CHAPTER 49 ARTFOLD’S POV “How much did you hear?” I asked, returning to my seat and putting my ass on it. She walked towards the chair, her heels clicking on the floor at every step she took. She took the first chair to my right, crossing her legs and making herself comfortable before snapping her head towards me. Her eyes were calm as the waters, her face radiating with a glow. If not for Alexander, we should be eating dinner together, my mind and head running all over the place on how to ask her the questions I badly wanted to ask her the night before. But if not for her, I would have had Alexander in my palm, he would have not gotten any chance to escape and maybe I would have been in the car by now, riding off to find my beautiful and dearest mate. My Liana. “I remember everything he took from me,” she finally said something. “What?” “I said, I remember every memory he took from me. Everything. I remember them fully now.” She restated. A frown made its way to my face, sh
CHAPTER 50 ALICIA’S POV It has been three days since everything happened and the heat in the pack has not even died down for a bit. Everyone was working more than their working hours, the priestess didn’t have any time to even entertain me because they kept having meetings on meetings, Callum the same thing and Artfold has not shown his face ever since that night. Asides from the note he asked a guard to deliver to me last night. “I really want you, Alicia. In everything I’ve been doing, you take up half of my thoughts, but I need time to be sure about you, about us. And if this is what I want.” I angrily tore the note and threw it to the bin. It was all an excuse, and I didn’t want to think of it to be something more than that. If I did, I was lying to myself. If Liana returned, there would never be a part where he would think if he was now sure about them, he would take her, swing her in his arms without a doubt. I didn’t want to be the second guessed mate. It was a thing that
CHAPTER 51 ALICIA’S POV. I didn’t say anything immediately I figured he was in the room, just turned back and continued my search for where the little switch could be. If it was in my room that this happened, I would know my way around but here, I don’t know one shit and I can’t afford to stay with him in the darkness even for one more minute. My hands fumbled in the dark, my eyes opened to nothing but a pit of nothingness. I carried my feet carefully, not wanting to give myself a bruise in a locked room without any care. And which I was sure that Callum or Mia would never find any help. Mia. I was going to kill her immediately I was out of this place. If Callum had come to me, I would not have answered but I only came here because it turned out to be Mia, because she begged me with something that turned out to be a lie. I was trying to figure out where the light was when I felt something stumble hard on me. A scream left my mouth as I figured out what it was, I was going to f
CHAPTER 52 ALICIA’S POV. “I missed you, Alicia.” The silence in the room turned sour and awkward immediately. I gulped down, unable to form words to use as a response or even open my mouth to him. “And I know it might sound wrong and all, but I really missed you. You didn’t even come out once for the air or anything, I sent numerous guards to you and you declined everything..” I stood up, anger soaring within me. I walked towards the door and twisted the knob, wanting to leave. He has chosen her over and over me every fucking time and now he had the guts to start professing.. “Alicia… “I’m sorry, Artfold but I really don’t want to have this conversation with you. It would be better if we just eat and sit in silence till they come back.” “But I’m really sorry…” I turned back to meet his eye, “and I do not care!” “I do not care if you’re sorry or not. I’ve watched the first mate turn his back on me. I begged and pleaded, did everything he said I should do to have a place. I
CHAPTER 53 ARTFOLD’S POV I was the first person to wake up between both of us, and waking up first has never felt so beautiful and sweet at the same time. I could not remember the last time I felt this way. Maybe when Liana was still alive. I quickly shoved the thoughts of Liana off my mind to focus on her, the way she slept so peacefully, the way her lashes rested on her face quietly. Everything felt so surreal and stomach filling. I stared to her face. Last night has been one of my best nights so far, crazy and splendid. From the kiss, the little approvals, her little giggle, me holding her till morning, everything was great. I leaned and placed a peck on her cheeks before standing up, ignoring the pit in my stomach that felt weird about everything. I lifted the corners of my lips up as an idea for the morning popped into my head. An annoying sigh escaped my lips, followed with the clench of my jaws as I turned the knob and noticed it was still locked. “Callum…” I growled in
CHAPTER 54 CALLUM’S POV “Mia! Mia! Wait up!” I yelled out immediately we left ARTFOLD’S room. She halted in her steps, turning back to meet me with a frown set on her face. I walked up to her and stopped right in front of her, taking deep breaths in to catch the ones I’ve lost from quick walking to her. “What’s wrong?” “You…you seem…you seem annoyed,” I started, still breathing in and out heavily. “You seem annoyed when he said that, and shocked. I just wanted to tell you I’m very sorry about what he said. I didn’t think he’ll notice that we’ve been together lots of times.” She folded her hands underneath a breast, the first sign of a great disaster. Her lips moved in a circle, her tongue swiping around in her mouth as she eyed me precariously, “tell me, you didn’t tell him about me? Or… “Let me put it this way, are you embarrassed to tell the alpha that you’re mated to me?” Deep lines settled on my forehead. Of all things I expected her to be mad about, I didn’t see this one
CHAPTER 55 MIA’S POV I stood there for more than a while, unable to move, unable to shake, even unable to blink. He was gone but his actions still left me dumbfounded. He kissed me. Nope. He pecked my cheeks. The beta pecked my cheeks. My mate pecked my cheeks. The entirety of it all made me want to squeal inwards and also made me not want to squeal. Now he would think that our relationship has moved by a notch and he can now start asking for more things. Now that we’ve done pecking on the cheek, it would be the lips next, then other places and I might end up in his bed soon. And after that, he’ll figure out that he doesn’t want me again and he’ll let me go and then I would be something I don’t want to be. A MISTRESS. Not to lie, hearing the alpha call me a mistress really got to me. The shock was why I could not respond to him first and I was more than grateful when Alicia replied on my behalf. But now that there might be a tiny realization of me actually turning to a mistr
CHAPTER 56 ARTFOLD’S POV I gave her a peck on the cheeks before slowly rolling off the bed in a quiet manner. I picked my shirt from the side of the table and flung it on, picking my trousers and putting it on before quietly exiting the room. I had been together with her since morning, laughing, talking, discussing about various matters and doing other things too. She slept off, woke up again and we resumed talking which in the meantime, I worked on something’s from inside the room and she slept off again this time. I decided to leave the room so I could get something’s from Callum and also somethings from the priestess. By the time I got to my study, not either Callum nor the priestess was inside so I just took a seat, started sorting out some of the files I had on the table and waiting for them. After a while, the door opened and finally revealed Callum. “Artfold..” “I mindlinked you thirty minutes ago. Where were you?” “I have something I’m doing and it’s quite urgent. What
AliciaMonths passed by in a blink of an eye, and I wouldn't believe it if I was told that such a day would happen. I have always been blaming myself for a lot of things, I have always blamed myself for the death of my son knowing that all of that wouldn't have happened if I wasn't useless. It was not until now that I realized that most of the blame I put on my head wasn't entirely my fault, what could I have done in the situation where I was being used by Walter. I would have been able to maneuver things if I had the same intelligence that I have now but there are no such things. Being able to reconcile with my son is the biggest gift I can ever get and it only makes me happy. I felt my heart flutter uncontrollably as I thought of all that had happened. I felt lucky to have met my mate Artfold and even if the journey was unlucky I felt grateful, I wouldn't have grown this far without all those ups and downs. Now all that I know awaits me is nothing but joy, yes joy. Artfold and
ArtfoldI was happy knowing that Alicia is pregnant, she was having my child but I became sad again knowing that it will be hard for her to be able to escape from Walter and Liana.Although I wanted nothing other than to save Alicia and Jason, I still didn't feel connected and concerned about him like I do to the unborn child in Alicia's tummy.I wanted to save Alicia and only by doing Walter's biddings will I be able to get that done. It was now that I regretted all my past decisions, I had always been trying to be kind. I have always wanted to keep both Walter and Liana hoping that they would be able to change but it seems that I was wrong about that. I knew that all of this would have been avoided if it weren't for the fact that I was trying to be kind to them. I wanted to give them a second chance but they didn't plan on giving me a second chance which made me angry. If I was to be given a second chance I will make sure I end the life of the both of them without trying to give th
Liana My heart was filled with turmoil seeing that the person in front was none other than the son of Alicia. I knew that Walter must have kept something that can be used against her but I didn't expect things to be like this. It wasn't until months later that we both decided to put things into action, we have been looking forward to these days but we have been cautious wanting to be sure that there is no mistake and today is the day, there is no way I would be losing to Alicia today. She is not a fish under my chopping board. I knew that she must have been captured by the man who was sent to bring her easily because she knew that he had something to do with us. I could only say that she is unlucky to fall into my hands because there is no way I am letting her go scott free. When she was brought back I noticed that she was pregnant, and I couldn't help but feel jealous. I wanted nothing at that moment other than to make her lose her child. Although I knew that she was pregnant, I
ArtfoldWalter's threat had put a huge deal on me, it wasn't because of his threat but because his threats were mainly directed to Alicia and I had already promised to always be by her side and help her accomplish things but it felt like I won't be able to complete it with the way things were. I felt uncomfortable but there was nothing I could do about it. I could only let out the news that whoever can find Walter and Liana will be greatly rewarded. I added Liana to the wanted kiss because I knew all that is happening isn't happening behind her, I knew that she must have a hand in it. I could barely go home to comfort Alicia because I don't know what to say or do. I felt like I would only make her become sad if I kept on trying to comfort her. I feel useless and I could only hope that the packs out there who had sent out their warriors in search of them would be able to find them as soon as possible. I was shocked to hear from Callum that Alicia had been kidnapped. It was like h
Alicia I felt that there was no need for me to keep Liana locked up and that was mostly because of the feelings I had for her. I couldn't bring myself to hurt the only family member that I have. I knew that she wouldn't care about our family affairs if she wanted to hurt me. What was I saying? She doesn't care about our family affairs, she didn't even try to save me when I was being tortured by George, and although I was hurt by her but I still didn't hurt her. I don't plan on getting revenge because I know that there will be no other chance for her to hurt me. After returning home that day I started to feel uneasy, it was like something bad would soon happen but I shrugged it off by mind. I knew that it would be useless for me to be worried about something that I am not even aware of. It wasn't until three days later that I realized the reason why I was being nervous. It turned out that everything was all because of Liana and Walter. They escaped, the moment I heard that I fel
LianaI was shocked by what had happened, I had thought of taunting Alicia with the fact that I had sex with Artfold but it turned out to bite me back. Alicia fainted immediately and when I was still in shock, I was held down by the maids around me.It was the first time they will show their true colors and strength, they didn't act like they were maids, and they acted like warriors. It was a pity that the maid's that were given to me by Artfold after he had released me didn't act out of the ordinary, they only went forward to help Alicia up. If it were normal I would have thought that it was nothing other than the fact that they had betrayed me because they were worried about Alicia but I knew that they weren't worried about her just because they felt like that but they were worried about her because it was their duty. I had some doubts about them before and I even planned on trying to find out if my doubts about turn was right and it wasn't until Alicia's maids showed their fang
Liana After being tortured, I was taken to the other cell in the dungeon and I was locked up by Callum. I had expected that Artfold would visit me in the cell to condemn me for what I had done but he didn't. I was confused not knowing what he meant by that but no matter what the case is, I didn't care about it anymore. All my mind was on what was happening and what he was up to. I stayed in the cell for a whole day and surprisingly Callum didn't come to torture me after that day. I had thought that I will be subjected to a lot of torture but it seems that I was wrong about it. It wasn't until the second day that I was finally visited by Artfold, and just when I was about to ask what all this was about I spotted Alicia from the corner of my eyes, she stared at me for a while before shaking her head slightly. “Do you have your memory back?” I asked even though I knew that she must have recovered her lost memories, I knew that there is no way that she wouldn't have recovered her
Alicia I vaguely heard a voice telling me these things will be alright but I still couldn't place my hands on things but I still believed it. I know that I will be able to make things work out for me now that everything is getting back together. Although I still couldn't remember anything except for the fact that I had killed the man named George. I had thought that I would be filled with grief and indignation for the rest of the days but it turned out that I was wrong. I realized that I didn't feel the way I had felt when I had just killed the man named George. It wasn't until I heard from Artfold that he deserved that, and that he isn't a saint, and that I was eliminating the danger for the people that I realized that I must have made the right choice. I felt that things were starting to make sense but it was then that I faced the most horrible thing I hate the most. I was starting to feel myself getting estranged from him and I didn't say a word to him knowing that I could sti
ArtfoldI thought that everything would be settled once Liana and Walter, who were Alicia's past, were released but I didn't expect that things wouldn't go the way I wanted. I had calculated a lot of things but I failed to calculate the fact that I am part of Alicia's present. The witch had told me that everyone who had any type of relationship with Alicia needs to be around her to be able to recover her memory. After releasing Walter and Liana, I realized that whenever I tried to meet Alicia she always told the maids to find excuses for her. She makes excuses just because she didn't want to see me, and I was confused about that because she hasn't regained her memory yet and even if she does there is no need for her to blatantly ignore me like this.I could still vividly remember the time when I crossed paths with Alicia in the pack. She took a detour just because she didn't want to meet me. I have always been trying so hard to make sure I find out why Alicia is like this but to no