LANA. The next day, Alexander knocked on my room door and told me to prepare. He was going to take me back home. Getting out, I looked toward the room where his mother was. I couldn't help but think that was his mother, the bracelet made me think so. Why did he keep her in his house? Would she be attending the wedding? The car ride was silent, he didn't speak to me, and it broke me. Every part of me was broken to the core. He smelled nice, I wanted him. Every part of me yearned for him regardless of the situation that we were in. My pride was hurt; I begged him and asked him to touch me, but he refused. I felt cheap for even begging him to touch me and look at my body. Throughout the ride, I looked out the window, watching the tree move past us. Tears grew in my eyes but I pushed them back as I did not want him to see me cry. Getting home, he packed in the driveway. When I got out of Alexander's car, the front door opened and Stepmom walked out. Annalise was behind her, she had a
ALEXANDER. The first slap that touched Lena’s face sent her head to the side and she bit her lower lips in pain. Tears built in her eyes and she tried to speak but couldn't. Her eyes were on her stepsister and I soon realized Annalise had a crush on Isaac. It sounded crazy to me but I didn't think much about it. Tina was going to hit her again which sent my brain spiraling back. I jumped behind her and held Tina’s hand. “She doesn't deserve your energy,” I said and took her in. Tina kept talking, lamenting about how much of a bad luck Lena was. All of her words didn't sit right with me. I knew that Lena didn't sleep with Isaac, I watched the video but I couldn't tell Tina about it. “I don't want to be too upset because our wedding is in the next two days. Then we would be able to move out of here and be in the house the Alpha got for us.” She heaved a sigh of relief and then looked over to me. “I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you.” She had a loving stare, her or
LENA. “Annalise, I don't think this is right.” I chuckled as she twirled the paint around the car. I had a rethink and I think it is slightly wrong that we were ruining Alexander’s car. “No, this is not wrong. And if he feels like this is bad then he should leave and never come back!” She rolled her eyes and threw the green paint on the side of his car. Then she used the brush to spread it about, ruining the perfect white Lexus car. I sighed, running my hand in my hair. It was funny until I saw the entirety of the damage. “Okay, that's enough.” I yanked the brush from her suddenly, and the paint at the tip of the brush flew over to my top. “Ouu, that would be hard to wash off,” she said. “Yeah, this is enough. Let's go back to the playhouse. Alexander is not worth our energy,” I said imitating the words he had said to Lady Tina. Getting back to the playhouse, Annalise suggested that we get pizza which I agreed to. We wanted to watch a movie; The Conjuring. Annalise and I lov
ALEXANDER. Alpha Nathan called me the next day about the threat to his son’s life. They had found a bracelet which they suspected was dropped by the killer. Getting to the pack house, I was shocked to see the bead bracelet I had gotten for my mother. Did Mom come here? It was quite impossible as she couldn't move around or speak much. Then I remembered that there was one other person who knew about the bead bracelet. She also had a reason to kill Isaac after what he did to her. “Who do you think would want to kill my son?” Alpha Nathan asked. “I will make investigations and give you and answer soon, Alpha.” I bowed my head to him before leaving the pack house. Isaac mentioned that he didn't see the face of the killer but he knew she was fast. “How did you know she is a female?” I had asked him. “She had a long hair but I didn't see the color. Fear took over me because she was going to stab me hence I didn't take the details.” I walked through the hallway searching for Lena. S
BRYAN. Today was the wedding, Alexander and Tina were getting married while I was incapacitated on the bed. There was no way I would sit still and do nothing. He would have to die for thinking of coming to take control of the empire I had built for years. Alpha Nathan had said he would take care of it but I did not trust him. The last time Nathan came here, I stole his second phone and he didn't notice. He thought that he had left it at home. This phone has been useful to me for the last couple of weeks. One time I was almost caught by Lena, that devilish child always found ways to ruin things for me. Foolish girl, she killed her mother who gave her life and also caused this accident to happen to me. Tina was only trying to care for them but I am a jealous man, I would not let another man care for my family. I would continue to kill every man who tries to take the Beta position so the pack would have no choice but to leave the position vacant. Only if I had a son. Ricardo was t
ALEXANDER. My mission might seem outrageous, wanting to marry an older woman because I needed revenge. Perhaps, I was at the detriment of my life. Giving it all just to ruin a man who was supposed to be my father. But, have you ever watched your mother suffer? Vomiting. Crying. Feeling weak and betrayed. Her heart hurting so much, she shivered on the floor for more than twenty-four hours but all you could do was cry and try making her feel better. Yet, all of that didn't work because it was a mate bond. Her mate was cheating on her and she could feel every ounce of it. Watching your mate cheating was one thing, feeling it was another one. My mother had to go through this kind of pain and I had to watch and try to make her feel better. Every single time I had hatred in my heart for the mate bond. I prayed never to find my mate because I would never accept her. Furthermore, I had revenge etched in my heart. The ginger tuxedo was what Tina picked for the wedding, I paid for it an
LANA. After Alexander left I stayed, watching because I didn't know what to do. I didn't know all of Dad’s plans and I couldn't go and meet him to tell me. He would curse me. How was I supposed to save him? He was stubborn and wouldn't listen to me. I ran my hand into my hair, racking my brain for ideas. How was I supposed to stop something I didn't know about? All I felt was pain straight in my head because my brain was tired of thinking through the entire thing. ‘Transition minutes!’ “What?” I asked, feeling Elena come forward. ‘Whatever your dad asked them to do would be done during the transition period. Do you know what transition minutes are right?’ She asked me and I nodded. My father was the Beta hence I knew about it. It was the time when the fellow would connect with the previous Beta through their blood. It was their most vulnerable state. Geez, Elena was right. “Thank you!” I whispered. ‘Don’t thank me, he is our mate!’ I took a cab back to the wed
ALEXANDER. It took me ten minutes to get back to myself. The Alpha carried her to the hospital while I stood there watching her blood slide through the floor. What just happened? I was in shock, even Tyrant came forward with the same emotion. ‘Did she… did she take a bullet for us?’ He asked. Why did she? She shouldn't have. Goodness, I was undeserving. She warned me but I did not listen to her and now she has taken the bullet for me. My hands shook. The Alpha car had left before I moved. “Alexander, are you okay?” Tina asked but I did not respond to her. “Who shot the gun?” She asked. My eyes darted to the direction it came from and I saw that it was a timer. Someone had placed the timer gun on the tree and set it to this time. The transition time when I was going to be unconscious. Lana warned me. She told me about it but I did not listen to her. I thought that she was being selfish and wanted me to herself. My heart froze in my chest, becoming heavy because of her. She
LENA. “He just wants to be sure he can impregnante a woman. If you truly become pregnant then you can keep the child. He will always send child support,” Daniel explained. All I did was stare at him. I tried to talk but I was unable to. Daniel said that there was a man who had low sperm count. He had been on treatment for close to two years now and he finally wants to be sure he could inpregnant a woman now. Couldn't he just get a girl and impregnated her? I asked. “No, he needs a decent girl. You are the only decent girl I know. You need this support and connection to make it in this world. I suggest you take it for real because if you don't then you would have to go back to your pack.” He answered.I paused for some second, tears building in my eyes at the thought of going back to my back. I hated the reality of it. The idea of going back to my pack house. It seemed it was better for me to let myself be an incubator, a test experiment. I didn't have much choice, I had to do t
ALEXANDER. Six months and all I had done was watch her from afar. It was all I could do, watch her from afar. Watch her handle projects. Talk about cancer and ways to prevent it. I saw his much she loved it so I made Daniel include her in it all - god, she was so pretty and intelligent. I knew she was always smart but her environment was restraining her. Her exam was in three days and once she passed the examination, she was moving to another country where her college was. I wouldn't be seeing her again. I feared that she would find another man and fall in love with him. She had not for once thought about me or spoken about me. Edward told me, the guy I sent to watch over her. He was also the one I used in delivering the locket with her mother’s photo. Hence I came up with a plan. As much as I couldn't be with her right now, she was still mine and I loved her so much. It was not a good plan, Tyrant hated it as well. “It could affect her studies!” Tyrant said. I knew. I knew
LENA. It has been six months since I left the pack house. Six months since I was sent out by Tina and lied against by Alexander. I've been in Daniel’s house, helping him with every little thing, and this way I was learning myself. To be an oncologist wasn't easy. Taking the exams was hard work as well. This was the only way I had been able to cope though. To forget my past and move on from the pain. Daniel had been quite official with me. He was always on his own, and he only called me whenever it was time to work. “How old are you?” He asked me when I was helping him with some research. Daniel had a job to do, a critical one that involved two women which was to be done on the same day. I watched him with so admiration. “I turn nineteen in two days,” I said. It would soon be one year since I found out Alexander was my mate. Since the love that was never going to be reciprocated began. “Good.” “Your exam is in two weeks as well, you need to study harder for the next two weeks
ALEXANDER.I knew my mother was lying that day and I had to find out the truth. Lena was waiting for me and I really needed to meet you with her. However, I knew that if I left my family and didn't solve this issue it could come back and hurt us. I had to find out everything she was hiding hence I left my woman and never went back to her. My mother whom I had thought was innocent turned out to be the nightmare. She Released Isaac’s mom cheating videos to the public making her to be hated by her pack members. Mom returned to my father and my dad accepted her back. When he saw her, he was almost moved to tears which didn't seem like what a man who had abandoned his mate would do. Why did Isaac’s mom cheat in the first place? There were so many secrets and I had to untie them little by little while leaving my love life out of it. Lena went back home disappointed, I watched her and I desperately wanted to pull her to myself. But if I did, I would leave this unsettled and eventually pu
LENA. The next day, we were to prepare the meal for the entire family. I did as instructed. I stayed in the kitchen while the other maids did the dishing of food. As much as Joana wanted me to go over there, I just couldn't bring myself to face Alexander. “Lena, what do you plan to do now that high school is over?” Joanna asked while I chopped the legumes she had passed to me. We were now cooking for the workers including ourselves. I paused for a second before I continued. “Well, nothing. What I have in mind I don't think that I can do it again.” I continued to chop.“What?” She asked. I smiled a bit. “surgical oncologist.” Ever since I lost one part of my breast, I had done many resseaches and I figured many women were battling with this issue of breast cancer. I know how hard it is seeing myself with one breast. I would like to stop it from happening to many other women. However, my result from high school couldn't do it. “Really?” Joanna asked and I nodded. “You don't w
ALEXANDER. Her tears, they hurt me so much. I could feel his much pain she was passing through and how much it hurt that her mate was being so mean to her. It hurts me too. So much that I had to be so mean to her. But then Tina was staring. Looking at me. I couldn't pull her to me. Tina walked into the gym room few seconds after she left. I acted like I was upset. Like I believed every lies that I was told. “Why did she come here?” She asked. “To seek forgiveness. She wanted to be back in my life even after everything she did to me. I told her that I love only you and she can never take your space in my life.” I hissed feigning disgust. Tina nodded, happy with the lies I had told. She didn't know I was playing along with her. With them. By them I meant she and my mother. I had caught them, red-handed. They didn't know, they didn't realize that I knew of all their evil plan. The thought of it all just made me feel like shit. My mother had lied to me all these while, and what s
LENA. “What do you want?” He asked, his voice thick with indifference. He turned back to the stairmaster, walking on it, his muscles flaring. He sounded so mean. What did I ever do to him? “First off, what did I ever do to you? Why do you shut me off? I am your mate, not just some girl. You could have just rejected me like normal humans do. But no, you prefer to taunt me!” I yelled. I couldn't help but let it all out. Every part of me had begun to tremble from the anger that I felt. Why did I become so unlucky? Unlucky to find a man like this as a mate. One who was not easy to get over? Gently, he turned to me. His eyes were expressionless, nothing was in them. They were dry and he stared at me with no recognition. As if I shouldn't have spoken to him. As though my words were ridiculous to his ears. “Are you a part of the drama club? Is this your part you are playing out?” He questioned innocently. No sarcasm on his face. No anger, plain innocence. As if he didn't know what I was
LENA. The pack house has the maid house separate from the main house. One of the maids, her name being Joana. She was also the one who had opened the door for me when I came to the pack house. Joana had a scar on one side of her face, it wasn't very noticeable until she started to speak to my face. She took me to my room after I had agreed to stay. I was glad because the pack house was different from the main house. Although I would be working in the main house. I will try my best to avoid Alexander and Lady Tina. “So we are staying in the same room, is that okay?” She pushed the door back and we were met with one single room and another which was the bathroom. The room had two single beds, a small size beds. “I am glad we are staying together,” I said with a smile. She returned the smile. “Most of the time, you will told to clean the house. That is where we are lacking workers. You don't have to worry, we can do all of the work together.” I nodded and went to my side of the b
LENA. “You came for the maid’s job, right?” She asked. She didn't mention my name. No one had mentioned my name ever since, did the sweet work? “And the maid job you shall have, Lena!” Her tone sounded close to that of a witch. I mean those in cartoons that are normally scary, that was exactly how she sounded. I didn't want the maid job anymore not after I had witnessed Alexander smooching lady Tina. I never should have made my way here. “I don't need the job anymore,” I said planning to turn around and leave. She closed up the space between us, moved as fast as her legs could carry her. She grabbed my arm and pulled me to her. “You said it yourself, you want to work here as a maid. So why are you leaving?” She asked, her stare nothing but deadly. Her gaze fell on me like stones of fire. She grabbed me so hard, too hard in fact as if she was making it mandatory for me to work in the pack house. “You walked in here yourself hence you are going to be working in the pack house, w