ALEXAThe Serenity of the room, the peace that hovered round, the frequent ticking of the clock, the silence—Of all these things, my thoughts had a flip through, none mattered in this chaos that was settling in my mind. The fact remained that I had made up my mind, and at the moment it didn't look like I'd let anything try convincing me less.I had a lot of things on my sleeve planned up and most important of it all was trying to get away from here. The fact thàt there is someone as confused as Levi left me so dumbfounded, it left my mind blank without word's to say.One moment he was hot and his warmth is so engulfing that it could fill up my soul right to the brim, and the next moment he is all cold and—fuck!I didn't have a mental picture to paint how dismayed I felt about this man.At the moment, I was trying all I could to stay sane. The more my mind reflected on the entire situation, the more it left a twist in my mind.A bitter twist that didn't look like it would end anytim
ALEXA I stood before Levi in shock as I held my chest gently as Levi held the card Zale had given me up for me to see. I couldn't actually believe Mia would do this and tell him about it. I shouldn't have trusted her at all. "Levi, please let me explain…""Explained what Alexa? Wow, you're the one who went over to meet Zale and gave him information. Why am I not surprised? And why is that again? Because I didn't take care of you well and ignored you. Because I don't love you or act like I love you so you had the audacity to go meet the one person I hate in this world and team up with him." Levi thundered angrily and I felt chills run down my spine. "Please let me…""I don't want to hear anything you have to say, okay? You know what, I see you as ungrateful." He pointed his finger at me as he took a step forward and I took one back. "I gave you shelter, I fed you, I did everything for you. You also carry my child and I make sure you lack nothing so me maltreating you while carrying
LEVI I Was in no mood for reading letter's much alone, one written by a woman that had infidelity.At the moment I was totally pissed and turned off by every idea that she wanted to speak to me, the letter was lying there at the table and watching it, I felt like setting it right on fire.Would that be enough though, would that be enough to quench this fire I was feeling in my soul.I was feeling more and more disgusted as the minutes went by, having that need for a drink or something that would take my mind away from all of this.The door creaked. " What do I want Mia?" I said without looking at the door."It is not Mia." "Oh." I muttered immediately . "What do you need Mike?"He walked in slowly. I could almost sense why he was here almost immediately. "We need to speak man." He grimaced.He stood there in a white shirt and jeans right there in the hallway. Looking in my direction intensely.The light from the hallway shone through this room as he made the rest of the way in stil
ALEXA “Shit!” I cursed under my breath, out of frustration.I kept hitting the door with my fist. It was unfair to have me locked in the room, but what could I do? I was already in the room, and needed to get out of here.Even as I was hitting the door, I felt weak and weaker. I felt nauseous from time to time, and my eyes got heavy, with cold sweat, trickling down my chin. My eyes brightened up again, but I could still feel it within me that I wasn’t okay.I hit the door again, and heard rushing footsteps towards the door. Hope arose in my heart, and I leaned my ear to the door to know who was coming towards this direction.“Is anyone there! Please let me out!” I yelled as I banged the door three times.“It’s me, madam.” Rosa said as she moved closer to the door.It was my personal maid. Thank goodness, she’ll be able to help me out in this situation.“Lean closer.” I instructed her, so she would be able to hear whatever I had to say.“Done that, ma’am.” She responded immediately.“
LEVIMia barged into the room. I suddenly realized that tears were streaming down her face. I gaped at her for some moments before I found my voice. "What the- Why on earth are you crying?" I asked her. The sobs racked her entire frame. She shook her head and fought to get words out. Sure that something was wrong now, I approached her, gripped her shoulders. "What? What is it? What happened?"She shrugged off my grip, stepped away from me. "Just come with me," she choked out. Without waiting to see if I would follow, she left the room. I was right behind her, of course, curious and a little afraid to find out what had happened that had reduced Mia to tears. After a while, I realized that we were heading towards the room where I had locked Alexa up. "Mia-" I began, wanting to warn her not to interfere in how I chose to treat Alexa. "Just look, Levi," she cut in, her voice hitching on the last word. She ran the last few steps to the door, threw it open. "Now look what has happene
ALEXAI felt so devastated, and like my world had just come to an end. It was unbelievable, yet the pain was so real that it stung me a thousand times, and more.I was a bit better as the doctors had said earlier, and I was allowed to sit on the bed, but the doctors didn’t examine my heart. I wasn’t okay there.My unborn baby had just died, there was no way I could feel okay so soon.Tears flowed down my eyes, and I couldn’t bear it anymore. It would have been much better if I didn’t have to go through any of that, if not, my child could have lived.Flashbacks kept appearing in my memory of how I noticed a trail of blood behind me, and that memory brought back fresh pain, and dug my wounds again. It was like a cycle that would never end.“Alexa, please stop thinking about this. Everything happens for a reason, and I’m so sorry such a thing happened to you. In this situation, you’re not meant to keep crying, or you’ll worsen it.” Mia pleaded, out of concern.“I don’t care if it worsens
LEVII paced around, feeling frustration and anger build up in me, and this made me throw the vase which was on the table, away. The sound of the shattering vase infuriated me more, and I couldn’t even suppress it or try to ignore it.The fact that Alexa even had to blame me for the loss of her child, made me feel pained. I was pained that she lost the child, and how she felt about it. Even when I tried to comfort her, she wasn’t interested in my comfort.It just shows how angry she was at me, and whoever committed this atrocity only made things worse between us.“Aargh!” I yelled, trying to release the anger in me.Then I called the maid who was startled by me as she was walking to either do something, or sort.“Hey you, come here.” I ordered her, still feeling a rage of anger within me.“Y…yes Alpha.” She muttered out, with a shaky voice.“Call those who worked the evening shift, and tell them to meet me at the hall.” I instructed her, and headed off to the hall where I would interr
LEVIMy interest was piqued, and there was no way I could ignore such information she was about to tell me about. I exchanged glances Mia, and then focused back my stare at the maid.“Are you sure of what you just said?” I questioned, trying to maintain my composure as I was excited that someone was ready to spill the truth to me.“Yes, Alpha.” She responded respectfully.“Alright, go on.” I urged her.“I saw a maid with a stranger, who was wearing a cloak. I had to follow them because they looked suspicious. So, I trailed the maid, and saw her adding poison to ma’am Alexa’s food.” She informed me calmly.I could tell she was also nervous as she had spilled the truth, probably she was hoping that the killer wouldn’t find her, and poison her. I understood her, and I wasn’t going to allow that to happen.No one would die on my watch.“Be calm, and do not be nervous. No one else is going to die. Not on my watch. Just tell me everything you know in detail, and trust that you’ll be fine, a
LEVII shifted a little in my chair, impatient for the council meeting to get to the stage I had been dreaming about all these days. I looked around at all the pack members seated in the council chamber. All eyes were trained on the front of the room, at the round table where the men who would give fair judgment on who was to become Alpha, sat. I was not the only one stealing glances around the room. Zale, who was a claimant of the Alpha title sat at the end of the table also, opposite from me. It was obvious that he was in a state of barely suppressed excitement. His eyes met mine, and he smirked before looking away. I hid a grin. He was in for a shock even though he did not know it yet. There was a loud thump that echoed around the room. Conversation ceased immediately. One of the chief council members, the one with a grizzled beard slowly got to his feet. "Brothers of the pack," he called in a carrying voice. "You all know why we are here, to decide on who becomes the true Alpha
LEVI"It's your son, I can't find him anywhere!" Mia fidgeted, her eyes sunken with fear..I immediately stood up from my chair in a panicked state."Where was the last place you saw him?"I asked Mia, barrelling past her."In his room,I went downstairs to get myself a drink and answer a few calls then came back to find him gone." Mia rambled, following closely behind me just as panicked as I was.I tried to calm myself as I practically ran to the security room…I was still pissed about finding out that Zale was responsible for my father's death and now this!I needed to focus. There was no way my son could just disappear without a trace.I took in a deep breath as I got to the security room and sat down. I began to surf through the security footage, trying to calm my racing heart.Mia was right by my side, scanning the footage from between one hour ago and now. I could practically hear her heart beating her chest. She was afraid and normal I'd comfort her but I was just as panicked as
ALEXA As soon as I stepped into the restaurant, I spotted Zale seated at a table at the rear of the restaurant, fidgeting and checking his watch. He looked around, but did not spot me at the entrance, as a couple of people were leaving then, blocking his view of me. He was obviously eager to have the ring in his possession, even though I was still five minutes early for our scheduled meeting. "Hi, Zale," I said as I lowered myself into the chair next to him. He started a little, having been engrossed in checking his wristwatch in what had to be the umpteenth time. "Alexa." His face split into a wide grin. His eyes danced with barely concealed excitement. "Just who I've been expecting. It's good to see you." He looked me over, his gaze lingering on the fitted dress I wore. "You look really good... Better than you looked at our last meeting."I shrugged. "I guess it's the satisfaction of taking my own pound of flesh.""Of course. Of course. I like the way you think. Only hypocrites
LEVIIt was night time and Alexa was getting ready to go over to Zale's to hand him the fake ring.Despite the simplicity of the plan, I couldn't help but to be worried about her and the plan. I wasn't one to scare easily but when it came to Alexa's safety, I was.I watched her through the window as she walked towards the car that was to take her over to Zale 's place. I still didn't like the idea of her meeting him but in order for us to be able to trick him, she had to.The starless sky was not helping the niggling feeling I had at the back of mind either. I know why but I felt really off about the plan. Alexa had told me I was being paranoid when I had mentioned my concerns to her earlier and I had taken it as the reason but right now I wasn't so sure.As if she could sense my eyes on her, Alexa turned around and our eyes locked through the window and she frowned as she noticed the worry in my eyes.She tore her eyes off mine and quickly glanced at the driver to say something I cou
LEVII walked towards Mike who was making his way towards me.'How'd it go?’ I have a question. He heaves a breath and buries his hand in his hair, “Nothing out of the ordinary really,” he starts, leaning against a nearby wall, “They just went on and on about who the new alpha is going to be and how the choice is going to be made this year. Apparently they’re making special efforts to ensure it isn’t the same as the previous year.” He explains and I nod in understanding.“Makes sense. Did they mention who exactly who the competitors this year are?” I asked, taking the spot beside him.“To be honest, it wasn’t really clear, they didn’t state it plainly,” He scratches the back of his head, an apology in his eyes, “They however mentioned the top two contenders are you and Zale.” He finishes, his gaze studious.“That’s…good?” I muss, my hand rubbing against my chin, an impulse I had picked from Alexa. “And the supporters? Enemies?”“We actually have quite a number of people on our side,
ALEXAI told Mia about Levi's text and we drove to Levi's office. The traffic was on my side. It was light and we got to the office in record time. As soon as I pulled in front of the building, I looked into the rearview mirror, schooling my expression into the expected one of fury. Mia waited in the car. I marched past the smiling doorman, completely ignoring his greetings. The other staff scurried out of the way when I directed my scowl at them. "Where is he? Levi," I demanded of the receptionist. "He's upstairs," she said, wide eyed with surprise. "Up in the conference room."Without another word, I went upstairs, already muttering angrily to myself long before I spotted Levi. He stood with his back to the wall, sulkily regarding people who passed by him. "There you are, you piece of shit!" I screeched as loudly as I could. I pointed an accusing finger at him as I marched towards him. As I had hoped, every eye in the corridor became fixed on me. Levi gaped at me, his expressio
LEVIMy attention was half on what Mike was saying. I was lost in thought, thinking about what Mia had told me. It had come as a shock to realize that Mia had been under Ryan's thumb all this while, doing his bidding. I was grateful for whatever lucky chance had made Alexa eavesdrop and hear Mia's conversation. The sound of my phone ringing brought me out of my reverie. I started a little. "Alexa's calling," Mike said with a glance at my phone which lay between us. I grunted, picked up quickly. "I'm listening," I said as soon as I picked up the call. Mike leaned forward to talk to the driver, and I used that opportunity to shift a little to the far side of the car. This was not a conversation I wanted him to overhear. "You already left the house," remarked Alexa."Yes," I responded."I hope you still remember the plan.""Yes."There was a brief pause. Her tone was somewhat annoyed when she said, "Why are you answering me in monosyllables?" I swallowed, racking my brains for the b
ALEXA"Ryan?” I ask, trying to contain my anger.Mia’s stares at the flower arrangements behind me unwilling to meet my gaze.“I believe I asked you a question Mia. Why the hell would you do this to Levi?” “Answer me!” I snap.Mia fiddles with the hem of her dress, she opens her mouth to speak but no words come out. Alexa pulls her by the arm into an empty changing room, “Now we have some privacy. You better start talking.”Mia paced about the tiny cubicle. “I’m sorry.” “You’re sorry?” No no no! We haven’t gotten to that part yet.”“This is the part where you give me a damn explanation for why you’re stealing from your own brother.”“I..I don’t know. I just.. I mean its Ryan” Mia stutters,“I’m racking my brain searching hard for a good enough reason but nothing except its Ryan.” She huffs, “I never know how to act when it comes to him. It’s almost like I lose all self-control, like I don’t have a mind of my own. He asks me to do something, and I do it without question.I watch Mia
ALEXA"Alexa-" Levi murmured, then paused, gauging my reaction. With a sigh, I left our son's crib. I really didn't want to have the conversation he was sure to bring up right now. I needed time to process all he had said to me before. I left the nursery, hoping he would take the hint and drop the issue. I went to the bedroom, sat on the bed, but Levi was still right behind me. "We need to talk, Alexa. Please," he said. "You have already said everything there is to say.""But you haven't given me an answer yet.""Look, each of us has a lot to do today. So why don't we just drop this?" I suggested. "Both of us will function better today if you give me an answer. Let's leave the past behind us and face the future together. Marry me, Alexa.""It's not as simple as that," I grumbled. "But it is. The complications are all in your head."I bit my lip. Levi was wrong there. It was not that simple. I had been through a lot at the hands of Levi. There was an elephant in the room. Levi had