CHAPTER NINETYCATHERINE'S POV I opened my eyes, and my vision was hazy, my head was pounding, and my body arch was arched badly. The environment I was in was not familiar a bit; there were a lot of charms everywhere, and my best guess was that I was in a coven. “Ouch," I yelled, holding my head because of how much it hurt. I tried sitting up, but I realized there was a drip connected to my hand. “You are awake, I thought you would never wake up," I heard an elderly woman's voice. Her voice didn't sound familiar, so I turned to look at her immediately. She was seated in a chair opposite my bed; she was old, and she looked like a witch. “Are you a …,” “Yes, I am a witch and you are in a coven," The woman said, smiling at me. She barely had teeth and there was a dimple at the left side of her cheeks. “How did I get here?" I asked her, as I managed to sit up, resting my back on the wall. “A man brought you here; he claimed to be one of your guards; he says you are in tr
CHAPTER NINETY-ONE CATHERINE'S POV I couldn't remember my name nor my personality, who I was, and what had transpired in my life before getting here; I was like a blank slate. “What did you do to me? I don't know anything," I said and there was silence. She gave me a strict stare, probably because I was accusing her; what was she expecting me to do? “I did not do anything for you, and I feel angry that you are trying to blame me for anything," El said, with sadness in her eyes, I didn't like that she was angry at me. “I am sincerely sorry, El," I apologize even if she didn't look angry; rather, she looked sad and in pain. “I can't remember who I am and what I did before getting here; what happened?" I asked and she shrugged her shoulders, saying she didn't know what happened to me. “I can't say, but I know that you were brought here in a very bad state, and your head was brutally injured and triggered your loss of memory," She said, and the headache came back but didn't last
CHAPTER NINETY-TWOBURKE'S POV It has been three weeks since Catherine's death. I have been having a hard time with the board members because they were forcing me to take a wife and save the kingdom. I lay on my bed, staring at the ceiling, regretting being the Alpha of the pack for the first time since my coronation. Soon, my door banged open, and I knew Diago was the one who banged my door open; he had lost all respect for me because I had rebuked taking a new wife. “Do you know your pack is in Chaos? You are here as the Alpha sulking over a dead woman," Diago said rudely, standing in front of my bed. “Guards," I yelled, ignoring Diago's rude comments. Soon, the guards, securing my room, entered inside and bowed to me, and as a sign of respect, they did not speak except when they were being spoken to. “I said I don't want to be disturbed and you allowed a Vagabond into my room," I groaned at the guards, leaving Diago speechless. “Alpha… Alpha… “ "Silence,” I instructed,
CHAPTER NINETY-THREEAVA'S POV I sat on the kid's bed, staring at Nikky angrily. The little girl acts like a witch, and she has some similar traits to Harley. I know Harley is a witch descent; her mother was a witch. Although Harley isn't a witch, it can be passed to the next generation. Catherine, on the other hand, is an orphan, and I doubt if there is any history of witches in their family's lineage. I don't know why Nikky behaves like a witch; I have seen her do some spells even if she isn't up to ten. “Don't drink that tea," Nikky said, hitting her brother's tea to the ground. “What the fuck Nikky? I made that fucking tea," I yelled at her; I would have slapped her on the face, but I don't appreciate hitting children; I am capable of murder tho, but hitting children is against my personality, besides if I do anything, she will tell Burke about it. “Watch your language, Aunty Ava, don't forget you are talking to kids," Nikky retorted, scolding me like a child; she is even
CHAPTER NINETY-FOURBURKE'S POV “Emma has gotten the syndrome, and it will soon get to you if we don't take the right actions," My advisor said, and he was in a rage as he stood in front of me. I heard his family has gotten the syndrome as well and has been quarantined. The board members did not want to hear any more excuses, they needed a solution that I can't give. “It's either you take action or you step down, Burke," My uncle interrupted; I was not sure he was concerned about the Wolf's syndrome; he thinks this is an opportunity to become Alpha, and I won't let that happen. “I am your Alpha; address me as one," I commanded, and the board room was filled with murmurs and grumbles; I missed Jack immediately; he would have yelled for silence. “Silence, he is still the Alpha, give respect to whom it is due to," Diago yelled, trying to keep the pack together. I didn't know whether to appreciate him or ignore him because he acted insane; sometimes, he was in his right senses and
CHAPTER NINETY-FIVECATHERINE'S POV It has been three days since I became conscious, and I am back on my feet, although I was instructed not to leave the hut, which was tiring because I wanted to explore the coven. Staying with El has not been as awesome as I thought it would; the pressure for me to remember who I am was increasing every day. “I remember Jaxon loves me," I yelled, holding my ears, trying hard to reduce the spinning in my head. My nose was bleeding, and my mouth poured out blood as I spoke. “You need to remember who you are, Child; your pack's in trouble," El yelled, triggering the pain in my head. I fell to the ground yelling profusely, trying to remember everything, but the only person coming to my head was Jaxon. “El, please stop; I can't take this anymore," I wept; the pain in my head was increasing, and my eyes were turning red as well; if this continues, I might transform. "I can't stop, you need to remember," El yelled, still using her magic to trigge
CHAPTER NINETY-SIX CATHERINE'S POV Nikky then smiled at me, thrashing the herb on the floor. “Wow, way to go, Catherine, you are getting your memory back,” Nikky hailed, still smiling at me. Nikky acts like a grown-up, and I would have believed she is a grown-ass woman stuck in a child's body, but she isn't; she is still a little child. “You did that; you helped me remember my past without triggering my memory or putting pressure on me," I said; it was a sudden realization. She smiled at me and just shrugged her little shoulders. "I think we should head back home now; the weather doesn't look friendly,” Nikky said as the cloud changed its color to black. It was looking like it would rain heavily. "Yes, let's get going,” I stated, as Nikky grabbed my hand. "Where do you always go? You don't stay in the coven,” I said, and she nodded her head. "I stay in the pack with my dad and my wicked aunty,” She whispered, making me wonder why the sudden change in the volume of her voic
CHAPTER NINETY-SEVEN BURKE'S POV Three moons from now, I'll be getting married to Harley; the board members approved it happily, and the people are jubilating about it, forgetting Harley's crimes. Although I didn't forget her crimes, it feels like I'm betraying Catherine and Jack but I wasn't given a choice. “I'm sorry, baby, how I wish you didn't leave me; we wouldn't have been in this problem," I said, looking at the river Catherine's ashes were thrown into; it was behind the garden in my mansion. I wondered how she looked at the moment; I hated to think that she was a lot of feet under the ground; it hurt badly. “I had no choice; Emma was going to die; I can't marry someone I haven't met before; the devil, you know, is better than an angel, you don't,” I lamented, as tears filled my eyes again. I felt dirty standing in front of Catherine's grave. She must hate me for wanting to get married to her greatest enemy. “I know you would be here," I heard Harley's voice from b
CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND EIGHTYCATHERINE’S POVI couldn't say a word when I found Burke on his knees, I sure wasn't expecting to apologize this way but I am glad he did.“Hayley should never have been here babe, it has always been you I have loved you from the very start, I love you, I love the kids you bore for me, I don't know where to start from, I want you to know that I didn't sleep with Hayley, I never have and I never will it was a setup, gosh I am a fuckup why did I ever believe that I slept with her in the first place,", he said. " Babe, it's fine”, I said." Wait, wait wait, I still have a lot to say, I am sorry I never believed you that you didn't poison my food at that moment. I was struggling with my memory and it was a difficult phase for me but that was not an excuse at all”." All I ever want to do is love you, care for you, make you smile, make the kids smile, please Catherine Burke would you do me the honor of forgiving this man and taking him in as your lovely wedd
CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NNECATHERINE’S POV Seeing Burke back in the mansion made a shiver run through my spine but that was the least of it, I didn't expect him to take immediate action for what Hayley did to us, that was the best decision he made, I was so proud of him but I still needed him to apologize for what he did to me.I was so excited that I decided to throw a party in the mansion, I mean it is worth it, after everything I have been through, this celebration is just the beginning of having my enemies pay for their crimes.I made sure the whole crescent pack was Invited, there was enough food, drinks, wine, and loud music, everybody danced and they were happy for me. “My lady, I am so proud of you, you pulled through despite the difficult times", I heard Hazel's voice from behind me.“Hazel you made it here, " I said smiling." How could I miss your celebration for anything in the world, even Chicago got nothing on me ma”, she laughed." Thank you so much for all y
CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHTBURKE’S and POV It has been difficult the past few days, being in the hospital bed trying to get my memory back, flashes upon flashes of Catherine kept running through my mind before finally getting my memory back, and it's the second-best thing that happened to me after Catherine of course.Realizing how much I hurt Catherine made me want to piss on my pants, I mean who could have hurried the woman I have ever loved that much better still I made the mother of my kids go through hell. I'm sure she hates me now and even the kids hate me more. Because I hurt my family, I decided to remain in the hospital bed, I had to pay for an extra week, at least that would help me hide my ugly face from them, I didn't have the slightest idea where to start from when I am apologizing to Catherine, is it from the time Hayley killed out a baby or the time she caught me with Hayley and even after that when I was on my sick bed she didn't care if I had hurt her she
CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN CATHERINE’S POVI thought I had been shot, fear gripped me when my trigger pulled, I opened my eyes and there was Hayley on the ground and my own Nikky standing right in front of me lightning up the room with her magical powers she stopped me from being hurt, my perfect little girl.“Mum, mum, are you okay?" she said." Yeah, yeah I am fine”.She reached out for the creaky door and opened it up, when the door came open I ran to my baby to hug her . "ooooh my girl, how do you know I was in such danger”, I asked." It's Diago, he tipped us in on Hayley's anger towards Dad finding the truth about who she is and we searched for her in the mansion but we couldn't find her, I knew immediately that you were in grave danger”, she replied. I gave a very deep sigh, that's a huge relief, I get to be with my family now, “thank goodness, where is Diego now?" I asked.“He is on his way here and he went to get a few guards", she said.“Okay, your brothers, whe
CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIXCATHERINE’S POV“I'll kill you right now and get away with it", she stuck the knife right at my throat. I stood still because if I moved it would have probably cut me.“Hayley you have to stop it", the bike lurched up in my throat as I made those statements.I wished I had never come back to Crescent Park, and now my children are going to have to grow up without their mother. A scream catches my throat, choking me but I can't look away from her eyes.“I'll cut off your tiny little guts", the fierce nature of her voice vibrates through every crevice of my being. I act strong but deep down I want her to leave me the fuck alone.“Hayley calm down, I'm your sister remember", I begged.“Kill her if you want to, and besides it's important you know that nobody is on your side, you are on your own so you should do whatever you want", Ava's deadly voice came from her end.I wanted to go into Ava's cell and cut off her lips but she is lucky that our cells ar
CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVEHARLEY’S POVI was so scared when we found Burke on the ground he was lying helplessly. The doctor said that we brought him right in time and that he would have suffered from a stroke. This is all Diago's fault. If he didn't interfere in my business my fairytale life would still be perfect.“Ouch my head", Burke said from the bed.I turned to him and rushed over immediately I heard his voice “, babe, babe how are you doing?", “Catherine, Catherine, he called.It felt so painful to hear him call her name but what can I say it's this or nothing." Yes baby, your Catherine is right here, I'm here you need rest, please don't stress yourself, I said brushing my hands on his hair”, I said.“Get off me, " he said, pushing my hands off him." Darling, I know it's been a long day, you're trying to get your head wrapped around these things but I just want to let you know that I am here for you”, I said, still confused about why he pushed me off.“Where is C
CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOURBURKE’S POV I was in total shock after Diago's confession, I am still trying to wrap my head around the incident, I am trying hard to remember everything but I could not get a clear image of it, it's all fucked up in my head, and it gives me a headache every time I try and remembers what happened. After Diago told me that Hayley was not Catherine even though I could not remember what happened I just believed what he said, something in my guts just made me believe him.This point of my life has to be the most confusing, I don't have the slightest idea what to do, “What are you doing here, don't you know that the Alpha has to rest, leave, leave us now", Hayley shouted at Diago immediately she barged in on us “I'll take my leave now my Lord", he said.“No no no, don't go, what the fuck were you telling my husband, you were feeding him with so many lies and now he has his head fucking stressed out you cunt", she said.“Please I'll beg you not to in
CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE HARLEY’S POVIt's been two days since Catherine was locked up, and Burke has been discharged from the hospital, he is just adjusting to his new life with me and I am so loving it, I feel as if I am in a dream and I don't want to wake up, I have been taking care of Burke, making his meals, doing his laundry I made sure those witches Catherine called children didn't come close to him.We were sitting in the living room catching our fun, when he said “Babe, I think I need some fresh air, let's take a walk in the garden".“Oooh, okay, that's fine by me", I replied.We got up and walked outside until we got to the garden. It was a really beautiful day and I loved the weather. " Babe, you know I love you right?”, I asked." Yeah I know, you always have my heart at hand, I am so lucky to have you in my life, like tell me what would I have done without you”, he chuckled." Nothing, definitely nothing, I want to discuss something with you”," Okay, I'm all
CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWOCATHERINE’S POV I still can't believe that Burke would engage Hayley to do this dirty act with me, I mean how could he have treated me that way, I love him and all he ever does is hurt my feelings, I am glad I am finally done with this hell of a marriage, the only regret I have now is that it took me long enough to realize that Burke didn't care for me.All I can think of now is my kids. I only pray that they are not hurt. I've left them like that in the hands of no one and I strongly believe they are in danger.This dungeon stinks like hell, the rat, and the smell of poop, everywhere made me sick but that didn't break my heart as much as Burke did, I wish I had known earlier, how would he ever think that I would poison him, I have always been the one standing by his side in times of trials, I can't believe he doesn't even trust me, I am supposed to be his wife. Well, I care less about him now, my worry now is how to get back to my kids.A rat passe