CHAPTER FORTY-FIVEBURKE'S POV I rushed to where Catherine was, and I saw the cut in her stomach; Catherine was bleeding profusely. “Catherine, can you hear me?" I asked in a whisper, and she opened her eyes a little; a weak smile came across her lips. “She isn't alone, Burke; she is working with someone," She said weakly as I removed the mask I had on. “Shhh," I said, putting a finger to get lips, she was too weak to talk. “Hold in there for me, I'll have you have of her but first I need to get rid of Harley," I said, and she smiled in return, a weak smile. My heart broke seeing Catherine like that. Harley had stabbed her in her stomach, and the cut was deep like Harley had done it numberless times. “Take good care of yourself, and please promise me you will be fine," I said, still holding Catherine tightly to my chest. “I will be fine Burke, just don't let Harley escape," She said weakly, barely in a whisper. And I nodded my head in response. “Promise me Harley wo
CHAPTER FORTY-SIXHARLEY'S POV I was dragged to Burke's Mansion and made to kneel in front of him; All my hard work was about to go down the drain for nothing. I looked at Ava, and my anger increased; Ava denied me in the presence of everyone; now all fingers are pointing at me for Ethan's death; the only luck I had was that I was with Burke and Catherine at that time. I was taken to the torture room and was getting prepared to be tortured when one of the guards raised me angrily. “You have a visitor," He said and didn't wait for me to respond before handcuffing me. “If I get out of here, I'll make you take your tongues out for talking to me rudely, and then your hands would be next," I threatened, but the guard was frightened by my threat; rather, he ordered me to walk, which I complied to immediately. “I pray it is not Burke I get go see," I said to myself as we headed to the waiting room; I didn't want to see triumph in his eyes; the only joy I had was that I took someon
CHAPTER FORTY-SEVENCATHERINE'S POV I opened my eyes and found myself in Burke's bed again. “Ouch," I whined as I held my head, it was hurting badly, and the pain in my stomach was adding to the hurt. I wondered how long I had blacked out and tried to remember what brought me to Burke's bed again. “Mam, you are alright," I heard Susan's voice and turned to myself. I saw her Holding a tray of fruits, and I gave her a weak smile.“What happened"? I asked her; my voice sounded weak and husky, and I could barely recognize I was the one talking. “You were almost killed by Harley," She said, and I remembered the event that happened and how Burke came to my rescue. “Did they find her accomplice? That lady hurt me a lot?" I asked and Susan shook her head in response.“Harley said she was alone, and the lady you saw worked for her," Susan said, and I knew that was a lie. The lady worked with Harley, not for Harley; I remembered when Harley wanted to fire at me, and the lady stopped h
CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHTCATHERINE'S POV I was worried about my kids but also worried about myself; how can I feel a mate bond with Burke when I'm engaged to Jaxon? That was something that wasn't understandable. I was already in good health, it had been three days since I got that letter from my kids, Burke had sent his men to make sure my kids were alright, and I was surprised about Burke's devotion to the well-being of my kids, I was sure he had a hint that the kids might be his. It was noon, and Burke and I had a meeting; we wanted to discuss our mate bond because we weren't going to get married. Burke broke my heart years ago and I was still holding to that memory, not willing to let it go. “Your bath is ready," Susan said before leaving my room. I got off my bed and went into the bathroom; I hadn't gotten a shower since today because I was deep in thought. I stripped naked and headed to the bathroom.“Just want I need," I muttered to myself as the cool water wetted from my
CHAPTER FORTY-NINE CATHERINE'S POV I was packing my luggage to go back to Chicago; Burke and I hadn't spoken since our last kiss; there was a lot to talk about, but we decided to keep mute about it. Burke's men went to check how my kids were doing, but he came back with good news, saying that they were alright, at least that was what Jaxon told them, but my mother's instinct was telling me something was not right. “You know I'll miss you," Susan said as she hugged me so tightly that I almost forgot how to breathe.“I'm not dying, Susan, but I might die if you keep on hugging me like that," I said, and she released me from her tight hug. Her eyes were teary.“Don't cry, I might come back one of these days to see you," I said, and she looked at me weirdly, like I was lying.“No, I'm serious," I assured her, and she resumed hugging me again. I never want to come back to this pack again, but Susan, I will; she has been of great help to me. We were done packing my Luggage. Susan t
CHAPTER FIFTYBURKE'S POV I waited till the train was gone before driving back to my mansion. I had a board meeting later that day, but I didn't plan on going, the emptiness in my heart was there, making my heart heavy. When I got to the mansion, I went straight to my room. Ava was calling me, but I didn't bother giving her a response. I lay on my bed and ordered my domestic staff to ensure I didn't get disturbed. Within minutes, I heard my window opening and I jumped out of my bed, only to see my sister trying to get into my room through the window. “Are you going to help me or not? Probably you would love to watch me die," she said, trying to get into my room, but the window was opened a little, making her stuck in between. “What the fuck were you thinking, trying to enter my room through the window," I asked, grumbling. I got off my bed angrily and opened my window fully, giving her full access to my room. When she entered my room fully, she looked up at me and smil
CHAPTER FIFTY-ONEAVA'S POV “You need to calm down, girl; we might still have it under control; just talk to him again," Harley said as I walked around her room aimlessly. Burke was making my plan difficult now that Catherine was out of the way. I just needed him to get married to Harley, and then Harley could end him for good. “I just told you Burke went to Chicago to search for Catherine; what don't you understand there," I yelled at Harley, and she fell silent. Burke thought Harley was out of the pack, but she wasn't; I told the guards to take her to the outskirts of the pack; there was an uncompleted building there, and that was where she was living now. Burke's domestic staff will do anything Harley and I told them to do before Harley poisoned their food with a portion she got from the witches, Harley caused them with the spirit of obedience, and only a few did not get affected because they didn't eat the meal on that day, and that include Susan, Catherine's maid.“Cathe
CHAPTER FIFTY-TWOCATHERINE'S POV “What are you doing here Jaxon?" I asked, seeing Jaxon at the doorstep of my house made me angry. I threw Jaxon out of my house. After finding out he had been having sex with Sereca since I left Chicago, Jaxon took my children to the orphanage home, saying their mother was missing. During the weekends, he orders them to write a letter to me. I felt like a bad mother, so I was not attentive to my kids' well-being while I was in Crescent Pack. “I said I'm sorry, she seduced me," I said trying to explain, but it fell on deaf ears. I would have forgiven Jaxon in a different circumstance, but the fact that I tried to hold myself during my stay in the pack because of him made it harder for me to forgive him. Aside from that, I just found out that Jaxon and Natasha, my best friend at the hospital, were legally married, and Jaxon got married to me because of money, he was with me because of my money. “What about Natasha? You are married to her, a
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