CHAPTER 40 ARTFOLD’S POV I made my way to her room immediately after I got back to my place, not even branching anywhere at all. If what Alexander said was true, even if there was a possibility that he might be the threat, then she needed to know, and the security around her needed to be tightened. I knocked once on her door, waiting for her response as I paced back and forth in front of the door. After getting no response, I knocked again, waiting a while before finally opening the door. A little smile graced my lips at her perfect and slender figure on the bed, covered by her huge blanket. The sight of her was as peaceful and calm as the room itself. The rays of the sunset streaming gently from the window. I stepped carefully till I got to the edge of the bed, my eyes on her, unable to peel it off, unable to stop the butterflies and the aching of my heart. There was something about her, something that pulled me in more than the way Liana pulled me in. I loved Liana, I felt som
CHAPTER 41 ARTFOLD’S POV My legs could not settle to stand somewhere, my ass could not stay on the chair, and my mind was all on her, waiting for her to appear in the room. I paced back and forth, stealing glances to the stairs as I awaited her. I had sent her personal maid to her to ask if she’s done yet and I have been told she would be here any moment from now on. I have decided to take on Callum’s word, and the priestess word and everyone else’s word. I have grieved enough. I have done enough for Liana. And now it was time for me to focus back on just both of us. To focus on the new me. I could not make her suffer because I was going through something, or make my wolf or deny myself my hard-earned feelings for her. My wolf senses picked up on the hearty sound of her giggle and my heartbeat quickened. She was here. I would see her. She would grace my eyes with her beautiful self and I was going to tell her. That I liked her. And that I’ve always felt something for her, ever
CHAPTER 42 ALICIA’S POV “The last and third thing I want to tell you is I like you, Alicia Watson, and I want to be with you.” His words reverberated within me, streams of emotions coursing through me immediately. I gulped down as I stared at him, unable to move, unable to say anything back to him. He liked me. Artfold Panther liked me. And not only like. He also wants to be with me. I cleared my throat, folding my hands together and gently placing them on my dress. “I’ve felt this way for a long time…” he continued after a while. “I’ve wanted to tell you but I was scared. What if you don’t feel the same way about me? What if you don’t want to be with me?” “What about her?” I cut him off, asking gently. “Her?” “Your dead mate.” I said without any caution, stressing my words. “What about her? Have you decided to stop thinking about her? Do you not want her anymore? Are you sure that’s what you want? What about her?” He looked taken aback for a while, his eyes leaving mi
CHAPTER 43. ALICIA’S POV “Something is wrong..” I kept on saying, looking into his eyes. “Come in first and let’s talk.” He ushered me in and closed the door, leading me straight to his bed and having me sit at the edge of it. I gulped down as he walked towards his wardrobe and pulled out a white linen top, throwing it on from his head as it fell to his body. My eyes followed as he moved from the bed to a mini fridge located beside the bed, bringing out a bottle of water. He twisted the cap open before stretching it to me. I took it from him, gulping it all at a go as if I had been famished by water. He collected the bottle back from me, covered it before folding his arms on his chest, “What happened to you?” “I met him. I met Alexander.” His eyes widened instantly, his hands falling off his chest as he walked towards me. He crouched in front of me, his hands out in the open to touch me when I flinched away from him. “Did…did he touch you?” He asked, blinking gently. I no
CHAPTER 44 MIA’S POV “Goodnight Eadith, I’ll see you tomorrow.” “Of course, my regards to your daughter and your mother. Tell her I’ll bring various sweets for her.” The head maid replied to me, a giggle escaping my lips as I packed my bag, swinging them across my shoulder and making my way out of the kitchen. It has been a long and eventful day and every part of my body was in pain, most especially my arms. Being a maid in the Alpha’s pack was such an eventful task but also a high-paying one. With it, I could do anything I wanted to without thinking much about any amount. Although it took more time from my daughter and my mother, it was still a risk that benefited us the most. “Hi there!” A loud gasp escaped my lips at the sound of whoever that was, only for the person with power to stand in front, bright red roses in his hand and a big smile plastered to his face. I wanted to yell out at him and snap and get angry on why he would think this was a nice thing to do but I had n
CHAPTER 45 ARTFOLD’S POV The sound of the birds chirping from outside the room brought me back from the lands of the unconscious to my lids opening and my arm straddling around someone. I fluttered my lids open, settling first on the beautiful damsel that was fast asleep in my arms. A yawn escaped my lips as I closed my eyes briefly, sighing deeply before opening them again. I opened my eyes again, meeting the beautiful woman’s face in front of me again. And that was when everything settled in. Alicia. The beautiful damsel in front of me was Alicia. She was right here. Right in front of me. I jumped out of the bed, not even caring if my hand disrupted her sleep or not. I stood on the ground, my eyes wide open and staring at her. The events of last night started rushing in my head. I was petting her to sleep when sleep finally caught on to me. I had said to myself to just lie down for a bit before going on to call the guards and yet here I was, our arms entangled in each other.
CHAPTER 46 ALICIA’S POV A part of me could sense something wrong the moment I woke up. First off, there was the loud sounds of birds chirping and the sun streaming in from wherever the Goddess knew where coupled with the fact that the bed was very warm more than it should be, giving off something that only had a meaning: I didn't sleep alone and there was someone with me. I opened my eyes after a while, a yawn escaping my lips before swallowing my morning spit. The first sight of the bedsheet confirmed my entire fear, the black color a very far contrast to what I’ll get no matter where I am. I was never a black color person. I sat up immediately, taking a long look at my surroundings before everything rushed to my brain. My eyes widened more than their normal rate as I let out a long internal scream within me. I was in his bedroom. I was in ARTFOLD PANTHER, the alpha’s bedroom. I spent the night in his bedroom. There was no word for this, aside from the fact that I was doome
CHAPTER 47 ALICIA’S POV When I finally opened my eyes again, I was in the doctor’s office and his big face with his large rimmed glass was right in front of my face, a touch shining brightly on my face and a disgust that has never left his face either because of me or something else still seating there. Maybe I would talk to Artfold about him. He clearly doesn't like his job enough to wear disgust on his face this much. “I’m awake.” I breathed out. He moved away from me immediately, turning the touch off and crawling to his little space where he jots stuffs in. “Do you hate me this much?” He looked back at me, his face now dissolved, “I do not hate you, lady. I simply do not like the way you take some of my times by your needless fainting.” I scoffed, managing to sit up. I wanted to reply to him when he stood up and marched towards the door, slamming it shut and leaving me with no one else to throw my response too. I fell back to the bed, closing my eyes quietly. How did I
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