AUTHOR'S POV:"Stand up, Audrey," Damien commanded."It...it was you?" Audrey asked as though she couldn't believe her eyes. She had thought that she had just seen Ander right there at the spot, then, how come it turned out to be Damien instead of Ander?"You may be crazy, insane, whatever, I don't care. But I'm gonna release you from here on one condition." Damien decided to go straight to the point. "I need to get out of here, please...let me go. No one will hear that Sean is not your son. No, not when I love my life." Breathing hard, Audrey pleaded, making small smiles even if she was bad at them."There's no problem, but as I said, I must only release you on one condition, don't you want to know?" Damien asked Audrey as he began drawing dangerously close."Yes, what to get out of here?" Audrey asked as she rolled far back towards the wall.A small smile made its way to Damien's lips and settled there as a smirk.For one, Damien liked enjoying seeing his victims getting emotionall
AUTHOR'S POV:Damien laughed in a hysterical manner like one who was losing his senses. He laughed so hoarsely his laugh must have scared some set of people in the same room with him.Damien walked towards his table and put his hand hard on the table till everyone in the room went quiet. Finding this an opportunity to speak, he started."I've been so sad for a while now because I have been doing all within my power to make sure that Blue Crest pack is the pack it used to be. But this joke just made is a great one so I had to cackle to its effect. I might not be the greatest leader but I am not one without fault." Turning to Michael, Damien continued,"And the greatest of my accusers like him have never been in active participation of the smooth running of the pack, yet he tends to run me over with his venomous tongue. As a matter of fact, my accuser here has not been in the pack for the past fifteen to twenty years, yet he comes now and decides he is using a bad government. It is righ
AUTHOR'S POV:"Thank you so much, Ava. Indeed, you have a heart of gold." Sarah said, her eyes expressing gratitude to her benefactor, Ava."It's fine, I'm sure you would have done the same if you were in my shoes.""Thank you so much. I cried every night, believing that my Ariana was gone for good. Thanks to you, I finally found her." Sarah said and hugged Aria."Aria, hug your aunty, she'll always be your true godmother," Sarah said to Aria.Aria went to hug Ava and as they embraced, Ava noticed that the girl had grown a great deal. She was almost the same height as her, as she had now almost grown into a teenager."It's fine. I felt bad that I didn't tell you about your daughter sooner, but I couldn't visit you because I had to pass through the orders of the Blue Crest pack before getting to you, so I had to ask someone else to do it for me. Please help me apologize to Billie too, she took your daughter's leaving too personally. Aria is such an adorable child. No one who's lived wit
AVA'S POV:After I left Billie's place, I decided to walk home. I still can't believe the thought of removing that precious baby ever crossed Billie's mind when I so much wished I could fall pregnant for Leo. In the East, no one knew about my social status. No one respected me more than I needed and that was exactly how I wanted it to be.As a result, I attracted no special attention to myself as I walked. Something that made me comfortable in my skin.Hypocrisy was the nature of men. They would love and respect you when it's beneficial, and the moment it is not, you'll be shocked when they turn their backs. Such was my case.This made me understand the reason why those who are wealthy don't like to boast.Because I was not used to being known and called in public, I was surprised when I heard someone call out my name."Ava!" Not to mention that it was an unfamiliar male voice calling.I looked over my shoulder as I turned to whomever was calling me, my lips, slightly parted, just in
AVA:I had no idea that Leo had a temper as hot as this.He dragged me by the hand and quickened his pace towards the house.Once we got inside, I wasn't done kicking off my footwear when he pinned me to the wall and began hungrily kissing me.His kisses were all over my face, neck, and every exposed part of my body as well."Who is he? Where did he touch you? Come on, go ahead and tell me." His voice was desperate and his touch on my body, demanding, as though he wanted to touch every part of me that Ander had touched.I gave in to his touches as I fixed my eyes on his dreamy eyes. He dragged me into a room and I followed.Moments later we came out of that same room, panting and all sweaty, and I guess, with Leo, willing and able to talk about what had happened earlier with the green-eyed man."So, who is he? Who was the man I saw back there?" He asked in a more relaxed tone.Trust Leo to feel relaxed after he had just claimed me as his. I was his possession, his mate, and nobody else
AVA:"What confession?" I asked my mother-in-law, Queen."Well, it's something I've ever wanted to tell you. Your life could change after hearing this but as I am getting old, I can't keep quiet about it until I die.""No, don't say that. You're not going anywhere yet. We are going to take care of you to the best of our abilities." I went to hold her hand as I looked up at her face. She had a sad expression masking her face which got me worried."What I'm about to say to you is what makes me sad the most when I think about how I treated you when you first came into Leo's life. If only I had known..." Queen soon began tearing up, and soon, she was wiping her tears with the back of her palm."It's okay if you don't want to talk about it right now, I'll understand if...""No, I've taken so long to tell you this and I'm not gonna take more time 'cause I don't know what's gonna happen tomorrow," Queen said, interrupting me.Silence ensued thereafter, I gave her a handkerchief and she wiped
AVA:"...You can see? It is normal for you to dream but to see what's going to happen in the future, I think that's crazy," Leo commented while glancing at me.I had told him that I was gifted and now it wasn't only me but his Mom."Your Dad knew about my gift but he never took it seriously. I had warned him not to go to war then but he didn't listen to me. Everything you heard me tell Ava is true." She was done explaining.Queen stood up and went out of the kitchen.I raised a brow at Leo and he understood me immediately."Well, she doesn't stay in a place when she's sad. I guess I brought back old memories when I questioned her gift."*****Ever since the day after Queen told me that the Moon Goddess was gonna speak to me, I have never been alone by myself for any reason whatsoever.I didn't want anything or any being speaking to me and giving me a command on what to do.I barely even went out. I had heard so many stories about some specially gifted people seeing the Moon Goddess. A
AVA:The best revenge, they say was to get so rich, successful, and powerful, show the enemy what they lost before crushing them to pieces.I had grown so rich over the years that I spent in the North. Together, Leo and I had bought the East with the money we made together.We owned the plant and oil mills, almost everything from A-Z in the North belonged to us. Not to talk of Blood Crescent Pack.Due to how often Leo solved the problems of other packs, whenever they regained their bearing, they would usually reward Leo with acres of land that also belonged to us.We had so much, I'm sure Leo and I have lost count of the properties and plantations we owned. The taxes paid by the people were the least because we left that to the state.I didn't want this but Leo always made sure I dropped my seal on any property he bought, meaning it also belonged to me. I could lay claims on them.This is how powerful I've become and I can't wait to crush Damien today. I heard he was coming with Audre
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