CHAPTER EIGHTY-EIGHTBURKE'S POV I didn't know what to say at the moment; the realization dawned on me that my pack wanted me to get married again when I hadn't been able to move on. “That can't be the only way; I just lost my wife-to-be; I can't get married immediately," I yelled; the truth is that I am not even planning on getting married again; if it's not Catherine, then I'll stay single till death. “You can't put people's lives at risk because of one person, Alpha; they are your people, remember?" Diago said, but it fell on deaf ears. The thought of getting married again was something I didn't even want to think of. Besides, it has been two weeks, and I still feel a mate bond with Catherine, something stronger than ever, and I don't even know why. “We know you are going through a lot and would not be in the right senses to find a wife, so we found some for you,” My Adviser said, and soon, ladies of different skin colors and sizes started entering the board room. I coul
CHAPTER EIGHTY-NINEAVA'S POV “I give you two minutes to get that murderer out of my room, or else I'll take drastic action," Burke threatened, giving Harley a death stare. “Burke, you need to calm down, It's funny how Harley did all those things because she loves you. I respect the dead, but Catherine would never go to different extents for you the way Harley would,” I said, trying to convince him. I thought hard about this before coming here. I know Burke would object at first, but I don't know when he would come around. Infecting the pack with that syndrome the witches created for us was a way to force Burke to get married, but it looks like that would not even work. "Can you listen to yourself, you kidnapped Catherine, tried to kill my son Ricky, tried to kidnap my daughter Nikky, she killed Jack, and rumor has it that she killed our father too and you bring her here as a bride for me to marry, what do you think the pack would say?” Burke asked, before resting his body on
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 ONE-HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHTBURKE’S POV I stood there perplexed and surprised, the whole event was immediately turned upside down, members of the pack began to mumble amongst themselves because it is a bad omen to lose a corpse, my body froze immediately, what on earth is going on here, I could barely even explain the circumstances of things happening around me, the eldest man had left in a hurry because of the incident I could barely move my arms, my eyes searched around and it fell on Catherine, she immediately turned away from me “Oooh Catherine, how could you do this to me,” I said to myself. It was as if she knew what was happening as she remained unmoved, without any form of regret, my eyes immediately fell on Hayley and it was the same thing, at this point I couldn't pinpoint who to blame for this misdoings.I knew I had to do something, I immediately forced my feet out of the ground, I am the Alpha I shouldn't be caught weak and unable to speak, I walked to where
CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVENBURKE’S POV I stood at the bedside for over ten minutes and Catherine refused to notice me or even acknowledge me. I fear for a fact that she might be angry with me over the discussion we had about Hayley.“Cat, cat please can we talk", I said after getting tired of her not noticing me.“Burke I'm all worked up and tired I'm not in the mood for a conversation", she shoved the conversation off before it began.“Why does it feel like you're angry for something that is not even important Catherine, it makes no sense getting angry over the fact that I don't support you killing your sister". I said. " Burke please let me be”, leave me alone I do not want to argue about you and your mistress's affairs with you”, she groaned at me." Mistress? Mistress? Like when did we get her for real?”, I asked surprised." When you got her pregnant, when you refused to be by my side every step of the way since this befell on me when you let her win and let me lose ev
CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIXHARLEY’S POV After being caught by Burke, I knew I wouldn't be able to go anywhere without raising any suspicion, all eyes were on me, I knew that was a sneaky and wrong move I made there, on the other hand, I needed to talk to Jaxon as fast as possible because I am so scared and I don't want Jaxon going and spilling our little secret, especially with the fact that I haven't been able to raise the money he asked for.“Send me a reputable Person who is not Diago and is in no way close to him", I said to my maid who was washing my feet.“Okay, my lady," she replied.Immediately she was out of the room. I picked up my ink and paper and wrote down a little bit of information that I needed to pass to Jaxon.In a matter of time, a guard and my handmaiden were standing in front of me.“Leave us", I said to my maid.I watched her leave and reached out for the paperwork I had just sealed with the royal seal.“I want you to help me give this letter to Jaxon.
CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND fOURTY-FIVEHARLEY’S POV After that confrontation with Catherine, I knew I had to watch my back, how could she ever think I killed Grandma El, it's is quite unbelievable, because I am here trying to figure out what to do to get Jaxon to shut his mouth and Catherine would think I killed grandma El, I know I am capable of a lot of things but I sure didn't kill grandma El. “Damn, it's Ava, the death of Grandma has Ava written all over it”, I said to myself." No no no Ava you can't be doing this”, I rushed out to take my bath and I quickly dressed up I knew I had to be in Ava's dungeon as soon as possible, Ava has always been a smart and intelligent mobster, till today I wonder how she can pull off her dirty jobs even when held custody. In no distant time, I was in her cell, there she was facing the wall, it was like she had something written on it, I could hear her murmuring to herself.“Ava", I called, in sudden realization.“Well well well, another special
CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOURCATHERINE’S POVI woke up feeling really weak and tired, my body still aches from the tears of yesterday but I couldn't care less, my attention was focused on making Hayley pay for what she has done to my family ,my mind was so glued to what Nikky said yesterday that I couldn't care less if I felt pain all over my body.I quietly got up from the bed and wore my slippers. I opened the door quietly so as not to wake Burke.I wanted to discuss getting the poison with Nikky and I was sure in a hurry to put an end to Harley's nuisance in my home .As I walked through the corridors of the room my eyes met with that of Hayley's , immediately she tried moving away to avoid any conversation with me but I definitely wasn't having it, I knew I had to put the monster in her place .“Hayley”, I called.“Catherine I do not have you time, please you can as well go to where you're going and let me mind the business that concerns me". She replied fiercely.“You shou
CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREEBURKE’S POV I felt really tired on this particular day so I decided to remain in bed after a series of meetings and events from the previous day. I had asked Diago to stay with me after Catherine had gone downstairs .“Diago I really do need to get Hayley out of my life. She is constituting a nuisance to my family and I and I can't just throw her out because she is carrying my blood and such a bad image is not good for an Alpha", I lamented .“Alpha Burke, this kind of thing takes patience. I know she has cost you a lot, however what we need is calculative planning". He replied, disgusted by the idea of Harley carrying my child." Well, if you have any idea I think this is the time you spill because I am tired”. I lamented further, remembering the death of my unborn child that she caused."I am thinking of something, Alpha Burke , we will definitely strike when she least expects”.Before I could utter another word, Nikky walked in “I'm sorry dadd
CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND FORTY TWOCATHERINE POV I felt it in my guts that something was not right with Hayley is definitely up to no good and I need to find out what she is up to especially after what she has done to the baby, my instincts are always right. I searched through my thoughts as to what to do, but I couldn't find any, “damn it Hayley I am not going to let you win", I cursed.I stood up from the couch and went over to the fridge to get a glass of water and then a thought flashed through me, and I know just the right person for this job.“ Please reach out to Hazel, I need to see her urgently I said that stood beside me ",“Yes ma'am ", he replied.Hazel had worked with me at the hospital in Chicago and she had always been of immense help. I knew she was the right person for the job because since she relocated back to the pack with me, she has been doing nothing but touring around the crescent pack.It didn't take long for the guard to fetch Hazel and in no distant time
CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONEHARLEY’S POV My heart raced immediately after I got Jaxon’s message. “How could he threaten me that he was going to tell Burke about my pregnancy and the fact that Burke isn't the father of my baby, that's impossible a secret I've tried so long to keep, this child is going to secure a place in Burke's life not that good for nothing Jaxon”, I said to myself as I quickly wore my very comfortable maternity gown and left the house,In no distant time, I was at Jaxon’s apartment, and we were sitting on his couch drunk, I knew he had been wasted, but I didn't care I walked up to him, “Jaxon, Jaxon, what the hell is the meaning of that message you sent to me, why would you threaten me that way I have come to warn you not to ever do that in your life again”, I yelled.Jaxon slowly got up from his couch, he moved towards my direction in his drunken state, I could smell the stench that came from his breath, it was worse than that of a dead rat, before I co
CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND FORTYCATHERINE’S POV I ran out of the dining room and went to my room quickly, I rushed into the toilet to wash my face and I started vomiting blood. I checked in between my legs and I noticed I was bleeding, profusely.“My baby,” I murmured, rushing out of the toilet in tears. I grabbed my car keys and rushed myself to the hospital. “Fuck, I can't feel myself,” I groaned as I increased the speed of the car, within minutes, I was at the hospital. I rushed out of the car, still bleeding from my nose and pussy.“Call in an emergency,” I heard a girl say before I slumped to the ground and lost consciousness. “How is she?” I heard Burke’s voice in my subconsciousness. I tried opening my eyes, and my head pounded heavily, I saw Burke standing by my bed looking worried.“She is fine but the baby…”“My baby,” I yelled, interrupting the doctor. I held my stomach in terror as tears clouded my vision.“You need to calm down, Catherine, please, do that for m