JOAN’S POVI waited, for his gracious lips to find there way on mine, to feel the softness of his lips on mine but for a suspiciously long amount of seconds, they did not land.I waited some more but nothing came. Curiously, I peaked with my slowly opened eyes. An “oh” left my mouth when I was met with total darkness, which indicated that his eyes were back to their normal colour.I couldn’t stopped the sudden disappointment that sipped through my heart, causing me to awkwardly tried getting out of his grip, but he refused to let go.How he managed to get his wolf to calm down was beyond me but I decided not to dwell in the topic when there are numerous and far more important things to talk about, like what the hell was he doing in a rival park by this time of the night.I tried once more to get myself out of his hands and fortunately this time he got the idea and instantly let go causing me to stumbled back getting a grip of a near by wall to stop me from making a full of myself and
REX’S POVTwo weeks ago……I was on my way to meet my mother. She had been demanding I show up in her wing at my palace but I had done well in dodging her but today she got me cornered and there was no way I could possibly refused her invitation.I grunted frustratedly wanting nothing but to be over with this conversation even though we haven’t even began to discuss it. I know what she wanted to talk about and I had been dreading having the conversation with anyone let alone my persistent mother but I knew now that I had to face it.When I was right in front of her, the only thing separating us was the door to her room, I gathered all the breath I could, bracing myself for the worst to come, which I know would definitely will. Since Joan literally ran off to God knows where, my mother had been throwing hind here and there of wanting her back in the park. I had been ignoring and she was equally becoming just as desperate and now that she called me to meet her alone in her room, I knew
REX’S POVSince my little meeting with my mother, my mind had been filled with different thoughts as to where to even started from. Joan just left, telling no one and left no single trace.I was conflicted as to where to start the search from. She could not possibly be in this park, I have assigned my guards to fetch her the next morning after we had sex and they searched the whole park and she was no where to be found, that was when I knew that she had ran away. Even her best friend Iris knew not of her whereabout. “Where could she have gone?” I asked myself causing the servant who was pouring food into my plate to flinched back in fear. I was sitting at the dining about to have my breakfast but my thought was occupied with everything Joan.I picked my wine glass and galloped down the red bitter wine in it down my throat in a jiffy. It singed a bit but soon turned into the familiar sour taste I had become addicted to through out the years. “You need a refill your majesty” the serva
REX’S POVI was left with only one choice, to follow her into the blood stream park. It was one thing for a guard from there to sneaked into my park and it was entirely a different thing for an Alpha, especially myself to sneak in unnoticed.But I had no other choice but to go there myself. Sending guards is entirely not an option because I knew Joan would definitely cause a scene which will only escalate the matter even further.I wished I could just let go of whatever this is and just face the usual part of myself but I knew better than to ignore my mother’s words. And beside that I knew deep down that I want to find her, for my own sanity at least.If I could look at it in the most logical way possible, she did not ask to be my mate, I saw it in her eyes the moment I met her that I was the last person she was expecting as a mate and would have been grateful if the moon goddess switched me with someone else. I knew she doesn’t deserve the hatred I threw her way, she doesn’t deserve
REX’S POV“Now” I pronounced, my eyes still trailed on him waiting for his dramatic reaction which came immediately the words registered into his head. “What in hell? You mean now like right now? That is crazy you can’t just put yourself out there with out proper plans. We need to seat down and plan how we would tackle……” throat was as far as he got before I cut him shut, not liking the “we” in his statement one bit.“Listen Tyler, do not worry much, I have everything planned out already and believe me when I say I will try as much as possible to keep myself under cover. And lastly there is no “we” in this journey. I am going alone, getting my mate and coming back. As simple as that” I deadpanned gazing at him dead in the eyes.“If you say so then” he gave up his little argument, bowing a bit in surrender.The reason why Tyler had been a very close associate to me apart from him being my right hand man was the fact that he knew his place. He knew boundaries when he sees them and know
JOAN’S POVImmediately I was able to feel myself, I realised that something was odd about my sleeping posture. Firstly I was certainly not in the comfort of my moderately sized bed back in my aunt’s house. Secondly I couldn’t for the life of me remembered how I fell asleep and last but not the least which was the most alarming one, there is a hand around my lower body, a freaking hand around my waist.The first thing any reasonable person would do was to wake up and find out what in hell is going on but I did not. Instead I lay there, wanting to savour more warmth from whoever it was.While doing that I tried to remember how I even fell asleep, rummaging deeper into my brain the first thing I was able to find out were some pieces of me in the stream, with the palace guard, with Alpha Jerome and then……..I abruptly pushed myself out of who I thought was Alpha Rex and I was actually shocked to see that he was in fact the one. The way I jolted away from him with force caused him to open
JOAN’S POVAfter that we fell into a another series of silence which was surprisingly comfortable. We walked deeper into the woods as he navigate his way around easily like he had been here before. Well he was an Alpha he must have.For the whole journey, I shifted a few feet away from him and maintained that position, avoiding any form of eye contact with him. I was still oblivious of the reason why he wanted to take me back to his park out of the blue. Not even in my wildest dream have I thought of such moment and even now, I am finding it very hard to believe. A lot of things were very questionable about this whole situation but instead of asking like any normal person would do, I decided to let time do the trick cause surely he would have to one day tell me the reason why he wanted me back in his park.“Perhaps the palace was running short of maids and he needed all the maids he could gather” my inner voice suggested but I immediately disagree with that thought. There a a thous
JOAN’S POVNothing much changed. The park was quiet as it used to be when the sun was rising. Thou now the sun is completely out in the open, everywhere is engulfed in silence as we walked down the path that led to the palace, two guards in tour.Except for the occasional werewolves roaming about and guards stationed at some corners of the park, we met with no one, which means no one I knew would confront me yet.When I left this park in the first place, I never had plans of ever stepping my foot in it again and that was why I slipped out of it without informing anyone. But now that life had somehow led me right back into it, I have no idea how to react to that.I might be just a regular palace maid when I left, but I had close friends and associates who I knew would be worried sick about my whereabouts and now that I would have to face them again, I felt nervous and had nothing to say that would justify my sudden absence.Just thinking deeper into it made me realised how much I messe
*Rex's POV*I stared at the other person who appeared to be a man. He noticed I was curious about who he was and finally spoke up. “you don't remember me do you” He asked. It didn't take too much of thinking to realize who he was. He was the one who attempted to kill me at the Bridge. “So this is the one that really owns the baby. He's quite pathetic for someone with a child ” I said to Gwen.Martin fumed up. “Who are you calling a pathetic person. Do you have a death wish?. Even if you don't, I am finally going to make sure I kill you properly This time” He said and brought out his gun Wich he aimed at me again. I sighed and shook my head in disappointment. “So you're going to take the cowardice way out again. You are really pathetic, no doubt about that” I said mockingly. Martin paused for a while pondering on what to say. Gwen noticed what was going on and tried to stop him. “What are you doing Martin. Shoot him now and end this finally ” She said. Martin took a deep breath and
*Beta Ryder's POV*I have gotten the answer I've been searching for. There was finally enough evidence I could use this to get Joan out of prison. “Why did you get your hands on such dirty deeds when you also had your own child” i asked Collins who didn't say anything in return. I sighed and brought out my phone to stop recording the conversation. “What is your own aim trying to help your old lover. You must be after something too” Collins suddenly asked. I was shocked to see he knows about I and Joan too. He must know me from somewhere.He smirked when he saw the look on my face. “ You're shocked I know about that. You must not really remember who I am..” he said and chuckled. I could now remember who he was. Gwen and I had visited him long ago when we were still working together. “I don't care what you have to say now. I finally have what I've been searching for. There's nothing else to worry about anymore” I said and turned to leave. Collins quickly stopped me. “Where is my da
*Gwen's POV*I had returned back home from the inn and was heading to my room to grab a few things. Everything seemed to be finally over now and Everyone that could get in my way was out of the picture. Rex's mother won't pose a threath anymore as she'll only shed endless tears on her son's death. I reached my doorstep to see the door was slightly left open. “Huh, did I forget to shut this before leaving..” I thought to myself. I ignored it and pushed the door open. The sight I saw next made move back in shock. Rex was standing and holding something that I hadn't identified yet. “what is. Going on, am I seeing a ghost or just hallucinating?” I asked myself. Rex turned to me and I could see despise on his face. It was now I realized what he was holding. He had unfortunately found the File which had the real DNA test results. “Rex..are you okay” I asked softly. He turned to me and still wasn't saying anything. My whole body was quivering in fear as he moved closer to me. He threw t
*Gwen's POV*I was in a inn with my secret lover, Martin. after taking an excuse that I had some things to sought out, I had left my bay with Rex's mother. We had fun and was relaxing on the bed. “will things go on like this forever. You And I deserve to be with each other officially ” Martin stated. I rose up and stared at him. I asked him what he means. “Rex Is clearly in our way. We need to get rid of him first and then I can claim my rightful place by your side” He stated. He was right, Rex wasn't even the real father of our baby and if I let things stay like that forever, he might find out someday. But I was scared. After everything I've done. I am scared to harm another person. “I don't know if it's a good idea. He isn't one to go down easily. I've heard of how he defeated Alpha Jerome with ease. He's too strong to defy” I stated. “Do not worry about that. I will personally take care of Rex myself. With your approval ” Martin stated. I saw it as a good opportunity to finall
*Eleanor's POV*Beta Ryder had suddenly showed up again but this time, He came with a child. It was a little girl and it made no sense she was here with him. He seemed pretty determined to find an evidence but now, he's with a child. I turned to the little girl to ask who she was. “ I'm Nia, This Mister abducted me..Those are the answers to the questions you wanted to ask aren't they?” She asked. I Petrified by her boldness and the fact she said she was abducted scared me more.“Why did you abduct a girl and decided to bring her here. Do you want to get me in more troubles again!?” I yelled angrily. Ryder was scared to see me angry. He tried calming me down saying everything was going to be okay. “I went to the address you gave me and it turns out The person that sold the cake to Gwen is her father. Left with no choice, I had to abduct her. He has agreed to meet and I'll return the girl once we get what we're searching for” He said. I Finally calmed down. A way to avenge my friend
*Collins's POV*My heart almost flew out through my mouth when I heard my little girl's voice on the phone. It dawned on me when I realized that she had been abducted. “What I this, what do you think you're doing. Why did you abduct my daughter you Psychopath!” i Yelled angrily. “You left me with no choice Collins. We'll meet and you'll tell me everything I want to know or else..you know what will happen. And do not bother trying to contact the police, you'll regret doing so” The man stated. I was so frustrated with the way he was been so commanding. “ I'll give you Two hours to return my daughter. If you don't, I'll unleash hell on your feeble soul” I yelled angrily. He had already ended the call and I was just talking to myself the whole time. I threw the phone away angrily. “What does he want. Who in the world is this lowlife daring to disturb my peace!” I said angrily. “was he here to find out something about one of the people I've once worked for!?” I asked myself. It was the
*Beta Ryder's POV*I left back for my inn. The paper given to me by the maid had the name of a shop written on it. I wasn't sure it would be easy finding the shop but was sure I will after asking around. The shop was located a little far from the main town. I set out the next morning to find the shop. After driving to the address on the paper, I Reached there and the shop was no longer there. I already expected that too. That was why I knew this was going to be hardInstead of a cake shop, there was a different type of shop now. It was now a pawn shop. I decided to walk into the shop and ask the owner some few questions. Entering the shop, the first room was empty but there was another door. I walked to it and knocked. Footsteps approached the door and it finally swung open. “Come in. a man, that looked much older than me said ” I took a deep breath and walked in.He offered me a seat and I sat down. “So, how much are you loaning ” He asked as he brought out some papers for me to fi
Over 9 months had passed and Beta Ryder was still yet to find a way to get Joan out. He visited her frequently to make her feel reassured. *Beta Ryder's POV*It's been so long since I infiltrated Rex's house. I was never able to meet the maid again. She told me there was a way to find a tangible evidence but I couldn't get it from her before the guards drove me away. The security at his house was thightened after that time and it was almost impossible to get In. But still, I found my way In without been noticed. I came in as a delivery man and thankfully, they fell for it. I searched around for the maid but no one realized who I was talking about. After a long search, I asked one of the staffs about the night the house was infiltrated by a man and she told me the maid was fired that same night. For months, I have been waiting for a Moment to meet someone who wasn't where I thought they were!. I asked if she knows her whereabouts but she told me she doesn't know much anymore. I wa
A week later. Joan was taking to court where she was to be judged. The whole pack was present so as many other people from the town.The evidences were provided and the judge gave his judgement. Joan was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. The evidence provided is enough to proof she really did it and Joan could not provide anything to prove her innocence.Joan was taking away and locked behind bars. Gwen was so happy this finally happened. She could now claim her place in Rex's heart without having anyone ruin her sweet life. *Beta Ryder's POV*I had arrived in the town days ago to find Joan, my ex lover after my wife and I got divorced. My motive intially was to get married to her so I can become the new Alpha and take the pack from Joan's cousin. It all didn't look too good when I arrived and met Everything in a turmoil. Joan had been accused of murdering someone and was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. I had to get her out of at all cost.Days after she got locked up,