Chapter 4
Alpha Kai The way Max blinks as he stares at me tells me that I'm in deep shit right now. He won't stop frustrating me until I talk to him about why I acted this way, and I'm not ready for that. "Uhm... I mean, you shouldn't be touching a woman like that. She... She's a woman... You should respect her," I try not to stutter, but I still end up doing it anyway. "Oh..." Max utters as he withdraws his hand from her shoulder, and I heave a silent sigh of relief. The way he looks at me doesn't look like he believed the excuse I just gave him. "Uhm... Alpha, you asked to see you," She breaks the awkward silence that assumed the air for quite some seconds now, and I gulp down nothing nervously. What should I tell her? I think I'm beginning to act foolish right now. "Yes, I did..." I pause and think of what to say to her for a few seconds. "I think it's time to change Ruby's wardrobe," I finally say, even though I know this is senseless. I mean, we just did that about one month ago, and even if it's going to be done again, it should be in two months. But what the hell am I supposed to tell her? I just called her here to see her face, and nothing else. "Oh, alright. I will see to that later, alpha," She replies to me, looking down at her feet, and I so much want her to raise her gaze and look at me. I enjoy staring into her eyes because of the feeling it always gives me. "Alright. If that is all for now, may I take my leave now, alpha? I still need to get the kids ready for their afternoon tutorials," She asks politely, and damn! I don't want her to go for fuck's sake, can't she sense that? I want her around me for no reason, but I know that I need to let her go, anyway. "Sure, you can go now," I say to her. "See you some other time, Ariel," Max says to her before she leaves, and I glare hard at him angrily. He still dares to say that in my presence. It seems like he wants to die. "What the hell was that, Max?" I ask him once she's out of the room, and he pulls a puzzled look. "I think I should be asking you that. You looked like you were going to devour me. What's happening? Don't tell me you've started sleeping with her already. Come on, Kai, this is too much..." "Just shut your mouth, you dumb ass. I'm not sleeping with her," I feel a bit hurt that he said that to me, but he's right anyway. I'm a freaking flirty man that sleeps with anything under skirt, but I don't even have that feeling toward Ariel. I can't explain what this feeling is, but it's not like how I feel toward other women. "Then what the hell was that? You looked like a jealous boyfriend and it's alarming because that wasn't the Kai I used to know," He shrugs, and I roll my eyes at him even though I know he's right. "What are you talking about?" I pull a nervous look. "Don't play dumb, dude. You know what I'm talking about. Do you have feelings for her? Is she your mate? Are you planning to take her to bed or something?" He bombards me with questions, and I almost scream at him. I should've expected this when I was busy acting all possessive here just now. Max will stop at nothing to ruin my day today, and it's literally all my fault. "When will you stop being all meddlesome, Max? You know this wouldn't have been the case if you were someone else, so just stop talking too much," I say to him coldly, but he just scoffs. "You..." "You were here to talk about Dante, right? Come on, let's talk about him. What do you think we should do, because there's no way I'll ever agree to meet with him," I say to him, trying to change the topic. "Then just give up trying to convince him..." "Are you kidding me right now, Max? You know how much important this is to me, so what are you talking about?" I scoff, and he shrugs. "You don't want to see him, he doesn't want to sign the contract without seeing you in person, and he doesn't want to see me either, so what possible solution can you think of?" He shrugs, and I sigh briefly. "You know what? Just go. I will find a solution to it later. For now, I want to be left alone," I say to him. "Alright. Call me if you need anything. Also, let's visit the club tonight if you don't mind. There are sexy women there that will keep you busy all night," He winks at me before he finally turns and strides out of my study, while I shake my head momentarily. This dude is crazy. Reaching out for my favorite werewolf's history book, I open it to the last page I was reading and continue my journey. This book has helped me so much, and I love it. 'Ariel' her name suddenly rings in my head, and I sigh as I drop the book, and recline on the chair, throwing my head back. Why can't I get her off my head no matter how much I try to? What has she done to me? "Greetings, alpha. It's me, Ariel," Hearing her voice from outside a few minutes later, I quickly jerk up from my seat, and adjust myself like a woman seeing her crush. I quickly adjust my hair and my cloth to look perfect, before I usher her in. The door suddenly opens, and she walks in looking as beautiful as always. She has changed from the long gown she was wearing earlier, to a more sexy short loose gown that stops at her knees, and her hair packed in her usual style, ponytail. She looks extremely beautiful and sexy in the gown, or maybe it's just me hallucinating right now. "Alpha, I got the kids ready for the shopping. Lady Leila said she'll be taking them..." "No, we'll go together along with the kids," I quickly cut her off before she can complete her statement, and she blinks her eyes rapidly at me, as her pair of ocean blue eyes pierce into my soul. I feel my heart melt at the sight of her innocent yet enchanting eyes. "But alpha, lady Leila told me you have never done shopping for the kids before..." She pauses and bites her bottom lip. I love it when she does that. The truth is that I have never done shopping for my kids, since Leila does all that, but I just want to be around her. "Yes... I feel bored here, and I think it'll be nice hanging around outside the villa. Do you have a problem with that?" I ask her, sounding cold at the end, and she quickly shakes her head. "No, Alpha. It's fine," She quickly replies to me, and I nod my head. "Go get the kids and wait for me at the parking lot. I'll join you soon," I say to her, and she nods her head before she walks out of the study, and I sigh briefly. I think I'm losing my mind...Chapter 5 Alpha Kai I glance at Ariel who is sitting in the backseat of the car with my kids as they both talk sweetly. I can't deny the fact that I love the bond between them now, and I also feel happy going out with them. "Daddy, why do you suddenly want to go shopping with us?" Rubby suddenly asks the question I have been expecting, and I glance at her through the rear glass only to find her staring at me. "Is it something bad?" I ask her, and she quickly shakes her head. "No, dad, it's not. I'm happy you're coming with us," She smiles at me cutely, and I nod my head. "Daddy, but lady Leila took us shopping last week," Nathan says after a few minutes of silence, causing me to glance at him again, releasing a deep sigh. Gosh is this how chatty these kids are? "Do you not want to shop?" I ask him, and he quickly shakes his head. "No, daddy. I saw a bicycle at the mall the last time we went there, and I want one," He says in his little voice. "I wi
Chapter 6 Maximus Danielle "Why don't you talk to Philip about the contract?" I ask him, and with the look on his face, I need no one to tell me that he doesn't like the sound of that. Philip is a sixty-five years old awarded robotic engineer in the USA and the CEO of T&T Electronic company. Kai and I are going to be working on a project later, called the E-Detector project. E-Detector is a robot that detects nothing, but emotions, and also treat people who are ill. We want to build a big hospital in town, where only robots will be there to attend to both humans' and other creatures' needs. This is a strategy to add more fame and power to our pack and to make this happen, we would need the help of Philip. "I told you that I'm not interested in working with Philip. Look for someone else," He replies to me bluntly, picking up the book on the desk, and opening to a page. "Come on, Kai... We both know that there's no one else that can do this better than Philip, and tha
Chapter 7 Ariel POV I drag Amelie along the hallway, and once we walk into my room, I slam her lightly against the wall, glaring hard at her. "What the hell was that, Amelie? What were you doing with the beta?" I ask her, trying not to sound harsh on her, but why the hell would she do something like that? "Come on, Ariel... Stop making a mountain out of nothing, ok? That was just a harmless visit," She rolls her eyes as she walks past me and throws herself on my bed, while I stare at her unbelievably. "Wow! This bed is so comfortable... I think I should move in here with you soon because you can't be enjoying this luxury alone," She whines as she tosses on the bed while giggling. "I asked a question, Amelie. What was that?" I ask her again, and she sighs briefly as she sits up on the bed. "It was nothing, Ariel. I missed my way and found myself there," She shrugs sarcastically like what she did isn't a big deal. "You and I know that you didn't miss your
Chapter 8 Alpha Kai If it were to be someone else that did what Max did, he or she would've been six feet under the ground now, chilling in the underworld, but sadly, I can't bring myself to harm my best friend. "Ah!" I growl as I grab the flower vase from the desk and crash it against the wall, breaking it into pieces. I can feel my wolf struggling to take over me and destroy things, no one dare disrespects us and go scot-free, but I can't possibly let my wolf harm Max, right? "Calm down, Raul... Calm down," I whisper as I lean forward and grab the edge of the desk, clenching my fingers around it tightly as I shut my eyes, trying to control Raul. Things won't remain the same if he happens to take control of me. I may end up doing what I'm not supposed to have done. Suddenly, I feel the strong scent dominating me, and I snap my head up. I look around the room, searching for her, but it is obvious that she's not in there. Of course, I recognize the scent to belong t
Chapter 9 "Forgive me, alpha... I will wait outside," She quickly apologizes, turning to leave. "No, wait!" I say to her, and she halts abruptly, her body trembling in fear. Fuck! I hate that she's scared of me. Yes, I know this is crazy, considering how much I enjoy it when people are scared of me, how unbothered I am about people, but she? I feel so fucking different toward her. Turning to face Rosa, who has a shocked expression on her face, I signal her to leave. "But..." "Don't make me repeat myself, Rosa. Leave," I say to her, sitting on the chair. She must be thinking that I'm going crazy now. The alpha Kai everybody knows would never take something like this lightly. I would never have anyone barge into me like that, let alone see me doing some shit with a woman, that person would not live to tell the story, or maybe have his or her eyes plucked out of their sockets for the offense. "What are you still waiting for?" I snap at Rosa, and she quickly bows be
Chapter 10 Alpha Kai I walk briskly toward her room with Ruby, and I push the door open once I arrive at the doorstep. I stop on my track when I walk into the room and find her sitting on the bed, hugging her knees to herself while having her face buried between them, and crying profusely like she'd just lost someone. Strangely, I feel this unexplainable pain in my heart, seeing her like that hurts me for a reason I'm clueless about, and I bite my bottom lip. What could be wrong with her? It can't possibly be the bracelet, right? I squat down in front of Ruby and ruffle her hair. "Baby, why don't you go to sleep? Daddy will handle this, I promise," I speak to her softly, and she stares at me blankly. She's already close to tears, and I can only wonder what she has done to my kids that made them like her this much. "Daddy, you will make her stop crying, right?" Ruby asks, and I nod my head even though I am not sure yet. "Yes honey, I will do that. Just go to
Chapter 11 Alpha KaiI toss on the bed for the umpteenth time and sigh briefly. Ruby is already fast asleep beside me on the bed, and here I am trying to get some sleep for the past two hours but can't. Finally sitting up on the bed, I find myself standing up to my feet. I have no idea what is suddenly pushing me out, but the only thing on my mind is to go out and find her bracelet. You can say that I'm losing my mind, which I will agree to, but that won't stop me from finding it for her. I stride out of my room and head straight to the yard, where the trashcan is always kept. The villa is silent with nobody around since everyone must've been asleep by now. Staring at the tall trashcan in front of me, I run my fingers through my hair and take a deep breath, giving a second thought to the decision I've made. This is unlike me, Alpha Kai would never do something like this, but it seems like I'm helpless around this girl, it now seems like I'm so concerned about this girl tha
Chapter 12 Ariel POVNo matter how much I try to be fine, it's just not working. Looking at my hand and not seeing the bracelet makes me feel like I've lost everything. That is the only thing that was left with me, the only thing that may help me find my family later. I know it's just a bracelet that can easily be replaced with another one, but this is painful. "Will you come to pick us up later?" Ruby and Nathan ask simultaneously after I drop them off at the front of their school gate. Their school is just around the villa, and they can even come back home by themselves, but it seems like it's not safe for them, since they are alpha's kids, and the Alpha would have many enemies that would want to harm his kids. "Hmm. I'll do that. Be a good boy, and you, Ruby, take care of your brother, ok?" I squat and ruffle their hair. "Bye, Ariel," They both say before they walk inside the gate. I wait for them to meet their class teacher before I finally walk back to hop in the
Chapter 155 Epilogue After Alpha Kai realized that it was all a nightmare, he couldn't help the excitement that filled his heart, knowing that he didn't lose any of his kids and his best friend. Three months later, Alpha Kai finally mated Ariel as his forever, and they hosted a mating ceremony where other werewolves of different Packs came to celebrate with them. Four months later... Ariel was in the room and watching a movie when she suddenly felt a sting in her lower abdomen, and she winced painfully as she squeezed her face. "What is wrong with me?" She mumbled as she sat back on the couch and sighed briefly before she continued to watch her movie. As minutes went by, she felt the pain growing slightly severe until she couldn't hold it anymore and screamed when she felt something break inside her and her eyes widened when she saw the trail of fluid that trailed down her legs. As she managed to stand up to her feet, holding her big round tummy, she ma
Chapter 154 At the hospital "I'm sorry, Miss. But we couldn't save him," Amelie's heart sinks into her stomach as the doctor breaks the news to her, and she staggers back. Her heartbeat stops for the next few seconds and her mouth hangs open in shock. She tries to comprehend what the doctor just said to her, but it doesn't seem to sink well into her head, so it's quite confusing and hard to understand. "What...what did you say?" She finally asks the doctor once she is able to gather her strength together. "You should be calm," The doctor pats her shoulder before he pulls the blue satin cloth to cover his face. Her world seems to be crumbling down before her very eyes. Her body trembles as she slowly takes her hand to her stomach. "No... This is not true... This can't be true. Max is not dead," She slowly shakes her head while muttering those words to herself because this whole thing doesn't make any sense to her. How could the doctor even tell her that her mat
Chapter 153 Kai drags his feet toward the prison where Rosa was now kept. The last twenty-four hours have been filled with him running around and trying to get the solution he had promised Ariel, but all efforts have proven abortive and he was on the verge of losing his mind. Who would've ever thought that an Alpha would become like this? Who would ever think that Kai would one day be caught in this mess without any way out for him? Once he stops in front of the prison, his blood boils in rage as he spots her on her knees. How could she be this heartless to have stolen his happiness? He asks himself before he signals the guard to open the gate for him, which was opened immediately. He takes another deep breath before he finally walks in, and when she notices his presence, she slowly raises her gaze to look at him. She has a smirk dancing on her lips, a satisfactory look on which only means that she is enjoying every bit of what she is doing to him. "Why are you here? To pl
Chapter 152 As Ariel waits in front of the prison gate and awaits Rosa, she can't help the nervousness that keeps trying to eat her up. After she heard about what happened, she has come to see her, not to confront her, but to plead with her to please give out the antidote so Nathan could live. The little boy has been going through pain even though he has been in coma for days now, and he is getting weaker each day that passes by. It hurts to see the boy she loves so much being in pain, and it hurts to see the Alpha wallowing in pain, but then, they can't use force on Rosa if they don't want the boy to die. The sound of the chains rattling inside the prison alerts her that she has been taken out of the dungeon. She takes a deep breath before she walks into the prison after the guard opens the door for her. Rosa is on her knees and tied down with an ordinary chain. "Why are you here? To yell at me and tell me how disgusting I am? Are you here to command me to hand over the
Chapter 152 Alpha Kai POV Tears brim in my eyes as I drive home crazily. Nathan and Ariel are in the backseat. He is still unconscious. 'I'm sorry, but there is nothing we can do about this. You have to take him out of the hospital' As the doctor's words replay in my head, I sniff back the tears that threaten to leave my eyes. Now is not the time to cry. I really need to get the antidote now and save my boy. I have already lost his sister, and I can't lose him too. As I drive on the roadway, I suddenly march on the brake, bringing the car to an abrupt halt. I almost ran into a car, but it's a good thing that I was fast enough to stop the car before the horrible thing happened. "Careful," Ariel mutters, and I nod my head. Many thoughts run through my mind and I keep asking myself who would've done this to my son. I was thinking that the person that did it was Rhea, but I guess I wasn't in the right state of mind. I shouldn't have left them alone. I should've s
Chapter 151 Three days laterThe last few days have been rough for Kai and every other person in the Pack. Having his best friend in coma, his son hospitalized with the doctors doing everything they could so they save the little boy, and trying to be fine even though nothing seemed to be working in his favor. Ruby has been cremated already. "You haven't had anything since three days now. Can you eat something, please?" Ariel asks him sadly. He was standing on the balcony of the hospital and staring up at the sky while in tears. He has always thought he was strong, but with everything that has happened to him in the space of five days, it now occurred to him that he is nothing strong. "I'm not hungry," He replied to her flatly, and she sighs briefly. "What should I do? Is Nathan going to die too? Is Max going to leave me too as Ruby did?" He asks her as he stares into space, more tears streaming down his cheeks. "Shhhh! Everything is going to be fine. I promise you,
Chapter 150 Alpha Kai POV I'm still having a bad feeling about this even though Amelie told me yesterday that they are fine. I still have this feeling that something is not right, and I can't help but get nervous. Losing my baby is the last thing I want. I will lose my mind if such a thing happens. "Amelie said that they are fine. You don't have to be worried," Ariel assures me as the driver drives us to the airport. We woke up early this morning and got dressed before we left the hotel. "Hmm," I nod my head, but that still didn't stop me from being worried or nervous, rather. If only I can appear in Europe right now, I would be so glad. "You'll be fine," She utters as she clasps her fingers with mine, and I slowly nod my head. Sadly, we couldn't make our vacation a memorable one, but I'm going to make it up to her some other time. The only thing on my mind right now is my kids. We finally arrive at the airport, and the flight takes off about thirty minutes la
Chapter 149 Amelie POV I pace restlessly along the hallway. Leila and Rosa are also here with me. Max and Ruby had just been rolled into the ER, and I'm so scared. Max was brutally injured, and Ruby... I don't even want to think about what will happen to him, because it's scary to imagine it. I just pray they survive this. "Don't you think you should call the Alpha or Ariel?" Madam Leila asks me, and I stop pacing. I haven't thought about that because I'm not in my right state of mind. I don't know if I will be able to hold on to my phone later. I don't know if I will be able to talk, because my body is trembling. "You...you should call him," I reply to her, and she finally walks away. "They are going to be fine. You should sit, please. It's not good for the baby," I hear Rosa's voice, and I raise my gaze to find her standing beside me. If I can gather the memories together, Rosa and Max haven't been on good terms, she never liked the kids, so I wonder why she save
Chapter 148 Rhea POV I think now is the time for me to carry out the plan I have. I know Kai won't spare me after this, but I don't mind. If I'm going to die, then it would have to be with someone precious to him. I have to hurt him in a way that will break him for as long as he is alive. Since I still have my wolf power within me, I summon her and in no time, I was able to break from the chain, since it isn't a silver chain that could hurt me. Although I don't have power as a witch anymore, I trained and was very good at combat. I was able to take down the guard in front of the prison. I manage to find my way to the kids' room, and there they are. They are both sleeping peacefully with their nanny, I think Leila is her name. They are all sleeping peacefully, and I scoff when I see them. Now that I recall everything that little witch said to me, makes my heart is clouded with hatred for her. She never considered me as her mother, she never looked at me, she always cursed m