SAMANTHA'S POVI knew what I wanted when I had asked him to let me go to the trial court with him.I wouldn't go without him but I had to make him think that I could.I felt that was the only way to finally get closure for what had happened to me.I thought if I went over to see him then everything would go smoothly,I would finally see him getting locked up and then I would be happy that he is finally getting what he deserved but seated here in one of the pews beside Manuel in the front row seat made me rethink my choices. What I think was going to happen when I finally saw him, did I think he would apologize to me.No he wouldn't and I knew it.It took all my willpower not to go back so I settled for entwining my hands with Manuel's who gladly accepted.I jumped as the woman seating in a much higher stomped her gavel on the table to silence the rowdy court."We will commence the second day for Santrir's trial. I urge this court to please refrain from any type of noise of any kind and
MANUEL'S POVI couldn't just sit there and listen to him talk nonsense all day. I know that the trial was a fair way to get him to confess to his sins but this was going way beyond lines.he was taunting us.Beating around the bush. He was taking his time to confessing to the crimes he had committed and when he had mentionedhis attack on my children, the memory of Finn getting shot had me leaping over the barrier and landing a thick blow to his head.I didn't care anymore about appearances not when it came to my family."Manuel!Go to your sit!you're disrupting the proceedings!"the head juror said slamming her gavel unto the desk repeatedly to regain order.I was carted away to my position beside Samantha who was glaring straight at Santrir as he had on a smug smile on his busted lips."Alpha Manuel, please refrain from repeating your abrupt show of anger.We fo not condone that kind of behaviours in here.Its best you calm yourself by exiting the room. Would you like to be escorted out?"
SAMANTHA'S POV"its finally over"I muttered to myself as they wheeled him away."No!you're all hypocrites!" He shouted as they dragged him away.He turned to glare straight at me and Manuel who had a triumphant smile on his lips."You!" He wiggled out of their grasps and ran to grip Manuel's shirt."You think it's over. There will be others! you cant trust everyone!"Santrir shouted."But at least you'll be gone"Manuel responded coldly."You're not going to be at peace.I may be dead but you won't be happy. "Santrir laughed crazily befor they finally dragged him away and whisked him away hopefully for the last time."There's going to be one more trial for his sentencing. "He said staring straightat me."Manuel are you okay?"I asked laying a hand on his He jerked his hand out of mine."I just need some air."He said as he stood and left the room leaving me sitting there confused and alone.Some hours later we were seated in the car driving back home in complete silence."I’m sorry I left
MANUEL'S POV"Today we've gathered here to witness the sentencing of the offender Mr Santrir who has been found guilty beyond all reasonable doubt about the allegations that had been laid against him.After much deliberation between the members of my jury and I we decided what the best punishment for his offenses would be.Now we will welcome him into this very court to hear his verdict"The head juror declared as everyone stood erect waiting.She signaled to the guard standing by the for to send him in.Samantha had decide to skip in on today's hearing because she wasn’t feeling too well and I definitely didn’t think it was necessary for her to force herself to come see a man that deserved every bit of punishment he was getting.We waited for a while and the roomful of people became restless.There was total silence as the guard birthed out of the door towards the jury stand. He was breathless"What?! How could you owt this happen for goodness sakes?!"The head juror roared outrage."Wh
SAMANTHA'S POVThat night as we laid in bed his hand had found my entrance and I had let out a soft moan as he ran a finger into ny lace panties. My response was to pull me closer into him and I wrapped my arms around his neck holding him passionately. That gave him the strength to pull me even deeper into him letting me feel how much he craved for me.I threw my head back in ecstasy as he slipped one finger roughly into me.He groaned as his blood ran even hotter.The temperature of the room increased greatly.The sweat dewed to our skin as the whole room smelt like swet mingled with sex.He trailed kisses down to my chest. Annoyed that the blouse I wore had hindered himfrom enjoying the view of my aroused peaks and bosom.He untucked my shirt from the waistband of my jeans.Now free,he had slipped his hand into my shirt, placing his hand on the sheer material that held my cups.Without so much as a word he ripped the sheer material which gave way after one short pull. Rolling my shi
MANUEL'S POVI staggered backwards as the knife embedded itself deep within my tissues.I gripped the areas with my hand to stop the bleeding. I looked up to santrir staing back at me triumphantly with smug set on his lips.Angry,I rose up still lightheaded and dizzy to land s punch at a splitting image of him which sent me stumbling to the floor."Look at you.Give it up.You cannot beat me.Not while you're still bleeding and definitely weak from the poison that I had immersed the dagger with.Did you think you were going to win?that I would get blamed for every single thing that went wrong when I didn't commit any of them”."Are you alright?"he asked with concern lace in his voice as he watched me grip my belly hard groaning in pain.I nodded losing my guard.He bursted out laughing. Throwing back his head in laughter."You have the nerve to come to search for me"he slithered out slyly."Yes I had the nerve to look for a runaway prisoner "I managed Panring as the pain became more unaber
SAMANTHA'S POV"Manuel what are you doing the kids could walk in at any moment!"I hissed trying to get his groping hands away from my body.I didn’t know what had come over him but as soon as I walked in through the door I was greeted with a beer hug and kisses before his hands began riding up my thighs to my belt buckle.I halted his actions which elicited a protest from him but it seems he wasn't about to talk."What's going on?"I asked skeptically."can't I just egenuinely crave to be with you and want you to be enjoy the experience?"he joked."No,seriously tell me.What is the problem?"I asked."I'll tell you but first things first.."said as he lifted my legs to wrap around his and padded barefeet to the bedroom.Once we were safely in the room.He locked the door after me placing the key in the dresser but first he dangled the keys at me with a boyish grin playing on his lips."Manuel let's talk first" I said ad he proceeded to undo the buttons of my blouse."No talking more actio
MANUEL'S POVI watched her eyes widen in shock,her mouth agape as she stares at me."Why did you do that Manuel?" she cried getting off the bed.Because I had to.It was either I was going to kill him or he was going to kill me,Itwas a choice I had to make when it came down to it and besides he deserved it after what he's done to you"he said you're nonchalantly."Manuel you did not just waved a hand dismissively at the death of someone. Even if he was a bad person,he deserved to die like that"she argued.I let out a defeated sigh."So tell me,how was it going to go. Was I going to let him kill me?"I asked clearly annoyed now."You're a resourceful man, am sure you would have thought of something eventually if it's what you wanted. "She said narrowing her eyes suspiciously at me.I ran a hand through my hair in fustration.“I still don’t understand what the problem is. I stopped him, didnt I?I thought that was what you wanted. "I barked."Yes I wanted him stopped but I wanted the law t
EPILOGUEOn the 24th of August,my beautiful daughter Ava was born.At the right time too."she's so lovely"Martha,my new mother said as tears welled up in her eyes."Isn't she?"Manuel said softly as he stretched out his hands to envelope the beautiful tiny creature in his hands."Daddy let me see,let me see!" Nora chirped jumping up and down just to get a good look of her baby sister."Yes!I finally have a sister. Thank you mummy!"she said excitedly.I laughed.Manuel planted a soft kiss on my forehead."You did great Samantha thank you for eveything. Thank you for coming into my life. "He said softly settling in the chair beside my bed with the baby in his arms."She's so tiny dad"Rey said in disbelief.I laughed."Yes she is darling. "He responded."Its amazing. Were we really this tiny too when we were little?" Finn added.My heart filled with joy looking at my family.Martha stood at Manuel's side with the baby in her arms and a warm smile on her face. While my kids surrounded Manu
SAMANTHA POVMy mind trailed back to all the seasons in our lives that seemed difficult that we never imagined we would scale through but we did. And I was eternally grateful to having the fate to meet Manuel in my life.He was indeed a blessing in my life.We had fought multiple times.***FLASHBACK***"There is no way that I will have a relationship in secret and I will never stand here and watch as other men sniff after what's mine" He told me grimly."I'm not an object!"I shouted.He arched a brow at me."No matter what you do now,you can't take it back. You're mine"he stated matter of factly."You're not saying that you love me but that I need to stay with you forever "I said."You're mated to me now.No man would be foolish enough to come close to you not when you belong to me now. "he said, pulling on his pants.I opened my mouth to speak but we were interrupted by the soft knock on the door."Mommy!"Nova's voice called out.I wrapped my robe tighter around my body. Walking over
MANUEL'S POVWe had come a long way. There was a lot of past behind us.I recalled all the moments I feared we wouldn't make it last.***FLASHBACK***How long will you keep up this act?"I asked."Am sorry, what act?" She asked feigning innocence.I groaned in frustration."You do not know what I went through there.They helped me and I couldn't just let your jealously get the best of you and have you laying baseless accusations against someone that had done absolutely nothing to you"I spoke.I watched as her expression changed with each word I spoke."Jealousy? Baseless accusations?" she repeated.I groaned out."You know that's not what I meant by that.I just...She turned to walk away. My hand snaked out to grip her arm."Manuel,let me go."She told me trying to struggle out of my grasp."Don't walk away from me when am talking to you."I warned holding her tighter."Manuel,let me go!" She cried.I saw tears pooled around her eyes as she struggled to break free.I dragged her into my of
SAMANTHA'S POVFive months later..."Why would you say that?"I heard his voice say in a hushed whisper."Is mummy sleeping?" Nora said."Look.Look.."Finn cried."Samantha?"Manuel spoke up"Doctor!she's awake!she's awake!"I heard him calling out.The first thing I noticed when I opened my eyes was the intense glare of the overhead lightning.I raised my hand to cover my eyes until my eyes adjusted to the light.When the doctor were done with their tests and my vitals were checked, I watched the relief on all their faces.From Micheal and a beautiful female who was glued to his side.I couldn't hide the smile that crept up on my face which he returned with a boyish grin.My kids ran up to me.And with Manuel's help I was able to get them all on my bed.I was seated with my unbelievably huge belly inbetween my thighs.I had been told that I was asleep for over five months and that there had been any sort of hope of me recovering. And that it was a Miracle that I had survived evenafter loo
MANUEL'S POVOne second.Two seconds passed but still nothing.My heart pounding in my chest as I waited for the people to speak. The council looked smug on their table as they watched the tumult of emotions that passed through my face as I watched the crowd."Alpha Manuel!" Someone shouted from the crowd."Long live Alpha Manuel!" Another rose to cheer.And the rest stood chanting.Soon the room is filled with eruptions of cheers and claps as they chorused their answer."Long live Alpha Manuel!"They chanted in harmony."Order!order this minute! "The speaker rose shouting at the top of his lungs until the rook went silent again."You have all made your choice and we have all taken it into consideration. But until we have reached a final consensus, Alpha Manuel will be stripped of the Alpha Position and his Beta Rdyer will resume duties in his place until the trial is finalised."the man declared.The room erupted in an uproar of angry emotions."How dare you!"I shouted stilling the cr
MANUEL'S POV"What is this Manuel?" I cried."Where have you been?!" He said through gritted teeth."What is that supposed to mean?Are you monitoring my whereabouts now?"I asked in disbelief."Just tell me where you were Dammit!" He said.I jerked backwards at his raised voiceHe took steps backwards pacing away from me,running a hand through his hair."Why are you getting angry at me for?" She cried."You ...you've been having an affair all this while and I didnt know.How couldn't I have known. "I told her.Her mouth grew agape in feigned shock.I felt my blood boil mat the thought that she thought she could deceive me."Where is all this coming from Manuel?"She asked.I couldn't let her know that it was Maeve because it wasn't. All Maeve did was comform a suspicion that I've had for the longest time."That's not important. What's important is the fact that you've been secretive,absent and distant for a while now"'I told her.She raised her hand up in exasperation."That's because I
SAMANTHA'S POV"I don't think it would be easy to be able to find out the culprits" Steve said as he sat across from her sipping his coffee.We were seated in a coffee shop at the far end of town for a stakeout. We had found a recurring name in my mom's journal, Zain.My mom had described him as a nut-head that had wanted her mated to him.He had gone as far as going to her parents to get them arranged to be wed but she had blatantly turned him down stating that she loved my father who had appeared strategically in her life at the time.And after much difficulty they were wedded On their wedding day he had barged into her dressing room and threatened her to leave with him but she had refused. He had vowed that day that their marriage wouldn't last and that if It wasn't him that no-one would have her and that she should bid her time well and that the click had already began ticking.He had been dragged out because he had refused their offer of being escorted out.It did sound like th
MANUEL'S POV"Why the hell did you not take care of this Manuel?You didn't even tell me?!"cris scolded.I walked past him, pushing the door open to walk into my office as he trailed behind me."Everything that I did,I did for all of us. "I responded settling back in my cushioned chair."But still...Manuel what the hell were you thinking? Did you really think that you were going to keep this a secret forever?" He chastised leaning closer."I was hoping that nobody found out about it.That’s why I don’t understand how it was revealed and..."I explained...And you know that no matter what truce you may have called with the council, they were going to flick around this piece of information like vultures prey looking for their next dead meat"Cris finished. He slammed his fist on the desk with a bang. Unfazed I stared at the dent that he had made onmy furniture."Manuel it's not about you killing him. Everyone knew he deserved it but you had to know that eventually the truth would be reveal
SAMANTHA'S POV"Manuel Wait!Stop!"I said moving my lips away from his,moving my head to the side.His hand gripped my jaw stilling my movement."Samantha please let me.I love you. And I want to show you"he pleaded.I stared into his eyes watching his dark beautiful orbs glistening with desire.Desire for me.I nodded.He let out a sigh of relief,bringing his lips down towards my lips.Bringing his lips dangerously close to my lips,he nibbled on my lower lips waiting. The pain in my arm was forgotten as he pinned me closer to his body,bringing my belly closer to fill his need for me.I tried to side step him but wasn't successful, instead he lifted me up unto the desk, prying my thighs apart he slipped in between them wrapping my legs around his waist to cage me in.he growled impatiently slamming his lips unto mine.He rode my skirt higher up to reveal my red lace panties.His eyes lingered for a while before ripping them off."Manuel!"I exclaimed."I love the way you say my name"he said