OLIVIA'S POV As we got out of the car, my gaze pinned him with insistence, as every question that had been with me melted away into one single heartbeat that came out of my heart with a loud thud. In a way I had managed to slip into the black dress, till then I had noticed how dressed up he was, I had been overwhelmed by my anger and anxiety that I had not noticed how properly he was well dressed. "Who are we expecting?" I asked. He chuckled at my comment, and all I could do was smile as I headed outside, lifting my skirts and watching my feet as I carefully made my way out of the car down the shore of the ocean. I was chastising my heart for beating so loudly, beating in such a way that I was certain he could hear every single one of it from where he was. "Really, I need to know what is all this about?" I turned to him asking. "Why don't you wait to find out." He muttered. Curiosity has always
OLIVIA'S POVOUR story was just about starting…Those words got everything that had to do with me, and he didn't even need to express more than he didI could understand every bit of what he was trying to say, the gravity behind his weighing words in the depth of my mind.If I was thinking this would be the end of everything then I was most definitely wrong as the end seemed far away.Almost like the stars in the sky as we sat aboard the plane the next night flying back home.A lot appeared to have changed over that cause of time and at the same time, so many things were left unchanged by time.I felt the cold air breeze past us as we made way past the border, in a way I still felt tipsy from everything as all I and Nate had been doing since after the wedding was having sex all day and drinking our asses off.At that moment I was so tipsy that I would have exchanged alcohol for water.I was never one that drank too much as it tends to loosen my tongue, to the point I feared what I wo
NATHANIEL'S POVTwo days later…Everyone desires a sense of belonging, and in a way, I could understand everything from her perspective.It was a natural desire by everyone—A desire by every man to know he is wanted and desired at any given point.It was not the same for my wife and the mother of my child, Olivia —As she seemed to be missing that extra piece that fitted her rightfully into the pack.I could sense every bit of it from her reaction, the truth was I was filled with anxiety as well, I was filled with it, but it was the last thing I would have loved to display for her to see.There was this fear for her acceptance, her survival, and succession in the pack, and If I had thought the answers to those questions would come quickly I was definitely wrong.I had been standing in my personal living room in the castle, and no one had called yet to ask about the mysterious woman bearing my mark on her left neck and a baby who appeared not to be pure blood.Of course, they had looked
BRIANNA'S POV I don't know how he did it but each time he kissed me I felt different on each and every, it seemed as though he had learnt the mastery of my lips, the way he nibbled on it slowly taking his time to adore each as my soul was enveloped into his. With his heartbeats against mine, it felt like we could do that all day, kiss till all that was left of our souls was emptiness floating far away into the wayward wind as we were obsessed with ourselves- Till we both can't exist by ourselves rather than till we coexist into one body, despite sharing different souls. Soon I lost my fear of someone walking in on us, I lost my fear of having to deal with the whole of his pack. All I wanted at that moment was Nathaniel and him alone. He filled in those spaces in my heart that were filled with doubts, fear and anxiety. Ugh…He sounded when I bit his lips a bit as he tasted red, looking deep into his eyes all I could se
OLIVIA POV I had just one word for the sex we had and it was— Best sex ever. It was hard remembering the last time I had felt so much passion, felt so much desired and wanted by a person and he had made me feel every bit of it, both wanted and desired. He laid beside my as sunlight creeped into the room, naked and heaving slowly like a fucking king. He was one anyways, the king over all these people… I rolled out of the bed and stood in front of the mirror, straightening out my hair that had become ruffled through the night. "Good morning love." I heard from over my shoulders and turned to look at him. Before I could reply he moved to the closet in milliseconds speed and back. It was so fast I wouldn't have noticed that he had done that. "What?" He asked, shrugging as he stood after getting the laces to his shoe done. "Going somewhere?" I queried. He got closer and k
OLIVIA'S POVWas there a better way to feel pain? Most certainly not.I felt a single bit of it in my heart that thudded loudly within my chest as if forcing it way out of me, as much as I had wanted to believe this piece of information it wasn't so, it was hard to believe that this just happened.Jane sat watching me deep in tears, and I couldn't think of a better way to comfort her.How can I?Telling her that I felt this same pain would be absolutely out of it ."What happened?" I asked if I was still able to comprehend the fact that she had lost her child."I don't know I just felt this kind of pain, then-"She cut herself off and broke down into tears again.I could tell that every bit of the unsaid world was getting to her, I could feel that stiffness around my lungs as well as that cane whenever I felt paint.An unfamiliar ache began in my chest. I wanted to share everyth
OLIVIA'S POVDeath and the experience of losing a loved one was something I couldn't get over with, neither can anyone because it was a part of life .Like memories it filled my mind, I had tried to think less about every single person that died thus far, from Mike till the fetus in Jane's womb.I left with a fact that this death no matter how prematurely it looked or no matter the circumstances surrounding it each and every one of it had been definite.Despite all that, I had to say that the way it stole life away from our mere grip was quite remarkable.All this feeling left me with one deep down in my mind, nibbling away in its corner was a fact that nothing was really dead when you looked at it right.Time could be death's greatest ally right from human to dust, fire to ashes — I could feel weak thinking about it, exposing my mind to the existence of death but I had seen enough for me to believe, now I had to stop it.Jane on her path had met with her own grief, the lost of h
OLIVIA'S POV."YOU know your father has made you the top of his blacklist." She muttered.I looked around at the room trying to remember how long it had been there.It was quite a replica of mine and in a way I missed my room back at home and not my family.I ran my fingers over the table trying to fantasize about everything, closing my eyes. I could picture being back in my room.The scent of incense, the color, the crystal ball, the spell book everything.It was a reminder of what my life used to be and that last time I had ever been this close to all of this was a year ago.I closed my eyes feeling the aura of the room being emitted again through me, I let the energy loss through me in the room till-"Olivia." Jane called my name as she stared at me blankly.In a way I could understand that it would be hard for her to understand all of this.She faltered at my sudden change of mood, looking around the room I realized that we were all alone."where is she?" She asked, realizing Ar
NATHANIEL POV.It was written in the stars that all of this would happen, meeting Olivia falling in love, running …but at times in life, there is always a twist .That twist—that moment when the unexpected happens and this was just that point in life.When Jane had told us everything, it was shocking to everyone that had listened.I could never have been more proud about this period in time, this time when for once in the race we had an upper hand.Her father was never going to see one coming—Wizard, Warlock or whatever he is—this was beyond what would ever happen.The moon glowed upon us full in all its glory overhead from where we stood. It was the moment we had been waiting for all this while as we trooped out.Two vans drove behind the SUV that was driven by the only one among us that had a sound mind —Alexis.To Her father her was leading me to right where he wanted, but that plan had been turned in my favor and was coming right after him."Take the right turn." Jane leaned in o
OLIVIA'S POVI reopened my eyes again, realizing I was still in this place. What exactly do they want from me? They took my son, now they are doing the same thing to me.I was tied against a chair and I tried hard to fight against the ropes used to tie me tightly. I didn't even have an inch to move my hands from the position it has been tied, the way the rope was tied so tightly.I looked around and realized the room was still the same way, dark with someone sitting at the corner. I gritted my teeth as I saw him sitting there, looking at me with an evil smirk on."So you're finally awake again." He said and I acted like I didn't even see him there. It was obvious he wasn't the one behind this. I can't believe the oh so mighty him was working for someone.It would be believable if I didn't know the kind of man he was. He must have something to gain in return. I heard the creaking sound of the door and I looked at the door.A feminine figure stepped into the room and for once I didn't w
NATHANIEL'S POVThe Good thing about everything was that it touched me in a way that I had never been touched and changed me.It changed my mindset and everything that came with it and left me with this insane mind.I paced around the room, my footsteps hard across the floor. My mind was not in the right frame to think straight. I paced back and forth the parameters of the room, Olivia had always talked about auras and I had taken it as a joke on those few occasions.But not this time…The whole aura was telling me Something was not right, I could feel it.I had taken my wolf on a run twice, pacing the wood in my half animal state but all that had done for me was to increase incessantly the pace at which my heart was going at.How could I deal with all of this?How could I deal with the madness that was roaming through my mind?I had gotten this feeling twice in my entire life: The night my father died and the night we trailed Olivia and Jane.Staring out at the vastness of the univer
OLIVIA'S POVFar away from home, in the gutter and slumps of the underworld I could feel my shoulder retracting back into my body, slowly I gained consciousness again looking round at the now empty room.One would hear my heart beat even from a mile away.I felt a sharp pain from somewhere in my head and as I reached instinctively to where I felt the pain was coming from, I noticed I was restrained.Fuck…I had done everything without thinking venturing into this place that was enough to be called a den of death, it was frustrating for me as well as other things that were roaming through my mind.Naive…that was what I felt like, a part of me wished I had told him before leaving but I knew what he would have said, he most probably would have said something about us waiting and acting later.I didn't have that much patient in me, and in a way it had resulted in this.I tried to get away from the chair but saw that my father or perhaps one of his guards had done a good job with the rope
OLIVIA'S POVI felt like dying at this point, knowing that my son was out there in the hands of a monster.Who knows what they're doing to him? Is he being tortured? What do they want? Why haven't they asked for ransom yet?This is getting scarier than ever and it's so unfortunate that I can't do anything to salvage this matter."Hey, you have to calm yourself down, take it easy on yourself, our son would return safely into our hands" Nathaniel uttered as he placed his hands on my shoulders."You seem so sure about it, heads up first we don't know who took our son, secondly we don't know where he is, thirdly the police we called haven't found him yet? And lastly we don't know what the poor lad is going through in the hands of those monsters...." I stood up, red hot in my anger and I cared less about who I was venting it out on."You have to be calm" Nathaniel was getting me pissed with his solicitous behavior and it was getting on my last nerves."Don't you make mention of that word a
NATHANIEL'S POVI had just spoken to the detectives and came down to only one conclusion: men do feel pain.A very intense pain.Whoever said real men don't feel pain needed to be rechecked cause I could feel every bit of it at this moment.It was a more devastating period for me as a father as much as it was for my mother as the term manhood doesn't signify my inability to feel this much painI never hated in my life but at that moment I felt a kind of hatred for anyone that caused me this much pain.They said hate changed the whole outlook of someone’s, it made them ruthless, it made them bitter, It made them reckless.Hate killed its host but by bit slowly consuming it's soul till nothing was left of the person but in spite of all this I couldn't bring myself to come to terms with not hating the culprit.It could consume my soul for all I know, but I didn't care, I had never let myself hate because I loved to live but when it came down to deciding if I was to lay down my life fo
NATHANIEL'S POVI don't know who it was that took Neil but he must have had something to do with someone on the inside, if not, the culprit wouldn't be able to get in.Neil's room was one of the most secured in the whole building and the fact that someone was able to come in and kidnap my son without any of those foolish guards noticing?They should all rot in the pit of torture …there was a chance I would give them a chance to speak but definitely not now.The rules were I was going to give them a chance to explain themselves on how this ever happened in front of the council and if found guilty then their mates would never hear from them again."Alpha…" Alexis was about to call out to me but I shut him up with a death glare and he gulped gently before continuing his speech. "The guards on duty are already tied up."I looked back at Olivia who was now sitting with Jane s next to her and consoling her.I wanted to assure her that Neil was fine but she wouldn't believe till she saw
OLIVIA'S POVA cold sweat drifted through me. Disaster loomed in the distance and there was nothing I could have done to avert it and now it was here, settling right here and leaving me with the most complicated feeling.It was an hour counting and despite sweating and feeling the whole heat, we had not still been able to reverse the spell.More blood trickled down the nose of another young boy. Young, lifeless eyes. As he laid in the ground dead.It wasn’t going to happen again…I pulled myself out of the seat where I had been sitting criss-crossed and headed toward the frontof the house, ignoring the itch to go in the opposite direction.I felt the need to get closer to him before I could try the magic one more time, my body buzzed with a cool sensation showing that I had more energy.My bare feet paused at the end of the walkway.I stood there for a while soaking in the pressurewhile my heart beat a mile a minute.Jane walked toward where I was in the middle of the room, When my
OLIVIA'S POVFear.I had always asked myself what my biggest fear in life would be and most of the times, I had gotten no answers to my questions.Maybe it was a way of life trying to redirect my thoughts, or perhaps I was scared of the actual truth.It was all down to fear—Fear to admit the truth that of all things I feared most in this life, making the top of the list was losing a loved one..I could take every single form of pain but definitely not that, there was no way I could deal with it and so at that moment.The moment I had opened the door to my baby room and found it empty I was consumed by a murderous type of fear.One that came nibbling right at my soul leaving nothing behind.A piercing shriek filled the room and I wondered whose was it, I was dumbfounded so I guess the scream was not from me.I stood there unable to move or say a word as it looked to me like it was all a type of dreak and I was right in the middle of it all.The sound of my voice kepr playing back iny h