STEVE’S POVShe could have been caught. The fact that he not only knew her but also had the information that all the stress we were going through throughout the day just to locate her and end her life was terrifying enough. Not to speak of seeing her in front of my room, it will almost be like a sort of betrayal and goddess forbid Micheal find out I have betrayed him all these while. He might be practicing and enjoyed betraying on his own but he so despised it when it was done to him and I have watched and known firsthand how he handled folks that betrayed him. Even for me who had spent half of my life serving and getting people killed just to please me, watching him torture people had always imprinted an alarming image in my head which left me with nightmares for weeks.So in simpler terms, I just managed to escape that with luck. I have no idea what came over him today when I knew he was a very observant person. But whatever it was, I am super grateful for it.As we marched towa
NATALIA'S POVMy anger aside, he was right. He was right and although it took me time to get that, I did get it and I knew that he was correct and I was the one on the wrong side. Each time I found myself in the palace, I seemed to be guided by my emotions and ended up there at the wrong time mostly. Now that I have an open eye to stare at it, I can actually tell how impractical I have been all this while. The way he said it out might have sounded offensive, but he frankly has a point and had managed to open up my eyes to it.Let's face it, I could have been caught at any time. I didn't have any measures put in place to prevent that speaking about the fact that I had already been tagged as the "hooded figure" walking around with pregnancy.I don't know what got into my head and convinced me not to wear that clothes today but I was honestly grateful that I didn't. Imagine how it would have been if James walked in on me wearing that, he would have recognized a certain "hooded figure"
JAMES'S POVTo be frank, I wasn't particularly a big fan of the plan my brother had set just to get us where we were today but due to the fact that I had no better plan, I had to just shut up and go with that. He was desperate to attain his goal and as they say, "desperate situations call for desperate measures" He did what he did and ended up getting involved with the rouges before I could intervene. By the time I realized that he might be going toward the wrong way, he was already too far gone and there was nothing I could do to stop him at that time since I did not have a better active plan.Okay here is the thing, among the vile creatures that you do not want to cross, rouges topped my list. Apart from being just animals with no human instinct, they were wild and could do anything to get what they wanted.We fight to win and if we don't, we retreat and try again next time. Rogues have no "next time" in their dictionary. They fight until the last animal stands and would do all the
JAMES'S POVI didn't have to wait long before they arrived. Minutes later, they were waltzing into the garden with their speakers. Rogues have always been in their wolf form and have no way to communicate with us normal werewolves except if we are also in our wolf form so to make matters easier, these group of rouges had found a group of werewolves who were willing to serve them as their interpreters and will aid communication between us without having us turn into our wolf form."It's been a very long time" one of the interpreters whom I recognize so well spoke."What do you seek from us?" I asked, despite knowing well enough what they wanted. Different thoughts ran through my head at once. I liked to believe that I was reserved, even more so than my brother and my calm nature helped me greatly to always know the exact way to react to every situation, and the exact actions to take.But, I am not so sure if I know what to do with this. I think the fact that they took me unaware had
MICHEAL'S POVI wasn't particularly in a good mood today and as if that was not enough to deal with for the day, the rouges chose this day to request a presence with me. I knew they were going to return, sooner or later demanding their part of the deal to be carried out, but I was honestly not expecting to return this early.I was expecting at least a breathing space of a year or so before they returned but it has been barely five solid months since I was announced the new Alpha and they have returned.My gaze lingered on James as he continued to speak. I might give off the impression that I was listening but the truth was, I had already filtered out the needed information and was just staring at him while I rummaged through my brain for an easier way out of this.I wasn't stupid, whatever they demanded would never be given to them. No pack can succeed in the presence of rouges and I wasn't about to be the Alpha whose pack would prove that to do world. Yes, it was going to be hard de
STEVE'S POVToo much had been going on in my life, all in a short while of time that I had almost forgotten about the deal with the rouges. I think that was one of the most unwise decisions Micheal had ever taken. There were a handful of these decisions, but that topped the list.Before now, I could have never thought he would get involved with the rouges and even if he did, it wouldn't be as deep as he had let himself get in with them. And now that they were here to get what they were promised, I began to realize it had been nothing but stress and crisis since he got onto the throne. And the fact that no one was inclined to help willingly until they were asked to.It was as if they were literally forced to do something and if they had a choice, they would have gone for the second option. Working with them was tiring, and I had to always desk with the constant struggle of dealing with them.Not unless Micheal has learned to earn the respect of these people, leadership is going to be
MICHEAL'S POV"What are you planning on doing with them? You aren't going to just let them into the throne, are you?" James, who has been looking at me for most of the meeting, just staring and not speaking asked.I chuckled deeply, combed my finger through my silky hair, and veered around to address Steve, who was still standing by the door."Leave us, please" I instructed. He bowed respectfully and left, closing the door behind him."Why did you send me away, he knows every operation and deal that we do. There is no need for that I assume" James confusingly asks."Oh, there is a very hefty need for me to send him away at the moment. The less number of people you share your secret with, the more secretive it becomes" I responded casually."There is a secret to be shared?" James was still in the dark and needed me to put him through. James on a norm, prefers to stay within his lane. He doesn't get involved and doesn't ask unless it requires him to. I have been on a deal with the roug
NATALIA'S POVSince the last time I met Steve and he shared that piece of information with me, I have been extra careful in my dealings. I no longer wear that black signature clothes. Now that I even think about it, it was practically impractical since no one knew I was their mate only a few people. If I can stay away from such persons, I would be good to go. The only thing that black apparel did was put me in the limelight. And secondly, I tried as much as I could to stay indoors and only step out when it was utterly and completely necessary, one of those times being to get food. Apart from that, I was always cuddled up in a blanket and sleeping my life away.There were actually a lot of fun things to do around this house but I have been so fixed on loneliness that I didn't get to discover them. Now that I have my mind on really living here and making a life out of this place, I have begun to discover a lot of things. For instance, I found a stalk of different bird games in the kit