ODETTE’s POV.“Okay, good” I drop the fabric on the table as I stifle a light yawn, “make sure to have them produce these in much larger quantities” I tell the head of design, “we need to start working on the designs and I need all hands on deck”“Yes ma’am”“Good”It has been a week of work and I feel like my body is about to give up. Fashion week is just a week away and I am trying to handle everything. Dad said he would be back in three days since mum was fine now. Jayden was taking care of London’s fashion week and I am the only one here.Remind me to completely wash my hands off anything that concerns work when everyone comes back.“What time is it?” I ask again.“It’s past eight ma’am”“Wow!!”“Let’s revise the plan again and we can call it a day”“Sure ma’am, I will get everyone to the conference room”Walking out of the store room, I take the elevator to my office and my jaw drops when I walk in and I see Malachi seated on the couch, his attention on his phone.“You didn’t te
MICHELLE’s POV.With trembling hands, I collect the paper from the doctor and continue to stare back at it. I was not expecting what he said a few minutes ago. How can I be pregnant? Was this some kind of joke? He said I couldn’t get pregnant right? I have been trying for two years now and my efforts yielded superfluous dejections so this is why the result in my hand has me trembling. Three years of being the Luna of my pack has got me trying to produce an heir to the legendary pack of the shadow warriors but I could not.My husband, Alpha Nicholas would be so happy to hear this news. After all, we have been trying together.When I was just sixteen years old; my mate manifested himself. I worked at the pack kitchen with my aunt after my father and my mother died from a pack war when trying to save Nicholas and since then, aunt decided to just make meals for the pack house.On that fateful day, I found out that Nicholas was my mate and I was damn too excited, he was the talk of many
I gently open my eyes as the gloomy day dawns upon me. Last night was the most terrifying day of my life and I badly wanted to think it was a dream but here I am on the bed with Nicholas’s side cold and unlaid.Tears well up in my eyes but I try to push it to the back of my head, the divorce papers are lying on the table beside me while the pregnancy report is just by the side. One contained my happiness and the other contained my pain. My three years of marriage have come crashing to the ground with a loud bang, I feel like a weakling.I grab the divorce papers again and stare down at it, the words are dancing before my eyes. The fact that Nick’s signature is staring back at me makes everything so unbearable. Did he even hesitate before signing this? Did he even have a second thought before penning down his signature? A lot is going on in my head as I continue to look at the papers in my hand. I can no longer contain the tears and it hurts so much, I can feel my legs go weak. Dropp
MICHELLE’s POV.As soon as the doctor’s words filter into my ears as I sit in front of him , my heart skips a beat. This is not the kind of news I am expecting, how can my baby be in danger now when i just conceived. My heart is shattered into a thousand pieces and I can feel the tears falling from my eyes.“You need to put yourself together, Luna” the doctor says again and I sniff back a tear. I need to be strong, this is not the time for me to cry. Crying won’t solve what I am already going through.“Tell me” I finally find my voice, “what are the chances?”“Well” he leans forward towards me, “the tumor can be managed with medication but i am not sure for how long ma’am”“I will keep the baby” I announce and a small frown appears on his face.“What do you mean? Didn’t you hear me, Luna ? A tumor is..I immediately interrupt him, “I have been craving a child for the past three years, doctor and I can not throw these ones away because of a tumor. Since it can be managed by medecine, I
MICHELLE’s POV. As soon as I lower myself on the bed, my mobile begins to beep. Seeing it was one of Nicholas’s lawyers, I let out a heavy sigh before clicking on the receive button. “Hello” “Madam, sir Nicholas sent over the divorce papers via email. I think we should meet and discuss how to settle this. He want to add more alimony for you” “You can go ahead and process it. Mind you, I am not in need of the alimony, he can keep his money for all I care” “Why don’t you tell me your location, I will come over” “You don’t have to meet me, Mr Smith” I tell him, “just do as Nicolas has told you, I am not in the mood to meet anyone from his side. I immediately end the call and I fling the phone on the bed as my mind drifts off to Nicholas again. All my life, I thought I married the perfect gentleman and alpha. The man who was rude to others but gentle with me. I saw Nicholas as a god and this is what he does to me. The more I think about it, the more angry I get. I gen
NICHOLAS’s POV. I have just finished reading the document on my study table when my door pushes open and Lucy saunters into the room. She has a gloomy look on her face and I am guessing the meeting with Michelle didn’t go as she wanted. I had told her not to but my little sister is stubborn, I am glad she learned the hard way. “I am busy, Lucy” I tell her, “why are you here?” “You don’t seem bothered about Michelle?” She asks while lowering herself on the chair in front of me, “I met with her and she was extremely angry, I don’t think.. I cut her short, “do you think I am doing this because I still love Michelle but I want to keep my baby with Natalia?” A frown appears on my forehead as the words spew out of my mouth. “Isn’t that what this is about? Lucy asks further, “you have always wanted a child and she has not been able to produce one for you. I understand that you want to be with Natalia because she is carrying your baby but.” “I love Natalia, Lucy” I tell her, “I
NATALIA’s POV. After Nicholas is done talking to the pack members, he leaves to meet with the bounty hunters while I decide to take a tour around the pack house. It had been three years of not seeing the building, three years of being away from him, three years of letting Michele do as she pleased. Three years ago, I watched her take him away from me and I couldn't do anything. I left the pack house in shame but now I was back to take what belongs to me. No matter how tough everything gets, I must make sure Nicholas never thinks about getting back with that sister of mine anymore. I know he won’t do that, after all I have his heir growing inside of me. “Natalia” my thoughts were interrupted when I heard someone calls my name from behind me and I turn to see his sister. I almost roll my eyes, I know she didn’t like me so why won’t she keep her distance from me? “For someone who doesn’t like me, you sure pester me a lot, Lucy” I don’t bother to hide the loathing in m
MICHELLE' s POV. The beeping of my mobile resonates in my ears and I gently open my eyes before pushing my body to a sitting position. Picking up my phone, it is my aunt and for a moment I don’t know if I should answer the call. She must have heard what happened at the pack house and I know for a fact that she wants to give me an earful. The phone in my hand continues to ring and left with no other choice, I click on the receive button before pressing the phone against my ear. “Hello” “You brat” she sounds furious, “how dare you leave without even telling me, mish?” “I am sorry aunt” I say out loud, “Everything happened so fast and I didn’t have time to think, I had to leave immediately” “But why, why would you leave your home and your pack just because Natalia is back, I thought you were stronger than this my dear” “Look aunt” I rake my fingers through my wavy hair as she sigh left my lips, “Nicholas wanted me gone and I didn’t want to argue with him. He finds Natal
ODETTE’s POV.“Okay, good” I drop the fabric on the table as I stifle a light yawn, “make sure to have them produce these in much larger quantities” I tell the head of design, “we need to start working on the designs and I need all hands on deck”“Yes ma’am”“Good”It has been a week of work and I feel like my body is about to give up. Fashion week is just a week away and I am trying to handle everything. Dad said he would be back in three days since mum was fine now. Jayden was taking care of London’s fashion week and I am the only one here.Remind me to completely wash my hands off anything that concerns work when everyone comes back.“What time is it?” I ask again.“It’s past eight ma’am”“Wow!!”“Let’s revise the plan again and we can call it a day”“Sure ma’am, I will get everyone to the conference room”Walking out of the store room, I take the elevator to my office and my jaw drops when I walk in and I see Malachi seated on the couch, his attention on his phone.“You didn’t te
BRYER’s POV.She actually asked him to let me go and he did without saying anything. How did the two of them meet and become entangled? Malachi is mine and I can not just allow someone from the goddess knows where to come and take him away from me. How did the spell even break? She ensured me that we would remain mates forever so how did the fucking spell break?“Fuck this” I mutter under my breath as I angrily fling the phone on the bed. I have tried calling Malachi for what seems like ages but he didn’t respond nor did Mason. For Mason not to accept my call, it meant Malachi had already told him what happened.This isn’t supposed to happen, Malachi and I were supposed to have our ceremony and become official mates, how could this..My attention shifts to the door that has just opened and Zach saunters into the room with his phone to his ear, he looks like he is having an important call.He hasn’t asked me anything about how I knew Malachi and I am hoping he doesn’t ask. One thing a
ODETTE’s POV.The moment he opens the door and I saunter into the house, I come face to face with Mason who has a huge smile on his face and this makes me frown. Okay, so why is he smiling at me like that when he has never?“Welcome back, sister in law” he said to me and I turn to Malachi who is busy trying to stifle a smile.“Do you want some water?”“Okay, what’s going on here?” My eyes dart across the two of them, “why are you trying to be nice to me when we both know you don’t like me”“It’s not like I hate you, sister in law” he says again, “I just……Malachi told me what happened and I am really sorry about that. I didn’t…..“You told him?” I turn to Malachi who nods“Yes, he needs to understand”Sucking on my lower lip lightly, I return my attention to Mason again.“It’s fine, I didn’t expect you to just accept me on seeing me. I know you had a long history with Bryer and all”“It still wasn’t reasonable for me to act the way I did. Permit me to make amends to you, I
ODETTE’s POV.Seated on the bed, my whole attention is on the computer in front of me. I didn’t stay long in Texas after what happened because I had to rush back to oversee the company and I was too angry to stay with Malachi. I wasn’t upset with him, it wasn’t his fault and it wasn’t like anything happened. I even asked him to let Bryer go, to show her how much power I have over her mate. I didn’t realize our parts would become tangled one day and now.The intercom on the table rings out lightly, jolting me out of my thoughts.“Hello”“Ma’am” the receptionist’s voice filters through, “your husband is here to see you”“My husband?” A scowl settles on my face.“Yes ma’am”“Let him in”After a few seconds, the door opens up and Zachary saunters in. He is dressed in a navy blue suit that looks good on him. His hair is slicked back nicely. This was the man I was drooling over, the one who had my heart in a chokehold, the one I was ready to do anything and everything for.Looking at him
MALACHI’s POV.After reviewing the last document, I close the book before pressing my back against the chair, closing my eyes in the process. I had to fly back to Texas early this morning because something happened at the pack house I had to take care of. Apparently a rogue park attacked my pack last night and left a few injured people. I was tired of sending them warnings and maybe now I should teach them a lesson that it’s not all packs they can go to attack like that.A knock on the door makes me open my eyes.“Alpha” someone calls from outside.“Come in, Blaise!” I urge him and he immediately ventures into the room with a slight bow.Blaise is my beta and he is one good kid, very good if you ask me.“What is it, Blaise?”For a moment my mind drifts off to Odette. I already miss her, she couldn’t come with me because she has to take care of the company. I want to finish early and go back to her. Last night was so overwhelming for her and I still feel angry about it. The nerve of Br
ODETTE’s POV.Standing in front of the house I once shared with Zach as my husband, I am contemplating whether to go in or just go back.I don’t want to go back to the family house and I do not want to go back to a hotel. Going back to Malachi’s house is not an option, a lot has happened today and we needed time away from each other. I touch that spot on my neck and a sigh leaves my mouth.“Should we really do this?” My wolf asks me and I nod, it’s not like Zach is here and I need to get my things from here.Making up my mind, I make my way towards the house. Putting in the password, I jerk the door open and a sight as disgusting as shit greets me. I stumble back a few feet away from the mess in front of me. Zach, deep inside her having sex on the sofa right in front of me. What the actual heck? When did he even come to New York? A lot of questions are in my head as I continue to look at them, disgust clearly written on my face.The two of them turn to me and I can see the smirk linge
MALACHI’s POV.Everything happened in an instant and before I knew what was happening, my fangs were buried in her neck and my wolf howled in excitement at the thought of becoming one with her. I loved her and I didn’t try to stop myself from marking her even though she got upset and tried to tell her uncle and her aunt nothing about me.Why the heck was she so worried about the fact that I had a mate? Yes, I had a mate but that is my cross to carry and not hers but holding her in my arms now and kissing her, all my anger goes away until she pushes me off, her gaze on something behind me.I follow her line of sight and I see Mason there, he looked very mad and disgusted to say the least. Well, I can’t blame him. He loves Bryer and wants her to be his sister in law but he keeps forgetting about the fact that I do not love Bryer and I do not want to spend my life with her.“Why didn’t you call me that you were coming, Mason?” I ask him, an eyebrow raising in the process.“So you could t
ODETTE’s POV.His gaze remains on me as I continue to pace up and down the room. What the heck happened a while back? How did we get in that position? How did he…Fuck!! That wasn’t supposed to happen. Yes, I felt it and none of us could stop ourselves but that didn’t mean we could commit such an atrocity against the moon goddess.I gently touch the nape of my neck and I can still feel the roughness from his fangs. How was he able to mark when he had a mate? At this point, I don't even know what has happened.“You are going to get dizzy pacing like that” his voice halts me and I turn to face him. He looks indifferent like we haven’t just committed a sin. How can he sit there looking so relaxed and so….“Do not forget that you are pregnant” Malachi further adds.“Really?” I plop down on the chair opposite him, “we just did something wrong and all you care about is the fact that I am pregnant?”“What did we do wrong, bubbles”“You have a fucking mate”“A mate whose presence I never felt
BRYER’s POV.An hour ago.When Malachi opens the door, a huge grin appears on my face as I rush into his embrace. I haven’t seen him in like forever but he doesn’t look excited to see me. Well, he has always been like this, I just wish he can even pretend to want me and not act this way all the time.I have been away for like a week and he didn’t call or text me. I know he is not particularly happy about the fact that we became mates despite being friends but he has forgotten when I told him I was madly in love with him and I would do anything to make him mine. Has he ever looked at himself in the mirror? I mean, he is the most gorgeous man I have ever seen with eyes that feel like they are bearing a hole into me. I mean, I would have been mad if he didn’t belong to me and I am going to do everything to keep it that way no matter what.“What are you doing here, Bryer?” His voice cut into my reverie and I gently pull away from him, his gaze on me and he has an expressionless look on h