ALPHA KING LEO:The moment I saw Ava coming towards me with tears in her eyes and items of luggage in her hands, I knew she had made the big decision to leave Damien. It hadn't been easy at all.From the day I saw that cut on her hand since the first time, it hadn't been easy for me too. It took so much willpower to keep my raging heart, and Tiger, my inner wolf calm. Immediately she saw me, she ran towards me and I spread out my hands to welcome her in a smoldering hug. She ran into my arms and I carried her up, hugging her with every emotion in me.Ava was a strong woman who had gone through a lot and a lot had been done against her. I thank goodness that she made it alive. Each day, I was more than worried that Damien would abuse her to death or worse still, make her hate good men like me."You did it. You're one brave woman I love and admire. No one's gonna hurt you anymore. No, I won't let anyone hurt you.""I'm glad I'm here in your arms. This is the place I've ever wanted to b
AVA:I was going to walk the whole place without a red face and an embarrassing smile because Leo and I had kissed in front of his mother. Crazy right?I have no idea why Leo isn't feeling the same way as me and I envy that he is walking with his head held up high.Was I the only one being coy?The moment we entered a room in Leo's house he turned me around and made me have my back to the door."I want you to know that I've been waiting for this moment all my life. The moment I'll have to kiss all your breath away." His hot breath fanned my neck as he whispered, sending tingles down my belly. He delved his tongue deep into my mouth and my legs almost turned to jelly from how tenderly he held me. As we kissed his hands roamed my body. Moving from my waist to other parts of my body.My inner wolf almost died of excitement. She was so excited that I was finally doing this with the one I love and not merely clattering my teeth like I used to do with Damien.Even the thought of Damien irr
AVA:Leo has taught me how to defend myself when I was in a position like this, but he dared to die on me. The mere fact that Leo wasn't alive, ringing in my head rendered me immobile and helpless.Like I had told him before, Leo was my strength and the reason why I felt so good. He was the reason why I never succumbed and now, this?What was I supposed to do when Leo died? Would I still have the strength to live?So I lay down there, watched, and did nothing when Damien kept coming closer. Just as his finger was about to touch me, he fell backward, someone had hit him from behind.Immediately, I got up and lo and behold, Leo was behind him. The arrow was still fixed in his chest area."Leo!" I screamed and rushed to Leo, but before I could move so much, Leo collapsed on his knees. I was beside him the next second when I held his hand as he was about to collapse with the arrow still there."Please hold on, and you'll be okay," I said trying hard to wrap my arms around the bloody area.
AUTHOR'S POV:Audrey was thrown into a state of turmoil. Yes, she had initiated the idea of Damien joining the rogues to attack the Blood Crescent pack, but she hadn't expected that it would turn out this way. Of course, no pack in their right senses would agree to go fight the Alpha King.Damien wasn't back yet and the last she heard of him was in the morning when he was stepping out of the house.He had told her that he would come home with the trophy. But now, he was nowhere to be seen. Although Audrey was worried that Damien hadn't yet come back home, it was not because she cared even a little about Damien, it was because she needed to hear that everything was okay on her side. in other words, nothing was going to come for her.She had sent out men to go and get some news on what was going on with Damien but all of them had returned, saying the same thing - they had not seen Damien there and there was no trace of him.Audrey who hadn't expected such an answer was afraid. If Damie
AUTHOR'S POV:In a slightly but stylishly decorated room, a fire was lit in one corner to warm up the room. Damien took his seat a little distance from the fire to keep war.Audrey was beside him, dabbing at his wound with medicine."What is going on, Audrey? Who was that man I saw you with the other day?" Damien asked Audrey, narrowing his eyes at her.He saw the way he looked at her, and that was why he had almost felt disappointed in Audrey, but now he was doubting his decision to believe Audrey because of who she was."Huh, a man, did you see me with a man?" Audrey either pretended to be confused or did not know what he was talking about. "The man who said he was the new gardener. I haven't seen him here before. It's been a week now and he isn't even here after the first appointment. Why is that so?" Damien asked and looked up at Audrey who was standing. Audrey stopped dabbing at his wound.Audrey thought of the best way to avoid the dilemma that was presented to her and she decid
AVA:I stared at an unmoving Leo and wondered what might have happened to him at that fight.The arrow must have been poisoned because there's no other explanation for what must have happened.Tears slid down my eyes for the hundredth time and I had no idea what to do. This has been going on for a few weeks. I'd just changed what I was wearing and joined him there. I would be staring at him but my eyes were too heavy to contain their tears.The last time, his fingers moved and I had hoped that he would wake up sooner but after that, there has been no sign of life in him.In fact, the doctor has concluded that if he didn't wake up soon, then he might as well, never wake up, and that is what I am afraid of the most.The arrow was poisoned with wolfsbane and now, I didn't know what to do to rescue the situation.Everything that was happening felt so surreal, yet, I was hoping against hope that everything would be fine, and trust me, that hoping isn't easy at all.I went closer to him and
AVA:Vision floating through a dark alleyway, I saw blood stains spilled almost everywhere.Everywhere was so dark, and it made my hair stand on end.I tried to make sense of what was happening all around me...why there was so much blood.While I was still looking around, I heard a scream from the far end of the hallway. Following the sound, I tiptoed in order not to attract any attention and when I got there, with the aid of my sharp eyes, I saw Diana."Help, please help me. Anyone! Don't let me die like this." Diana cried out for help with a horrifying look on her face.Her captor looked back but it was as though I wasn't being seen or I was invincible.I tried to reach out to Diana but the more I tried, the more I was brought back to reality."Ava!" Someone was yelling in my ear and shaking my arm.I frowned, "You didn't have to do that.""Are you alright? Your visions don't usually take that long. That's why I got so worried that something might have happened to you." Leo held my s
AVA:When I got to Blue Crest pack, I saw Audrey standing beside Damien.To think that she was getting closer to Damien even in public, after I had left was so shameful.It was such a bad thing that she had to be present each time a gross evil happened.I walked up to them. Shock greeted their faces.Damien looked like someone who badly wanted to punch my face but was unable to. He clenched his fist but stood fixed on the spot.Perhaps, each time he saw me, he was reminded that I had humiliated him. One's Luna rejecting their Alpha spoke a lot about the Alpha in the Blue Crest pack and beyond the werewolf kingdom. It meant that the Alpha was a bad mate and the worst-behaved.So perhaps, when word must have spread that I rejected Damien, he must have been defamed the more.He was wrong to think that I would help him repair his name and clean up his mess just like I used to do in the past. No, I wouldn't do that even if I had a gun to my head. At least, not after all that he put me throu
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