Dave walked in and Kristen frowned hard, pretending he wasn't happy to see Dave, his best friend. The young man hadn't contacted him in a while now and he wanted to pretend he was still mad at him for that.He concentrated on the screen before him as he replayed the televised version of the competition Melissa participated in."You've been watching this video over and over again, what's going on, Kristen?" Kristen's friend, Dave asked and Kristen had to dodge his crazy friend getting a hold of the phone in his hand.He gave Dave a stern look. "Don't touch me.""Well, just wanted to drop by and enjoy a cup of coffee with you," Dave said but Kristen didn't even spare him a glance."Alright, what's going on? How's it been on your side?" Kristen asked and shook hands with Dave, shocking the hell out of Dave. Wasn't he the one mad at him just now?"You know why I don't trust you, Dave? the last time you came here, I was looking for a female worker." Kristen joked. In as much as Dave was r
In a dark, lonely, and seemingly endless passageway, Victoria wandered, trying her hands on the wall for any trace of a light bulb.Due to her fruitless venture, fear crept into her like a recoiling snake and she felt so helpless, she almost passed out, but somehow, she managed to stand on her two feet.An eerie silence that threatened to sweep her off her feet enveloped the atmosphere and she was at a loss of what to do.As if to add to her fear, the sound of approaching footsteps terrified her and made the hair at the back of her head, just near her neck, stand on end."I am your worst nightmare, Vic, you stole what belonged to me and now, you'd have to use your blood to make it up."A voice she recognized as Melissa spoke and continued in the animal-like approach. She wondered why the voice had to call her by her name for short, when everything in the dark passageway spelled danger, stealthily lurking near."Stop, whoever you are, stop!" She yelled, using all the energy left within
Melissa came home crying. If Alex knew he was going to do something like this, why didn't he let her lose the first time instead of letting her go to the international level and still not make it?Her soul was so sad, that she could not be consoled."You've been crying all along, what's wrong?" Kristen who had gone to the airport to pick her asked. Her eyes had been red and she had been shedding silent tears ever since."I went there and got the worst of luck I've ever had in my life. I lost Kristen when I was supposed to win." She turned to Kristen.He couldn't bear seeing her in tears, so he draped his hand around her shoulder and handed her a handkerchief."What happened over there? If you were supposed to win, then why didn't you?""I don't know..." She shook her head pitifully, then quickly added "It's Alexander, he got the panel cooked up against me even before I got there and I couldn't win."She hiccuped, then wiped her tears and snort with the handkerchief he gave her.Kriste
Alexander was in a pool of thoughts he found difficult to escape. He knew he hated Melissa but at the same time, he couldn't let anyone do anything intimate with him like they did in the past.He was still deep in thought when his phone rang, disrupting his deep meditation."Hello." He put the phone closer to his ear."Alex, we have a date today, I'm already at the venue, waiting for you."Alex didn't know what to respond with. He had told her to go on a date with him and now she was fully prepared. For his name's sake, he knew he couldn't back down. Anyway, if she tried any of her seducing skills, then he was sure to leave the place.Victoria was eating and chatting away as he stared at her with a fake smile dancing on his lips. To her, he was present on that date, but yet, he was far gone and she didn't know it."The potatoes are well fried and I like the chicken. Many people do like sweet and sour cream, do you?" Victoria asked but he wasn't there with her."Yeah, huh?" He asked wh
The day and weekend Clara, Kristen's Mum asked him to come and pay the visit, and Kristen didn't know what to do.Not like he was confused but he didn't want anything depressing him after."Hello, son, I hope you know you shouldn't forget the appointment that we have?"He frowned in concentration."I'll be there today."He wondered if Melissa saw the news about the both of them. Maybe not, because if she had seen it, she would have come around to talk about it with him.Hopefully, that was no longer the trending news because Dave had helped him with the media.He wondered if he would be brave enough to face his mother and brother who want nothing else but his downfall.He wished their father was alive because if he was, then Clara wouldn't even dare imagine the kind of thing as to make him switch positions with his brother.He could remember when he saved Clara years ago from the cold hands of death that were clawing at her throat.An enemy mafia organization that hated the success of
"Can I see the manager of this place?" Alex demanded hotly. Anyone who saw his face would know that he was being serious."She is busy right now, sir, could you please come back an hour later when she'll be ready." Catherine, one of the workers said with a slightly lowered tone than his, yet he was unable to notice she was pleading."No, I must see her now." He demanded more fiercely."But sir...." Catherine was trying to make him reason with her when Melissa cut her short, she knew Alex more than everyone else at the Best restaurant, and he wasn't giving up any time soon."Catherine, please take over from where I stopped," Melissa said, pulled her hand gloves, and handed them over to Catherine, the lady who was serving customers.Melissa was helping to prepare dough for today's snack when she started hearing loud arguments from outside and she decided to intervene."What do you want from me? Say what you want quickly so I can go back to my duties." Melissa said walking out of earshot
After they disengaged from the hug, Victoria drew back and cleaned her tears, then, again, she stared at Hermes for a while as different thoughts ran through her head."What about the Kristen guy, what did you find on him," Victoria asked, all expectant about the answer he was about to give her."He is who you think he is and he is living with her. He loves her with his heart."Hermes said and Victoria raised an eyebrow, twirled her hair around her finger, and bit her lips."Come to think of it, why is it that this bitch always got the big shots?" She asked and narrowed her eyes.******"You called me here.""Yeah, uhm, can I ask you for a favor?" Melissa's eyes were pleading and almost teary."What's that?, you know I could do anything for you," Amanda replied and smiled."I...I need you to cast a spell for me.""What?" Amanda's smile turned to a frown as she stared at Melissa like she had two heads."I know I'm a witch but I can't just use my powers to do anything or it'll be withdr
Kristen rhythmically stamped his feet on the floor as he checked his wristwatch for time from time to time.The anonymous lady who had sent a message to him had not yet arrived.Then all of a sudden, a lady appeared in front of him and took a sit opposite him.She had brunette hair that was tied neatly in a ponytail and brightly red lips.She looked calm but somehow, she also looked like someone who would cause trouble if need be."Who are you?" He asked her, his expression concealed because of the dark shades he wore."That's not important. What's important is what I want to discuss with you." Victoria said, locking gazes with Kristen "That's the reason we are here in the first place, so what's that?" Kristen asked, he needed her to convince him he didn't get to come here in vain and go straight to the point."I was thinking we had something in common." She thinned her lips and looked away."Can you be clear with that?" He asked. He had no much time on his side."Someone has been ta
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