Tessa's POVIf one asked me right now if I still love my mates, my answer would be a clear yes but I hated them too. I hate them.I do not even know how to feel about them. I really do not know if I should hate or love them.These are the feelings of confusion and hurt in my heart. I am hurting from their betrayal and lack of confidence in me.If I had been asked, I would have sworn that they would and will stand with me in anything and everything.I thought that they would stand with me and then ask questions later.But how wrong I have been. It was like i was standing on a hill somewhere confident that they would hold me and then they watched as I tumbled downwards with no care at all.When Inko told us that one of my babies would be evil, I thought that Alex and Mason would be behind me supporting me in saving my, our, babies.I would never have guessed that they woukd be the ones to suggest that we kill them.Kill our babies! What audacity!At first, I thought that they were confu
59. Alex's POVWe were ready and I felt much much better after that night with Mason.I can't help but feel my heart falling in love all over again because like he always does whenever Tessa isn't with us and it has happened regularly, he kept me grounded and made sure that I found myself again.I would have wanted to spend a week holed up with just him except for the fact that we needed Tessa here with us.She was also a part of me and my heart was breaking every minute we spent without knowing what she was up to.Dad, Mason's old man, called and told us that sfater a thorough investigation, she isn't with the vampires.That meant that she was with the witches.This is because no wolf would dare take her having in mind that they knew my pack was strong. Stronger than most especially after Mason becoming our mate, they knew that we had the support of vampires not mentioning that Tessa's uncle also had his own pack.The only group remaining that had a reason of taking Tessa were the wi
60. Tamia's POVMason's mom visited again today as she usually does and told me of all the chaos that are going on out there.Apparently, my mates are really combing everywhere looking for me and you they hadn't found me.They had even gone to the Madeleine coven and haven't found me, obviously, and had killed several wolves.That damned woman was able to escape again.I really want to pity my mates for what they are going through but the thought goes away after I remember their plan.If they ever find me, they are going to insist on their way and I can't have that.I would die first before I watch anyone getting rid of my pregancy.And to avoid an altercation between me and them, it's best I stay hidden.This way, I wouldn't destroy our already fragile relationship.Fragile?Yes.Why?Because sometimes I think and feel like I hate them.I feel like they don't love me as much as they used to.I feel like they are being forced to be with me because if they loved me enough, they would d
61. Alex's POVWe have looked for Tessa for a whole month and we haven't been able to locate her.It is taking a toll on us and we can almost not feel her bond anymore.Of late, there have been a lot of wolf killings around our area and everyday we qohkd receive a report that bodies of dead wolves have been cited, we would be very afraid that we would find her body.It is so strange that there haven't been even a whiff of her anywhere.It is almost like she just evaporated off of the face of the earth.We have looked anywhere that is to be looked including in the houses of her coworkers at her company but none of them have seen her.Currently, Mason and I are sitting in our room not knowing what to do next.We are just from following a lead we had gotten just this morning and it was also another blank."What should we do next babes?I am out of thoughts and ideas," Mason asks me tiredly as he lies on my lap.I am absent mindendly massaging his scalp.I am also thinking of any ground w
62. Mason's POVIt had been a long grueling one month and more.We have all had it bad but I think Alex was taking this thing harder than all of us.He kept blaming himself for everything and I didn't know what to do.I love him. Heaven knows I do and it hurt me to see him behave like that.That was why even when he got angry out of the blue or even threw a tantrum, I always indulged him.I would do anything for him because he would also do things for me.He indulges my every whim and I am still sane since we lost Tessa because he has been here with me holding my hand all along and whispering encouragements and hope in my ears.But today I was tired. I felt tirwd both physically from all the exertion and mentally due to all the thinking and emotionally because the pain from Tessa's bond and link were numbing.Alex flared up out of the blue and I didn't want to fight with him.I didn't have the energy nor the will to.I couldn't do it.Thus, when he hit me, I decided to make him feel g
63. Tessa's POVIt's almost three months since I ran away from home and I have to admit that I miss them.I miss my mates so much that is hurts.So much that I want to call them. So bad sometimes but it is the thought of me losing my children that keeps me going.I have come this far and I can't break when it is almost done.My mother in law comes to see me daily and she came today and left.That feeling of someone watching me is still there but I am not worried because if at all someone was watching me, they would have done something in all the months I have been here all alone mostly.I guess it's just my nerves because I live in fear of being found out one day.What of Alex and Mason followed mom one day and found out that she has been hiding me?That's the question tagf always plagues me and I guess that's why I usually think that I am being watched.I asked my mom to sweep the area once though I didn't tell her why and it was clean.No signs of life except me.She even told me t
64. Tessa's POVOh, goodness help me.I was in pain.Pain like I had never experienced.Even when I had been kidnapped by the witches, I though what they were doing to me was painful but no. I could never compare. This was on another level.I am not what you can actually call a religious woman per se because I rarely pray or even visit the shrine.I believe that the prayers the oracle offers for the pack in general are enough to encompass even me.Thus, you would rarely find me offering gifts or even prayers in the shrine for the moon goddess and other gods that we believe watch over us. This is unless it is a pack thing but never me alone.But right now, I said a prayer.As I looked at these two evil creatures before me, I asked the moon goddess to forgive me for being an idiot and running away from home and after forgiving me, I asked them to protect my babies.These two evil witches were here for me. I knew that for a fact because I had got out of Mara's hands on several occasion
65. Alex's POVI am tired and my brain feels like it is in its limit when it comes to thinking of where Tessa could be.I am holding on to the little bit of hope I have and to Mason.Mason has been an angel and I really don't know how to thank him.I have been an arse most of the times since Tessa disappeared and I swear I will make it up to him once this is all over. Just me and him.As we are sitting there without talking just enjoying each other's company, my phone rings."Alpha, we have found her," I sit upright and Mason is quick to notice that it is not a normal call.I hold the phone in front of me and the man on the other side continues."Give me that," Mason's dad says on the other side and he takes the phone."Son, the wizard we went to called.He has finally traced Tessa.I am sending you the GPS location.You two hurry. Don't use a vehicle. Just come," he says and we look at each other.We spring into action without thinking.I take the small backpack I usually keep packed
117. Tessa’s POVIt is evening already and I am all ready.I am wearing the wedding dress they bought me that day they proposed and I have no idea how they pulled this off because it is my size and the women of the pack can’t help but compliment me.I know I look gorgeous and I feel proud that it is my men who have made is possible.I am taken out of the house by mom, Alex’s mother, and the other women and taken to the makeshift hall that was erected just for this wedding.It was built for around a thousand people and I can tell that it is very small as there are people outside and some chose to climb trees and the roof had to be slid out even before time.I walk with mom up to the bog doors and the band is notified of my arrival and dad is there to walk me in.There is smooth violin music playing as per my request and I can’t help but smile as I watch my husbands in similar tuxedos waiting for me at the altar.I don’t know my heart is beating so loudly to a point that dad asks me to
116. Tessa’s POVThe wedding happened in the Silvano vampire clan. It was a white wedding.Maybe it’s because many vampires were once human and all but they do most of the things the way humans do.I didn’t worry though. No.However they, my mates, chose to hold the wedding, what I wanted at the end of the day was that they were mine and that we were now officially one.It was an odd wedding for many had never seen a trouple.When we decided that we hold the formal white wedding in the vampire clan and then the mating ceremony in our pack, I felt that it was the best decision we had ever made for then, everyone would have got their way and the people in the vampire clan would be able to see their alpha marry their queen but the problem came when murmurs started going round asking who Alex was.You should have seen the looks of shock when the person who was officiating the wedding married us.It was strange though because instead of two people, there were three.“Alpha Mason Jason Sil
115. Tessa’s POVSince my children were taken, this was the moment I had really dreamt about.I had always fantasized of how I will react when I see Mara and Jamila.The pain they gave me was still fresh in my mind and I loathed them more for the fact that I didn’t have the luxury of suckling my children or even holding them and feel the warmth of a mother.I was all powered up and was ready to finally face them.“Hello little girl? I see you have got some guts,” Jamila said and I guess that she was underestimating me.She though that she was facing the same girl who couldn’t help herself because she was n the loins of labour.“Hello Jamila? Long time no see. I see you have grown some guts for a new vampire like you,” I mocked and that wiped the ugly smile on her beautiful face.“I am here for two things…” I began but Jamila interrupted me.“To get killed and buried here?” She asked me and then even without warning, she jumped at me.She was so fast that I was impressed since she wasn
114. Tessa's POVI looked at Mara and laughed.Maybe she thought that she had everything under control and she didn't understand how we were here."How did you get here?" She asked again and I laughed."Through the gates of course.Or is this your coven?" I asked and she seems to have nothing to say to that.The woman who was with her seemed to realise that I wasn't Mara's friend even though I had called her aunt and she run towards me.Mara tried using the little magic she had to pull her back but I tripped her by enchanting the soil below where she was standing and she fell."Go and save those who are locked in that room," I told my mates and they agreed in unison but my eyes were still on Mara."Where are the children?" I asked the woman who had come to hide behind me."They are with that vampire in my parents house where they are holding them," she told them and I enchanted any rope I could find and they tied up Mara and I asked the woman to lead the way.Now that the cloaking spe
113. Tessa's POVWe were already here and I was thinking of a way we could go in without notifying the people inside that there were intruders.We couldn't do that up the wall, we couldn't blast the wall and I didn't want to bring up the shield I was sure Mara had placed because by now I knew her work and so, we had to look for another way."Only if we had enough time to did a hole below the wall," Alex said."It's just that we don't know how deep the wall is," Mason said and I looked at them."Have you guys forgot who your wife is?" I asked and we were speaking though out link.I didn't even look to see whether the others were looking at us or not.All I know is that they must have been surprised to see us smiling and looking at each as if we were speaking but there was ni sound.But I was sure that the wolves knew what was happening.I looked at Alex and smiled at him because he had just given me and idea: dig below the wall.And since I could enchant the earth, I would try it one m
112. Tessa’s POVI was engaged and getting married.It’s not that they would never have married me, no, it would have definitely happened since we are mates and all, but the fact that they thought of doing this for me, it meant the whole world to me.The fact that they proposed to me means that they want to marry me not because it is a duty they have to fulfil but because they are truly in, love with me.That is why I feel blessed and glad that I realized my ways before I could lose them.I love my mates.We are a crazy combination but I love us.They had prepared all kinds of dishes and most were my favourite: KFC.Even in such a situation, nothing beats a well fried chicken drumstick, fries and ice cream.If I had a say on what was to be served in my wedding, I would go with buckets and buckets of KFC chicken and burgers and fries.And then the desert will be bucket loads of ice cream.There was a knock on the door and Alex went to answer it.“Alpha, the vampire is awake,” it was on
111. Tessa's POVWe were back home but without our children but with an unconscious aunt of mine whom I had never met before today and a badly beaten up vampire."Why did you have to beat him that much?" I asked Mason when I saw the condition the vampire was in.He shrugged his shoulders and gave that smile he always gave when he didn't have a good explanation for something."He… he said that alpha vampires were overrated and I wanted to show him that we weren't overrated," he said and Alex slapped him on the shoulder in that way men do."Good. He shouldn't have underestimated my mate," he said and they both smiled at each other."Alex, stop encouraging him! He could just have bitten him and that would have paralyzed him," I told them although I didn't use a stern voice."It won't happen again not unless they underestimate us again," Alex said and I rolled my eyes at him.He talked as if he was the one who beat up the man.We couldn't ask them any questions because they were both unco
110. Tessa’s POVThe woman I was with fainted as soon as we left the hurt and she congratulated me.From her reaction, I could clearly tell that she wasn’t a big fan of her big sister.She was so happy when we left the hut that it made me smile.Now, I had to carry her and look for a way out.I couldn’t see the gate I came in through and the place looked like it was curved straight out of the ground and there was no way out because it was a round wall all around us.I tried shaking Martha awake and she didn’t even stir.I even tried using my powers to see whether they would nourish her enough to wake up and nothing.I regretted not listening to the oracle when he told me to learn a few basic healing spells. I never thought I would ever need them as I was surrounded by wolves and vampires who could heal themselves when and if trouble arose.When I realized that she wasn’t waking up any time son and if I dilly dallied she would die here, I took it upon myself to look for a way out.If
109. Mason’s POVI was with the last group that was keeping watch of the periphery of the coven’s jurisdiction and I was also to act as back up to Alex’s group.When we were planning this, I wanted the three of us to be in the same group and so did my half souls.But if we wanted to succeed, I knew that Tessa and Leo were right. We needed to stick with the strategy.Leo was with Alex since they were like one. A beta had to stick with his alpha.Tessa was keeping us updated with what was happening to her in the first group and so far, they hadn’t found Mara.They had, however, found a secret entrance and it was she only who went down.The wolves that were with her told Leo that after she stepped on the first staircase, it floated away and the place where it was turned to earth and the tree slid to place again. That meant that if Tessa didn’t come out and soon, we needed to look for the services of another witch who would help us open the door again.But for now, that wasn’t even the pr