AVA:Today was a day to Damien's birthday but festivity was already in the air. One wouldn't believe it but preparations for food that the guest would eat tomorrow had already started."Yes, go drop it that way and come carry this one," I instructed one of the servants who was carrying a huge pot.Anyone seeing how I was so energetic in preparing for Damien's birthday wouldn't believe that Damien had anything coming his way on his D-Day."Ma'am, I have something to tell you." Diana narrowed her eyes at the door of the big hall as though checking if anyone was deliberately eavesdropping."Can't it wait, I have so much to take care of." I didn't want her saying anything in this hall with so many people in it. Even an empty room with walls had ears, talk more of a room filled with people.When I saw the difficult expression on Diana's face, I pulled my apron, handed it to someone, and then dragged Diana outside."What is it you can't wait to tell me?""My Luna, Ma'am Audrey is planning
AVA:I knew that I had drawn a battle line with what I did the last time.I wish to tell you all that this was a dream but no, it wasn't. I defeated my husband yesterday and didn't let him hit me and my next action is going to surprise everyone.I emptied an almost empty glass of wine, my eyes brimming with tears. I didn't expect my life to be so embarrassing but embarrassing or not, I had to embrace it.It was my life and no one else owned it. Besides, the people who turned me this way couldn't blame me for what if did because they can't deny that they turned me into who I am right now. I wasn't heartless to those who did not deserve it.Today was Damien's birthday and I am in my room, locked up for fear of being harmed in any way. If there was anyone who knew how vengeful Damien was, it was me.A knock on the door interrupted my train of thought and I was forced to stand from my sitting position."Who's there?" I asked, uncertain of who it was that was at the door."Open the goddam
AVA:Waiting patiently in my mind so the drama in my head doesn't get acted out physically, I walked from place to place, serving drinks and making sure to smile my best.From the corners of my eyes, I noticed Damien shaking hands and smiling in a manner only I was familiar with. He was smiling hypocritically at them and shaking hands with them. If only they knew what was going on in that head of his, they wouldn't have tried extending their hands of friendship.Damien's parents are on the left side of the high table and we're being served wine and a variety of fruits. His mother, Clara was eyeing me disdainfully but I care less.Most of Damien's family were in attendance and a little of mine too came. I had invited them, no, Damien had invited them.Of course, My Mom and Dad never missed an opportunity like this to showcase that their daughter married the highest man in the community."Diana, please go make sure someone's watching the food," I whispered to Diana and she left.I didn
AVA:When I thought to myself that I was done being bullied, I wasn't mincing thoughts.Unfortunately for those who had wronged me in the past, I was given a rebirth to be the big bully and not the other way around."Come with me." Damien snapped me out of my thoughts as he slowly dragged me in a way it wouldn't be noticed that he was applying force.He even went ahead to smile at each face he saw like we were anywhere near being at peace with each other."What was that expression I saw you make earlier? Fuck, I don't even care anymore. Right. This is the time we have been waiting for, climb up that podium, pretend you're making a speech, then praise me to the skies." This was the reason Damien usually made sure he didn't hurt me so much on the days preceding his birthday, and he made sure that my garments were ornamental enough and that I ate well.To Damien, the presentation was usually the best part of the party, and of course, the most hypocritical of them all.Here's how the pres
AUTHOR'S POV:Ava rushed out to meet Alpha King Leo but before she could get there, Ethan had already come to the rescue.There was panic in the air, the Alpha King had almost fallen over. Ava tried to catch her breath, she placed her hand on her chest.Diana rushed to Ava, "Luna, Ma'am, are you okay?"Ava gently shrugged off Diana's helping hand from her shoulder and surged forward."Leave me be. I'll be fine." Ava said and with a determined look, she started walking in the direction where Ethan moved with Leo."What a good show you put out there. You should be ashamed because holding your shoulders high won't scrub off the dirt you've tainted on the entire Blue Crest pack. I must say that this was an unpleasant surprise. Hmm." Audrey said, causing Ava to halt in her steps.Ava turned to face Audrey."I made a good show? No, of course not. If only I spiced things up with an update on your affair with Damien, and the fact that you murdered his cousin, everything would have been more
AVA:My fingers shook and almost slipped out from Leo's hand but he tightly held onto them."Isn't it time for us to declare what we feel for each other? The choice is yours to reject him." Leo whispered in my ear, earning a growl from Damien and an unseen smile from me."This must be the right time," I whispered back, and then stood erect, keeping a level head so I could look away from Damien from a glance.I fixed my gaze on Damien but before I spoke a word, the scenes of what happened a week ago flashed in my mind.Last week...My pieces of evidence were ready, pictures, videos, and all. I had gone to pay a visit to Damien's parents. I needed to tell them what their son was doing wrong and of course, I thought, they needed to hear me out, so they wouldn't be so surprised when I was no longer with their son.My journey there was easy because they resided in the same pack as ours, so it didn't take me much to get there. My perspective is that if only these two old people left their
AUTHOR'S POV:"You said you didn't kill Aria, then who did?" Sarah, Ariana's mother screamed out the question while half running and walking towards Audrey. She pulled Audrey back by the arm and then, Sydney, Dmiens sister cornered Audrey."You see girl, nothing under the sun can be kept a secret for so long. We want to know if you killed Aria, she was my little sister too." Sydney said and Audrey placed her hand on Sydney's shoulder, pushing past her."What are you talking about? Who even told you that trash you're blabbing about? I mean, I get it that you lost your daughter but you can't go around calling people murderers because of that."Sarah slowly walked towards Audrey until they were up close. "You know what? Aria wasn't lost, she was murdered. She was fucking murdered!" Sydney held Sarah's arm as though trying to remind her that losing her cool wouldn't bring her face to face with her daughter's murderer."On the evening of her death, you changed your evening clothes twice, a
AUTHOR'S POV:Damien wondered if he wanted Ava dead because of what she had done.Since he couldn't decide, he quickly stood up and gently put Audrey aside. Her eyes followed his movements. He seemed to be uncomfortable with the idea."You know what? I'll think about it. And you don't have to eat up my space all the time, leave." Damien pointed towards the door.Audrey started leaving when she was halfway through the door, she halted and turned back, retracing her steps back to Damien."You know, I was thinking you had something for me too. That when all this is over, we could start a family. Make babies to start with but I didn't know you still loved that bitch.""What?" Damien's eyes blazed.He raised his hand to hit Audrey but restrained himself.First of all, his anger was stemming from the fact that Audrey was calling Ava a bitch when she was the bitch herself. And then, he hated that all this was happening all at once. Right now, his emotions were on edge."Oh, now you want to
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