CHAPTER FIFTEENBURKE'S POV I lay on my bed, tossing uncontrollably on it, my mind still on the fact that I would have lost Catherine a few days back. Getting Catherine back to the pack was not part of my intention, I was happy when she left and hated what I put her through. Every day, I hated myself for giving her such terrible heartbreak, although it wasn't my intention. I remembered my coronation day like it was yesterday, not because it was my coronation but because that was the last time I had seen Catherine, and I avoided her teary eyes. "What are you thinking of boy," My father asked, sitting on the edge of my bed, I had not realized when he entered the room, because I was lost in thoughts. "Knock Ethan, you need to Knock", I said, without any emotion, I was never grown to call my father by his first name, we were once close, but it changed on my coronation day. "I'm still your father Burke," his husky voice came with a sharp pain, he hated that I always addressed
CHAPTER SEVENTEENBURKE'S POV I did not know whether to be excited at the news of Catherine finding a cure or whether I should be sad about it. Catherine coming back to the pack was never my intention but regardless, I have always looked forward to forming a bond with her even if we don't end up together because she is with another man. My manner of approach to her might be considered rude but the truth is that I don't know how to tell her that we should let bygones be bygones, So I always end up being rude to her, making her hate me more. "Did you hear me, Burke, this might be the cure for Ethan, I have a strong feeling it would work, I want to get back to my kids," she said, making me feel selfish. To be fair, I am selfish and won't apologize for that, this was the only way to feel Catherine's presence again. Although I also wanted to see her kids as well, I feel there would be a strong connection between us, I don't know the reason. I looked at Catherine and saw how sad h
CHAPTER NINETEENBURKE'S POV Everything felt like a shock, and I could not believe my ears, "Is my father truly dead?" I asked myself, while Ava's cries continued and wouldn't end anytime soon. "Is he dead?" I asked, trying to appear brave even though, deep down my heart was tearing itself to shreds, my voice sounded husky, and I'm sure Catherine felt I wasn't bothered about my father dying. "What? No, I mean he isn't breathing on his own, he is still using a support machine and he is unconscious, so we will have to wait for him to wake up," she replied and Ava's cries reduced. I felt my rising heartbeat begin to go back to its normal pace, although I did not show any emotions and just went into my father's room to see him. He was on life support and his injury wasn't healed, that is unlike a wolf, our injuries always heal but because my father has the Affliction, his inner wolf cannot help in healing his injury. I looked at my father from head to toe as he lay on his be
CHAPTER NINETEENCATHERINE'S POV I felt like the worst when Harley entered the garden and found Burke and I almost kissing. Her eyes were filled with sadness, pain, and betrayal. Harley had refused to speak to me since yesterday when it happened, and I won't blame her though, she felt betrayed and I betrayed her. Harley asked me if I was in love with Burke and I said I wasn't, seeing that we almost kissed made her lose all trust in me. I sat on the dining table, waiting patiently for Harley who had gone to get something. Ava was angry with me as well but that was the least of my problems. Besides that, Burke and I had not spoken about what happened yesterday and I prefer it stays that way, because I don't have anything to say to him at the moment, and would like us to pretend we did not notice the chemistry between us, yesterday. Suddenly the door opened and luckily for me, it was Harley who walked in adorned with a beautiful long dress, and her hair styled in a queen-like m
CHAPTER TWENTY CATHERINE'S POV With haste, I ran to Ethan's room and found him on his bed, with his eyes opened, and confusion written all over his face. "Ethan?" I called his name, in the form of a question, but he did not respond, rather he sat there looking at everyone in confusion. "What am I doing here?" He asked, removing the drip from his palm, making him bleed, the guards held him in place but Ethan kept screaming. "Get me the fuck out of here, I want to meet my wife," he yelled, making me scared. "What have I done?" I asked myself, I could see the disappointment in Burke's eyes and the anger in Ava's eyes, but I dared not look into Harley's eyes. I quickly reached for an injection and filled it with a sleeping dose. Quickly I injected Ethan with it, and he fell asleep immediately. "Please, I need you all to leave so that I can make some diagnosis and know what state he is in," I said, trying to sound confident. I could make a diagnosis in their presence no
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONECATHERINE'S POVI have been avoiding Burke since after the kiss, he has not seen me. When he knocks at my door, either I'm in the garden with Ethan or taking a stroll, Burke either comes too early or too late to my room, so he doesn't see me. I ended the kiss that day after Fifteen minutes of making out. I yelled at Burke and ordered him out of my room to kiss me, he left without complaining. That is not the reason I have been avoiding him though, the fact that I'm still thinking about the kiss and wish for it to happen again, is the reason I have been avoiding Burke. I have cheated on Jaxon once and won't want to do it again. My lust for Burke is missed with the betrayal of Jaxon. I have betrayed Jaxon and would have to come clean to him when I get to Chicago, but that's the most difficult thing to do."Mam your food is burning," Susan said, she is a maid that is working for Burke. She had initially offered to cook my meal but I rejected her offer. I had al
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWOCATHERINE’S POV I pulled away from Burke's grasp quickly and switched the light in the room on, only to see Burke looking haggard like he had gone into a fistfight with someone; he brushed his hair backward, attempting to remove the hair on his forehead, which was fruitless once again. “Your father's drip is tampered with; we need to do something," I said, ignoring his question. He did not seem pleased about my sudden change of discussion, but he answered me, he had to go along with my conversation. “That's not a problem; I will get the guards to watch his room thoroughly,” he said, looking into my eyes; I couldn't stand eye contact, so I diverted my gaze towards the window. "That's the thing, the person is among the domestic staff; you can't trust them, and you can't trust Harley, so telling Ava to watch your father means Harley would come along, “ I said, and Burke saw that what I was saying was right. " Okay, what if we watch him together, “ Burke said,
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREEHARLEY'S POV Catherine is a real pain in the ass. I have been standing in front of Ethan's door to listen to Burke and Catherine's conversation, but they are talking in a hushed tone, which makes me angry. I have always wanted just a night with Burke, even if we don't have sex, he just acknowledged me for that night, but that was a mere wish, as Catherine is getting all I ever wanted. “Bastards," I said, trying to think of a plan to break what blossomed between them; the poison I placed on her dress did not affect her; if not, she would not be falling helplessly in love with him after their past. The poison was gotten from a great witch, Elphaba, who lives near my pack. She says the poison should be rubbed on her dress and she would never see Burke as a mate, but no see is even seeing him as a husband. “What are you doing, man," one of the guard's voices caught me off guard, making me knock on the door mistakenly. “Shit, are you fucking happy? I'm not d
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
CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINECATHERINE’S POV Burke and I decided to keep our relationship private, not because we didn't trust our family, we didn't trust Harley and if she finds out, she might do something drastic.“I still think we should tell Nikky though, it has been a month and Nikmy is clueless she has a baby sister, coming soon, you know how she wishes to have a sister,” Burke said, still trying to persuade me that it was time to let the family know.“Burke, I told you, Harley will do something bad if she Finds out that I am carrying your child, alongside her, and I don't want to go through pains with this child,” I glared at him, and he nodded his head in response.“So, allow me to get off this bed, get into the shower, take a bath, and cook something for you,” I suggested, kissing him on the lips tenderly. There is not much thing for me to do as Luna and Burke, on the other hand, always cancel their meetings just to spend time with me.“That would be nice but cookin