Emma’s Pov:As I sat on the swing hammock chair that was slowly swinging me back and forth, I couldn't help but think of how everything turned out beyond my and Scott’s control.Was I glad that I was able to tell Scott my mind? Well, I'm not so sure. I must have brewed trouble between both friends. I wasn't to be blamed; it should be my mouth that should take the blame, talking without caution.I looked into the bright blue waters of the pool that were staring at me. Now was a good time to swim and relax considering the intensity of the sun, but I had a lot on my plate right now to think that swimming in a pool was all I needed to feel fine.I grinned as I looked down at my protruding belly as my baby kicked effortlessly. I rubbed my stomach gently. The only thing I could tell was that it was connecting me and Scott together.I wondered how my life would have been if I didn't get pregnant and I was back at my old pack. Maybe I would still be the cursed stepchild of Alpha, and every day
Scott’s Pov:A knock on my door made me glance up from my cell phone. It must be Liam, because he was the only one I was expecting.“Come in.” I thundered from where I was sitting.The door opened and revealed Liam at the doorway. He strolled in with a grin on his face.“Hey buddy,” he said, stretching out his hands to shake me, but I was in no mood for the brotherly welcome.Liam watched me for a minute, then he asked, "What's going on, bro? Why do you have a long face? What is the matter?"In my head, I was trying to think of the best way to approach him with the topic; I didn't want to rid him of whatever happy mood he was in.Liam looked around my office; it was still messy, and I hadn't called anyone to clean up the mess. “Did the witches attack again? Why is your office in this state?” He asked again, and he found a chair lying on the floor, so he picked it up and sat close to me.“Talk to me, bro, why are you unusually quiet?” He tapped me on my leg.I inhaled and exhaled, then
Scott’s Pov:The sitting room was in disarray, judging from the way it looked. It was obvious that a battle went on in the sitting room. Broken glasses were scattered everywhere; streaks of blood were on the floor while some people were lying in a pool of blood; some were still in their wolf form, while others were in their human form.My mind drifted quickly to my mother. The attack was brutal this time, and since it was right in my house, I wanted to be sure each member of my household was accounted for. “Where is my mother?” I asked Anna, who was beside me.“She is not around; luckily for her, she left a few minutes before the witches started the attack. I called her, and she said she was fine. She is on her way."I nodded. I was glad my mom was okay. My brothers haven't been around lately because they were away, so there was no more person in my immediate family to worry about, except my extended family, most of whom were lying dead in front of me.The pack was like family to me;
Emma’s Pov:My eyes were weary, and the area around my eye was hurting. I rubbed my eyes so I could see my surroundings clearly.My eyes had been blindfolded for a long time, and I was In a dimly lit room, there was a bed with a cupboard in one corner of the room. It wasn't luxurious, but it was comfortable.I was tied to a chair; the ropes were tight around my chest and legs. I guess the reason the rope was tied to my chest was to avoid my protruding stomach.I tried to shake off the rope from my body by struggling with it, but it was fruitless because it didn't work. “You can try all you can, but it won't work silly; you were tied up with spells and a little bit of knotting the ropes together.” I heard a voice say.I looked up, and it was one of the witches that captured me earlier. She was sitting upside down on the ceiling. I gasped. I had never seen such a sigh before. No wonder they were witches; they did things out of the ordinary.The witch jumped down and appeared right in my
Scott’s Pov:The witch was reluctant to say anything at all that would lead us somewhere. She had this irritating smug face that was annoying me; I had to suppress every urge to crush her face. It was pointless to still stay back in the basement when she had nothing to offer yet. So I told the men to leave her for now. I instructed them to give her no food at all and only tiny drops of water after six hours. At least that would make her so weak to even think of escaping.As I sat on the sitting room sofa, my mind was messed up; I couldn't even concentrate properly. Worries and concern troubled me; my mate and unborn child were yet to be found, and it was late in the evening. I wish I hadn't had the argument with her today. I showed her a side of me she shouldn't have seen; maybe that was what scared her, coupled with the attack.She could even be having a panic attack somewhere, so I prayed to the goddess earnestly that she was safe. I wasn't so keen on praying to the goddess, but tod
Emma’s Pov:“You look beautiful when you are cross,” Scott mumbled. I looked up, and he was smiling sheepishly.Now he was behaving like he was going to die soon; he didn’t make a lot of jokes to me, so hello, I was not one hundred percent okay with it.Scott traced his hand to my face and titled my chin up to his face level.“Has anyone told you that you glow even though you are pregnant?"I blushed a little. Now that he was roping me again slowly, I shook negatively at his question.He grinned and leaned in, inching his face towards my lip. When I noticed what he was about to do, I closed my eyes and waited for him. Carefully, he crashed his lip on mine.His lips were warm and moist, so I parted my lips open to give him passage. He grabbed my face with both of his hands as he kissed me passionately.The feeling that came from the kiss made me so weak in my knees that I faltered a bit. Slowly, he pushed me to the door. My back hit the door, pining me to the door, which eventually clo
Emma’s Pov:The witch, Zibah, glared at me, but I laughed more. I went to sit on the bed. I felt helpless in the company of the witches and the guards, but I maintained an elegant posture. I was an Alpha’s mate after all.“Drag her here; how dare you sit like you are in your pack while we are talking to you?" The middle-aged witch ordered. She was just as temperamental as Zibah. The striking resemblance between the middle-aged witch and Zibah, both facially and in character, proved that genes don't lie.The guards did as they were told; they charged towards me, and they both grabbed one of my hands and my legs, hoisting me up a bit to balance on them. Even though I tried to resist, it proved abortive. They carried me like I was a feather. They dropped me on the floor in a careful manner. They were all conscious of my stomach, which gave me a little hope because it was a tiny hint that they had no plans to kill me or hurt me, although I was not one hundred percent sure.The guards place
Scott’s Pov:I woke this morning feeling incomplete and abandoned. Emma’s space was still empty. I didn't even know that Emma had an effect on me until she was gone. I had just confirmed the saying that says you will never know the value of something until you lose it. Now I could see the value of Emma; she made my mornings brighter with each passing day, oblivious to me. And I was just starting to realize it. I wanted her back so badly and in my arms. I missed her so much; it hurt to think of what she could be facing right now at the hands of those witches. I couldn't wait to destroy those witches and kill all of the people who did this to us and the pack.The witch had not said anything to us, even after touturing her to say the truth. The only thing she said was that we would never see my mate again. That was frightening to me. I still had a lot of internal war to do before I could even prepare for an external war. I was still rallying around for the remaining Alphas who would join
The wedding day.I have imagined several ways that my wedding was going to take place. Fairytales that was what I called them. The pink lilies lined up the walks, I even imagined my dog walking down the aisle with me bearing the rings with the revered flower crown adorning his or her furry head. It was going to be a white wedding where everyone wore white same as the decorations.But never in Gods green earth did I imagine that I was going to have a double wedding with the man of my heart and sister from another mother. But more importantly, that Theresa was going to walk beside my mother as they accompany my son and I down the aisle to handle me over to Scott as his wife and Luna.It was my dream come true with a touch of radical goodness. I could never stop my face from gleaming with joy merely looking at Scott standing there in his white tuxedo his face a mask of angelic warmth. And on the other side was Liam and his newly-wedded bride, Aan, their hands entangled as they welcomed
We raced down the hall, our lies having been perfectly constructed. We had all agreed to tell Theresa that I woke up with a terrible headache and was only coming down for the training out of respect for her. It was a lot getting Liam to flow with the lies but he had agreed anyway. However as we neared the stairs, a loud scream tore through the house from down the stairs. "What's that?" Anna asked, increasing her step that soon turned to a run. We joined in, taking the stairs two at a time. The loud voices was coming from the direction of the Omegas quarters, the men's quarters precisely. We arrived in time to encounter Theresa deliver a well-aimed slap on Ashley's face who bent over bawling her eyes out."Mom!" Anna went to block her as she lifted her hand to give her another slap. "What is going on here?"Theresa covered her face with her right hand, her left in her waist. Her very schooled elegance was gone to be replaced by an infuriated expression. She wagged her forefinger at A
Wandering aimlessly helped me to learn a lot in one night, particularly the vastness of the mansion. I strode to the back of the house where the training ground was located, bending a few corners before I saw it stretched endlessly over the grassy field, with different objects constructed at diverse positions for training. I was stupefied for once, all the anger in me dissipating to be replaced by awe. I went to the Wolf leaper standing at the crossbar and touched it, taking note of the rough exterior. My eyes caught the flicker of the power tester that is used to train young pups to discover their inner strength. It sent jolts of longing wafting through me, wishing I had this chance growing up. Maybe it's not too late. I just need to learn now. For myself, not for anyone or anything. This is just me now against the world, whether I like it or not. It has always been. No one cares about me and if I am waiting for someone to, I might end up dying faster than I had anticipated. The wo
He cocked his brow to the top of his head, picked up the glass containing a brown substance on the table I hadn't noticed till now, and took a long swig as if I hadn't just dropped a bombshell on him. Is that how he is going to react? No fret, no fury? Nothing? My heart broke. So he truly wanted it? He brought me from my pack to this place for nothing. Just to mock our bond and destroy something so sanctified that the goddess has ordered. The tears that has been threatening were trying to force their way out, but I quickly looked down and willed it back. I am not going to cry for any man anymore. I had already thought about this and know it's for the best. I would rather be without a mate than with one who didn't want me for me but because I might have managed to win a competition to become his trophy Luna.Squaring my shoulders I looked up, expecting him to reject me immediately so I can go on to ask him for a favor concerning my housing, but he wasn't upcoming with it. He was stil
It was raining heavily when we came back from the training camp. Just as I envisaged, Nathan dropped me off in front of the house and told me he was going back to the border to see how things were going there.I wanted to beg him not to leave but knowing he has a duty to uphold which would be unfair of me to stop him, I simply nodded and accepted my ugly fate before sneaking my way into the house. I rushed upstairs two at a time, aiming to reach my room on time and hide away, hoping the Alpha doesn't figure out that I have returned from my outing. I succeeded, went to take my bath, and changed into the evening gown that I found hanging on the vanity chair_ meaning Anna had come to my room to check on me. I felt bad I haven’t spent much time with her recently and wished I could. But I needed this training so badly. I needed to become better. I needed to focus on something else that didn’t have to do with Scott or his mother’s stupid idea of competing for the Luna position. I was ab
"A proper Luna is always mindful of the time, especially one that wishes to have the keep up and running effectively with avoidable hitchbacks..." The statement from Theresa was cut to the chase and aimed at me. I flinched back, still dawdling by the door. What in moon's name possessed me to wake up this late? It was one thing that I wasn't favored much in this crowd, then I have to pull off this stunt of bringing the attention to myself. Now Theresa would think I was being deviant and irresponsible while Ashley is the serious one. "Get seated, Emma. I won't tolerate this foolhardy behavior next time. Be warned," she warned and I walked to the nearest couch to plop down."Luna, I thought she would be punished? Why should she be here__""Keep quiet, Ashley..." I caught the cold regard she gave Ashley who blanched in her couch and quickly recovered, and when theresa looked away, gave me a condescending bird's eye.l only returned her gaze, with a soft one, within me having a good lau
I stayed with my son for a while plying with him while the party went on downstairs. Part of me bought Scott was going to come after me due to the manner I left the party. That was part of me, but the other part knew he wouldn’t. After all I asked him to give me time. It was disappointing he wasn’t fighting for me. Taylor soon fell asleep and I kissed his forehead and decided to go to my room and pick my planning book. I still had a lot to do. When I was walking down the hall, something got my attention. A man.Like a drop-dead gorgeous man got my attention. He stepped into the hall, the automatic doors sliding close as he came in, his eyes washing over me in a sinful way. A very sinful way.I stood there one of my feet on the stairwell, the other one down as I stared at the man as he drew close, my eyes taking in every one of his adorable features His shoulders were broad, more like herculean massive_ fitted into a three-piece dark suit, his face stretched in what I would term a
“I thought you said you forgave me?” Those were his words the last time we met after the fight. “Yes, but I need time,” I had replied. “You don’t expect me to just believe you when you said the child she carries is not yours. I need time, Scott.” I didn’t look him in the eyes because I didn’t want to fall for his charm. “How much time,” he’s asked.“As much time as possible.” “I will be away the .” I looked up at him. He shrugged. “I can’t bear living under the same roof with you and not being able to come close to you, Emma. I can’t.”I nodded and looked away. “And our son?”“He would be fine. He is an Alpha.” the words nudged at my heart. Tears pulled in my eyes which I forced myself to keep in. I had to do this for me. “Thank you.”“For what?” He queried.“For allowing your sister and Liam to be together.”“I did it for you.”“I know,” I nearly went to him then. “Which is why I am grateful . They’re meant to be.”Those were our last words. And since then, all I want now is to be
"Did you hear anything I just said?" I jolted back from my thought and blinked up at the fair-haired woman, realizing I had drifted while she was still talking, "Huh?" the words flew out before I could stop them. My eyes dilated in chagrin, one of my hands flew to my mouth before rapidly flapping down on my lap, my eyes scooting between her and Ashley who had a repellent look on her face at me.Somehow since the horrendous announcement, the packhouse has become her second home. Urgh!To be honest ever since she dropped the bombshell about the pregnancy and knowing that that would determine the Luna position, I lost concentration. I have been raking my head what in the world this is about. Maybe their own sophisticated method of depriving me of something that the kind goddess has so naturally handed to me.Who competes to be with their mate? And even if you have to compete, it now has to be against someone that come the next life, you ain't likely to win against. Great! What did I te