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
Little did Elena know that Garfield had prior motives for asking her those questions. She didn't see it as a big deal since they had already gotten used to each other.Garfield sighed at her story and rubbed his cheek. "I'm sorry you had to pass through all that but it's all over right now because I'm here for you, always." He muttered and embraced her in a hug.Elena wiped her tears and replaced them with a smile. She paused and stared at Garfield, almost getting lost in his eyes. She fixed her gaze on him like she was waiting for him to say something to her. "By the way, why did you decide to ask me about this right now?" She asked. "I mean we have been together for a while now and you've never asked me all these. Why does it have to be now? What inspired you to ask?""Ah. Come on sweetheart, it just came to my mind now and I decided to ask and be certain. Have I done the wrong thing by asking?" Garfield quizzed, his eyes meeting Elena's."No, not at all. I was only trying to be cl
CAUGHT UPElijah jumped into the underground and trailed through the stairs. The stairs were longer than he had initially thought, and he kept wondering if it was ever going to end.Jennifer noticed a guard coming towards her with a bright flashlight pointing at her direction. She realized instantly that she would be in great trouble if the guard ever caught her trying to escape.Without hesitating further, she ran into a hidden place in the room and squeezed herself into the little space she could find.The guard soon arrived in the room and began to search every nook and cranny of the room, as if he had been ordered to do so.He searched thoroughly as if his life depended on it, and when he didn't see anything amiss, he stepped out of the room through the underground where Jennifer had escaped from.Jennifer ran out of the room with the speed of light the instant she saw the guard leave. She thanked the Moon goddess silently for saving her, because her life would have probably been
REGRETSThe two guards, alongside Elijah soon arrived at Elijah's home and began to parade about everywhere. They pushed the closed door and tried to force their way in, but they found out that it had already been locked."Shit!" One of the guards yelled and banged his fists on the hard door, writhing in pain afterwards. "I don't think anyone stays here, this man is trying to fool us." He said, pointing at Elijah.Elijah's face grew with suspense and he began to wonder what was exactly going on and why the guards were suddenly tagging him as a liar. Before he knew what was happening, the other guard ran off towards the door once again and kicked it hard with the sole of his feet.The door went open instantly and he stormed in at once, ordering the other guard to remain outside with Elijah, while he went in to find out if there was indeed anyone there.Arriving into the sitting room which was the very first room before other rooms, the guard saw no trace of anything or anyone, not even
NARROW ESCAPE"I believe I am an Alpha also, and as such, I am also privileged to have a private discussion with Alpha Marcus no matter the stunts he's trying to pull." Elijah said to himself, his voice erupting in the whole room. "As soon as he returns back from his search trip, I must definitely have a word with him."He jumped on the bed afterwards and slept off.***In all the time Alpha Marcus had spent in front of the cave, after he had killed his soldiers, he saw no trace of any of the other soldiers returning back to him anytime soon.So he summoned the courage and rode on his horse, towards the direction of the place they had passed earlier into the forests.He had not rode a long distance when he discovered the jacket of one of the soldiers, yet there was no trace of them. He trailed the path where he had seen the jacket until he got to a strange spot with no single trees or grasses in sight. He walked farther more, although in curiosity, and he stepped on something which f
Elijah was not left behind in the battle to find out what was wrong with Alpha Marcus. When he heard the doors open, he knew it was definitely going to be him, and as a result, he began to panic and pray to the Moon goddess for his safety.He had thought the Alpha had heard about his mate's escape and had stormed into the room to teach him some lessons, but he was proven otherwise when none of that happened. Alpha Marcus stormed into the room and lay on his bed instead, drifting off to sleep almost immediately. Elijah was relaxed to some extent and he saw that as an opportunity to quickly think of how to explain to the Alpha how his mate had managed to escape from the palace, because he was definitely never going to take it easy on him if he was unable to explain himself.Elijah thought of something quickly but it was not really a perfect idea to him. Alpha Marcus was not a kid who would be lied to so easily without him getting to find out later. So he concluded he was going to let h
CAUGHT UPAlpha Marcus gripped Elijah by his neck afterwards and led him out of the manor. The guards were frightened when they saw him approaching them that way and they quickly went down on their knees, with their bowed low before the Alpha."No, you shouldn't do that. Get up because you have found favor with me." Alpha Marcus said and helped them to their feet, rubbing both their heads with his hands while Elijah knelt in their midst."This son of a bitch kneeling here has just narrated to me how he succeeded in taking his mate out of the palace." Marcus stated and looked down at Elijah. "He also made me understand that he also tried escaping but you both caught him and dealt hell with him. Is that right?"The guards exchanged glances with each other and played a smile on their lips. They knew they had indeed found favor with the Alpha because he was never going to be so happy with them if they were the cause of his earlier bad mood.They nodded their heads. "Yes, my Lord. We did
STUCK IN A PLACEShe thanked her wolf for giving her these signs on time and she was gradually beginning to understand what her wolf was trying to tell her about her wolf earlier.Garfield was beginning to act weirdly and that only confirmed what her wolf had been telling her about her wolf. "Elena, why are you suddenly acting this way? This is so unusual of you and you sure know it." Garfield mustered and reached for Elena's hands but she quickly drifted them away from his touch."Don't touch me! Will you answer my questions or not?" She asked, paying deaf ears to his sorry pleas.He stared at her with apologetic eyes and went on his knees, finally getting a grip on her hands. She felt herself become stale all of a sudden as he ran his fingers through her skin.He drew her close to himself and began to plant kisses all over her face. "Tell me you aren't upset with me anymore." He said in a seductive tone and she quickly swallowed up her breath, lost in his dazzling aura.She held on
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