AUTHOR'S POV:Ava had no idea what happened to her during the minutes she passed out but when she woke up, she couldn't see Damien or anyone by her side.She gasped and jolted up in a frenzy.Did the meeting with Alpha King Leo go on without her?Ava raised her hands to touch her face, her entire body now panicky.This was the reason she risked her life, the reason she took those bloody painkillers she had gotten from the human side. It was just to end the meeting and now it was going on without her?Ava slowly shook her head sideways. No.A tear was about to escape her eyelids when the door to the room she was in, creaked open and Damien walked in.As he menacingly walked toward Ava with a disapproving frown etched out on his, she found it hard to focus in his direction.Did he have it all figured out? Did he already fix the problem and was now back to show her the way to hell just like he used to?The Opioid plus one other herbal medicine she took was supposed to make her pass out f
AVA:I gasped at the sight before me when I stepped out out of the convenience. Damien was on the floor, looking like someone who was hit by something.Oddly enough, seeing him that way brought me satisfaction.Before I could move, I heard someone step into the place. I looked up and. it was Alpha Leo."I'm sorry. I had to do that or you would have been in really great danger. It appears your Alpha really cares much about that pack."I had an awkward feeling as I stared at him, probably because it wasn't normal for me to stare at someone hurting my mate and still support them."But still, you shouldn't have done that. You would have raised suspicions this way and everyone would know and think something was happening." I said, flipping my hair behind my neck.I watched as his eyes softened when he looked deep into my eyes."No one would know I knocked him out unless you tell them. You see, I left earlier and no one would suspect me okay? Listen, I just wanted you to be safe. I don't kn
AVA:Sometimes when life hits us hard, we don't want to smile, just so we'll be reminded of the pain every day. The pain that reminds us of our purpose.Otherwise, who would have thought that I'd turn down Alpha Leo's offer to have soup with him even with the way my heart beats for him?Those things like going out with someone to have soup, going to enjoy the cool evening breeze at the river. Meeting up in some secret place even if it's business we're discussing wasn't what I would like to be doing with my time.I looked away. Love was all a distraction. Something that made your heart thump and made you look up in anticipation even when the person wasn't there.Oh, no, I wasn't really going to let love happen between Alpha Leo and me. The Moon goddess had brought me back to life so I could have my revenge on my enemies and I was going to focus on doing just that.Although I have been a loner most times in my life, and Alpha Leo was beginning to be a company these days, I didn't want t
AVA:This is why I am always sad. This is why I am quiet. This is why I wish to be invisible. This is why I want to die after all this. It's because I am so far from happiness. I can't seem to reach it, no matter how hard I strive.I've thought a few about suicide, but I don't want to die just like that without avenging myself. I can't die without making every one of them who hurt me, pay for their sins. Of course, it would be an abomination not to do just that.This was why I screamed sometimes. I screamed when I was in my human form and howled when I was in my wolf form.I howled to lift it all out of my chest. To relieve the pressures on me and the weight on my shoulders.Just then, someone pushed me to the cold floors of the royal prison and I was forced to hug my knees while burying my face in between my knees...I was so sad...I felt lonely, I felt battered, and I felt all the negative emotions that were worse than rejection. Wouldn't it be better to be rejected than to be tr
ALPHA KING LEO:Sitting at my table and looking over some documents, the scene of the first day I met Ava played in my mind and I smiled.She was in her pool of blood when I saved her and took her home. I could remember how confused her eyes looked when she stared up at me like I was her only savior.Then I frowned. I had stopped writing on those papers a long time ago. I had been thinking about her all the while and it felt like I couldn't do anything else.For some reason, I could remember her a million times. I saw her in the daily newspapers brought in from the human world, I saw her when I ransacked my closet for a cloth to wear. I saw her when any female stood in front of me.Somehow, it was as though I was beginning to go crazy because I couldn't seem to get her off my mind."Alpha, the Dagger War pack is asking for the treaty. They need it to begin immediate operation." Ethan called in and I jerked up while placing my hand on my head and rubbing it slowly.Anyone who saw me wo
AVA:Stopping right in front of my cell was Damien. I watched him take his last stride before standing in front of me."My Alpha. Damien. Please, let me go." My voice cracked as I spoke.I cocked my head to the side, my eyes pleading with him.He remained silent and continued staring at me, causing me to wonder what could be on his mind."Why would you do this to me huh? Damien, aren't you seeing that I'm suffering? I'm really suffering, Damien, please let me go." I said, using the last bit of strength in me. I hadn't eaten in three days and it was starting to take a toll on me.Why couldn't Damien see through my pain? Why did he have no remorse at all?Immediately after I spoke, he drew out a leather whip from behind him and then a bunch of keys.I gasped and began moving back in fear. I didn't know I feared pain this much after what I had gone through in the past. Perhaps, the past was really behind me."I'm here to make you repent, Ava. Think of it as my way of doing my best for yo
ALPHA KING LEO:I transformed back into my human form due to the fact that I was restless both inside and out.Worry lines formed on my forehead as I stared in the direction of the Blue Crest pack.I had sent my usual signals to Ava but got no response from her. This was unlike her. She never delayed if I told her that we should meet.The first messenger I had sent reported that Ava wasn't within reach. For the past three days, she hadn't left her home. No, not to the market, not to bathe, not even to the court where she worked as Luna.That, I had found very suspicious because Ava wouldn't be okay and not go to these places. She would never be okay and not go to bathe.I had decided to send another messenger and that was exactly what I did. But now, he is yet to return to me.I had transformed into my wolf form earlier because it was getting close to daybreak and I needed to leave but then, not seeing Ava for three days straight was making me feel anxious and terrible.For the first
AVA:I whimpered and characteristically climbed the wall. I only did that just to be free from this physical pain.Then, all of a sudden, I fell and went limp. I had been holding out all the while he lashed out at me. I had been trying to run but it seemed as though the four walls of the cell were simply too small for us.This was the situation, he was on the chase and I was on the run. He got me each time he raised the whip but now I had fallen on the floor and I didn't care anymore. The whip could now have contact with my body at a steady frequency.I shut my eyes the moment the whip landed on me and tore my skin. My lips were already burst from constantly biting on them.I couldn't touch any part of my body, each part had been covered in blood.When he raised the whip in a second, I opened my eyes, my gaze followed Damien's hand and then landed on the whip.Oh, how my precious blood dripped from it.I whimpered, cried, and groaned but the beastly Damien didn't bother. My blood min
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