Catherine's POV: I remained seated on his lap while he spoke on the phone and as soon as he was done, I turned to him. "Is something wrong?" He sighed and slipped his fingers into his hair before letting out a deep sigh. "Well, not really. I just need to see someone and it's really urgent." I pushed to my feet immediately, pushing the plate aside before turning to him. "Are you going to be gone for long? I can wait if that's what you want." He pushed to his feet and shook his head. "Whenever he calls, I'd spend the whole day there or running around. It's just a lot that had to be done. Can you drive back home? Or I could ask someone to drive you home." "Oh, don't worry," I pulled my keys out of my bag and dangled it in his face. "I came with a car. I drove here so going back isn't going to be so hard for me." Sighing, he nodded and picked his phone and his keys next before pulling me into a hug and kissing me. "Drive safe." "How do I lock your office?" "
Alpha Michael's POV: "What do you suggest we do now?" Shaft asked as he drew back his phone and placed it on the concrete slab. We were standing at the rooftop of the apartment building that secretly housed his office, looking down at the city down below. "She's using a whole lot of people and I may start to believe your step brother has a connection to what is happening." “Peter is always in the middle of anything relating to my downfall so I am not surprised," I sighed. "I just realized that I have been holding back too much because he's my brother and I don't want to hurt him. Imagine how much damage that has caused." "Why don't you just end it all?" Shaft shrugged. "I mean, you're not even that related to him. He's your step-brother and was birthed by another woman." "I feel pity for him," I chuckled to myself and looked down at my feet. I kicked a ball of paper and watched it roll down the drain before I followed to see it flying down the road. "I found out the t
Catherine's POV: The car finally came to a halt as commanded by the man. He had asked me to pull over at the entrance of the woods and I did as he had asked, pushing the door open and quickly going to the back to grab the kids. Julia's eyes were red from crying and Jason had gone silent but I could see the fear in his eyes. He was more than afraid and honestly, I totally understood why he would be. "Now, walk that path." The man continued. "And don't waste my time while doing that. I do not have the patience to wait!" "Mum," Julia began, her voice shaky as we climbed out of the car. The man behind us kept pushing at me to keep walking and that had me and the kids almost falling over to the other side. "Where are we going?" I did not stop walking as I turned to look at my daughter. She whimpered softly and I did not miss the tears in her eyes. "Move!" The man snapped before I could give a reply. I flinched and Julia burst into tears. She was ripped out of my
Alpha Michael's POV: The shrill ring of my phone permeated into my ears and I turned immediately, snatching it up from the cupholder beside me. I decided that it was one of the men working towards rescuing Catherine and the kids that had called. I picked up the call just as I swerved into the next highway that led towards the northern part of the city. I was going to pay Peter a visit. He surely had an idea of where my family was since all he had done in the past few months was remind me that I had to watch my back or else, he was going to strike really hard. Hitting the gas once again, kept driving and brought the phone to my ears. "What's up?" Sniffles came first and confused, I believed it was Catherine and hoped she had gotten a phone and snuck out to call me. "Catherine?" I called again. "Is that you? Are you crying?" "It's Jennifer." At first, I decided to stop in the middle of the road and give her a piece of my mind for calling me this late but I refrained f
Catherine's POV: My eyes fluttered open and I realized that I had been asleep the whole time. Blinking, I looked above me and sighed before lifting my hand and wiping the sweat off my face. A terrible headache billowed at the back of my head. I groaned softly and remained on the floor, noticing that my whole body was wet. When I finally planted my palm on the ground beside me, I realized that the whole floor was bathed in water. So was my body. As the memories of how I had blanked out returned, my headache intensified. I slept softly and remained on the ground, wishing and hoping for this headache to pass. But it didn't. I remained on the floor for a long time, moving in and out of consciousness before a piercing scream had me sitting up with immediate effect. "Oh, no," I groaned and fell on all fours, crawling around the room in search of the door. That scream. It sounded like it belonged to Julia. Realization hit me and I went into a full blown panic
Catherine's POV: I jumped into his arms as soon as I saw him, sobbing heavily as he lifted me off the floor. He pressed his nose into my neck, inhaling softly as he caressed my back. "You're safe," He muttered. "You're really safe. I'm sorry I wasn't around. I shouldn't have left you to leave at the office. Fuck." "It's fine," I cupped his cheeks and looked into his eyes, smiling softly. "Thank you for coming to save me." "Mum!" Julia cried and pulled at my dress. I turned to the both of them immediately and crouched to her level before pulling her into a hug and kissing her on the forehead. I pulled Jason into a hug and held them both close to me, remaining still and savoring their presence in my arms before I pulled away. "What did they do to you both?" I asked, hating that I wasn't there with them in the first place. They should have left me with them. Julia lowered her head and tears began to stream down her cheeks before she spoke. "They didn't let us e
Alpha Michael's POV: I was on my way to get the kids when my phone rang in my pocket once again. Honestly, I was too tired to even check who was calling me and the most annoying part was who was calling. Jennifer. "What do you want?" I asked as I stood at the corner. I didn't want the kids to see me mad and yelling. "Haven't I told you never to call me again? What exactly do you want from me?!" "Yesterday, I asked for us to see at the hotel. I waited all night for you but you never showed up. You didn't even pick your calls or call back. Or didn't you see my calls?" "I chose not to see you. Do you have an issue with that? When did you become a controller of my life, huh?" When she speaks this time, her voice is laced with light laughter and mockery. "Oh, look at you getting all mad at me for calling you. You used to pine for me in the past but now, Catherine is now the order of the day. Are you going to tell her that you'll get tired of her real soon or do you intend on giv
Alpha Michael's POV: If Jennifer thinks she can seduce me by going naked, then she is definitely onto something that would lead to her getting crazily disappointed. "What are you doing, Jennifer?" She shrugged and picked a glass of champagne from the table directly beside her. She takes a sip and comes to stand a few inches away from me before taking me in. "What do you think I am doing, Michael? Don't you remember how this used to turn out? You would pay me a visit and I would be stark naked, waiting for you to take me in your arms and make love to me. Have you forgotten how you would lift me up and plaster kisses down every part of my body before you push me against the window behind me and fuck the living daylights out of me. Don't you miss those times? Don't you want us recreating it or are you pretending not to care? Tell me, Michael. Tell me the fucking truth." I burst into laughter, making sure I have her staring at me like I have grown three heads. "Whatever u
A week after Doctor John and Jennifer died, Michael succeeded in suing his brother and his accomplices in court while he punished the ministers of his pack with demotion and exile. Lots of them pleaded for a second chance but he was deaf ears to their pleas.I was still wounded by the death of John, I wished he would come back to life and amend his ways.At times, I feel guilty. Would he have lived if I tied his wound with my jacket or was he just destined to die? If I had known that there were other motives behind him, I wouldn't have bothered taking him to that hospital, but he might not have survived if I had taken him to my pack.His death is one tragedy that I didn't wish to happen, but I will have to console myself that he brought it upon himself by plotting death on my Alpha.I was lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling continuously. I was unaware when Alpha walked into the room. He touched my cheek, bringing me back to reality.“We have a visitor,” he announced and I hissed.
CATHERINE’S POV The incident drew the attention of the people around, but the most difficult thing was that the culprit was not seen, and that made people contemplate what was going on. Seeing John in a pool of blood made me share his pain with him, so the least I could do at that moment was call the ambulance to come over as quickly as possible. I squatted beside him, trying to fish out the mastermind that he was talking about. I wonder why he's so foolish that he will still want me back at this point when he's very sure that I don't think about it. “I have to tell Michael what is going on….” I brought out my cell phone and dialed his number, and luckily he picked up immediately. “Doctor John was shot, but the culprit was not seen,” I announced to him. He scoffed. “It's that just it? Take him to the hospital and come back to the palace. Are you sure you weren't the target?” “That I don't know.'' I gulped. “Looked like he wanted to spill a secret and got shot because he said some
CATHERINE’S POVSome miles away from the secret building where the hacker was staying, we saw five men all dressed in suits walking into the building. I felt devastated, I wouldn't want them to see us or it might be a bloodbath. “What do we do?” I asked Trenton, but he said nothing, rather he pulled out his cell phone and placed the hacker on a call.My heart was beating faster, he couldn't meet with them or he was a dead meat. But, why would they put a tracker on our car? To kill us on the way when they are sure that we must come after her huh? No way, he mustn't be caught, we must return to the palace alive.“Don't take the front route, and don't even take the back. Go through the basement.” Trenton said to him.I was terrified. “Won't he be caught there? Is there a way out from there?” I asked, quivering.I put him into this matter and he began working for us. If I lose him this way, I will never have peace of mind. That's why he must live no matter what.Trenton handed the car key
CATHERINE'S POVWe successfully rescued the women, and that made me so happy. Now, we are done with that part, and the moment Alpha thought of heading to go see the Great Alpha, he got a message that Jennifer was waiting for him, dressed like a wanderer.Due to that, he canceled going to see the Alpha and postponed it to the next time. I hated that she was around, but I was curious to know the reason she was waiting for us, and that's why I was never against going back home because of her.The best thing we could do was to call for more vehicles to get the women in, they will have to stay in the palace until everything is resolved, or there's a possibility of Peter taking their lives to not be exposed.Jennifer was standing before us, her top torn into two as she vomited everything she had to say, but what I wasn't expecting was that she would be shot. I wonder if she was the target, why would she be shot the moment she was coming closer to me? She fell into my arms and vomited a mout
JENNIFER’S POVFor years now, I've always let him have his way with me because it looked like I was in his cage. He used the way he wanted, reminding me all the time that Michael would never love me again since I cheated on him. But one thing no one knows about all this was that he planned it all because I refused to be his date…..so the only way to tarnish my image was drugging and forcing himself on me, then revealing it to Michael.I wanted to tell the truth about all that took place, but he promised to make sure Michael lost his title or his life if I ever exposed the truth. He had to do that since I am in a contract with Michael and that's one reason he can't sack me.Tears dropped from my eyes while he was busy loosening his trousers. Even if it's just this once, I have saved myself from his wrath. There's no way I'll still be his toy when he's out to get rid of his brother despite the agreement.“Just stay still! Don't cause a commotion here, let's do it peacefully so your soul
ALPHA MICHAEL’S POVSeeing the way the Minister of Defense gave in to dying without spilling out the producer of the substance he's administering makes me think that they are into an oath. He's the third person that I'm punishing, and they never opened up on who their mastermind is, but I have that feeling that Peter is responsible for all that.The meeting has been dismissed and the next step to take is to rescue the caged women. If I take too long, they will either be killed or taken away ... or maybe end up being sold like they planned.Hours ago, I had a bad feeling about my family, but the guards over there reassured me that they were all okay, and that gave me peace of mind.“Can we just round everything up tomorrow? I miss my kids already when it's not up to three days.” Catherine walked in, already dressed. We are heading out all together, and from there, I will head over to see the Great Alpha to report everything to him. He needs to do something, I'll end up executing them
PETER’S POV Nothing was going as I planned, I wondered why it's so difficult to get rid of that Omega who thinks she can be an obstruction to me. Before me were my men standing with their heads bowed low, I felt like chopping off their heads over this issue. “Don't expect a dime from me until you get rid of her, you incompetent fools.” I cursed. Why would they assume she's dead when she's not? And now, she's back in the palace, sitting with Michael, and is resisting every accusation. “I just hope she gets no clue to prove her innocence, and Michael will have no option than to execute her—or the whole of you are dead.” I shrieked at them. This was getting on my nerves, the way everything is turning upside down is pissing me off. I planned to get rid of her without John's awareness, he had thought he was that smart ... but he's mistaken because I'll get rid of him as well when I'm done with Catherine and my brother. I got seated with my legs crossed, thinking of what to do next with
ALPHA MICHAEL’S POVThe moment I stood up from my throne, the image of my kids flashed in my mind. I glanced at Catherine, hoping that they were okay. I've been speaking with the chief guard over there and he has always assured me that everything is okay. My next plan is to be able to connect with the cameras there from my laptop—I'll have to speak to the hacker about that.The minister of Justice came forth since he was the next in command after the chief minister and his deputy, he signaled the guards at the door, and the door was opened. Two hefty men walked in with the corpse lying above them.“Your Majesty, this is the corpse she murdered. Please look into this and let justice take over.” the minister of Justice uttered.I sniffed. What an asshole? “Are you saying that I have never justified a case?”He shook his head. “No, Your Majesty, please don't misunderstand me. This has to do with murder, and so you shouldn't let it slide.” I burst into laughter. “Seriously? I shouldn't l
ALPHA MICHAEL’S POVI knew they must have planned another evil before telling me that Catherine committed murder. For goodness sake, I wonder if these old geezers will ever come to their senses and quit their stupid acts. They had the guts to tell me that Catherine isn't a Luna yet, bringing in another law that I didn't approve of, making me wonder how badly they want me dethroned.I'll patiently wait for them to scramble whatever it is all in the name of the victim that Catherine murdered, not when I know that an innocent soul will lose his or her life at this spot—but at least, I'll use it against them.I lifted my face, staring at the guard that just announced what I wasn't expecting. “Did you just say the CCTV?”He nodded. “Everything was restored by itself.”I glanced at Catherine whose face was covered with shock. How will this be explained? I can't tell if the hacker did it since I never ordered such a thing, or did Catherine do it? I tapped her, “Did you...?”She shook her hea