AVA:I sucked in a deep breath when we got to a particular building and the motorbike stopped.I almost sighed in relief because my heart had been racing throughout the ride. It had been racing because my wolf wouldn't stop calling him mate, and because I was dying to know who the man was. And oh, not to mention he had used something big and shiny to cover his head so it was impossible to see his face."You were at the gambling den. The most dangerous of all places in New York...I think you should avoid going to such places,"I was about to ask who the fuck he thought he was to school me when he helped me down the bike and I bit back on my tongue, holding my words because I'm beginning to think he actually cares.Well, that wouldn't stop me from asking him who he was, even if it meant he had to remove that thing to prove it to me."Well, thanks for saving my ass out there. But we need a proper introduction. Who are you.""There's no need to ask me that, Ava. I am Leo. The Leo you had
AVA:The next morning, I yawned tiredly as I stretched my body. Leo had taken his time to lecture me about one thing or the other happening in New York and I had ended up laughing my ribs out at his words, the end of the gist came when I slept off."Here, darling,"Leo dropped a tray in front of me and I gasped in surprise."Thanks, honey. But you didn't have to do that. I'm the wife here. I'm supposed to be the one serving you breakfast,""You're still the queen I married and you deserve to be treated that way. That you can cook for me doesn't mean I can't do that for you too. You're gonna eat up while I talk.""Yeah, go ahead, I'm listening.""We have to enroll Elise in a school, immediately or else there would be suspicion. All the kids around here go to school,""Yeah, but I don't want my Elise out of my sight," I pouted."That's the point. Here they have a system of child support services that go about spotting out those whose parents didn't let them go to school. Then, the paren
AUTHOR'S POV:Billie pushed open the door and let herself in when Ava wouldn't stop staring at her like she had seen a ghost."Hmm, what a nice house you've got," Ava had been this fascinated by this house too when she came here the first time. It was just too good to be true."You guys have got a nice house to start with," Billie remarked."Well, I'm going to get you something to drink, make yourself feel at home," Ava pointed towards the kitchen.Coming out with a bottle of orange juice and a glass cup, Ava set it down and poured it out for Billie to drink."So tell me. How did you find me and this place?" Ava asked, wondering if this world was so small that she was easily found."Well, it was simple. I made Ethan tell me and then, I came to check out on my friend you know," Billie shrugged."Oh," I muttered nodding my head."Let's not talk about myself. How have things been with you?" Ava asked Billie who made a sad expression on her face before saying, "There's this organization t
AUTHOR'S POV:One of the men chuckled in a cocky manner, "We are needed here after all.""No, you're not." Leo boomed.Pulling out a gun from behind him, Leo pointed at the men.They raised their hands in unison, "Now, calm down. We came in peace." Surprisingly, they weren't fidgety or even seemed surprised by what was happening.Meanwhile, Ava simply went to stand opposite Leo, in a way that she could easily run into one of the rooms in the house.Leo had trained her in this way that if ever something was too wrong, she should not come beside him and hold his arm, rather, she should scream for help while running away. He had tried to make her understand that she was his priority and by doing so, she would not be disarming him.Taking slow calculated steps toward these men, while his gun focused on them, Leo asked in a commanding tone, "Who do you work for?""Fine. We are a private investigation team. You'll know more about us when we have a meeting. I can't tell you all about us beca
CHAPTER 167LEO:"Look what I found in Elise's lunch box. Seems to me like it has something to do with those two men who came here. What do you think?"Leo sipped from the cup of coffee in his hands. "I think so too.""I don't know if this is supposed to make me feel worried because those people are visiting Elise," Ava said and I frowned in concentration."What I'm gonna do right now, is track the leader of the organization, and while I am doing that, I'll tighten security around Elise or make her change her school, what do you think?""I think a change of school will be better." She replied.I kissed her forehead, "there's no need to be scared. I need you to always feel protected around me, okay?" She nodded and I hugged her.My work as the CEO of Starbucks Corporation has been successful over the last few months.That reminds me, I'll need to tell my mate about an upcoming party to celebrate new heights, hosted by those who have attained higher echelons in business."Ava, there wil
AUTHOR'S POV:Friday came and everyone began getting ready for the events to come. Ava and Leo were not an exception to this.Prominent men and women from all walks of life were going to be in attendance. Ranging from businessmen to company owners and tech companies. Probably, everyone who majored in millions and billions was going to be in attendance.Leonard had been hardworking enough to make a few million within his first few months, and perhaps that was why he was invited."Ready?" Leo asked."Yes, almost done, can you come to help me with the zipper?" Ava asked politely. "Coming," "Wow," Leo's jaw dropped the moment he saw his wife and mate. She looked extremely breathtaking in the red dress she wore.Ava was putting in a red dress made with a combination of the sequence and velvet material, giving off a classy look.That was not all, the back slit that stopped right on her waistline didn't help matters even though her long wavy hair tried to conceal.The cloth had a V-neck tha
AVA:"If anyone here wants to leave, they have to leave this party without informing the police. We have the data of everyone in here and failure to comply would lead to the loss of their loved ones." The middle-aged man said and I huffed.I was lost in the crowd, I didn't know what he meant by that, but I decided to act like I was like everyone else, and walked towards the exit door which led to the outside of this place.I glanced at Leo, and he had thus sorry look in his eyes. I did not know what had happened or what he was up to but I was going to support him. I planned to get out of here and call Ethan who was outside, in addition to any other wolf who was willing to help in freeing Leo.And so, I walked absentmindedly, not knowing I was being called, till one of the men grabbed my shoulder, shoving me harshly against the wall."I said, you can't leave!" Leo growled. I know this must be difficult for him not to come to my rescue. Something strange was happening.Leo had stopped
AVA:"Let. Her. Go," Leo's authoritative voice echoed around me, as we as the men surrounding me."We have your daughter. Watch this. If you want her alive, then come with us." They said, then, Leo and I exchanged glances before watching the video. "Mum, Dad, I wanna go home!" My precious Elise cried for help. The video only lasted for a few seconds yet I noticed that she was in a strange environment.This led me to ask myself, 'What happened to Billie? Why wasn't she able to protect our daughter? Where Billie was at the moment, was she safe?My eyes glazed with tears as I gasped. This couldn't be happening, could it?I turned to Leo, "Darling, we have to go with them, they've got Elise." My hand on his arm shivered yet as I waited for his response.Leo's response was a quick one. "What if they are not being completely honest? I couldn't risk us because of such a short video," Leo said.The leader of the gang seemed to have heard and so he chuckled, baring his perfectly immaculate te
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