THE FIGHT FOR LIFEAs soon as her daughter was out of the room and she was all alone by herself, Jennifer sat up on the couch and thought of a plan."That monster has something up his sleeves, but he must not succeed in dragging my mate along with him." She said affirmatively. "I will make sure that I visit him right away and get him to release my mate from his trap."She hurriedly went to the kitchen and sprinkled an even amount of water on her face, and in turn stormed out of the building, since she was already putting on a presentable dress.She yelled aggressively as she headed to the palace, and anyone who encountered her on the way made sure to stay far away from her as they were certain her anger was not just an ordinary one. ***"Alpha Marcus, release my mate to me right now or watch me rip you and your guards apart." She barked the instant she got into the palace and caught the Alpha as he was almost about to leave the palace.The guards and the soldiers all encircled her, e
REGRETS IN BETWEENElijah was beginning to blame himself for having trusted Alpha Marcus with his niece, by selling her off to him.He expected that to boost their relationship even more since he had always made mention of needing a personal maid to himself, but no, all he could get in return was insults upon insults and the Alpha putting up a threat on his life.But he was never going to let that happen anymore, he had been calm all along with the Alpha all this while, but not anymore! And now that his mate was here also for the same purpose, it was going to be easier getting the Alpha to back down from any threats he had on his life.Elijah surely knew who he got mated to, and that was more reason why he didn't dare try to stop her from fighting the Alpha.Just a few more threats from the Alpha and her wolf will completely take over her and attack the Alpha, alongside his so-called guards."Can we have a discussion inside the manor?" Alpha Marcus suddenly asked, his voice unusually
Elena's pregnancy was getting more noticeable by the day and Garfield did everything he could to ensure that she had no casualties during her pregnancy.She was obviously acting up and giving Garfield a straight face because of the pain pregnancy caused her, so he let her be and instead, stayed close to her to watch over her.No matter how harsh she spoke to him, Garfield will never retaliate or make her feel less of herself, seeing the pain she was already passing through; this was something Marcus wasn't able to give to her all through her stay with him.And it baffled her how despite the fact she was having another man's child, Garfield still loved her and cared for her, alongside the baby she was carrying. "Guys, I have this feeling that there is no witch or wizard coming after us." Garfield said, peering at the other rogues. "We will encamp here tonight and leave tomorrow morning. My mate is almost due to give birth to her child.""I think so too, and I am certain that's a good
Alpha Marcus was still worried to see such hefty men who stayed with Elena. He was disappointed that his search for Elena didn't go as planned, nonetheless, he was still happy for the fact that at least he had seen her and knew her hideout."Who was that young man who stayed with Elena in the cave? What's his name?" He asked his guards, as he also couldn't make anything of the young man.The guards in return beat their palms, indicating that they also didn't know who he was; they were just as confused as he was. "I think we should pay them a visit some other time when the baby must have grown up a bit. By then, we would be able to question Elena about the man and she must provide us an answer." One of the guards suggested, but Alpha Marcus didn't welcome the idea."Nonsense!" He yelled. "That baby is my offspring and I can go find him anytime I wish to. I must not wait until he is fully grown and of age." He meant all he said, a lot of thoughts flooded his mind and he concluded that
MOST DIFFICULT SITUATION"Alpha Marcus?" Elena yelled inaudibly, almost speaking to herself, but the men overheard her and nodded their heads. She knew instantly that this was just the beginning of their troubles. Since Alpha Marcus already knew where their hideout was, he wouldn't hesitate to return with his soldiers and make sure he gets what he wants."No, no! I can't let this happen." Elena mustered to herself, but it seems the rogue wolves heard her, including Garfield who was now buried in his own thoughts.Levi glanced at her. "You can't let what happen? What's going on in your mind?" She asked. "I'm sure you don't know that man, do you?""Of course, yes I do know him!" Elena yelled back and held either side of her face with both hands. "That man is the monster who has always been after my life. And now, he wants to take my child away from me."Elena couldn't contain her fears anymore as she began to sob, giving way for tears to fill her eyes. Garfield, noticing her mood, ran
THE PREPARATION BEGINSAlpha Marcus put his ears down in case he would hear anything totally different from what he planned on doing. Asides that, his mind was already fully made up on getting back his baby, and not minding afterwards if Elena was dead or still alive.He has always needed an heir to take over from him and this was his best ever opportunity to make that happen since no other maid gave him what he wanted, exactly the way Elena did.He still longed to see Elena to some extent, but he didn't allow that deter him from getting his baby back. He was aware of the fact that Elena would never want to get back with him, and he was also not willing to stress himself over her; as long as his baby and heir was by his side, he could get as many other maids as he wanted, if at all he wanted to be satisfied."Buckle up your armor guys! We leave here by noon!" Alpha Marcus screamed at the soldiers who were already sharpening their various swords and getting their horses ready. There we
THE ENCOUNTER"Screw that!" Alpha Marcus yelled at the soldier and paced around the palace building. "We are set to leave and I wouldn't want to hear any stories. As for you, you will remain here in the palace and henceforth, you cease to be one of my soldiers."He meant just what he had said. He immediately began to step out of the palace, riding on his own horse while the other soldiers followed behind him.Their weapons were all glittering and ready to destroy anyone who stood by their way. As a result of how fast they rode on the horses in a bid to catch up with Elena and her cohorts, they arrived at the cave earlier and began to scrutinize everywhere in search of them.They got into the cave but there was no single person in there anymore, they had escaped to God knows where.Alpha Marcus held his jaw furiously. "I knew this was going to happen, I definitely knew it would come to this." He cried, beating his cheek. "If only we had left earlier than this." One of the soldiers who
Alpha Marcus shot them a glare and burst out in laughter. "How outrageous of you guys to have suddenly become intimidated by this little occurrence which just happened right now. Do you ever believe that the old woman meant what she said earlier? Or is it because of the manner at which she vanished after threatening your lazy asses?" They gave no response, they were still trying to recover from the shock of what had just happened. One of the soldiers finally spoke up after a long silence. "I don't think I can continue with this search anymore, my Lord. Permit me to return back to the palace and await your arrival." He peered at the other soldier who nodded his head in support of what he had just said. "That's right, Alpha Marcus. I don't think I can also continue, I have to save my life for those who care about me - my family and every other person who is counting on me." He said."Oh I see!" Alpha Marcus exclaimed and let out a smile. "It is I who doesn't have a family and also wis
GARFIELD MUST BE FOUND!Elena shot another glance at Marcus and dreaded his presence. She held Carl by the hands and they turned to leave the cave.“Elena?” Marcus called out to her and she turned almost immediately as if she had been expecting his call. “I have a plan that might interest you. I'm sure it would help to find your child and bring an end to Garfield's taunts.”Elena raised her brows, unable to believe what she just heard. She knew Marcus to be a man of his words but she was not yet certain if she could still trust him after all he had done to her in the past.“Trust me.” Marcus pleaded and gripped a hold of her hands, drawing close to her. His eyes and Elena's eyes locked and Elena nodded her head affirmatively as if she had seen something intriguing. She was moved by how innocent and convincing his face was, that she embraced him. “I'll give this a trial.”“You surely won't regret doing this.” Marcus assured her once again as they got locked in each other's arms. “I ha
A TRIP BACK HOME“We'll go with the child.” Garfield said and began to wrap him up in baby linen. “We don't have all day, we have to leave at once!”Mia remained silent and stared at him for a while. “How about we take this child to your father and tell him that you are no longer Elena's mate?”“What if he asks me whose child he is?” Garfield asked, not liking the suggestion Mia had just given. “My father will never like to hear anything concerning Elena, and if he ever finds out this is Elena's child, he will never be happy with me.”“Then lie to him!” Garfield's eyes widened at Mia's suggestion. How could he not have thought about that before now? “Yes, lie to him. Tell him the child is yours. Let him understand that you mistakenly had a one night stand with a maiden and you ended up getting her pregnant.”Garfield rushed at Mia and cuddled him up in a hug, his face ever bright with smiles. “Mia, you know what? You are a genius! All this while I have been looking for a perfect way
CONTROVERSYElena's eyes twitched and she gripped Carl's clothes, her anger suddenly melting into cold tears. "What did you just say?" She asked, her voice unusually less audible.Carl looked her in the face. "They are gone, Elena, with your child!" "What? No, tell me that's not true. Wait, they are gone to where exactly? Talk to me." Her hands wouldn't let free from Carl's clothes and she totally ignored Marcus like he never existed.Meanwhile, Marcus was meaning to hold her hands and reassure her, and promise her that he would get them before they knew it. But he wasn't sure how she would react to it, since she was obviously not in the mood to speak to him.He thought it wise to let her be until she was probably done grieving over what was not lost, before he would come into the picture and inform her about his plans, that's if she would let him.He stood up from his kneeling position and crashed into the sofa, exhaling deeply. He wouldn't let anything else trouble him because he k
DAWN"Oh that? Trust me Carl, these are mere portraits. I wonder why you take them so seriously." Marcus opposed, trying to reassure her. But he knew deep down within himself that he was only telling her cheap lies.She was right after all when he mentioned that he was a womanizer, but not necessarily a real womanizer who went about chasing different ladies, instead, ladies came to him on a daily basis to be called his mistress.It was obviously not his fault that different ladies came to him anyway, as they were all after one thing, and that was his position as the Alpha of the pack. They all wanted to be identified as his mate and Luna of the pack at the end of the day.But everything was different with Elena. First, she was sold to him as his mate, and despite seeing the affluence and power he controlled, she didn't let that get into her head. As long as she never liked him in the first place, she despised him even till eternity and wouldn't want to be associated with him in any w
TORN BETWEEN TWO WORLDSShe would rather leave the cave than watch them participate in such evil by taking Elena's child out. But she didn't just leave and remain silent about what was going on, she planned to go out in search of Marcus and Lina and tell them what was going on.Since she had seen them once in the cave, it wouldn't be difficult for her to recognize them and inform them about what was about to befall Elena back at the cave.She was almost not lucky with her search when she didn't find them for close to hours after stepping out of the cave. The only thing she could think of was to try to remember the name of Alpha Marcus's pack so that she could easily ask anyone how to find him.Unfortunately, she couldn't remember anything as her mind was completely bland and she couldn't place her hand around what Marcus's pack will look like.She kept traveling nevertheless, and soon, she was out of the forest. Her instincts kept pushing her and forcing her to go to a certain directi
WHAT HAS ELENA DONE?"Not at all Garfield, that's not the truth, I promise. She never told me anything about you." Elena mustered in her defense and that of her friend, Lina.But Garfield was not going to buy her lies. He knew right from when she stepped back into the cave after being with Lina for a while, that something was amiss, and Lina was definitely the cause of it.To think that he had been the person who granted Lina easy access to see Elena earlier and now she took it as an opportunity to hold dirty discussions against him? That could never be!With the way he peered at her, Elena suspected that he had been eavesdropping on them all this while and now, he's bent on finding out everything that has been going on between her and Lina outside the cave.According to him, there must definitely be something Lina was trying to hide away from him and the rogues, which warranted her to drag Elena out of the cave and probably poison her mind about him."What then were you discussing wi
UNCERTAIN"I'm certain you are not speaking of your own accord, someone must have said something to you about Garfield that warranted you to ask these questions. Who could that be?" Elena asked all of a sudden, and Lina shot her a glare."Is that what matters to you right now?" She yelled in a distinct tone. "You are so alarming Elena! You amaze me lately."Elena remained mute and acted like she was not the one being talked to. She was still bent on finding out who had said such ridiculous things to her about her mate, and now she wouldn't let her be.Her eyes widened suddenly. "It's Marcus right? That frustrated snitch! Why is he so obsessed with me all of a sudden that he is hell bent on destroying my relationship with Garfield?""Oh no! Elena I'm so disappointed at you!" Lina retorted and shot her a menacing glare. "So you think Marcus is doing all these just because he doesn't like Garfield?""Of course yes. What other reason could he have other than trying to end my relationship
THE ENCOUNTER"I see no reason why you sit there and keep smiling to yourself, don't you see that we have a threat here?" The men yelled at Garfield in anger as he kept quiet for a while.He faced them and meeting their gaze, he burst out into more laughter, provoking the men further. They boiled with aggressive anger within themselves, looking at Garfield suddenly acting like it was none of his business, at the same time, they kept a close eye on Lina.Garfield finally turned to face them, now getting up. "The lady standing before you is Lina and she is Elena's best friend. I see no reason why you eat yourselves up for nothing.""Oh, you should have told us that before now." Levi mustered and turned back to Lina. "You are Elena's friend right? Or is he mistaken?""No, no.. of course not. He's not mistaken, I'm Elena's friend and I'm here to share some information with her.""Alright, in that case, I'll get her for you at once." Levi retorted, running off to the room where Elena had b
COINCIDENCE"Yes, I'm really sorry. I was only speaking out of tension because I have a lot of things bothering me right now." Marcus finally confessed. Lina raised her already arched brows, peering into Marcus's eyes as if she had seen something disturbing. She saw a tone of sincerity in Marcus's voice and instantly melted when he went on his knees afterwards. "Come on, you don't have to do that." She stretched her hands out at him and helped him get up."Actually, like I said earlier, I've been looking for a perfect way to rescue my mate. Some people are plotting how to get her killed."Lina's eyes widened. His story sounded familiar to hers and she doubted if she would be mistaken if she said they had similar problems. She listened with keen interest as Marcus narrated his ordeal, right from his encounter with Garfield and the other rogues when he had gone to get his mate from the cave where they lived."Exactly!" Lina exclaimed as soon as she heard Marcus make mention of a cav