***Xavier's POV***It's been a month without my mate, and there's nothing separating me from a wolf that was about to go feral. I don't know how she was able to do it without me in her life for this past month, but I'm dying slowly. If I had known this would be the consequences of my jealousy, I never would have dared to get jealous. This is all my fault. I shouldn't have been too jealous, maybe then I wouldn't be suffering this torment of longing. Just to get on Melissa's good side, I had no choice but to talk things out with Arnold. Good thing Lord Badmos was able to convince me about what to do. Meanwhile, I've been going back and forth from my pack to the witch's coven. Good thing I saw her the moment I came back from the Vulcan pack. In excitement, I approached her. “Love, are you still mad at me?” I asked, though still very skeptical of what her answers would be at this point. Just then, she turned around to face me. My heart skipped when I saw a smile on her face. “Goodne
***Melissa's POV***Ever since Xavier left for the pack, I've been apprehensive. Though we talk through the mind every often, but it still wasn't enough. I could see the fight in my vision. Though in all of my visions, Xavier always won the battle. That was the only reason why I was so worried, else I'm not sure if I ever would have been able to take it at all. I walked around the house thinking about what Xavier might be going through when Arnold suddenly showed up in front of me. “I could tell you're still worried about Xavier.”“Yes, I am. The battle has taken so long. It's already been a week since he left. So you think he'll be okay?”“I saw through your visions, and I noticed that he won the battle.”I froze the instant he said the words. “What? You saw through my visions?”“You look surprised. I'm your mate, and that is the only reason I was able to see your visions.”“That's strange. But you never saw through my visions before now. How come you could see through it now?”“
**Alpha Xavier's POV**“Xavier, I know what I said to you. And it's still in my memory. However, you know how much I spent just to make the dagger I wield now. For me to be able to create more of these daggers, I'll have to go to the three witches of the east. Also, you know how much they demand to make me such a weapon. If I should venture into this, I'm afraid our treasuries will be empty at the end of the day. That's not what I want for us at all.”Drake nodded his head in agreement at my lengthy explanations. “Since it has come to this, why don't we seek help from our most loyal packs?”“I've thought about this as well, but Drake, you know just how hard they worked. You know how many they've sacrificed just for my rescue. It will be so selfish of me to go to them now.”“What are you talking about? Alpha Xavier, it seems you're forgetting something. The reason they could sleep at night without the vampires invading them like they do with us is simple and that is the fact that our
***Alpha Xavier's POV**“My duty? How is protecting your packs my duty? If that's the case, why don't you all resign from your positions and make me the Alpha of your packs, then I'll really accept that it's my duty to protect your packs!”They all went silent and refused to meet my gaze.“All you do is invade weaker packs up their treasures to enrich yourselves. You neither go to battle nor defend your pack. You easily call on others to defend your packs against those whom you've stolen from. Furthermore, you all should be ashamed of yourselves. None of you is entitled to banter words with me here, concerning this matter. I lost a mate to the Vampires. Tell me, what did you lose to them?!”I snapped in anger, but no one dared to reply to me. They all fell silent. Just then, I suddenly felt someone's hand on my shoulder. I turned around and saw that it was Denver. “Alpha, please calm down. I'm sure they'll come around,” he comforted me. I stared at the men and noticed how they sudden
***Unknown POV***“Did you really see her?” “Yes, mother, I saw her. She's truly Lord Badmos daughter. According to the old scroll where ancient history is written, only her descendants could break this curse that had lingered in our family for a hundred years now.”“Mother, I think this is our time to be saved. The goddess must have brought her to the coven for us. We must not let this opportunity we've got pass us by.”“I'm old and can't give birth, but you, my child, will not be like me. I want you to bear offspring, for our family.”“But mother, aren't you afraid of the consequences? I'm sure afraid of the consequences, if you ask me. I don't want you to leave me.”“Anna, you must be strong and carry out this mission. We are not going to pass away without breaking the curse. Aren't you afraid that our generation will be no different from ours.”“I'm not concerned about the future kids. I don't want anything to do with them. All I want is for you to be okay. I can't afford to lose
***Melissa's POV****It's been a month and the fight with the vampire was still on. I was beginning to get distressed and wished that I was with him when the battle was taking place. Maybe, just maybe, the battle would have ended a long time ago. The only reason I hadn't gone insane despite all this was because I still managed to hear from him through mind link. He was still very much strong and according to what he reported to them. More weapons have been made to get rid of the vampires. I felt relieved to hear this because this has been one of the greatest problems we've been having, and that was the lack of weapons to fight the enemies. Now that there are enough weapons, I was told that the Vampires don't jump into battle like they used to I had no idea that they also had fear in them. I thought they were going to fight head on forever. I looked outside the window and I noticed it was getting dark. I need to race my wolf. Ever since I gave birth, I had never for once, raced my
***Melissa's POV***As soon as I arrived at my room door, I shut my eyes and took a deep breath. I can't let my emotions run all over the place, else I might collapse. Arnold was right next to me, waiting for me to open the door as well. As soon as I opened the door, I rushed in, and so did Arnold. To my greatest horror, my child's carrier was empty, and the new babysitter wasn't in the room either. “No!”I screamed out at the top of my voice. “Melissa, please explain. What's going on, and where is your child? Where did you keep him? At that moment, my heart began to beat so fast that I didn't even know what to say at that moment. “Melissa? You can't be quiet. Did someone take him? If so, you need to give me a description of whom this person is, so I can find him as soon as possible!”“That is the problem! The person who took my child is not a boy, it's a girl. The new babysitter Emilia brought me.”“What? Emilia switched your babysitter?”“She did. The babysitter came in hours
***Melissa's POV***“Who the fuck are you and why the hell are you and why did you change your voice?”I screamed as I tightened my hold on her neck. “Please don't hurt me, ma'am, I have no idea what you're talking about.”“Melissa, are you sure she's the one?”“She's the one. I'm sure of it. But her voice is different. She doesn't sound this way. She must have done something to her voice, so I wouldn't recognize her.”“That's impossible. I would never do such a thing. My peers can bear me witness.* l looked in the direction of the others, who looked at me with a frightened expression. “Speak up, all of you. Did you see her tending to get mom, just like she said?” Arnold asked in a deep, commanding voice.Immediately, the three of them knelt on the ground. “Ciara is right. She was with her mom all through last night. If this is unavailable to you, you can ask the others in the coven.”This got me confused. What the hell is going on? Why does it seem like no one believes what I'm s
***Melissa's POV***Arnold staggered backwards as he was stabbed. The knife she used was purely made of dark magic. That very instant, I noticed Arnold going pale. “No!” I screamed out in anger at what happened right in front of me. Just then, I force pulled me up from the floor and I couldn't tell how I did it but the next thing I knew, I was standing right in front of the witch whose hands had become bloody with my mate's blood. I gripped her on the neck and pulled her up. “How dare you put a finger on my mate! I swear, I'll never forgive you. You must pay with your life for what you've done to my mate!”That's all it took for me to snap her neck. When I realized the witch had finally been killed, I tossed her to the ground and turned around towards my mate, who was now lying helplessly on the floor with Xavier by his side. Seeing my mate struggling for his life made my heart ache terribly. I felt like I was going to die from the pain. I managed to carry myself to his side. “
***Melissa's POV***“Argh!” I screamed out in pain as the young witch continued to cast her spell. Presently, I had shifted back into my human form as I couldn't bear the immense pain from the burning I felt on my back. Just then, I heard my child scream out. I quickly turned around to see my child who was crying non-stop. If it were to be in another situation, I would have been annoyed at the fact that my child was crying so hard. But currently, I felt relieved that my child was crying because it was an indication that he was alive. The cries of my child suddenly gave me the strength I thought had been drained by the witch. “You think I'm going to let you win? Never!”I struggled to stand up on my feet while the Witch continued to cast her incantations. I wasn't concerned about what she was doing at that moment. Rather, what I was more concerned about was the fact that I had to escape from this coven after finishing off their witch. With the little power left in me, I shit my ey
***Alpha Xavier's POV***Just as I was about to join them to cast the spell, I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my heart, which made me stagger backwards. “Argh!” I heard someone scream, to my shock, it was Arnold. He held on to his chest just like I did. “Arnold, Xavier, what's going on. Why do you both feel the same pain at once?” Emilia asked, confused. “I have no idea, Emilia.”They probably do not know since we are of different tribes, but I know very well what this means. “We need to hurry with whatever spell week is about to carry out. Melissa is in danger. She must have been hurt,” I said in panic. I sat next to Arnold. At this point, I can't afford to hold whatever grudge I have against since we both have one common goal, and that is to find Melissa as soon as possible.I shut my eyes and let Emilia cast the spell, just as she had said she would. In no time, I found myself in the woods. I looked around, but I was alone. Where were Emilia and Arnold? Just then, I realized
**Alpha Xavier's POV***I've searched the woods for two days, yet there was no sign of a single witch. I was beginning to doubt whether what Badmos gave me was effective or not. Of course, it has to be effective. I had to find my child, but I don't even know where to search anymore. “Alpha, Xavier, I'm not sure if we'll be able to find your son this way. I think what we need is a powerful watch who knows the terrain. The orb is probably broken or ineffective.”“I thought so too,” I muttered. “Why don't we go back to the coven to see how things were in the coven?”“No, I can't!”“What? Why not?” Drake asked in surprise. “Listen, I promised my Luna that I was never coming back until I could bring my child with me.”"Of course I was there when you said that, but at this point, you also know that there's no way we can find your son. He's an Infant, where do we even begin to search for an infant.”“My child isn't whom I'm looking for, but the bitch who took my son.”“But there's no such
***Melissa's POV***I stood in front of two ladies. One looked as old as Emilia while the other was as young as I am, though I could tell that she's not as young as I think she is. To worsen it, she's the one carried my child who is now quiet. I wonder if he's doing okay by being silent, or if they used some kind of dark spell to keep him shut. “I'm here now, please give me back my child.”The ladies both looked at one another and laughed out hysterically. “Mother, she's such a naive one. Who would have thought that she'll really come to us so easily.”“Don't talk like that child. She's a mother, so it's only natural that she would do everything to save her child, and this is one thing we lack.”“You're right now. And that is why we must break this goddess forsaken curse!”The moment they mentioned the curse, I was reminded of what Emilia had told me earlier about the curse my grandmother had laid on them. “The curse, huh? I know about this curse. But then, my child has got nothing
**Badmos POV**While in bed, I couldn't sleep because I realized that this wasn't the best way to protect Melissa. I promised Xavier that I was going to watch over her, and the best way I could actually do that is by staying by her side if I have to. This is the only way for her me to fully keep an eye on her. I quickly rolled out of bed and headed to her room. But before then, I stopped at Emilia's. I knocked light in Emilia's door and in a few seconds, Emilia got the door. “Badmos, you're still awake.”“Couldn't sleep. With my grandson missing and Melissa in the terrible state she's in, I can't leave her in such a state, you know.”“You're right. I checked on her a few minutes ago. I think we should both check on her again, just to be certain she's okay.”Emilia and I both went to her door. But then, Emilia both noticed something strange, and that was the lack of a presence in the room. We could both feel it from where she stood. Emilia and I both exchanged quick glances before
**Melissa's POV***Even though I saw no wisps on the way, that didn't stop me from forging her head. I had the belief that no matter what, I'll find my child. After walking for almost an hour without knowing where I was headed, I suddenly noticed a bright light ahead of me. What is that? I increased my walking speed. I couldn't shift into my wolf, as I was too weak to do so. And since I'll be meeting a witch, then I'll have to retain my human form to fight if I have to. My wolf cannot save me from her spell, and I cannot carry out the spell I know as well. The more I walked over to the lights, the farther it looked. This is confusing. How can there be a bright light in the woods that is unattainable . Still, I didn't give up. The will to save my child is way stronger than any thought about giving up. I definitely cannot give up now, I don't care where my child is right now. All I know is that I must save my child as soon as possible.After walking for what seemed like hours, I fina
***Melissa's POV***I could hardly sleep when nightfall came. I worry about my child and my mates. I wonder whether they were doing okay or not. What if something bad had happened to them? Worst still, what if the Witches are more powerful than Xavier and Arnold? Doesn't this mean I'll lose everyone?I tossed in my bed with so much worry in my heart. The door to my room flew open and Emilia showed up. “It's as if I knew you wouldn't be sleeping by this time. “I can't sleep. I'm just too worried, we've tried all the tracking spells we know, but we still can't find them. Doesn't this mean they are more powerful than we are?”“Not at all. They are not as powerful as we are. The only reason it looks difficult to get them is their possession of dark magic. If not for the dark magic they possess, I can assure you that you'll surely get to them. They know they'll be caught, that's why they used the dark spell.”“Can't we use the dark spell too. I mean, since it has come to this point, don'
***Alpha Xavier's POV***“Your child is missing. I have seen it in my visions since three days ago.”That made me stagger backwards. “Wait a minute, I don't think I heard you correctly. What do you mean by my child has gone missing? “ How can he go missing just like that?“I'm sorry, this is hard for you to accept, but I can't lie to you about something like this, you know.”“I still don't get it. Why is my child missing? What happened to my child?” I demanded in rage. “Xavier, calm down. Your child is not dead yet. He's only missing. Presently, your Luna needs you most. Please hurry over to her side.”As soon as Alana said the last words, I bolted out of her room and headed straight to the witch's coven. “Alpha, where are you headed in such a hurry?”Drake asked as he saw me heading out of the pack house. I quickly turned around to face him. “Drake, you must take care of pack matters until my return. I need to attend to something pretty urgent.”“Why do you look panicked? Why don