AUTHOR'S POV: A sigh escaped Damien's lips as he lifted the hem of Audrey's clothes. He kissed her roughly, his ragged breath slowly working with his fingers to create sensations where the sun didn't shine in Audrey's body.Audrey moaned and Damien pursed for a moment. It all seemed so surreal but right now, Damien wasn't sure he was feeling as happy and satisfied as he used to be. He used to feel twice as pleasurable as he was now, but right now, his mind was somewhere else.He couldn't stop thinking about Ava. Was she going to come home with her parents? All of a sudden, he disengaged from Audrey, who gave him a questioning look."What's wrong? One minute you're in it and the next, you want out. What's going on?" She asked but Damien didn't answer.Instead, he was busy pulling up his pants."You're right. I don't feel like fooling around right now when I have a lot on my mind. I need Ava to get here. I need her to give an excuse to the public for committing the blunder she'd just
AVA:After like forever, I went back into the house because I didn't have any idea why Leo hadn't come out ever since, despite that I had clearly seen his mother leaving the house.I sighed softly. This was the first time Leo was acting up, and so I rolled my eyes. Couldn't he have at least, come to ask me to come in?I had left the house completely because, as wolves, our sense of hearing was top-notch, and I couldn't stay in the same house and at the same time give mother and son the privacy they both needed.I entered the house and began tracing my steps into Leo's room. With each step I took, I wondered what Leo talked about with his mother, and how Leo must have defended me.Of course, I had seen Leo's mother leaving with a stoic face when I was still outside but I knew that Leo must have my back no matter what."Leo," I called softly. He should have seen me but he had his back facing the door.His arms were crossed in front of him and he slowly turned to face me."I'm sorry, Av
AVA:My mind was so occupied with the thoughts of what could have made Leo turned against me in one day that I didn't notice someone approaching.I could remember that just before I turned to look at the approaching running steps, I had wondered if what just happened was a side of Leo that I didn't know about."Good day Ma'am, we have news for you." This was one of my men talking. I had now removed my Luna attire, and so except for the people who knew me personally, i wasn't recognizable as Luna, talk less of middle men like the one standing in front of me.I wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone at the moment but when he mentioned that he had information, I couldn't resist letting him speak.I nodded at him. I was overthinking, a word from my mouth may make me overreact too."Ma'am, the lady in the palace of Blue Crest pack which you have positioned to report the event of things has begun to act irrationally, more like a dog unleashed. She might beaking my job harder, and so I need h
AVA:Hearing what Pamela had to say, I emotionally began to understand the perspective she was coming from and why she wanted so badly to kill the person who was responsible for her sister's death. Death by the hands of the wicked had robbed her of her only family.Seeing the flame in her eyes, I decided to tell her who was responsible for Diana's death explicitly.There was so much zeal in her, there was no need to hold back because she was going to find out herself if I didn't tell her."The lady you work for. Ma'am Audrey." I mentioned it just the way she would have said the name if I had asked the exact question.I watched life go out of Pamela as the color left her face. She had wanted so much to hear the truth, but now that she did, she wasn't ready to take it all in."You see the reason I didn't want to tell you anything all along, it's because you're no match against her. She has the protection of the Alpha." I said, stood up, folded my arm across my chest, and turned the oth
ALPHA KING LEO:Unflinching, I watched as the glass cup got quashed under my hold.Ava was my peace and now that she has been taken away from me, I am almost returning to the monster they wanted me to be."You have to stop being all grumpy, everything I did was for your good. I'm sure you don't want to end up like your father who sacrificed himself for the ones he loved." My mother said and I stood up, completely tired of the situation she put me in."You shouldn't be threatening me, Mum. But you and I know this isn't for my good. You're just scared that something bad will happen to me for coveting another man's mate. I know you too well, mother." I snapped my fingers, signaling for someone to come clean up the mess.I regretted that I had gritted my teeth while talking to my mother but there was no lesser way of expressing my anger."Don't come in or you won't walk with your legs anymore." My mother issued a threat to the fast approaching footsteps and it stopped.Everyone knew my mo
AVA:I haven't set my eyes on Leo ever since he asked me to leave. No, he didn't just ask me to leave, he made me leave his house.I can't believe Leo hadn't come to visit or even call me on the phone."How can he come to visit us when he doesn't know where we are?" My inner wolf, Leila asked, annoyed that our mate hadn't been in touch for two weeks."Don't defend him, Leila, you know he would have called if he cared about us." My human self spoke for us.I didn't know what to think anymore because Leo had not even marked me yet. We had spent such a short time, and that time was quickly interrupted by so many things, yet, I didn't know if I were to be right if I concluded that Leo had not marked me, or maybe he didn't want me anymore.I loved Leo, and so, my heart was scared. Leo knew almost everything about me. He knew that I hadn't been productive with Damien.Yes, that's right. Was that the reason he asked me to leave in such a hurry, maybe he loved me but he came back to his sens
ALPHA KING LEO:My heart broke into a million pieces when Ava asked if I loved her. There was so much hurt in her eyes and that was what hurt me the most."I have to take you out of here." I was trying to get Ava out to safety and at the same time, avoid having to talk to Ava about love. Now was not the time.My two brothers were outside, and I had fought them with all my strength. They had grown stronger with the years and it was undeniable that they shared the same blood with me because they were strongly built."No," Ava held strongly to my arm as her lips parted for the second time."Tell me the truth. Do you love me?""I love you, Ava but we can't talk here. I have to take you out of this place so my brothers won't harm you, okay?" I whispered to her ears and carried her in my arms.I began leaving the place but the snarling of my younger brothers didn't go unnoticed. They were wounded from the fight not long ago. The reason Jasper was able to hold Ava and torment her to the exte
AUTHOR'S POV:Sighing for the umpteenth time, Pamela wiped the tears rolling down her cheeks.Ever since her sister, Diana died, her life was divided in two; sighs and tears.Nothing was going to fill up the missing void of her sister. Many times, she would say to herself, 'If only big sister was here,'.It wasn't easy grieving the loss of Diana, especially because they had lived most of their lives, having each other's back and Diana had helped define her identity in so many ways.Pamela considered suicide, but she knew that wouldn't be okay because the voice in her head told her that her sister would not be happy on the other side that she killed herself, instead of the one who had killed her.The bottom line was, that Pamela knew within herself, that with the way she felt right then, it was either she killed herself or she killed the very person whose name had been resonating in her mind - Audrey.That was not all.Pamela couldn't deny that she was aware of another fact.With each
AUTHOR'S POV:Leo got out of the car and he headed straight in a particular direction. Some of the men who were with Leo were already Safari's ex-men before they got hired by Discord, so they easily knew the hideout and the place where Safari's captives were kept.Leo gave an express command. "Seize the keys and free everyone." After entering the place, Leo began looking for Ethan and Billie. He tried using their scents to catch up with them but it their scents only lingered in the atmosphere. Wherever their, scents led, he went there but he would not see them.Worried, he began looking for them. Apart from. The stench of dead rotting bodies also filled the place and he was forced to cover his nose.Some people had been chained for a long time here and some were even chained to their deaths.Leo dialed a number as his right hand held it to his right ear."Drake, I think you need to contact the police on this one. Human trafficking is going on and we need to trap these bad guts and mak
AUTHOR'S POV:"Hello. Who the fuck are you?" Safari asked, reminding himself that he was the indomitable guy who had been fearless since age ten."I am Leonard and you must be Safari." Leo hoped that he was right because this same number was the last Discord answered."Listen to me," Safari bellowed, his voice sounded threatening."I need you to release the flash drive, hand it over to Discord, or else..."Safari drawled."Or what?""I kill the werewolves. I'll eliminate your stupid kind!" He yelled, trying to scare Leo."Why don't you hold on because I have a present for you?" Leo grinned smugly.Safari's face twisted in anger, his anger simmering below the surface, as he asked, "What present, what present you fu -" before he could complete his sentence, the line had already gone dead."That bastard!" Safari growled while standing up to his feet and downing the glass of alcohol in his hand."Who does that bastard think he is, huh?" Safari was angry that Leo had cut the call on him.A
CHAPTER 183AUTHOR'S POV:30 minutes earlier...Thirty minutes earlier, Discord had just shot a gun at Leo but he successfully dodged.This had angered Leo so much because he had not intended to harm Discord. He had planned to stay through to the word of his bargain. If Discord made them release his friends he would hand over the flash drive as well as clean up the mess created by the media.Leo frowned hard. He hated the fact that Discord had taken him for a fool just now this made him remember what he had done to Ava. Discord had shot Ava with the gun containing wolfsbane poison and now, he was doing this. Everything just kept aggravating the situation.Something snapped in Leo and his eyes changed color.He collected the gun from him in a fit of rage and watched him collapse to the floor."If wolfsbane is good, why don't you get your dose of it." Leo looked around at Discord's men and they only appeared feeble to him. He could finish them all in seconds but he only wanted to do thi
CHAPTER 182AUTHOR'S POV:The Grandmasters...Safari walked around the safety of his room, a glass of whiskey in his hand. He was simply in a dilemma as to what to do with the information Discord had just passed across.The problem was not in sending armed men to the place. The problem was simply the fact that those bastards could expose him too if he made the wrong move. One wrong move and everything he had worked for as a human trafficker, would just like a castle built in the air, crumble like a pack of sand.Who was going to save him now? He pondered and turned his wrist from time to time to check the time. Yet, time was passing and nothing was coming to his muscled mind.Another thought also crossed his mind. Could he afford to bear the loss that came with losing an entire day's work which didn't begin that night?Oftentimes, he'd always strategize and restrategize before he got the number of people he needed. Just when he thought he would actualize the number and finally pay for
CHAPTER 181AUTHOR'S POV:"Anything? By anything, do you mean anything?" Leo asked him again just so he could be sure."Don't be a dumbass, I've got no time on my hands. Spit out" Discord turned his wrist to check his wristwatch."In exchange for that flash drive, I need you to convince Safari to release everyone he held captive on the 30th of last month. In addition to doing that, I'll make sure to retrieve the news and make a public announcement that it was a fake mix-up. That would be a valid argument. Not only will you be free. Your family will be able to trust in you again."It was a tempting offer and Leo expected Discord to take the bait. After all, he had learned that each member of the Grandmasters was proportionally selfishUnexpectedly, Discird was fast to recognize the trick Leo was trying to play. The trick was to set him up with the rest of the Grandmasters!'Does this bastard want to set me up?' Discord asked in his mind. He couldn't believe that Leo took him for a fool
CHAPTER 180AUTHOR'S POV:Discord had the place surrounded by his men. There were over 500 men in the vicinity. Their guns and other ammunition stood in front of them, scaring others and onlookers away.Discord marched in front as their leader. Hen entered the place and went to sit on one of the king-sized seats he saw in the place.Pomposity and pride were usually the first weapons he used to surrender his enemies when the need arose. Many a time, when his opponents saw his heavy firearms and squad, they would usually surrender without him firing a single shot. But was he going to win in this mission?"I'm fucking speaking to everyone in this place. There's no need to hide. Come out and let's fight. You know how to run your goddamn mouths to the news but you can't fight, is that it? Hmm?" Using a lighter, Discord lit up a pipe and began smoking.Meanwhile...Drake noiselessly found his way to where Leo was. "Do you think we should call the police? There's a shortage of our men from t
CHAPTER 179AVA'S POV:Drake and other Equators had suggested the exposing of the illegal activities done by Discord stored in that flash drive. The Flash drive also contained the illegal activities done by the notorious Safari and Red Saint's gang respectively.I wonder why Discord kept such a record when he appeared to be discreet enough. Perhaps, he wanted to use it to his advantage in the future.Of course, we had done as planned but we only revealed Discord's misdeed, meaning that we were putting them in a great apprehension of harm to their reputation. Discord was already in danger but as soon as the rest of the group knew about this, they would come running to us in order to cover the truth. The Equators had a media house that they operated discreetly, but even I knew that those miscreants would blow the cover and find us in no time.Picking up a remote, I switched to Channel News. "News Headlines: A man named Discord is the head drug baron in the country. Corruption has eate
CHAPTER 178AUTHOR'S POV:Drake stood behind Leo all through the time he nursed his wife back to health.That meant that he stood behind Leo for the whole day, watching as he touched her lips, cleaned her face, or put her hair in order.Perhaps it was because he was loyal too that he stayed. He stayed to watch the definition of true love as it wowed him speechless.Leo had given his blood and Ava was halfway through the recovery process but he never left her for even an hour to go attend to his needs. His tired eyes were always on her as though she would die if she shut his eyes.Once or twice, Ava had protested, telling him to rest in the night and Leo had pretended to sleep and when he was sure that Ava had slept off, he awoke and continued keeping watch over her."I...I came with your breakfast but I haven't moved from here ever since then. It has pretty much turned cold and I know you won't take it, so, please excuse me. I'll go get dinner." Drake was able to stand for that long b
CHAPTER 177AUTHOR'S POV:"Safari, I've figured out a way to kill those creatures." Discord dropped the bombshell."What way?" Safari enthused. His heart leaped a thousand times as his head swelled with joy. What could that be that could destroy those scrawny creatures that wouldn't just die?Safari watched Discord's lips as they moved to make a speech...Discord couldn't help but make a flashback of what he had said to Safari. He had given a full lecture on how to bring an end to these creatures with the things he had discovered."You could kill them with wolfsbane. Wolfsbane is made from the plant aconitum. The patients allegedly diagnosed with wolfsbane poisoning, usually have a bitter taste in their mouths, followed by numbness and tingling in their faces and bodies, extreme nausea and vomiting, and cardiac arrhythmias and hypotension. Several required critical care has to be taken and if within five minutes, they are not resuscitated, the patients do one thing," Discord waited fo