ALFRED. “Anna, can you hear me at all?” picking her up from the floor I hurried as fast as my legs could carry me and rushed to the infirmary my breath escaping out of my mouth at full speed while I walked under so much pressure with her still in my hands. Anna's body was stiff as hell as she couldn't say a word or make any sign to prove to me that she still got life in hers, “I hope you didn't sacrifice you life just to make sure that my father survives his illness.” I spoke to her still picking up a race as fast as my legs could carry me. “Anna, tell me that you are still here with me. Give me a sign! Tell me something and I'd be glad to be by your side watching you heal gradually until you get better.” speaking into the thin air I asked her while still scared that she wasn't alive anymore. “Somebody help! Help!” screaming out loud for help the moment I stepped foot in the infirmary. “Alpha Alfred, you don't have to raise your voice in here. There are some sick patients too tha
MIKE'SAs I slowly emerged from the depths of a restless sleep, the events of the previous day came flooding back to me, like a dark and foreboding tidal wave crashing against the shores of my mind. The thought of Anna's triplet being kidnapped sent a jolt of adrenaline coursing through my veins, and I quickly threw off the covers, my heart racing with a mix of anxiety. I quickly dressed, my mind racing with thoughts of what I needed to do, where I needed to go, and who I needed to see. As I finished getting dressed, I told myself that my first stop would be the hospital, where Stella, my loyal and trusted housekeeper, lay recovering from the brutal injuries she had sustained at the hands of the kidnappers.The memory of Stella's battered and bruised face, her eyes swollen shut and her body broken and battered, flashed through my mind, and I felt a wave of anger and outrage wash over me. How could anyone do such a thing to another human being? I thought to myself, my mind seething
ANNA“Anna, you really don't have to stress yourself at this point thinking about the safety of your kids because they are in safe hands and care just the way I assured you.” his hands held onto mine assuring me with some words of hope.I was so slow to understand all that he was saying to me because it was a little bit difficult for me to comprehend not after everything i’ve been through, “Alfred, what happened to me?” I tried standing up from the bed holding unto the wooden frame that was attached to every corner of the bed but it was a difficult one for me to pull through. “Hey! Take it easy on yourself, Anna. You really don't have to stress yourself by being so aggressive on yourself just because you want to stand up from the bed.” Calming me down a little bit while still to tuck me back into the bed he responded to me. “Whatever you need just let me know and I'd be able to attend to you just to make sure it hastens your recovery.” “I don't need anything, Alfred. I want to see
Anna. Ever since I recovered from my past incident, I have been having weird nightmares. Sometimes, I find myself locked in a particular space struggling to breathe and having lapses in physicality. But whenever I wake up, I remember nothing and end up with a heavy migraine.Like right now, I was sweating profusely, panting like someone who was chased by something dangerous. My hands were clipped to my bedsheet, clutching to it like my life depended on it.I tried remembering what I dreamt of and my head began to hurt. I started feeling dizzy, holding my chest for air.This had to stop. It was terrifying already that I had mind killing nightmares and not remembering what the dream was about was more creepy.I got out of my bed and went into the bathroom. Turning the faucet on, I splashed water on my face then left the bathroom.I went down to the dining room and luckily, met Alpha Alfred. He was having his breakfast when I joined him at the table."Good morning," I greeted, feeling
Anna.I sat upright immediately when I heard the question that was being asked by the therapist. I could hear the coldness in her voice and from the way she sounded it felt as if there was no more hope for me to get better. I stared at her eyes and when I was unable to figure out the answers in there I rolled up my eyes away from her and gazed at the ceilings.“You don’t have to be scared, Anna.” the therapist finally spoke to me after being silent for a while.Adjusting her chair closer to where I sat down she continued, “Why are you scared? I can see the fears in your eyes and it's not worth it at all.”“I'm..not…” I stuttered out the words coldly to her. I was so weak to the core and disappointed in myself for not being able to figure out what was going on with me. Most times I tend to wonder if it was because of the soft light glow that sprang up in my hands when I tried healing Alpha Logan but no matter how long I think about it I was unable to get an answer. “Are you sure you
ANNA. As I stood there frozen by his appearance in the room when he wasn't invited I couldn't help but think about the fact that he might have eavesdropped in our conversation acting as if he didn't hear anything. “Alfred, she was having a personal conversation with me and not you.” I took the words out of the therapist's mouth, challenging Alfred with my full chest. “I wasn't talking to you, Anna. As you can see and hear, my question was being directed to the therapist and not you so I'd love it if you don't interfere in matters like this.” He gave me a stern warning with the way he responded to me. Every word that came out of his mouth gave me a sharp sting in my ears as I thought about it. He wasn't even invited into the room and here he is acting all boogy and authoritative towards me. “Alfred, she wasn't discussing with you but with me so why are you so invested in what she has to say?” I threw the question to him, challenging him back with what he had just said to me. He w
MIKE. Gradually getting exhausted I fell on the couch in my sitting room while reminiscing on the little kids that were being kidnapped under my care. Thinking about the kids makes me feel like a failure towards Anna and myself. Even though since her disappearance I haven't been able to get across to her I made sure I kept to my commitment by protecting her kids, but seeing everything unfold before my eyes made me feel more disappointed in myself. “Fuck! I hate it here.” I slammed one of the flower vases on the floor yelling out loud in frustration. “How do I explain what's going on around me? How do I tell people that Anna and her kids have gone missing?” Biting the underneath part of my lips I questioned myself. “What would people say about me? Will they see me as someone who can't even protect his staff not to even make mention of protecting the people he claims to love?” I pondered out loud with different thoughts and feelings creeping into my head. The detectives keep assuri
MIKEHe went silent immediately I asked him the question, the only thing I was able to hear from his end was the loud sound of his breath inhaling and exhaling slowly into my ears as if he was waiting for me to say more words to him. “Did you hear what I asked earlier?” I asked him with a defensive tone of voice. “Check your phone, Mike.” He responded calmy without much fuss in his voice. I felt irritated at his bland response towards me. I wasn't expecting him to respond to me with an instruction to follow, “Excuse you?” I raised my eye brow trying to process what he had just said to me. “What do you mean by I should check my phone, young man? I asked you a simple question by wanting to know who I'm on the call with and there you go asking me to check my phone.”He laughed out loud callously of which I was fully aware that he was laughing at his foolishness and not me. Slowly and gradually I was getting irritated and angry from the way he was acting all weird and strange towards
ANNA.The forest went cold as the breeze rustled across my skin. I couldn’t feel a thing at all, the only thing I felt was stillness not even fear or anxiety. I stood at the far edge of the forest, my knees succumbing to the ground in weakness, tears streaming down from my eyes as my eyes met Sandy lying on the bare floor alongside Alpha Mike. I lost my composure and strength, screaming out loud in pain, “Sandy! Wake up!” My hands went through my hair, pulling it so hard away from each other.“Mummy! Don’t tell me that my sister is dead.” Andy crawled over to me, asking me in fear.I ignored his question, not because I wanted to but because I had no perfect response to give to him. How do I brace myself up to announce to him that his sister is truly dead? How do I brace myself to accept the fact that I’ve lost my child? Will they ever forgive me? Will they ever see me as a mother who truly cares about them? I wasn’t ready to accept the truth, so I would rather ignore his question.“Di
Mike.I staggered on my feet, dusting off the sand that had penetrated deeply into my eyes. The loud cry of the kids echoed through the calmness of the forest and every one of their words pierced through my heart. From the way they kept on shouting and struggling to get off the right grip of Zed, I knew that they were scared of him and they’d only been treated awfully.“Daddy Mike! Please, come and save us.” Sandy cried out loud in exhaustion.She was scared of her life and seeing my presence she greatly believed that I'd be of help to her. If there was anything that was going through my mind at that point it was the fact that I needed to be calculative of my steps so I wouldn’t end up losing them to Zed.“Zed, kindly hand over the kids to me and I won’t bother coming for you.” I pleaded with him dragging my feet cautiously on the floor just to get closer to him without him being aware. “They are all mine, Mike. I won't hand them over to you so there is no point trying to beg me.” He
MIKE. The loud sound of steps echoed loudly from within with my eyes scanning through the thick forest to be alert for where they’d be coming from. “What the hell is happening?” I said to myself trying to brace up for the aftermath. “One.. Two…” Zed raised his hands into the air, raising his voice so loud that one would be able to hear it echo through the silence of the room. Angrily I grabbed his collar, hitting his back on a tree I pestered him, rolling up my sleeves to question him, “What do you think you are doing?” “You haven't seen anything, Mike. Do well to sit back and enjoy the ride.” He kicked my underlegs and dashed through the edge of the forest that led to another path. The moment he caught a glimpse of me on the floor fighting my way through to stand on my feet, he put his fingers into his mouth and whizzled out, “Three! You all come out!” He screamed out loud before dashing out of the scene.Suddenly, I heard the steps approaching closer to me and this time around
MIKE.He looked at me and in his eyes, I was able to see his fears and the shock that I was able to overpower him with the strength in me. I pressed further my hands holding down his neck so tight waiting for him to give me a response before I unleashed my power on him. “Do you want me to disfigure your face before you answer me?” I said to him, moving my body closer to him so he'll be able to feel the tension in my voice.“Anna is in safe hands, Mike. You don’t have to be harsh on me because you need my help for you to be able to see her,” he responded with so much confidence in his voice.I knew he was right about his words because there is no way i'd see her without his help. Through his eyes, I was able to feel the coldness of his breath on my skin oozing out for every word that kept finding its way out of his mouth, “Take me there and before you take me to where she is I want you to tell me who the hell are you and how were you able to track my number.” I pushed further with my
ANNA.“Father, you can’t leave me like this. I need you right now and you know that we still have a long way to go so please wake up and tell me that you are still here with me.” Alfred held unto the tightness of his father, his mouth closer to Logan’s mouth as he brushed his breath against his father’s face trying his best to revive him up from his conciousness.His tears and anger in his voice touched my heart. Even though, I was still mad at him and had no love interest for him I still couldn’t stand the fact that he was in pain and I’d only be a wicked person to ignore his feelings and pain. Alfred was hurting and I wasn’t blind to not see it. In his eyes I saw the only true and authentic love he has for his father.Picking myself from the floor with my kids as we were all slightly injured, I dusted the soft dusty particles that hung on my skin and that of my kids while I Sandy and Mandy assisted in picking the bags from the floor, “Mum, we have to leave this place right away!” Sa
ALFRED:“Father!” I called out his name in shock, feeling surprised to see him standing right at the edge of the door. “What exactly are you doing here?” I asked him eager to hear his response because the last time I checked up on him he was still at his recovery stage. “I'm trying to do what you can't do, son.” He coughed out his words weakly, as he placed his hands on the door knob using it to find support. I felt cold shivers around my spine as he responded to me, “Father? Are you sure you don't want me to handle these things myself?”“Anna, please take your things and that of your siblings inside your room?” he stammered with his steps ignoring the question I asked earlier while he held down the door knob as a support. Anna grabbed her kids around her legs and looked at Alpha Logan with a demeaning look, “You want me to stay here after I've promised Mira that I'd keep to my words? Do you want her to come for me and my family?” Tears welled up in her eyes as she broke down in d
MIKE. “Not too fast Mike.” He took two steps behind, holding his gun down to his sides. Inside of me was boiling in ardent anger and rage. It felt as if I wanted to tear down every living cell in my body just to get the face of the person talking behind the mask, “Do you have the information I need based on the thing you sent to me?” I asked losing the patience in me. “Why are you so in a haste to force some words out of my mouth, Mike? Aren't you meant to be patient because I have what you need?” He asked, his voice clumsy and a bit serious. I groaned out loud, feeling a little bit under the weather as I wasn't comfortable with the question he was asking me and the way he was behaving towards me. I felt like something was off about him but I wasn't sure if my instincts were right or wrong. “What do you want from me? Did you call me here to prank me or what?” My eyes stared back at him coldly, challenging him back with every fiber of strength in me. “It seems like you don't want
MIKE. A cold shiver ran through my spine as I heard the command from behind. The voice was very deep and audacious and from the way the words sounded and came out of his mouth I knew from that moment that he wasn't joking at all. “Mike, are you okay?” The detective's voice echoed in the building from the phone. My hands were vibrating as I grew in cold feet. I was desperate to fill him up with some details but at the same time, I didn't want to be the reason why Anna would lose her precious life. “Mike! Tell me where you are and have me come pick you up immediately!” He commanded from the umpteenth time jeering me up to do the needful. The way he was sounding over the phone I could hear the thick sound of desperation coming through the phone. He was over ready to ensure that I was in safe hands and protected at all costs no matter how bad the situation was. I gulped down the thick saliva hoarding in my throat and didn't give him any response or make any sound to his hearings. “
MIKE. The building was looking so tattered and for the fact that it was an uncompleted building, my heart skipped for a minute. I was scared for the fact that I might be endangering my life for what was not worth it. I didn't inform my security personnel and shared with them my location so they could at least have a clue of what was happening currently in my life. “I hope this sacrifice I'm about to take just to be sure that I can get some information about Anna and where she'd have been won't end up costing my life,” I whispered under my breath, not certain about what the outcome might be. “Fuck it! I'll do this with my blood, sweat, and tears and it will work out fine.” I blurted out my words with a positive mindset as if I reached for the stairs. Walking to the floor where I was asked to meet him was a little bit deadly for one to pass through for the stairs wasn't balanced and for every step I took the rakes kept on shaking. My heart wasn't rest assured at all with the drastic