THIRD PERSON’S POVThe trio sat at their usual place in the large conference hall. The hefty mahogany round table serving as a barrier creating distance between them although it wasn’t successful in creating barrier to block out the intense glare exchange between them.The elders who walked in behind them each carried a disappointed scowl evident enough to put any other person in his place but the triplet. They at all we’re not faze by it and continue to pass deadly glare at each other over the table especially Leo and Lucas.“Greetings all!” One of the elders get up and addressed when everyone had settled down. That too was not enough to cut the trio’s attention from each other, except for Damien, who just look up for a few seconds and goes back to intensively watching his two brother who are in their own world of glares.“Greeting” a few murmured around the table excluding the trio.“I will need each and everyone’s attention to be directed at me” he hit the table a number of time be
NATALIA’S POV“Acute pain”Those were the only words I could use to describe how I was feeling at the moment. I was feeling sick a few hours ago but this was nothing compared to that. This was far more than I could comprehend. If this was what it takes to be pregnant, to house a child within you then I had rather not ever have any.I hissed instinctively as I tried to move my hand from the unhealthy position I had it but it seemingly wouldn’t budge. I tried one more time, this time harder causing a piercing pain to surge through out my body, even my wolf who would at most time tried to stay away from my head stir awake and winced. If this doesn’t say how bad this is, I don’t know what else would.I tear my eyelids apart, causing my vision to be immediately engulfed in utter darkness. It took me a few seconds after deliberately blinking before I could get use to the eery darkness and then the panic set in.I was not in my room, no far from it. I was in what seems like…like a “dungeon”
LEO’S POVDo you remember when I said “the moon goddess have her way of shaping things into the right direction?” Scratch that cause this is definitely not the right direction. I was a kind of who would have seen the bright side of things at the first try but I am definitely struggling to see the bright side of this.Natalia had been kidnapped.That theory had longed been put into consideration. There was just no other reasonable explanation to her sudden disappearance. She could have ran away but how was that even possible when we have Interrogated the entire guards assigned at the pack boarder and not one of them have the record of a young woman leaving. Everyone who came in and out of the pack through all the available boarders have their information taken down including a photograph for later reference but nothing of Natalia leaving had been recorded which means only one thing, she is still in the pack and either into hiding or kidnapped.But anyone that knows Natalia know she is
DAMIEN’S POV“I might have saw a young girl walking to the slave quarters just a few minutes past midnight while in my shift” my undivided attention was on the guard, hoping to catch up to some clue from his words. But he stopped after saying that.“And?” I arched my brows at him waiting for at least a more detailed explanation.“An……and then she just disappeared into thin air when I turned my attention away from her for some seconds. At that moment I thought nothing of it but now that I actually decided to give it a deep thought, she might have been kidnapped at that minute in time which is really disturbing cause you had a thorough check around the mansion that night and nothing seems out of the ordinary though I think……..” that was as far as he could go cause Leo cut him off.“Get out” I murmured.“Your highness, I was about saying I think…..” “I said you should get the hell out of my presence before I rid you of the burden that is your head!” He yelled this time, clearly set off
NATALIA’S POVIt’s been three days. Three long days since I woke up and found myself in this hell hall. Three days since that bitch walked into this room and I knew no peace ever again. I would say she really earn my surprise when she walked into this room that faithful day.Who would have thought. I would never have suspected her. I mean, all I knew was the fact that we never get along but to the point of this? Never I have ever thought it had reach to this. I would have even suspected Agatha more than a hundred time before I think of considering her. But behold she walked into that room, bearing behind her two strong hefty werewolves who I still couldn’t point at if at all they are palace guards or otherwise. They really know how to deliver their job stealthily I will give them that.They would come in here in a daily basis, sometimes tagging along with her while most times alone just to subject me to intense pain. I would cry when I was sure that they had left and I could no longe
DAMIEN'S POV“I definitely have no idea you were going to open up the door anytime soon but nevertheless, welcome to the world of the living” Kyle was still sitting on the couch when I walked out, casually going through some files. We were done with sorting out everything yesterday. He just needed to gave a quick last check to make sure everything is in order for the last time before submitting them out to the elders.“Don’t be dramatic Kyle and do away with that shit files let’s talk. My time alone actually yielded a fruitful result” I uttered as I walked into the extravagant living room which I hardly spend time in.“You mean your lone time” Kyle said, putting more emphasis on the “lone time”“Yes that” I toasted myself down on the couch opposite of him, letting a sigh of relief at the fluffiness that engulfed my form.“Okay then, fill me in. Let me be endorsed in your fruitfulness” he playfully commented which actually caused me to roll my eyes this time around. He was really makin
DAMIEN’S POVThrough out my course of living, I have learnt one important thing which always tends to put me above every other person no matter where I find myself.The ability to read body movements while in communication with anyone.Something is for sure wrong somewhere, her words spoke volumes. It is not necessarily she knows where I could find Natalia, but she is hiding something and I am determined to find out. In hasten steps, I make my way into my wing when I reached the mansion. I left Kyle there cause I knew he would definitely do his best to keep an eye on her and will inform me immediately of anything if there is need to.I make sure to round up the files we left, submit them to the elders before finally taking a rest in my quarters. As much as I hate to wait, I would have to do that in other to get what I want. Kyle is doing the right thing I am sure so there was no need whatsoever for me to get this overwhelming anxiousness.I fished out my phone from my pocket in an at
DAMIEN’S POV“Damien?” Natalia’s voice ranged through the phone and I was on my feet faster than you could imagine.“Natalia?” I called to make sure I was not hearing things and this simple action got Leo on his feet and onto me in seconds.“Natalia? Did I hear you say that? Damien dammit speak to me, did I hear you call Natalia right now? Are you speaking to her? Did she call you? Do you know where she was all this while?” He bombarded me with questions which prevented me from hearing the few things she was mumbling.“Will you shut the fuck up let me get what she is saying for goddess’s sake? Dammit Leo, shut up!” I yelled taking a stroll to the part of the room farthest away from him but he was behind me in seconds, trying to listen in to what she was speaking.“Natalia, listen up, can you calm down and describe where you are at the moment. Just take a moment and describe your surrounding area. Can you do that for me?” I tried to get her to calm down cause just from her voice, I cou
MICHEAL'S POVMy gaze moved from one elder to the other as speak, uttering words I knew I was going to put down at the end of everything. They have been trying to get me to have a meeting with them for ages and this was the first meeting we are having in a while, if not I could have dismissed them and left the room.I shouldn't be here when I have far more troubles to deal with and as I followed them with my eyes, I was wondering if there was any way at all that I could follow to ease all of these positions. It has been a tradition for every pack to have an elder whereas I see no point in it. They help in no way. All they do is bring up problems that will stress you even more even when you think you are managing the pack really well. There might be no way to get rid of them but I know for a fact that I am not going to tolerate them in any way. If they were tolerated by the past rulers then they should get ready for a change."I think reducing the rate of the tax at this point will b
DAMIEN'S POVMy gaze flickered from Lucas to Leo, still not believing that they were even thinking about doing that. This just confirmed to me that they do not know the gravity of the situation we are in."We can get into the pack, grab her, and then leave the pack all in one day. We can take as much time as we desire to bring her back to this place" That was Lucas, speaking wholeheartedly to Leo."And if we can even consider this in a broader sense, we can continue living there with her instead of coming back all the way here you know" Leo added his delusions all the while I observed them with wide unbelieving eyes."That will be a wise thing to do if we can be able to pull that out smoothly," Lucas remarked."Alright, alright, you all should slow down" Having heard enough of their bullshit, I chimed in immediately.They both turned to look toward me at the same time. They were so deep in their conversation that they had forgotten that I was still in their presence."I hope you two r
NATALIA'S POVI was happy.That is the word, happiness. You can never tell just how much loneliness has affected you until you are opportune to be in the presence of people again. It just so happens to be the best feeling and almost everything you think was a problem would end up being not an actual problem and was just created by your mind overthinking because you have no other person to share your thoughts with. I have been that way for the past months, just thinking and thinking my life away. The only time I had the chance to interact with anyone was when I paid a visit to the palace or when I was off to get my food supplies in the market. It has always been a routine. Stay at home for up to a week, go out to the market and the palace, and then come back to the loom of loneliness and silence. I had no idea that it was affecting me until now that I was blessed with the presence of other living beings."What do you desire to eat today?" Cole asked after he knocked on my door and I
LUCAS'S POV"What?" I asked Leo who was suddenly looking at me like I had managed to develop a second head in three seconds.He didn't budge, and I wasn't even sure if he heard my statement. He seems to be in a haze, deep in thought. "Leo? What the hell is wrong with you?" Damien, who was more closer to him asked while tapping him on the shoulder. This seems to have made him snap out of whatever hex that had suddenly befell him. "What?" I asked again, eager to know what was on his mind. "I think I know...." He slowly muttered, still falling back in thought."You know what?" It turns out I wasn't the only one eager to hear what he wanted to say because both Damien and I spoke at the same time, this time around."I think I know where Natalia is hiding" After some painful seconds of waiting, he finally spoke again, emphasizing any word he muttered."What do you mean by that? How did you know where she was hiding? Is that even possible?" I remarked, a deep frown playing on my face. I c
LEO'S POVI do not despise her. I just don't trust her. I am still failing to believe she ended up just finding herself with no motives. Let's face it, I am a very practical person. For us to find ourselves here, we spend days on end running. The keyword there has been running. We never stopped once, encountered numerous dangers on the way and because we are warriors, we aced it. So imagine just a defenseless lady going through all of these. I see no chance of her survival. Except if she was escorted here by someone experienced, who stays hidden behind the shadows. So it makes no sense to me that Damien blindly believed her and even allowed her to stay with us. I have tried multiple times to talk him out of it but he just wouldn't budge. He kept telling me he knew Micheal and in her explanation, there was no form of deception. It's frustrating that he can't just listen to me for once and agree that there is more to what she was saying than meet the eye. It doesn't help that he has
DAMIEN’S POV“And you think everything is going to be as we left it?” Lucas inquired, looking amusingly at me.“Of course not, things are going to change drastically, and above all, your personal items are going to be used by another set of people” I clarified.“Damn man, I will hate to rearrange. It is going to take painful weeks of working” Leo winced, slumping his shoulder against the rocky wall. “You can simply just move to another wing you know, there are numerous parts in the palace and it is enormous enough for you to change wing each week for two months so there is no reason to throw a tantrum” I proclaimed with a shrug.We were currently having a casual discussion on how things were going to be when we returned back to the palace after everything died down. We haven’t really brought forth who is supposed to role but I think we have now learned our lesson and are going to cross that bridge successfully when we get to it.“Not man, I choose to stay in that part of the palace f
STEVE’S POVI sat down at the single desk and chair in my room after I was done with my duty for the day. Making sure to lock my door first, I brought the pen and paper I was going to use to write the letter and placed it in front of me on the table.I wasn't sure what to write but I knew I had to write something very convincing if I really wanted them to believe my words were genuine and not just some created tales to come between them. Micheal is wise and would definitely deny anything of that nature has been plotted if they decide to approach him so I will need to come up with words convincing enough to make them just act and not go about asking.I twirled the pen in my hand multiple times for minutes on end, staring at the blank sheet in front of me and not knowing what to write.After additional minutes of silence and thinking, I finally came up with enough words to start up with. There won't be any need to greet so as they would know it was coming from someone from a higher leve
NATALIA’S POV“I thought you were dead at first and then news began to spread around the pack that the new leader was searching vehemently for you which was so confusing at that time. We searched too, hoping to reach you before any of them. We never gave up on our search and that faithful day we got you, it was purely coincidentally and you were just at the wrong place at the wrong time. The news got to us that guards would be surveying this part of the pack today and we were out to keep watch so we caught you thinking it was a guard. It doesn't help that you were dressed in men’s attire” Kyle explained with the others sitting at each side of him.I, on the other hand, was sitting on the opposite side of them and listening attentively.“I don't understand, I thought you went out with them that night?” I asked, referring to my mates. Confusion setting in.“No, we didn't. No one did because they informed no one that they were going anywhere. It was all a work of Micheal to get them corn
NATALIA’S POVWas I okay? I wasn’t even sure. I was so consumed by an immersed amount of shock that I had no idea whether I was okay or not. I was clueless as to how I was feeling. I swallowed loudly, the feeling so foreign to me after days of not being able to do that. My eyes trailed from one of their figures to another, trying to wrap my head around the fact that they were real and in front of me. Instinctively, I reached out to touch Kyle who was the one kneeling in front of me.My hand fell on his shoulder, a more confirmation that he was alive and in front of me. I wasn't hallucinating. Damn even if I was, why will I be seeing them of all the amount of people I missed.They were real. They were frankly genuine and were standing right in front of me. But the question that was stuck in my head was how did I not think about them all this while? How did I not remember and enquire about them? Now that my mates were no more, they should be the closest thing to a parent my kid would h