William. I was so happy that Ellis had agreed to remain. Although I was sad she referred to the cage incident, I hoped she would one day forgive all my wrongs. As we got ready to leave, Ellis was very supportive. " Promise me you will come home. If you can't get him, abort the mission and come home." She begged me. Derek and Ellis waved us goodbye. Melena followed, but Audrey remained. We left in a small bus with three warrior wolves. " Melena, can you mask our scents along with Samuel's when we get him?" I asked the mage, trying to make the mission as covert as possible. " I can do better," she winked, "I can mask all our scents and make us look different," she assured me, and I relaxed. " How were you able to convince Ellis not to come?" She asked, and I told her the truth. " Well, that was smart because masking her divine scent would have been difficult," she confessed, and I was very happy my wife had agreed. If the witches were not going to be there, I would have come
William We arrived at the Estate late in the night. I did not tell Ellis we were on our way because I wanted to surprise her. I also asked Melena to keep it to herself until I broke the news to Ellis. " I don't think it is wise Ellis sees me," Samuel said, sounding nervous, while I was ushering him to a room in the guest quarters. " Why is that, Samuel?" I asked, knowing exactly why. Patrick and I were angry with him for that very same reason. " I couldn't tell her that I had sold her. I lied that I secured a job for her here, just so she would agree to come. I am sure she is yet to forgive me for selling her into slavery." Samuel said, wiping his tears. " What you tried with me, Samuel was very dangerous. Not telling me who she is and not telling her she had been sold or why. I have to commend your daughter for adjusting to her situation immediately." I pointed out to him angrily. " Jasper came. First, he came to look for you, after coming to my home a couple of times and findin
Ellis I couldn't believe my eyes. William had succeeded. I hugged my father so tightly, knowing he had been through so much to protect my identity. " I am sorry, Ellis. I am so sorry," he wept. " It's okay, daddy. We are together now." I assured him. I broke the hug and sat on the couch in his room. He sat next to me staring at me. I noticed he had dyed his hair black. " I see you took your advice and dyed your hair," I said laughing and he touched his hair. " You found my letter?" He asked, and I nodded. " I found two letters," I told him, and he frowned. I knew now that he wasn't the writer of the second letter. " Apart from our hidden compartment, there was a letter in the cupboard that said I should contact Jasper Wild to help find you," I said, and he squeezed his face in anger. " That bastard!" was all he could say. " Ellis, I need to explain some things to you. I guess you have found out a lot by now, but I still need to tell you my side of the story," he said, and I
William. My father and I were with Derek in his playroom when Ellis entered with her father. I saw the scolding look in her eyes, and I figured her father had told her what I said. My father stood up to meet Ellis's father. " Father, meet Mr Samuel Ross, Ellis's father. Samuel Ross, meet my father, Alpha Peter Clearsand," I introduced both of them, and they shook each other's hands. " Thank you for raising such a magnificent daughter and bringing love into my son's life," my father said, and Samuel smiled. " The pleasure is mine, sir. Thank you for taking care of my girl and accepting her into your prestigious family," he replied, and they both smiled. " Daddy, meet Derek, he will soon be two," Ellis said introducing Derek to her father. The man picked up his grandson, and tears began to roll down his cheeks. " I wish Kathryn was here to see this. You look so much like your mother," he said, looking at Derek. Samuel's reaction was understandable. He thought he had lost everyt
William. Jasper Wild arrived as he promised. He sat across from my table, and I asked Patrick to excuse us. " Finally, I was able to get your attention," I said, trying to lighten the mood of the tense atmosphere. " Why did you insist on this meeting, Clearsand? I have a lot on my plate," he said, getting straight to the point. I noticed he was more stressed out than usual, which indicated he was dealing with a very hard situation. " I believe the reason is important to pull you out of your busy schedule," I replied, and he looked at me a bit eagerly. " As you might have heard by now, Dimitri is history," I said, boasting. " Yes, I heard you cleared his brood. Thanks, by the way," he said, accepting that I had done his job for him. " There is nothing to thank me for. My pack was under fire because of that blood-sucking bastard. By the way, did you know he was a mage, and he was working together with rogue witches and hunters?" I asked him, and the expression on his face softened
William When we got to the guesthouse, I decided to call Ellis to inform her I would not be coming home. " Hello darling," I said to her and she was happy on the phone. Seeing her father and learning the truth had fixed something that was broken in her. " I won't be coming home tonight. Jasper and I have things to do." I told her and the energy in her voice dropped a bit. " Hope everything is fine?" She finally asked. " Yes, everything is fine. Do not worry you will see me tomorrow." I assured her. We said our I- love -yous and hung up. " Wife or Mate?" Jasper asked me and I smiled. " Wife and Mate" I responded and he looked confused. " You finally divorced your human wife?" He asked and I shook my head. " Actually, the mate bond thing didn't work out for me. My heart was already stolen before I found my fated mate, so I had to reject her." I confessed. " So your wife is human?" he asked, and I nodded, and his eyes widened with some realisation that I couldn't figure out.
William " F*ck! Clearsand. Are you f*cking with me?" he asked, finding it hard to believe the bomb I had just laid on him. " No, I am not. They are at the Estate right now as we speak." I told him. " God, this makes a whole lot of sense now. I knew something was off. So what is our next course of action? We both know the witches do not waste time?" He asked, and I nodded. " We know the coven involved. The witches aren't a problem at all, the real problem is the hunters. Someone is trying to harness the power of the essence." I said and then became serious. " Now that I know you are not involved, we need to find out who is, but above all, we need to keep my wife's identity secret, and no one must know of Samuel's whereabouts," I warned, and he agreed. " Does your pack know?" he asked, and I shook my head. " The mages, who have sworn with their lives, my father and Samuel are the only ones that know, other than two of us," I explained. " Wow, Clearsand, you are highly secretive.
Ellis Preparing for the battle against the witches was a bit harder than I thought. I was going to have to depend more on my guns and physical combat than the katana. " A witch is just like a human being. Their physical strength is just like that of a human being. What makes them deadly is their magic and the kind of magic they wield." Melena was explaining to me during my training with Philip. Audrey and Melena had decided to get involved with my training this time around. The mages claimed that I had wielded magic while fighting Dimitri. They were trying to understand why I was able to wield the magic then but unable to do so during training. " Unlike mages," Audrey began," Witches have elemental magic. Their magic works with one element. Some have a combination of two or three, but they are rare. The most common of them are the witches that wield fire magic. If you remember, at the battle with the vampires, the rogue witches there only used fire magic as weapons." She stated,