MANUEL'S POVI stilled as I read through the text that Micheal had sent over to me just when I was about to storm into Samantha's office to demand why she had beenavoiding me."I found her"The text had read. I dialed his phone.He picked up after the first ring."Manuel, it's good news.I found her!"he said excitedly.Weeks back as my memory slowly returned the jumbled up pieces had led me to suspect that there was indeed a woman in the past that I had had intercourse with that I couldn't seem toerase from my mind.Micheal had been hesitant to tell me but I persisted. He narrated all he could about this memory and the search for the mystery womanhad resumed.Shoving aside the documents that had been laid open on my desk all morning. It contained security reports about what Alpha Raymus and I had discussed that night.I gave the call all my attention."What have you found?"I asked."Well, She indeed has a butterfly shaped tattoo on her chest.There are no no birth records of any kind
SAMANTHA'S POVI was still reeling from the shock of Manuel's discovery. I had never planned to hide the truth from him but it was something I had to do. His memories was back now so it seemed. And it was only a matter of time before he would find out about the kids. I had to do something but the only thing that came to mind was telling him.I didn't want his life to be disrupted and I didn't want my kids to feel rejected. I thought as I paced the full length of my office twiddling with my fingers. I tried to come up with a solution but none came to mind. The rest of the day, I couldn't concentrate either.Standing outside the office at the end of the day, I frowned as I massaged the kinks from my neck from overworking myself just to get the worry off my mind.I called Martha earlier in the day to inform her that I would be late tonight. I wanted her to tuck in the kids for me As I stood on the sidewalk, waiting for a cab a black SUV zoomed past. With heightened eyesight, I read th
MANUEL'S POVWhen the call had come in and I saw it was from Samantha, I had been reluctant to pick it up. But something kept nagging me at the back of my mind.Tapping on the message. I read it through the Capitalized contents."HELP ME. TRACK MY LOCATION"I tried dialing her over and over again but it was unavailable. My heart picked up a few beats. I felt my breathing hitch at the thought of something happening to Samantha. I tracked her location on the map and found her at the far end of the city. I frowned.What was Samantha doing in an abandoned part of town and that too at this time of the day?What confirmed my doubts was the call from an unknown number."Hello "I answered hesitantly.There was a long pause."Manuel, It's me Rick"the male voice finally spoke."Rick?" I said unable to hide the disbelief in my voice."Yeah, I know it's not ideal but let's not make it any more awkward than it has to be."Why..."I began."I think there's something wrong with Samantha "he declared
SAMANTHA'S POV"You want me to do what?"I asked in disbelief hoping that I had heard it wrong."You heard me "he responded.I let out a chuckle.You can't expect me to take you seriously. How the heck would I be able to get that huge sum of money?"I told him."Come on, 6 million cannot be that much to you "he joked."Wel,l don't have that kind of money and even if I did, do you think that I would be able to release them to you?"I responded.He chuckled, getting up from his chair he turned to leave."Well, you'll have to come up with that money if you do not want anything bad to happen to you" he threatened giving me a smile that exposed his gold-plated teeth.I felt goosebumps trail my skin at the sound of the imminent threat in his tone.I knew he meant it. After he walked out, Two men walked in and strapped me to a titanium chair.They pulled out their sheers and one by one they picked at my fingernails as the sounds of my screams resounded all around the metal room begging for dea
MANUEL'S POVI had stood frozen as the little girl whispered the words 'daddy'.I looked her straight in the eye to catch the childish smile she had that brightened all her features"Nora?" Rick called out to her, extending his arms out which she ran into."Baby,do you know where your mum is?"he asked.She hesitated. Her brothers turned to look at her."Is mummy in trouble?" she asked frightened as she fidgeted with her doll.I observed that It was one of her habits that must have been learnt from her mother.I reached for her."Nothing is wrong with your mom. She just went somewhere without telling us so we want to know where she would be. She told us that you would be able to find her" I comforted."Baby,do you remember the game trick that your mother might have shown you?"Rick asked skeptically.She nodded hesitantly.We let out a sigh of relief."Okay,can you show us?" I asked.She ran out of the room and rushed back into the room holding a tablet in her hand."What is this Nora?" R
SAMANTHA'S POVWhen I awoke again I was surrounded by white walls, the marble titles smelt of antiseptic. I struggled to sit up but was quickly held down by Rick."You need to rest"he ordered.I looked up at him,about to protest but the look in his eyes said it all.I allowed him to tuck me back in bed."Where I am?"I groaned as I felt my belly hurt."Careful,you got hurt badly.It will take sometime to heal"he said."You're in a hospital. "he addedI nodded.That much I had guessed."Where's Manuel?"I croaked reaching for the glass jug that was placed on the bedside drawer.He reached out to help me, pouring me a glass which I gratefully appreciated. He helped me raise my head to drink the glass of water.After I was hydrated and a little energized now,I settled back in bed."What happened? How did I get out of there?"I asked.The last thing I remembered was seeingManuel there."We came to rescue you"he said."Well,he was the one who found you but I helped too"he confessed."Thank you
MANUEL'S POVAfterwards I had left the hospital whenSamantha had been placed on mandatory bedrest after what she had gone through.Unfortunately, they have not been any leads as to who was the mastermind of it all.From what I had discovered, they weren't working alone.And now thinking back to Samantha's earlier conversationwith Rick, it was confirmed that there was puppetry behind it all.I had enlisted the help of Micheal and Cris in the investigation of her captor's death. What was mind boggling was,how could he have escaped only to kill himself later on.My encounter with him had shown me that he might have been a big tough guy on the outside but he was a coward on the inside. He couldn't havetaken his own life.What if?What If it had been staged as suicide but he was actually killed right after he escaped.That was the only plausible explanation to the wholesituation.I reached for my phone which was blaring up in my pants pocket.It was Cris."Cris,has there been any news?"I as
SAMANTHA'S POV"Mummy!" Nora, Finn, Ray screamed running towards me as I walked through the door.I wrapped my arms around all three of them thankful that I had thought to shower before leaving the hospital."Mummy we missed you" Nora cried.I lifted her up in my arms."I heard you were a big girl for mummy, weren't you?"I told her."Yes mummy.We all were. "She said giggling."Okay kids let's give mummy some room to rest okay,she's just coming back from a very long journey"Rick said from behind me making his presence known.After we had all settled down, the kids were asleep in their room and Rick and Miriam were sitted hand In hand beside each other facing me.Rick had just gotten off the phone with Manuel who had told them that he might come by."He sounded so worried. "Miriam teased.I smiled.Rick nudged her with a disapproving frown on his face."Honey?"he cried."What? Am just being honest.She's one lucky girl"Miriam responded."That doesn't mean you should start admiring him. "
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