Catherine's POV: Breakfast was waiting by the time I arrived and kids were already done with their meals. Michael had just started eating and their personal maid carted them out of the room, leaving us both to eat together. Heaving a sigh, I picked my fork and tried not to be aware of the fact that he was seated directly close to me. The only sounds that were heard minutes later were our forks hitting our plates and gulping sounds from drinking water and Juices. “Catherine." I snapped my head up to look at Michael. He was staring at me now, one hand resting on the other. "Yes?" "About last night..." My chest squeezed. He was mentioning it again and I wasn't sure I could take it so I decided to speak. "I don't think I would love to talk about it. You said what you said last night and I totally understand. I can't fault you for not reciprocating my feelings." He raised his brows in askance. "Is that what you think? That I don't reciprocate your feelings.
Alpha Michael's POV: The elders had called for a meeting before I could leave for the safe house. According to Trenton, a lot needed to be talked about in regards to the kids and Catherine and for the first time, I wondered if it was so hard for those men to shut the fuck up and actually mind their businesses. Well, they weren't to be blamed, honestly. They were looking out for the Pack. But didn't they have other important things to worry about? Trenton tailed behind me as we walked into the courtroom. The aisle flanked seven elders on each side, all looking displeased and as soon as I took my seat, one of the men stood to his feet. "Your majesty, thank you for honoring our invitation." "Like I have an option." I started nonchalantly. "So why have I been summoned?" He cleared his throat. "In regards to the issue with your divorced Luna, it has a lot of people talking." "And how does that in any way concern me?" "We have been talking about this for a l
Alpha Michael's POV: When she stopped by the shop where she usually gets dinner, I swerved into the parking lot and walked into the restaurant, swinging the door open and going straight ahead to where she stood. She was smiling at one of the male clerks who was blushing. His ears had turned red and from the looks of it, I knew he fancied her. Of course Jennifer was an extremely beautiful woman. But how could he know how evil she was? It was practically impossible to see it through that smile she gave him. I stood by her and nodded at the boy who turned to look at me. I didn't miss the intimidation that crawled into his body. Fucking humans. I laughed to myself. Jennifer must have noticed how he was staring at me before she turned to look at me. Surprise creeped into her eyes and she moved slightly away from me. Fear creeped into her eyes and I latched onto it, knowing she was afraid too. Maybe she was hiding something after all. "Surprised to see me?" I asked
Alpha Michael's POV: Jennifer blinked a few times then she burst into a loud laughter before letting her chopsticks drop. "What the hell are you talking about? Are you out of your mind? You definitely took something, didn't you?" "No, Jennifer. I am perfectly fine. If you're going to tell me the truth, I promise to let you go Scott free. Just tell me the fucking truth." I quickly sent a text to my beta, asking him to send two men over. He replied that they were already on their way here. Pushing her food back, she stood to her feet. "Do you know the first time I met her, I was shocked that you brought her back. I thought you were going to discard her after everything. But you chose her again and now, you think I'm the one with the divorce papers?" "Yes, I think it's you. I am honestly not here to have issues with you. Just tell me where the fuck they are." "I am not with it. But if you want to search around my house, who am I to stop you, huh?" Pushing to my f
Catherine's POV: Last night, after the kids had been put to bed, I sat at the terrace, staring at the stars but not really seeing a thing. I was feeling rather bleak and honestly, I wished there was a way to put an end to it. Realizing that there was none, I decided that reading a book would do the job. So I sat there, trying hard to hold back my tears as I leafed through pages without even reading a thing. I had felt a presence behind me while I was crying but I ignored it, knowing fully well that I was just wishing Michael was there to listen to me. The next morning, I woke up to the kids jumping around in my bed. Cracking one eye open, I caught sight of Jason pushing his train up and down the window sill. I heard something clatter on my vanity table and turned to see Julia holding a lipstick and rubbing it around her lip. Frowning slightly, I stayed in bed and watched her gently return it to its place and like she knew I was watching her, she turned to look a
Catherine's POV: "Mummy! I want chocolates!" Julia cried right after Michael left to process our order. Sighing, I shut the menu book in my hand. "You heard what he said. He can only get you cookies and hot chocolate. They're all made out of pure chocolate, honey." She shook her head. "That's not true. I want to chew candies!" "Julia, Dad isn't going to get us chocolates on our way back if you keep whining. He said we're going to get all of that on our way home in case you have forgotten." Leaning back into her seat, she poured sulkily and when Michael returned, he had a small smile on his face. Drumming his hand on the table, he made his announcement, telling us all that our breakfast would be ready in twenty minutes. "Chocolate?" Julia asked. Michael sighed and I could tell that he was tired of her making the same request so much. "I already said we're going to get it along with dessert on our way back home. You can't have chocolates until you've had s
Catherine's POV: My fists clenched and unclenched as I watched Michael walk towards her in quick steps. He grabbed her roughly by the arm and pushed her against her car, his hand pinned around her waist. I cocked my head to the side, wondering if I was taking things overboard by actually being affected by the fact that he was holding her so closely. "Mum, why is dad standing with that lady from yesterday?" Julia asked as she poked her head out of the window. I turned to her and smiled. "She's been causing so many problems lately. So he's warning her to stay away from us." Jason grimaced as he came up behind Julia. "I don't like her, mum. She's mean." "Yes," Julia agreed. "She glared at you the last time she was here and Dad did nothing about it." "You called him Dad again!" Jason laughed, pointing at her. Julia glared at him and faced me again. We watched as they spoke and I tried to hear what they were saying but the wind kept carrying their voices in t
Catherine's POV: As soon as we got home, the kids decided that they wanted to watch a few more movies so they rushed off to the TV room with Michael tailing behind them. As for me, I decided to make dinner special tonight, as we had a really good day today. A smile crawled up my lips when I thought about how Michael had warned Jennifer never to have us followed again. It felt creepy that anyone would do that. She cheated on Michael with his brother so why the hell was she having him followed? One thing I hated about certain people was the fact that they barely ever left people they once dated in the past even if they were the shitty ones and at fault. Walking into the kitchen, I smiled at the few maids who were cleaning the kitchen up and getting ready to make lunch. Of course, we had spent so much time out of the house before returning back home and it was almost three o'clock. That meant there was a likelihood of us having dinner instead. Tiffany p
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