"Where am I?" Alexander asked, squinting his eyes and trying to adjust it to the new environment.The smell of disinfectant and medicine kissed his nose and that was when it dawned on him that he was in the hospital."Melissa!" Frightened for Melissa's safety, Alex gasped. He could remember the last place he was at was the warehouse. He could remember that he had searched for Melissa but hadn't seen her. He could remember running in his wolf form to escape the blazing fire that threatened to burn him to death."Does it torment you, huh?" A sharp Victoria's voice greeted his ears. She snarled."What are you doing here? Where's Melissa? Did anything happen to her?" Alex asked all at once while jerking up at the same time."I don't do and tell and even I don't give a fuck what's happened to her. How about I send you to the grave to meet her since she's all you care about." Victoria said and smiled cynically. Her gaze swept across the glass floor-to-ceiling window and back to Alex as a da
Ellen raised her eyebrows, impatiently waiting for him to answer her. "You said you'd do anything I asked." She held up her cheeks."Call for the meeting, I'll resign.""You're lucky you're not like your father, ambitious and all...." Ellen said, sucked in a deep breath, and smiled. At least she had accomplished what she had wanted to for years now. Had it been that she had known that getting rid of Kristen from the organization only meant dealing with Melissa, then, she would have done it a long time ago."And there's just one more thing, I need to ask for."Kristen kept quiet and Ellen took it that he had given her consent. As though she was already prepared for the transfer of title documents, she pushed a paper and a pen to him."Sign right here.""What! you want my Island?" The Island was one of his biggest investments and now his mother wanted it. How powerful did she want to become?"Yes. That's the last I'm asking of you. Do it now or lose Melissa." She said and sneered."L
Kristen restlessly paced about the room Melissa was in. She was lying helplessly on the bed, her entire feature bandaged.Kristen tried to contain his passion but it seemed as though the more he did that, the more he just couldn't.He squatted next to Melissa and caressed her fingers. "For your sake, I promise to deal with my familiar. I'll spare no one, not even my mother." Mia was still in the house with his caregivers and she wouldn't just stop asking after her mother.What she did was expected of a little child who hadn't seen her mother in weeks but as much as he assured Mia, he felt guilty it was because of his family that all these had to happen.After leaving a kiss on her forehead, he left the place to a less busy place in the hospital.Pulling his phone from his pocket, he placed the phone next to his ear."Am I unto my private investigator?" Kristen asked, sounding a bit impatient."Good day, sir." The lady greeted with a smile on her face but that smile quickly disappear
Alexander stared at his hand once again, and he groaned in pain. Not only did Amanda treat him with the potion, but she also performed acupuncture for him after that.Today, she simply did the acupuncture and left. She had inserted the needles and according to her, she inserted it in his tissues just so his body could relax and heal completely from the fall.When he had asked her how come she knew about acupuncture, she had told him that this time, she learned it from her grandfather. Her grandfather, she said had taught her about acupuncture which was of Chinese origin. Amanda had said that the pins, when inserted carefully could bring about rapid healing but when done wrongly could be very disastrous.Alex began removing the pins and with each pin he removed, he groaned in pain."Victoria, Victoria, Victoria. You fucking did this to me huh? Then I'mma show you the real me." This he said while gritting his teeth. The moment he was done plucking the pins out, he poured himself a gla
Alex walked closer to the old woman that he and Victoria had just called 'mother'."Is this a joke, how come you're alive? You died with your father in the war." He pointed out.Victoria used that opportunity in which he was distracted and stood up on her feet. She staggered back while nursing her neck. Thanks to the goddess she pulled this off or she would have been dead meat.Victoria raised her eyebrows as she wondered how Alex was in close proximity to the supposedly dead old woman.Funny she forgot he was the Alpha of Blue Crest pack and he wasn't supposed to exhibit any form of weakness unless he had no Alpha blood in him."Damn! Why the fuck did I spare you? Luck must have been on your side else this would have been your end." Alex squinted his eyes as he turned back and stared at Victoria who was now on her feet.Right before his eyes, the old lady figure in front of him had transformed into a male he knew very much just as he was about to touch the old lady.It was Hermes aga
Alex got down on his knees in front of Melissa's bed and clasped his hands together while bowing his head in shame.His lips trembled and once a gain, he felt helpless.Melissa was getting better. She already regained consciousness although she could only move around in a wheelchair. It was not that she was crippled but the doctors thought it better to let her move around with the wheelchair since she was still weak from the fire accident and whatever Kristen's mother had made her go through.That wasn't exactly the problem for Alexander. The problem was that Melissa didn't even want to see him around her. This was his fourth time seeing her and yet, she had her face turned to the other side.And now her silence sickened his heart. Three days ago when he came to the hospital, he met Melissa but the moment she saw him, her eyes turned icy cold. "Melissa, how are you feeling." He had asked with a voice laden with emotion but Melissa's reply shocked him.She repeatedly pressed the butt
"Mia, I've missed you baby, come to mommy." Melissa spread her arms as she embraced Mia who she had just seen right then after a long stay in the hospital."Mommy, you're back home. You were so sick and you left me alone." Mia pouted as feigned sadness."All that matters is that I'm here for you baby, you ain't gonna miss me again," Melissa said and kissed both sides of her cheeks.Kristen cleared his throat and Mia turned towards his direction, and recognizing him, ran towards him."Daddy!" Her arms almost went round his thigh. She had now grown a little too tall for her age.Mia had been so engrossed in the fact that her mother had returned that she didn't even remember Kristen was standing there earlier. Kristen patted her head and carried her up. "Good girl." He cooed and Mia pecked his cheeks.He brought Mia down and when he glanced at Melissa, she had a strange look on her face. "I'll go make us all dinner." He said, trying to clear the tense air.The dinner was eaten in silen
Melissa tightly pressed her fingers against her lips as she fought back tears.She ran around in a frenzy, trying to call for help but there was no one in the place.As she raised her phone to her ear to call someone for help, she decided against it. She feared that he'd drown even before she could save him. She could swim but what she wasn't sure she could do was bear his weight."Alex! Hold on tight, okay?" She yelled her voice laden with concern."Hello, there is an emergency, and I'm at the pools."Melissa kept her phone aside and dived into the water, hoping she would be able to do what she wanted by saving Alexander.As she tried to fetch him from the debt of the deep pool, his weight wearied her. She would go up to the surface after spending barely seconds inside the water.After numerous failed attempts, she figured out Alex was going to die if she didn't do anything."Somebody help!" But her voice wasn't heard by anyone. Then she regretted not stopping him before he jumped in
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