"Honey, trust me, she's someone you don't wanna know." Hermes managed to explain without stuttering.He wouldn't have had any atom of fear within him but for the fact that Ashley was in danger, he didn't want to put any atom of fear in her."What do you mean? She literally talked like someone who knew you for so long."Ashley narrowed her eyes at him in suspicion for the first time in their fated lives before furrowing her eyebrows. "Does this in any way mean that she has something with me not traveling? Answer me, Hermes!" For the first time, Ashley's voice was sharp and she had some awful pain building up in her throat from forcing back the unshed tears."There's no need to get too emotional, Ashley. All these is gonna be resolved too soon and before you know it, you'll be fine, okay?"He expected Ashley to just nod like she used to do but she didn't. He could guess that when it came to your issues concerning women, mates were really a bit more sensitive and speculative."Let's go, A
Kristen opened his drawer for the umpteenth time, then he went through the pile on the table.From the way he frantically searched for something he hadn't found, it was evident that whatever it was he was searching for was really important."Where on earth are those papers?" Not being able to find it in his study room, he went ahead and dashed into his room, searching his wardrobe, drawer, and just anything searchable.Frustrated, Kristen groaned and stood erect, bringing his hands down to his waist.He couldn't believe he was looking for a deed of assignment given to him by his father on the Island he had signed away to his mother while he was under duress.Now the deed of assignment was all he needed to counter his mother and get back the Island from her. If he lost the Island to Ellen, it wasn't going to affect his financial status in any way but Kristen wasn't about to back down even one bit in letting his mother take the Island from him. To add to the reason he couldn't lose the I
Hermes, Alexander, and Kristen were now in Melissa's place but Melissa kept looking at the door as though she was expecting someone. After some time, door door flew open and Alexander came in.Everyone except Melissa.had mixed feelings but Melissa was more interested in making perfect peace between the three than explaining things to them."What's going on? The news reported his death and you were mourning?" Kristen directed his gaze at Melissa who smiled a little."Uhm, it's just that he escaped death by a hair's breadth and he's here to....""Daddy, you're here." Mia ran to hug Alexander and Kristen squinted his eyes. Now Kristen could understand why Mia didn't call him Daddy when he embraced her. All the same, Kristen held his peace, Alex was her real father and blood was thicker than water after all."I called everyone here..." Melissa had just recovered from Mia's distraction when Hermes interrupted her again."You called everyone here? Someone clear me if this is some meeting be
After the dinner, everyone else left Melissa's house but Alexander stayed back. He wanted to at least watch Mia fall asleep before he left or so he had said."I would have suggested we have some wine but we already had so much of those two, so uhm, can we talk?" Alex asked. There was a lot on his mind but he wasn't sure he wanted to spill it out yet.He wanted to confess his feelings to Melissa but the problem was that he didn't want to scare her or worse still, make his words sound as common as a rhyme.Melissa smiled, "Yeah, we can and I guess talking is what we are doing right now."Melissa said and looked away. It seemed that she knew he wanted to say something to her.Melissa shrugged, "By the way, you and I know that you barely touched any alcohol. I know about your abstinence right." Throughout the time they ate at the table, Alex barely touched his wine, he only ate food or fruits and vegetables while taking some water."You know about my abstinence, how?""Well, Alex, you can
3 months later, Melissa stood in front of the mirror, admiring herself and how elegant she looked in her white wedding gown.Alexander had said she looked great and she was absolutely happy about it. Her makeup was flawless and her fingernails elongated stylishly in a pink color."Amanda, please tell 'em to bring me water, I'm a bit thirsty" Amanda was her chief bridesmaid and she was responsible for everything that would happen in the process of attending to her.Today was Melissa's wedding day and she couldn't even be happier. Everyone had been invited and most of their friends and families were sitting in the congregation of the church, waiting rather impatiently for their union.The moment Amanda left without a word, to go and get the water, Melissa smiled at the mirror and when she saw her reflection. Melissa liked what she saw. She had been waiting for the moment she and Alex would get married and now it was happening right before her eyes.She and Alex had started their relatio
Melissa ran towards the place where Alexander was lying helpless in his pool of blood and shook him relentlessly."Please stay with me. You can't die like this. No, not on our wedding day." Melissa said, her tears rolling down in torrents as she vehemently shook her head. She wasn't able to hold herself anymore but she tried her best not to faint.She checked Alexander's pulse and it was slowing down as the seconds went by. All her efforts to make him open his eyes and talk to her were null and void and she figured out that his body was also turning cold.At that moment, Melissa wiped her tears and got up. The tears she shed or the Alpha wasn't going to solve the problem, it was only going to make her look pitiful.Her teary vision cleared and she searched for Amanda.Amanda's charms were all Melissa was going to need at the moment.Alexander was dying and this was not as a result of an ordinary bullet. It was impossible to kill an Alpha with a mere bullet.It was only a miracle that
"Do it," Melissa said, tightly pressing the nuzzle of the gun to her head. She wanted to die so badly because she couldn't bear losing the people in her life.Victoria was surprised at Melissa's action but all the same, she said, "If you want to die. Then I guess I'll fulfill that wish."Melissa tightly closed her eyes, waiting for the very moment that the bullet would shoot through her head and she would die.Melissa winced when she heard the sound of a gunshot. She opened her eyes instantly to check where exactly she had been hit but to Melissa's amazement, someone had shot Victoria from the back.Melissa stared at Victoria who gushed out blood before collapsing to her knees and falling backwards.As Victoria collapsed, Melissa's vision cleared and she could see the person behind him."Kristen...." Melissa would have said more but her words choked up in her throat. Kristen had told her that he wasn't going to come to her wedding because he couldn't bear watching her get married afte
As they both stood before the doctor, Melissa tried her best to contain her emotions. "Doctor, what's going to happen to them, are they okay?" Melissa asked as her voice betrayed her emotions. She was feeling worried about Amanda and Alexander."There's a slight chance they might survive this. They had bullets on their bodies and the substance aconitum was found in their bloodstream. While we try to flush the poison out, and as such, we hope that some of the substance hasn't damaged any of their tissues and organs isn't being affected. Please sign there if they are your relative." The doctor said and pointed at some paper.Melissa frantically nodded. "Yes, they are related to me. The man is my husband and the lady, she's my sister." Melissa lied about Amanda just so they could commence the operation.She scribbled down something and her signature on the sheet and then handed it back to the doctor."Please doctor, I plead that you do all within your power to save them both, they're al
Through some intervention Alex wasn't too sure about, Melissa had escaped hurting herself or her babies after she was attacked by Victoria.Fortunately for them both, Melissa didn't also lose her life in the hospital after they went there when she went into labor.Six years later ..."Mia, go upstairs this minute and get your two brothers down or they'll be late for school." Mia mimicked her mother. Mia and Melissa laughed at the same time."Mom, I mean I'm on a break but you have no idea that Roland and Jasper pretend to be asleep even when I scream. I didn't even do that when I was their age." Mia whined. She was now in Sophomore year and on a winter break but now, it sucked playing senior sister.Melissa smiled, "come on, they are your sweet little brothers. Now, why don't you go call them to join us for breakfast? I might convince your father to take us to the park today." "Okay Mother, I'll just get the apple pies from the oven on my way back," Mia said and smiled. Over the years
As Kristen walked into the room, he could hear no sound but the sounds of heavy breathing ... And he could perceive the smell of death hanging in the air.Yes, he had trusted his instincts and walked according to his intuition and this room was where it brought him.Kristen traced his hands on the wall and when he found the light switch, he turned on the lightThe sight that greeted his sight was dumbfounding yet, it had a lovely feeling attached to it. Kristen was glad about what he was seeing but he tried his best to pull off a grim expression."Hello there. Who would have thought that Alexander would be here, slitting Victoria's throat?" Kristen walked closer to Alex who stood still, observing him."You know, you don't look like you're on her side," Alex said and then went to some sink to wash his hands off the staining blood of Victoria."And neither am I on your side," Kristen said with a sour face before he chuckled and continued."You know, I must have been joking just now. Ther
Alex worriedly walked around the hospital lobby like he had lost his mind. Melissa had lost so much blood before they came to the hospital. Coupled with this fact, the doctor had told him that there was very little chance she could come out of the operation room alive.When the doctor told him that his baby's life and the life of Melissa were at risk, he had pleaded with the doctor to save the life of his wife. Not that he didn't care about the baby or anything. If he lost his mate, he wasn't sure if he was going to still keep sane.Melissa was just someone he couldn't bear to lose.Alex wiped his sweaty forehead with a handkerchief and by the time he dipped back into his pants pocket, a look of determination masked his face.He stared at the door of the room they had kept Melissa in and a deep sigh escaped his dry lips.Alexander's heart shook the more. He didn't want to be here when the doctor would give his report about Melissa's health status. It would be so disheartening and he ju
Today was Melissa's day for a check-up and right now she was sad that Alex didn't go to the hospital with her. Normally, she wouldn't have been feeling this way but it seemed that her pregnancy hormones were really kicking in badly.Melissa could have simply used one of Alexander's cars or even gone ahead to enter a cab but then, she wanted to walk for a few. At least she'd get to think a whole lot about her life and then her legs weren't going to be pretty swollen.Alex had warned her never to walk alone. She was to walk in the company of other wolves but today she had bribed one of those men Aled had hired qs driver's and personal bodyguards so they wouldnt even as much as escort her today.All of a sudden, a cream-colored Jaguar pulled up in front of her, making her to squint her eyes in concentration.Melissa didn't know why but it was as though she was getting lightheaded and seeing some colors she knew they didn't exist in the sky on a normal pregnant-free day.A group of men ju
Kristen stopped at some certain place and alighted from the car. Sophia alighted from the car, seeing that Kristen seemed to be in a hurry."I need you to be strong with whatever you're gonna hear in there. I didn't want you to come with me but you're one stubborn girlfriend." Kristen said and held her hand as they briskly walked in.Now inside the building, the first sight that came into view was a magnanimous conference room that made Sophia wonder if there were such rooms as big as this in the world."Stop the meeting, he is no heir of my father." An old man coughed and slowly cast his gaze to the entrance where Kristen stood with Sophia beside him. "You've been dethroned, young man, you have no rights here." The old man said and leaned back in his seat as though he was already tired. He was the executive head and the oldest man in the Shelvis Cooperation. He even had this company and mafia association built with Kristen's Father."I have evidence. Evidence to show that you all a
You're home now, I'll leave you to sleep and then I'll text you first thing tomorrow morning." Kristen whispered, kissed Sophia's forehead, and got up.He was in Sophia's house right now and it was almost night. He had a lot to do and he wasn't supposed to be here but Sophia was running a fever and he had to stay with her for a while.As he was about to move, Sophia's frail hands caught his in a grip and he wondered how she knew he was leaving. When he kissed her forehead just now, she was fast asleep."Please stay with me, I can't sleep without you," Sophia uttered with her eyes still closed.Kristen sat back down on the bed and after a while, Sophia fell asleep. He tried to sneak out of the room again, but he heard Sophia say another, "Please, Kristen, don't leave me. I feel so cold and lonely."Kristen shrugged and got under the covers with her. A night of cuddling with her was going to not harm right?Despite that he had a lot of things he wanted to do that night, he decided to sh
Sophia walked along the lonely hallway of Kristen's house and at some point she almost stumbled and fell but then, she helped herself by holding her weight against the supporting wall.Her friend, Anabelle had left and immediately after, the feeling of depression started kicking in. And just like before, it was damn hard to finish a task without the thoughts of Kristen occupying her mind. Was this really how destructive the power of love could be?It all started with something playful and now, it ended with him being this special person she couldn't get out of her mind.Sophia had no idea whether he was around or not, she had come here with a spare key he had given her in the past.All her mission was to come here and pour out all her heart to him. Tell him that he was the reason she couldn't sleep, eat, or do anything at all. She wanted to tell Kristen that he was leaving her breathless. He was in fact, the air that she breaths, and now that he was away, she was...suffocating.Meanwh
"I'm sorry, Melissa, but we couldn't just be like this forever. I just came to say that I'm sorry for everything that happened over the years." Melissa's mother, Lauren said and Melissa scoffed."How on earth do you want me to do, Lauren? You fucking saw that Dad abandoned us and then you had to leave too, huh?" By now, Melissa was already emotional."Babe, we should have this conversation inside the house," Alex said and touched Melissa's arm, causing her to calm down a bit."Please come in, Lauren." Alex invited her in and then waited for her to fully enter before he shut the door.Melissa's heartbeat and breathing increased and she felt the need to use the restroom.She got up and rushed out and then when she got there, she stared at herself in the mirror before. She splashed some water on her face, still not believing that she was experiencing what really lay out in the sitting room, waiting for her.Melissa really had a bad childhood. Her parents literally abandoned her. While he
Melissa watched Alex and Mia training from afar and she smiled. After Alex found out that she was pregnant, he began to treat her like she was some delicate egg.No matter how hard she had begged to train with them, Alex had refused. Saying that from then on, she was only allowed to do the warming-up exercise and nothing else."Hey, you thirsty?" Alex was beside her before she even blinked. Before she could get her mind wrapped around what was happening, Kristen stretched a can of water to her."I can feel it when you're thirsty.""Alex, can I ask you something?" Melissa made a face until Alex asked, "What's it that you want to ask?" Alex asked as he drank a little water. He had excused himself from the training grounds just to come to be with her. That was the thing with mates. They just couldn't stay apart from each other."I want to go home. I mean, I'll keep falling sick while I'm here and I can't bear the heat and stress. of this place. I suggest that you take me home and then y