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
Restless, Melissa paced about the hospital lobby, waiting for the doctor to resurface and give her the final verdict on Alexander's condition.Amanda had said to get Alex to the hospital but one thing Melissa didn't understand was why she didn't make use of her magic.Sighting a seated Amanda, Melissa walked up to her and stood just in front of her."Amanda, what do you think would be the worst that could happen to Alex?" Melissa asked, worry written all over her face.Then before Amanda could speak, Melissa asked again."Why didn't you use your magic to heal him, Alex could have been better now." Her eyebrows shot up and her worried emotions were at their peak."He is an Alpha, Melissa, and healing an Alpha sometimes requires so much energy. And then, the moon goddess didn't create us to use our energies all the time." Amanda said and half smiled. Melissa wasn't the least aware that she had used most of her sorcery energy to cure Alex when he had a heavy fall.At that moment, Killian
Victoria balled her hands into tight fists as she tried struggling against the unmoving cage. If she stayed there a week more, then, she was surely going to lose her mind. Far from it, she didn't want to lose her mind and that was the reason she needed to get out of there as soon as she could."That bastard." Victoria cursed, this time not under her breath but out loud. Hermes perhaps, had stayed with her for so long that he knew what could make her insane. Exactly! Hermes knew that keeping her in a cage was dangerous to her health. Especially when all she wanted to do was wreak havoc and scratch the hands that held her down.Victoria tugged harshly at her hair and then bit down on her trembling lower lip. She looked disheveled, almost like someone with a mental health issue all because she had been thinking for the past two weeks about how to escape from the prison she was kept in.None of her men who worked for her knew she was in here, nobody knew that Hermes held her hostage. Ho
In the almost early silent hospital room, Alex coughed gently before opening his eyes. He squeezed his eyes shut almost immediately as he tried to adjust to the bright light of the room.The slight headache hit him and he forced open his eyes while slowly rising from the bed. The moment his feet touched the floor, the only name in his mind and lips surfaced, "Melissa."He called as he looked around the room only for his confused eyes to discover that she was nowhere there.Alex wanted to call Melissa's name the second time but out of nowhere, Killian appeared."How do you feel? Are you okay now? I already called the doctor." The moment Killian touched his forehead, Alex slapped his hand away. "Did Melissa never come here?" Alex asked, hoping that it wouldn't be the case that she didn't even care at all. It was going to break his heart in pieces if he figured out that it was a stranger who rescued him and brought him to the hospital."She got you here but...." Killian wasn't done expl
"What the fuck is wrong with you, Alex? What are you going to do to yourself?" Melissa asked while shaking her head in disbelief.Blinking her eyes rapidly, Melissa fidgeted and ran around confused. Alex had just sent a message saying that he was at the cliff overseeing the famous Mississippi River and if she didn't come in thirty minutes, he was going to fall off the cliff and die.With trembling hands, Melissa brought out her phone, unblocked Alex, and placed a call across to him.His phone was switched off and she knew she had no option.She could choose to block her heart from him and forget him forever at this time but she knew within herself that she wasn't going to be able to do that.He was going to die. The love of her life was going to die and she was going to live with the consciousness that she was the reason for his death for the rest of her life.She rushed into her living room like someone who had lost her mind and frantically searched for where she usually kept her car
"Why haven't you been picking up my calls? Come on, Melissa, that's not fair!" Amanda matched into Melissa's house like she owned the place.Now in the living room, she stood in a place and observed the environment. Then, she went ahead to strained her ears to listen carefully.Everywhere was as silent as a grave and even a pin drop could be heard. As Amanda slowly climbed up the stairs, she could hear the sound of a lady whimpering and hiccuping as she cried.Amanda strained her ears further and that was when she picked up the sound from the side where it was coming from. She moved to her left and right there was the room. As she got closer, to sobbing sound became more audible, and then, without waiting for anyone, she pushed open the door and let herself in.Melissa was all alone, curled against a corner all by herself and crying her eyes out.By the swollen eyes and the eyebags under her eyes, it was evident that Melissa had been crying and she hadn't slept for weeks."Whatever i
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