. "Hit me all you want, Riley," she began, calling her by her name again and Riley was stunned by the audacity she possessed. She continued. "It will never change the fact that you're a bittered woman," she added.Riley was about to hit her again when Reina walked in. Celine and Riley looked at the door and saw her. Riley had a look of anxiety on her face. "What is it?" Riley demanded."There's trouble, mother. Trouble is knocking on our door," Reina replied."Speak and do not keep me in suspense," Riley said to her.Reina walked closer. "Grey has ordered some of the gammas and sentinels to find Gwen. They are searching for her because of Maya," she announced.Gwen's
"Do not be surprised, my lord. We're demons. We can find anyone," Athon said to Grey.Grey looked at him in skepticism. "Really? Then, why can't I find her?" He asked."I'm surprised myself, my Lord. Finding anyone should not be difficult for you. You're the demon emperor. It's in our traits. Perhaps you need to recuperate your energy to feel all of those powers again. Do not worry, we'll definitely help you recuperate," Athon reassured him as he continued. "But, first, tell me, who is this person you want to find?" He asked."Ariella, the goddess of children," Grey replied.Athon's eyes widened in surprise. "She's here on earth? How?" He questioned.Grey shrugged. "I guess she must have died too and reincarnated," he replied.Athon sighed. "Alright. I can find her. I just need anything that belongs to her," he replied."That would be difficult. I have none and we're far from the pack house," Grey said, looking around.
"Enough of this talk," Riley said as she pulled out a dagger. Green eyes and Reina held Gwen to keep her in place. Gwen screamed as Riley bent her head backwards to slit her throat."If the blade of that knife come in contact with her skin, you will not live to tell the story," Grey's masculine voice rang in their heads and a chilly shiver went down their spines.Reina was horrified as she saw Grey. She quickly let go of Gwen's arm in fear and so did green eyes as he moved away from Gwen.Riley had not expected him to find them. Behind Grey was Athon, Zing and the rest of his men. Riley knew she has been cornered and her husband was nowhere to be found in all of these. She still would not let go, as she felt she could threaten him with Gwen.But, before she knew it, Athon was beside Celine and he had a dagger to her neck too. "If you go ahead to kill Gwen, not just your daughter would die, but you and your entire household," Grey said as
Everybody was shocked to hear this from Riley. Reina and Celine could hardly believe their ears. They stared at Maya. There was no way she was their half sister. Grey was shocked as he stared at Riley. Was she pulling a stunt? Looking at her, she looked so bittered and angry to be telling a lie."What did you just say?" Maya asked in disbelief as she felt her legs weakened and her knees buckled."You heard me right, Maya Caesar. You're the illegitimate child of Killian. My foolish husband wanted your mother at all cost. I have no idea what he ever saw in her," Riley said bitterly and stared at Maya who was visibly shaken as she continued. "The bastard went ahead to rape her. She never knew he was the one responsible for the rape. He had planned it meticulously. But, I found out. I saw him that night sneaking out of the barn after he had committed the disgraceful act. Then, I had decided to investigate that same night. I went to the barn and immediately I saw your m
Grey walked towards them and stood beside Maya as he stared hard at Riley. "Despite the fact that you're about to face my full wrath, you're still not repentant of your sins," he said to her."I do not need your mercy, Grey Stone. I do not want your forgiveness either. I'll rather die than lower on my knees to beg you," Riley replied in rigidity.Grey snickered. "You'll definitely get what's coming your way," he replied and turned to one of the sentinels in the dungeon. "Bring them out, including Stefan," he said as he called green eyes real name. Green eyes was locked up in a different cell. Celine and Reina trembled in fear as Grey continued. "You're to tie them up and give them forty strokes from the longest spike whip," he ordered and Riley clenched the bars of the cell hard as she clenched her jaw.Lisa and Reina gasped as they fell down on their knees. Reina knew they would not be able to survive it. "Please, I beg of you, forgive us,"
Grey walked out of the pack house and saw the sentinels picking Riley, Celine, Stefan and Reina up from the ground. "Let them be," he said as he walked up to them. The sentinels let go of them and stepped backwards."Please, alpha, have mercy," Reina said in her subconsciousness. Her eyes were half closed and she could barely breathe."It's too late to plead for mercy now," Grey replied as he stared at Riley, who stared back at him."If you think...for one second, that I will...ask for your forgiveness...dream on," Riley said in disdain as she spluttered blood from her mouth."I do not need you to ask me for forgiveness, it is well known that I do not forgive my enemies," he began to say as he stared hard at her. "You keep saying that you'll never worship the ground Maya walks on, but, that's about to change," he said and Riley heaved as her breathing labored.He turned to the sentinel beside her. "Cloth her and take her into th
Maya was rushed over to the salutary who attended to her while the rest of the pack house were in a frenzy. ** Five days later ***Grey held Maya's hand, his eyes not leaving her face as he hoped and prayed that she would open her eyes soon. Gwen was sitting at the opposite side of the bed, with her hands clasped in prayers. She has already told Grey all about Vivian. She had been the instigator of the lie that spread out in the heavens, just to get rid of Maya.It's been five days since Maya was in coma and she feared for her life. Grey had never left Maya's side since she was brought into the salutary's cabin. He was disoriented and too worried about her to worry about himself.He prayed fervently, every now and then for her to open her eyes. He prayed to whoever he hoped would answer. The Salutary had no idea if Maya would ever wake up, but yet, Grey did not lose hope.His heart, body and soul was wrenched in pain and the pain of losing Maya and the baby, hurt him the more.All of
"I didn't tell you who I am. How did you know?" Grey asked the witch."Who doesn't know the legendary Dark emperor who has now reincarnated into an alpha? I know you too well and I know what brought you here," she said. She had white streaks in her raven hair.Grey stared at her and waited for her to continue. "You're here concerning the apocalypse and the possible solution to it," she said and Grey nodded. "The ancestors have told me of your coming already," she added."You have been told all your life that light and darkness do not go hand in hand. It is an unbalanced force of nature, but you've been told lies all along," she said and they all stared at her in amazement except from Grey who was shocked."Light and darkness go together, alpha. That's why the mystical lake was placed in the demon world to prove that even the purest streak of light can be found in darkness. The child said to be born to initiate the apocalypse, is the wrong prophecy. The child is being born to unite the
"All these, are the reasons why I was hostile to Maya. I could not tell her about it and that was why I was being subtle in our separation until maybe I get a solution to it all," Grey said."Have you found anything?" Zing asked.Grey shook his head. "I went to meet the heavenly emperor. Someone stole the ancient book about the mystical lake in the demon world. The book holds invisible writings on how to merge the three worlds together using the lake as a connection. What this person is not aware of is that, this could destroy everything," he explained further."Who is this person?" Zing asked."I do not know. The heavenly emperor is pretending not to know. He only told me that the Heavenly mirror and the staff of light are tools in causing this destruction and these two properties of heaven are missing," Grey said.Zing narrowed his eyes. "They're with Maya," he replied."Not anymore. They were taken away from her," Grey said.
As soon as she was gone and out of his sight. Grey mounted the stairs. He got into the study room and in a fierce anger, he threw away every thing laying idly on the table over to the floor.He groaned in pain and hurt as he flung the desk in disarray. With that done, he crumbled to the floor, finding it hard to breathe as short gasped of painful tears gathered in his eyes and threatened to surface.•"Maya, you don't have to go. This can be settled," Gwen said to Maya in a pleading voice, outside the pack gate.Maya shook her head. "This cannot be settled, Gwen. I believe in Grey a lot and I do love him, but, this is the last straw that I can take. I do not know what has gotten into him, but, I cannot handle it any longer," she replied in a tear filled voice."Maya," Gwen began to say pitifully so she could stay, but Maya stood her ground, declining to stay back in the pack house.Just then, Zing showed up. "What'
Vivian is taken to the salutary by Grey while Maya still stood speechless for what has just happened. She could hardly believe her eyes. Can a push cause a miscarriage? She pondered. But, if she had not done that, she would have been the one on the ground with blood flowing down her legs.Grey got to the salutary's cabin and instructed the salutary to take attend to Vivian urgently. "Grey," Vivian called him through gasps as he turned to leave.He turned to her. "The salutary will attend to you. I'll be back," he said and with that, he walked out of the cabin and headed back to the pack house.Gwen walked down the stairs and saw Maya frozen in a spot. She was puzzled. "Maya?" She called her attention and Maya turned to look at her with an horrified look on her face.Gwen was shocked by this until she noticed the small stain of blood on the floor. She became confused as she approached her friend. "What happened?" She asked her.M
"Who is this person?" Grey asked him.Heavenly emperor stared at him. "It's for you to find out," he replied."Do not give me that, emperor. You're the heavenly emperor, right? You should know about this person that's about to cause a massive destruction in our worlds," Grey said, getting angry all over again.The heavenly emperor stared at him. "The emperor is all seeing, Verne. But, some things are hidden and without the heavenly mirror, it cannot be seen," he replied.Grey stared at him and exhaled. "How do we stop this?" He asked."Firstly, we cannot pair with each other because you're a demon emperor," the heavenly emperor replied."Enough of that nonsense, emperor. If we do not pair together to save our world, we'll all perish, irrespective of who's a demon or a god," Grey said, making a point and the heavenly emperor stared at him."Fine. Just for the sake of the worlds, I'm willing to put aside our differences an
"The both of you can go to hell for all I care," Vivian scoffed and without waiting to eat breakfast on the dining table, she picked up her plate and walked away in anger.She was walking towards the stairs when Grey was coming down the stairs. He wanted to ignore her, but he saw Maya walking down the stairs from the corner of his eyes."Where are you going with your breakfast?" He asked her."Is it not Zing and Gwen? They were speaking rude to me and warning me to stay away from you. That's why I'm heading to my room to eat my breakfast," she replied with a pitiful look on her face."What impertinence," Grey ranted as he walked away from Vivian and headed over to Zing.Maya was surprised by his sudden demeanor over Zing and she walked down the stairs, heading over to the dining table."Zing, what right do you have to talk to the mother of my child in such a manner?" Grey demanded in anger.Zing rose up as he scoffed. "A
It bothered him a lot. He turned to Athon. "Let him be buried immediately," Grey said and Athon nodded. "Do you perhaps know the reason on his death?" He inquired."I think I do, my Lord," Athon said as he walked over to the shelf. "One of the books on the shelf is missing, my Lord. It is the only book concerning the mysterious ancient lake," he replied.Grey was puzzled. "What has a book got to do with the death of the Mountain demon?" He asked him.Athon explained further. "The book withholds the secrets of the lake, my Lord. It is an ancestral powerful book that was discovered by the first demons," he said.Grey was still not getting what he was saying.Athon took in deep breaths. "Alpha, this book is said to consist of secret and invisible writings that no man can read. These writings when exposed, leads whoever is in control or possession of the book to the merging of all three worlds. The heavens, the earth and the demon world. I be
"I heard about your debts, Alfred," Grey began as he leaned back in his seat. "But, I must inform you before helping you out on this," he continued and Alfred was keened to what he was saying. "Your wife is responsible for your huge debts," he dropped the bombshell.Alfred was shocked. "What?" He exclaimed softly, puzzled and confused.Grey nodded. "I am not aware of how she does it, Alfred. But, to my best of knowledge, she collects money in your name because of her mother and I do not know what she uses them for. You should speak to her," he said."I'm quite shocked by this," Alfred said and his expression said it all. "So, Lisa has been doing this without my knowledge?" He asked himself, still stunned."Do not quarrel with the naive woman, Alfred. She has been doing all That because of her mother. But, that's by the way," Grey said as he tapped his index finger on the desk. "Get those payments from your wife, settle those people she g