***Xavier's POV***I waited patiently for my Luna, but she was taking so long. I thought she said she was only going to ease herself. I wonder if she had been caught up on something else. I decided to go searching for her, but just as I was about to head out of the hall, I was met with Kyle. This gave me a shock because I was never expecting to see him. “Kyle? What are you doing here?”“I'm here because of Caspian. Since your Luna coronation is talked about everywhere, there's no way I wouldn't have attended. I mean, we are talking about my daughter here.”“Excuse me? Do you have a daughter?”“What? Of course, I have a daughter, Melissa.”“Are you kidding me right now, Kyle. When was the last time you laid eyes on the so-called daughter you claim to have?”“It's been such a long time since I saw her, but she's still my daughter, either way.”“No. I think you're mistaken. Melissa is not your daughter. And even if she were, your ties were caught off since the day you joined the crowd
**Melissa's POV***“Matter of fact, I have to Alpha. I need to let her know and understand what I had planned to do with her from the onset.”I bit my lips, trying to surprise the rising anger inside of me. “When she went into labor, it became life and death that we were told that only one of them would survive. I had thought she was going to stand up for herself since the child was never accepted in the first place, but she dared to choose her child. She preferred to die to save her skin.”“Arrrgh!” I screamed out in pain as I couldn't bear to hear what Kyle was saying. That instant, Caspian walked over to him way before Xavier could and gave him a terrible blow across his face. “What a terrible person you are, Kyle!”As much as I wanted to watch him and make him pay for what he did to my mom, my body couldn't take it and my weakness took the best of me that I passed out right in the arms of Xavier. ~I woke up with the worst of a headache and when I opened my eyes, I felt somethi
**Melissa's POV***I shook my head in denial. There's no way such a thing is happening to me or my child. “No, dad. Tell me this is all some kind of big joke?”I can't believe this. Why does it seem like whenever I get some good news, bad news is bound to follow? Was this some kind of a curse that I don't know about? This is not fair at all. Why must I go through such a terrible fate?“Listen, child, I want to let you know that there's nothing for you to be scared about. I'm right here with you and hence you don't need to be scared, trust me.”“B…but what if she finds out and decides to come for us? According to you, she would find out about the child in due time. What are we going to do now?”“Just trust me and not worry your head over anything. Can you do that for me?” I nodded my head with a slight smile. I didn't want my dad to worry, but deep down, I was worried and scared for my unborn child. I don't think I can bear
**Melissa's POV***I cried bitterly in my bed. Not because I was hurt for myself, but for my mom. Age never got the opportunity to have a good life with her mate, all because of Kyle. She got married to the wrong man and suffered in his hands for years. When she finally got to find her true love, she couldn't be with him for long because their relationship was doomed to come to an end pretty soon. Not only that, last night, I dreamt about my mom for the first time. She wanted me to have a good life. She wanted me to have the life she never had. She wanted me to be at peace with my mate. All the things she wished for me are the things she never lived to experience, and it hurts so much that my mom had to suffer such injustice. To make things worse, she died, so I could live. How could life be so cruel? I never wanted my mom to die for me. I would have preferred if she saved her skin and fought for her love. But then that still wouldn't have been possible. Not when Kyle was still ali
***Alpha Xavier's POV***I was shocked when Melissa told the men to stop and not take the portrait away. I didn't understand why she didn't want them to take it away. “Love, is there a reason you don't want them to take off the portrait?”She looked at me and smiled. “I know she's in your heart as well as mine. But I think a picture of her should be kept on her for remembrance purposes. When your kids grow up and see a picture of her, I want them to pay their respect to her as your first Luna, who unfortunately passed away.”I was terribly speechless at that moment. I never expected her to say such a thing to me. I had always thought that she would be happy that I've gotten rid of everything that has to do with Ariana. I knew what I did to her in the past and. I didn't want her to feel that I still hadn't moved on or that I didn't value her. “What's wrong, love?”She asked, while searching my eyes innocently. “Nothing is wrong, my love. I'm just so happy that you said that. I was
***Melissa's POV***Xavier traced kisses down my earlobe and up to my earlobes while he circled his arms around my waist from behind. “You know what I always dreamt of doing to you?”I shook my head without saying a word, with my eyes closed. “I have always wanted to make love to you under the moonlight, right in this very room.”This made me smile bright, and I raised my hand up and reached for his face behind me. “So, you've always had dirty thoughts about me, before now, right?”“Hell no. Please don't put it that way.”This made me let out a light chuckle. “Why? Do you think I have exposed your innermost intentions?”“They were meant to be private, you know,” he muttered as he nibbled on my ears. I bit my bottom lips, but couldn't control myself well enough, and so I let out a soft moan. “When you moan this way, you make it difficult for me to want to take things slowly, you know, Lisa!”“I don't want you to take things slowly either,” I muttered. “Fuck! If you had said these
**Melissa's POV***“Fuck! I can't hold it anymore!” I screamed out with strain before secreting all of my juices in his mouth. Xavier drank from my wetness and never stopped eating me. The pleasure was so intense that I dug at my hair. He made me feel way better than every sex we had. When he was done eating me out, he flipped me with my back against him.“Kneel for me, my love,” he whispered. Without hesitation, I knelt and bent over with my hands on the table. “Oh yes, this is precisely what I wanted,” he stated. I watched him climb the table behind me. This was a moment I was waiting for. With just one thrust, he filled me up and began to pound me hard and fast. I shut my eyes and enjoyed the ride I was being given. “Harder…" I moaned out amidst pleasure. Xavier increased his pace quite fast, and I enjoyed every bit of his thrust. As much as he was taken faster just like I wanted, I noticed he was being careful as well not to hurt our child. We spent the next few hours taki
***Melissa's POV***Just like that. I was four months pregnant, and my baby bump had become more visible. I had a change of clothes at every single stage of my pregnancy, and I have more dresses now. “Luna, I have a surprise for you. Why don't you come with me?” Alana said with a smile on her face. “My goodness, Alana. You literally give me so many surprises each month. Now I'm scared of your surprises. I don't think I need any more surprises, you know.”“Of course you do.”“You're pregnant with our future Alpha, and everyone is looking at you and guarding you like a hawk.”“You're right about that. I could hardly move around now without being followed either by a pack member, a maid, or even a female pack elder. Goodness, me, what did I do to deserve this?”“Are you not comfortable with it?”“Of course I am comfortable, but the love and concern makes me emotional, you know,” I said as I dabbed the corners of my eyes which were about to bring forth tears.”“I can imagine why you fee
***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