“I’m worried about Elizabeth’s health” Asher muttered. He was seated by the high rocks, overseeing their lands with his Beta by his side who only turned to stare back at him, wishing he could elaborate further. “I don’t know if the medication Eva have her is working but the attack keeps getting worst” “Maybe you should take her to the city for a proper check up” Alex suggested and Asher’s head snapped at his direction. “No will do. It’s not like she is sick but the baby is trying to get used to her, hence the pain” Alex shrug, “Well then, I guess it’s no big a deal. Eva will make sure she doesn’t have anymore complications” Asher sighed, before speaking again. “I think too much stress is adding to her issue as well” Alex gave him a knowing look, “Whose fault is that?” “I had sex with Kara and Elizabeth got jealous and hit her on the face” Asher blurted. “Wait, what now?” Alex shirked and Asher simply shrug. “Yes she did and boy, I can’t believe I’m saying this but I was kin
Morning came quicker than expected with Beth waking up to find Asher still holding on to her just as tightly. She tried to untangle from him but he only snuggled even closer with incoherent words erupting his parted mouth. She let out a deep sigh and tried again but he held on even tighter. “Come on, Asher. I need to pee right now” She grumbled and heard him groan but still did not let go. “Let me go right now or I’m going to freaking pee on the bed” She threatened before letting go and even jumped off the bed she quickly struggled back on her feet. “You really have no chills” He murmured. Beth snorted at him and kept looking for her slippers. She sighed in relief when she finally found it and slipped her feet into it. “Hold on” Asher called at her, halting her as well. Asher stride over to where she stood with furrowed brow before sweeping her into his arms and began matching towards the bathroom. Instead of protesting, she clung onto his chest with another sigh. Her bladder
Her shoulders looked visibly tense with eyes completely casted to the floor as she stood before the council of elders. Asher wasn’t far off either as he stood with a rather bored expression. No one has said a word since they both walked in, even though they were talking among themselves before they arrived. Her eyes darted towards the elders and immediately locked eyes with elder Marcus, his eyes were as cold and dark just like she remembered as he sat watching her as though he could smell fear dripping off her. She couldn’t place it but she had a feeling that Elder Marcus knew more than he was showing. It showed in the way his eyes moved between her and Asher before his jaw clenched even more. She shifted her weight from one foot to the next and Asher seem to notice her discomfort before he reached over and pulled out a chair and asked her to seat on it. “Thank you” She told him with a small smile and elder Marcus cleared his throat loudly, getting everyone else attention as wel
Livid at what they had said, Asher went running into the woods in his wolf form.His mind was in great turmoil as he thought about what the council of elders had said. Did they really think that he would kill Elizabeth as soon as she delivers?Elizabeth didn’t deserve death and he was going to make sure she didn’t die. Despite his initial stand in the matter, now he knows how wrong he has been trying to make her pay for her father’s sin.For someone who has been through the cruelest of moment, She still held him close when he was at his lowest. He would never forget how she took care of him when he was at the point of death.Her strength and care for him was second to none and he would never forget everything she had done for him. He let out a howl into the forest, long and hard. So much so that it was enough to scare off birds perching at tree topsAsher was beyond confused. On one hand, he knew that disobeying the council of elders' instructions would be a very terrible thing to do
Asher, upon returning to the room, was quite surprised when he couldn’t find Elizabeth in bed. It was odd that she wasn’t in because he didn’t quite expect that she would be out, especially after hearing what the council of elders had to say about her.He shut the door quietly before walking further into the room. His eyes looking around as he tried to find out where she might be. There was no indication that anything was amiss which just left him feeling confused on her where about.“Elizabeth?” Asher called but got no response.He was met with a stiff silence that filled him with a sense of foreboding. Something was definitely wrong but for the life of him, he couldn’t quite place a finger on what it was.He made his way towards the bathroom, knocking lightly at the closed door to see if she was in there taking a shower but he was met with more silence. He pushed it open and found it empty.“Could she have ran away?’’ Asher muttered with a frown.He walked back into the room, confu
“ I want to see Elizabeth” Asher pressed even more. “Calm down man” Alex murmured from where he stood beside him. He knew Asher had a violent temper but this was getting out of hand. He had a feeling that it was due to the fact that the elders already had him in a bad state and a little bit of push can just push him over the edge and so far, Eva seem to be doing just that. “Tell him already, Eva” Alex couldn’t help but snapped. Asher arched a brow, his eyes narrowing even more at Eva. “Is she dead?” “What? No, of course not. She is not but she’s in a very critical condition” Eva sighed. That stopped Asher in his tracks. He stared at Eva as if seeing her for the first time as she tried to understand what she had just said. “How do you mean?” “When Elizabeth collapsed, she fell on the wrong side of her stomach which might have affected the baby in her womb” Eva said, solemnly and Asher eyes widen. He never knew it was this bad. All he was thinking was that, it was probably her
Asher grabbed whatever clothes he could lay his hands on and quickly returned to the clinic and not once did he moved away as he stood by the door all through the night, monitoring Elizabeth's health. He knew deep down in his heart that she would pull through but still, he couldn’t help but worry about her. If only he could do as his Beta has suggested, Asher thought with a sigh. He truly wish he could get her out but he knew it was too late and it’s not because he couldn’t do it. A part of him wanted to do it. Another part of him knew, he'd be letting go of everything he was starting to feel and he doesn’t know if he can do that.This isn’t about him or Elizabeth anymore. It was more than that. A little life was on the way and he would be damn if he threw the possibility of seeing a child of his born outside that camp.Not even in his wildest dream did he imagined he'd come to care for a Lincoln bloodline and hell, he really tried not to feel an ounce of guilt whenever she is invo
Asher was startled awake by a tap on his shoulder. He had fallen asleep the previous night on the chair. His muscles ached and his shoulders were stiff due to the fact that he had literally sat all through the night before dozing at some point.Eva sighed, staring at his stressed man who sat before her eyes. She could vividly remembered when he was only a little boy. How much he loved to play by the lake and Now, he was shouldering a lot of responsibility that was seemingly too much for him.“Sorry I woke you up” Eva apologized with a smile.“Its okay. I didn’t want to doze off, I guess I just did” Asher replied, rubbing off the aches at the back of his neck. Eva replied with a nod.“How is she?’’ Asher asked.His eyes held a hopeful glint as he stared back at her, one that Eva hadn’t seen for a very long time now which also made her realized just how much he cared for her.“She woke up in the early hours of this morning but is sleeping right now’’ she said.“Really?, that’s uhm, gr
It has been a month since the shooting incident with Bradley Lincoln. How everyone survived that day was a miracle. A miracle that got Asher’s men arriving on time and saving them both before they were ridden with silver bullet from his gun.For a moment, Elizabeth thought they were really going to die as she saw her life flashed before her very eyes but after all the shot were fired out and she was still safely wrapped in Asher's embrace, she knew she was still breathing and alive so she cried.She cried so hard, firstly because the man she thought was her father even though he had showed her too many times that he wasn’t had killed her mother and was going to kill her too. Nothing could be more messed up than that.As she stood beside his unconscious body that night and coughing out blood, she saw no remorse in the eyes of the dying man still. Even his last words still echo in her head."I will never forgive…" he couldn't complete his statement as he died on the spot and choking on
Beth opened her eyes slowly and groaned. A sudden migraine starting to hit her. She tried to make use of her hands but she was unable to move them. She opened her eyes fully and noticed she was now in a much darker room.She tried to wriggled her hands again but it seemed something was holding it back, prompting her to glance back at the new set of chains holding her to two pillars.“Damn that monster” She snarled under her breath in utter realization. It was none other than Bradley’s doing.She was about to yell for him when she noticed she was not the only one in the room as she could hear pain whimper coming from the corner."Is anyone here?" Beth asked but as usual, her echo replied to her instead but it didn’t stop her as she was certain she wasn’t alone.From the cracked walls, she could see another being had also been chained beside her and from all indication, it was a male being.His head was hanging low and she was unable to get a glimpse of his face but something tells he
“What did he ever did to you? Just what! You fucking killed his pregnant mate and you stand here to talk about the pain he ever caused you? Are you ducks insane?” Elizabeth couldn’t help but yelled at him." You're the real monster and I hate to think that at some point in my life I ever called you father!" Beth yelled angrily and Bradley let out a chuckle.“You are no daughter of mine, Elizabeth. And what I did to that monster was nothing compared to what his uncle did to me” Her eyes narrowed at his out burst.*What are you talking about?”The older man took a few steps closer, his eyes now fixed at the one seated before him but he made no attempt to touch her, instead he came to a pause before her, his head slightly tilted to the side to stare at the fading scar around her neck.“You got marked already?”She gave a shrug, “Asher is my mate so yes, we were going to make it official before you showed up and ruin it all so I’m warning you to take me back before its too late”"You’re
Elizabeth's eyelids parted ways rather slowly before she let out a yawn and tried to turn or stretch but she noticed she found difficulty in doing that. Her hands and feet were bind together in an uncomfortable way, restricting her from doing so.With her eyes darting around in panic, she noticed she was no longer in the ceremonial room but someplace strange and unfamiliar. The room itself small and completely dim. Only a ray of light was filtering in through the glass window."Where the hell am I? Where is Asher and every other person?" Beth asked herself as she tried pulling herself into a sitting position on the wooden bed she was placed on."What happened to me?" Beth asked confusingly and just then, memories from the previous night start to floor back into her mind and she let out a gasp.The last thing she could remember was kicking Asher out of her room before the ceremony only to be confronted by his presence again, at least that was what she thought when she heard shuffling
“He took her. He fucking took her from me”"What is the problem? Did anything happen to Beth?" Alex asked as he watched Asher squeezed the piece of paper between his palm."Oh my God! I knew it. I knew something terrible has happened" Izzy let out in panic as she continued to gasp with tears in her eyes. Alex quickly gathered her into his arms before she could crumble to the floor.“Asher will get her back so put yourself together, Izzy. We will get her back” Alex assured her and she nodded even though she was still far from putting herself together."where were you when Beth was taken away? I thought I asked you to stay by her side at all times?" "I’m sorry Alpha but I didn’t mean to leave her even for a second but she wanted me to make sure the baby was fine and I just left” Izzy said as her tears began trickling down her cheeks."Where is my Son?" Asher suddenly asked as he turned to face them, his dark eyes even darker as he stared at both his Beta and Izzy."What?” She croaked o
Asher moved closer but Beth stepped backwards then paused, her lips twisting slightly."What's the matter? Is everything okay with you?" Asher asked softly, studying Beth closely as he continued to advance towards her."Don't tell me you broke in through the window?" "Yes I did, I missed you badly and decided to come and check on you." Asher said and Beth released a breath she never knew she had been holding in."You're so unbelievable Asher, I got scared and thought it was some intruder." Beth said.Asher filled up the space between them and pulled her into his arms with a sigh escaping his own mouth."Even if it was the intruder, I will come to your rescue.?" Asher said with a chuckle before pulling away slightly to stare at Beth's cute face."I am okay, just missing you and Sam. Have you seen him?" "Yeah, Izzy is really taking good care of him." "I am relieved seeing you. I can't still come to believe that we are finally getting married." Beth said smiling widely and Asher kiss
"Just give me the chance to see her and ask for forgiveness, I have really wronged her and I would be at ease if she forgives me." "Okay, you can see her. Alex will go with you," he said with a nod and Alex obeyed immediately. "She must have decided to change as Beth guessed." Asher thought as he watched them leave his sight. Alex had a grime look in his eyes as he took her to Beth's room and left so they could have space to talk freely. Kara knocked softly on the door,"Who is it?" "It's me Kara" She replied hesitantly and there was total silence after that before she heard footsteps heading towards the door and she took a step back and waited.Beth opened the door slowly and was surprised to see Kara with a few of her bags. "Can I come in?" Kara asked politely and Beth couldn't help but narrowed her eyes further at her .At the back of her mind, she wondered why Kara of all people is being polite to her? "Sure… sure you can," Beth stuttered and Kara walked in."I know you're
°°later that Night °°Beth lay in between Asher’s arm, her face buried into his side as he wrapped a protective arm around her small frame, holding her to his large body."So what happened next?" Beth asked, enjoying the story Asher was telling her about his late wife, Macy.Asher let out a sigh, not sure if he wanted to continue telling her about his late wife but somehow talking about everything that had happened had somehow gotten them close."Macy didn’t deserve to die the way she did. She was the sweetest and most selfless I have never met and your father took that from me." Asher said and Beth sighed before peering into his face."Why haven't you gotten him all these while? Is he really that invisible?" Beth asked curiously."Your father is a wise and cunning man, he can't keep running away from me forever. I will surely get to his hideout one day." Asher said and exhaled."Let's stop talking about him, I get sick hearing about matters related to him. Let us talk about us and ou
“You can do anything you put your mind into, Elizabeth. Just remember everything I have told you and you are a step to winning” Asher said and offered her his hand and she took hold of it. Without much as a warning, she pulled him back down and Asher landed on the floor beside her.Asher let out a chuckle at the unexpected reaction.“I guess you were paying attention”“You bet I was. Now let spar once more” Beth suggested, getting back on her feet and Asher did same while she quickly got into position.°° Day of the fight °°The arena of the fight was already crowded when she walked in with Izzy by her side, her eyes met with Asher's and the latter nodded positively. "I didn’t think you would come but since you are already here, I have an offer for you so it's better to grab this opportunity now before it's too late. Withdraw from the fight right now and I will give you a chance to become Asher's mistress." Kara whispered behind Beth and the latter smiled.“How about you take that sa