AVA:Surprisingly, I was able to break the rope which was used in tying me, merely because I felt like it should be torn from my body.Now, everyone believed me. Queen rushed to my side with a great smile on her lips. "Goodness gracious, you have powers we don't know about too? If you aren't aware of your powers until now, then it means that you need someone to teach you how to control your powers and know the capabilities inside of you.""Exactly," Billie clapped and came beside me."I'm gonna make you a pillar of salt if you get too close." I joked. Billie had a mock-shock expression on her face before she burst out laughing.Leo came around me and hugged me.Queen glared at him but turned to smile widely at me."Can I speak with your wife for a minute?"Leo shook his head in the negative, "No,"Queen grinned at him as if passing a message through her eyes. "She will always be your wife. She isn't even running away."When I thought they might be going back and forth about who was t
AVA:I wondered if Leo would understand what I meant by the 'Salu'ah' if I told him about it.Adding to the fact that I wasn't sure of what I was about to say yet, I decided not to mention anything about it. I could simply be overthinking at this point.Weeks had passed and I grew weaker as the days went by. Not to mention that I gained lots of weight and I became so picky when it came to my choice of food.I stood in front of the mirror, still observing myself and how much I had gained weight when I began to remember what had happened in the last few weeks.Queen fell sick during those few weeks and to make matters worse, all she said about the Salu'ah was true and gradually coming to pass. I had gone to the fields alone, this time, because I wanted to test out what was happening to me and the truthfulness of what Queen had told me.I had turned into my wolf form and I was surprised by what I saw. Slowly but majestically, like most wolves, my wolf, freed itself, dancing in the light
AVA:I lay on my back, the smell of drugs and disinfectant filling my nostrils. "Where am I? What am I doing here?" I asked myself as I tried to raise my aching back."Please take it easy." Leo helped me lay back gently on my back. "You fainted some hours ago. I was so worried about you." He told me.I was about to ask what was wrong with me, what happened and why I was there but he had already answered me.A doctor came into the room with a nurse following closely behind him. A stethoscope hung around his neck and he adjusted his glasses and cleared his throat.He came close to me and after checking my temperature and using his stethoscope to check my breathing, he took a few steps back from me."We will run her a test to ascertain what's wrong. The result of the test will be out soon."The doctor said while the nurse simply nodded."Thanks," Leo said and shook hands with the doctor who slightly bowed on recognizing Leo.After a while, the doctor invited us into his office and we sat
AUTHOR'S POV:The arrival of Ethan broke the uncomfortable silence and tension that followed Leonard's words."Alpha. I have vital information." Ethan said, looking Leonard in the eyes.Leonard began walking away, following Ethan out of the place, but he wouldn't stop turning his neck and glaring at Damien, as though he was saying, "Keep off my mate."Damien turned to face Ava, who stood, almost flustered as she began talking to Billie once she noticed that Damien was going to talk to her.Something darkened in Damien's gaze and he walked up to Ava who was trying to avoid him, by walking away with Billie."Ava, can I talk to you for a moment?" His cracked voice betrayed his emotions even though he tried hard to conceal the fact that he was not hurt.Leonard's words, that Ava was pregnant were so heavy on his heart -- so heavy that he found it hard to ask the dreaded question he yearned to ask.His eyes twitched, his fingers shook, his lips trembled and his heart skipped a million beat
AVA:I had never seen Leo this angry in my entire life. He charged toward Damien, and before I could say, Jack, he rushed him.Using the opportunity when Damien was a little distracted by Leo, I wriggled out of his hold and fled to a corner.I had never seen Leo fight in his wolf form, especially, if the people he was trying to fight were in their human form. But today, Leo didn't care, and neither did he mind. He simply let his wolf take over himA grey wolf surfaced and I watched as his fur covered everywhere.By the time Damien could transform into his wolf form, he had already been severely wounded.I didn't pity Damien this time, because, if Leo hadn't come to my rescue, he would have killed me with mercy. How ruthless!Watching the fight, I felt like applauding Leo because it didn't only feel like they were fighting, it seemed as though Leo was beating Damien to a pulp.I smiled in satisfaction, feeling like rewarding Leo with a passionate night or a nice meal.Leo returned to h
AUTHOR'S POV:A new destiny marked the beginning of a new life for everyone. Ava was propelled into the future to fulfill a purpose given to her by the Moon Goddess."What's going on, how are we...like this?"Ava asked as she walked along the streets of New York. One thing was noteworthy.It was the fact that everything had changed. She could smell civilization in the air. Ava was the only person dressing in garments. The fashion trend had changed. Women now wore more classy dresses with a bit of their skin exposed. This wasn't how she had thought it would be kike in her former world.Ava felt thirsty, and so she sought a way to satisfy her thirst. But then she looked around her and there was no local means to do that. It was a hustling and bustling city and everyone seemed to be moving around for their movement."Hey, young lady, are you perhaps, lost?" An old woman about to cross the road stopped beside Ava and asked.The old lady laughed and although Ava didn't know why she laughed
AUTHOR'S POV"Hey, lady! Why don't you stop standing there like a spy and come play with us," One of the feral-looking men beckoned on Ava.Ava moved reluctantly, while looking backwards and behind her shoulder as she went towards the first person who had beckoned to her. The familiar-looking man had disappeared into thin air.Many men were asking her to come to their table and play these table games with them. Thanks, goodness she had learned how to read in her last life. At the table where she was headed, they were playing the Baccarat."Come play Baccarat with us. Hope you've got some coins." The man had pronounced it as 'bah’-ca-rah'.Ava shook my head in the negative, "No, I haven't got any,""Baccarat is one of the easiest games to learn and offers some of the best odds in the casino. The “player” and the “banker” each receive two cards with the object being to get a point total closest to 9. Just remember face cards and tens have no value. That way, if you lose, you'd have to r
AUTHOR'S POV:Ava looked around the room. It was now clear that in this place, werewolves and humans coexisted. Unlike the then world where humans had their lives and activities separated from the werewolves.Ava wondered if any other creatures existed. As for now, there were none that she had seen."I'll let you go on one condition," Ava squeezed harder on his neck.The man groaned in response, "What fucking condition?""The condition is that you'll have to do as I say." Ava was resolute with her words.The man frowned as he tried to shake his head which was already held in place. "You...you can't possibly make me do what you want, you..." He wanted to keep blabbing but Ava squeezed his neck harder, making it harder for him to speak.She then released him a little to enable him to go to breathe, and that was when he coughed, "Alight. Okay, okay, take it easy, I'll do as you say."Without saying any more words, Ava kicked the man and almost laughed as he fell face flat on the floor.W
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