MildredI wanted to go with him, I was drawn inexplicably to the idea, but I was bent on fighting whatever it was that made me want to go with him regardless.Was I supposed to up and leave with him? Wasting the twenty two years that I had built on my own and with my own strength, I wasn't so stupid, I decided.It didn't seems like he was lying, heck, he didn't seem like he was a person who would bring himself down to the degrading act of lying, he looked too dignified to do it.There was a sense of stiffness around him, a commanding sense about him, though he never used whatever persuasion techniques or command to compel me to do his wishes, I could tell that he could but was only choosing not to.A wayward part of me wished that he had tried everything he could to take me with him, it would be hard to resist him then, even now as I walked away from the hotel I had just gotten out from, I knew that if I wasn't decisive about where I was going right now, I would return to him.So, I h
Arnold I heard Mildred whisper, "I hope you come back soon". I mean, I am a werewolf my hearing is very sharp. I made myself walk away from her without another word, but I felt like going back to gather her into my arms. My wolf was trying to claw himself out of my body, but I succeeded in silencing him. I had to leave and go back to the pack, I cannot leave the pack for long. I decided to set up some security measures for my Mildred. I do not want to leave her defenseless against Jake and Aya. I woke up early the next day and checked out of the hotel. I decided to go to Mildred's house just to see her one more time before leaving. I called a cab and was on my way to her place in a few minutes. When I got there, I asked the cab driver to wait for me since I would not be staying long. I went up to her front door and immediately smelled Jake's scent, I saw red immediately. I was concerned about Mildred so I knocked on her door with an air of urgency. "What do you want?", Mildred de
MildredWaking up early this morning, I instinctively felt different. I felt kind of weird and I started to wonder why. I soon realized it was because of Arnold's absence, gosh! When did I meet him that he already means so much to me?I sighed deeply and I rolled out of bed deciding to get on with my day. I went into the bedroom and took my time with my bath, I loved the feeling of the warm water on my skin. Usually, I get a quick bath and called it a day, but whenever I had some time, I pampered myself."Ah, that was a relaxing bath. I should do that more often".I stood at the door of my wardrobe trying to choose my outfit for the day, I finally settled on a nice pair of jeans and a pink top with a flower pattern. I settled on a pair of pink sandals and satisfied with my look, I went to the kitchen to get breakfast. Normally, I just eat fruit or granola for breakfast because of my jobs, but today I woke up so early that I still had an hour to spare. I fried up some bacon and eggs ad
Alpha Arnold I knew I definitely had to tackle the matter presented to me by Ted. I was only gone for a few days, how did I get conspired against so fast? All these thoughts ran through my mind as I was scrubbing my back in the shower. Sighing, I got dressed and called Ted through the mind link. "Alpha." Ted called and bowed as I opened the door and invited him in to my room. I asked him to tell me all about the conspiracy. He declined any in-depth knowledge about the conspiracy and said he was just lucky and smart enough to realize what was happening. He heard stuff from Colin Gates by chance. I ordered him to mention all the others involved in the conspiracy and he told me he did not know about the ones from our pack if any was involved, but a neighboring pack's alpha and pack members were involved. I thanked him and dismissed him. Entering the dining area, I saw that a seat was already designated to me as Alpha of the pack, I chuckled softly and assumed my seat. A plate heaped
MildredI was not sick when I woke up this morning, but I didn't want to risk getting sick, so I didn't have breakfast. I just grabbed some saltine crackers and called in sick to all my work places. I decided to stay at home today to regain my strength.I also wanted to get some home pregnancy test packs to know for sure the cause of my illness. I really hoped I was not pregnant, I mean, the Father was gone and I don't even know anything about him. He was also kind of strange when he was here, I certainly won't like to birth a weirdo's child."Hey, what's up?"I was talking to Aya on the phone, I didn't want to pick her calls, but when she called the tenth time, I realized she wasn't letting it go so I picked the call. Normally, I would have called her to inform her about my sickness, but I was still wary of her."Girl, I have a bone to pick with you. What's going on with you? Let me rephrase that, what's been going on with you since all these days? I have been watching you, I was go
Arnold I didn't sleep at all during the night, I was agitated so I kept pacing quietly because I didn't want anyone with sharp hearing to hear me pacing and realize I was troubled about something. Ted was on the sofa bed so my bed was free and available for me to sleep on, but I was too troubled to sleep. I kept thinking about what to do about Alpha Colin Gate and how to weed out his supporters as well. I have to be very careful and vigilant as I already have traitors in my pack. "Good morning, Alpha." I turned to see Ted rising slowly from the sofa bed and trying to bow at the same time. It was a very funny sight to behold. I replied his greetings and told him to be careful on his way back to his own room, he bowed and left after thanking me for letting him spend the night in my room. I went into the bathroom to freshen up and get ready for the day. After a quick bath, I put on a clean shirt and jean trousers. I sat on the bed to wait for the whole pack to wake up, I didn't want t
(Third Person's POV) It has been a life time ago, but Hera still felt the exact same way she did when she wore a glasses for the first time. The world became brighter, more beautiful and a place where hope could just conjure itself to being true. She felt happier with it, which would sound a tad bit silly to the average man. But after living more than a thousand years practically blind, you would thank your God and wonderful scientists for the amazing invention which was the glasses. On a normal Monday morning she wouldn't have had the time to romanticize about her love for glasses. On a normal day she wouldn't be staring at her kitchen wallpaper that had been there for the past fifteen years, like a new discovery that she had just happened upon. She also would not be sipping her poorly made black coffee from her "coffee is my love" mug that now says "coff I my lo". A typical day would have started off with rainbow connection by Peter Cincotti playing from the Vinyl and her slowl
(Third Person's POV) Aya stood in front of Mildred's door looking sad and uneasy. But despite her naturally curious nature, Mildred really didn't care. She needed her to leave. This was not the right time to discuss anything and she wasn't interested in what Aya had to say. Mildred looked at Aya and felt sick to her bones. Sick of pretending that everything was perfectly normal, sick of trying to talk to a person who she knew did not care about her and was a bloody user. So she spoke her mind… "Aya, I don't see the point in pretending that everything is fine, and I'm not in the right headspace to discuss whatever you came her to talk about so please can kindly let yourself out of this apartment. We will have whatever discussion it is later." As Mildred spoke, she noticed that Aya wasn't looking at her or listening to her. She was looking at the pregnancy stick she held in her right hand. Instinctively Mildred looked down and saw two little lines showing that she was pregnant. "M
Mildred POV"Mil!"I held out my hand with joy as my best friend ran into them.My husband and I had been waiting several minutes for her plane to finally land and I was so excited. Behind her was the guard that my husband had left to take care of her coming out, calling out that she should not run so fast. She rolled her eyes back, looking at him."You are always treating me like a child!" She said defensively, crossing her hands and with a sigh."... That's because you act like one sometimes, "He responded.After saying that, he looked over to me and my husband and greeted us with a slight bow and also recognized the baby that was cradled in my husband's hand."Oh my gosh, he's so cute!..., oh now I want one so badly." She said, gushing over the baby, and then her bodyguard hovered over her with a worried expression."Children aren't supposed to take care of children," he said without missing a beat, and she turned around."Besides…where are you going to find a guy that can handle a
Mildred POVI could not describe the relief that washed over my entire body like a cool relaxing shower when I finally had a bed to lie on. I didn't realize that Arnold was staring at me strangely until I rolled on the bed and my eyes came over to him, looking over with a mixture of confusion and perplexity.Even if I had been walking a long way so that way he had carried me halfway back, it was not enough reason for me to act like that after seeing a bed.Before I could even get the chance to think of a good excuse, he came over scooting on the bed, and then, with a hard gaze fixed on me, he asked me."Millie, can you tell me what was happening to you when I was asleep?"I sat up feeling hesitant to talk about my experiences with him. I just wanted to push it into the past because it was so terrible, and I didn't want him to feel guilty that he had not been there for me, since it was basically my fault that I had injured him.He kept on pressing for the truth and so, eventually, I ha
Arnold POVMy heart was beating hard against my chest as we were making our way through the woods I had left some markings on the trees quickly as I was rushing here, from time to time my mate would casually point out a deformed tree that had one of the two branches torn off.I would just soothingly her head, telling her not to bother about it when deep down inside I knew that it was because of how madly I had been running when I knew what was about to happen to her.".... Arnold…" she called my name in a weak voice as she clung to me I looked at her asking her she needed to rest a bit giving her the offer of carrying her again but she looked at my hand that was still tearing and shook her head to that invitation saying that she could be here for a little longer until my hands were better.My heart clenched when she said this even when she was in this situation she was still thinking of me and my own well-being and she was pregnant just going through such a traumatic experience that w
Mildred POV"Move faster…"I felt a painful jab on my side caused by someone poking me with a stick. Following that was a burst of laughter and a bunch of laughter followed by the group that had been walking behind me for several minutes now.Now that I had finally gotten to see Arnold, I would have to live up to my own part of the deal or rather die for it, so leading the group was traitorous and then behind me were warriors that were mostly loyal to him and in their midst was Tanya, who was desperate to witness my debt even if it meant her not being there to support Arnold in his last moments.Watching her join the group earlier made me scoff below my breath. Despite doing all of this, she would still viciously claim that she was in love with him. It was ridiculous.No, it wasn't satisfying enough to the group that I was about to execute myself while dragging heavy chains across the forest. They decided that they were going to mock me and do petty, ridiculous things like poking me w
Mildred POV"Millie, if it's a boy, are you fine with him having my grandfather's name?""Hmm, I was hoping that we could name him after my father…""Should we flip a coin over it?"This was the conversation that we had before the world fell apart. crackling I'm just crumbling like a world that I thought will stand forever. Suddenly, the world that I thought we had that was so firm was actually as fragile as a stack of cards messily placed on each other. It was just my imagination that it would last forever, but in a brief moment, a small wind came along and set everything to disaster.Back then I thought that we were going to have a happy family, the two of us and our baby and the ones that were to come.And now I had my fingers entangled in his own, from my side, I was strapped down with chains and on his own he was being held down by drips."Arnold, I am so sorry…"I had thought that I would not get the opportunity to see him. That was until I made a proposition, a proposal that no
Mildred POVSometimes I truly wonder if I am not the one that is cursed if my child is actually innocent and I am the problem here. Perhaps that is so and I am just making myself believe otherwise.I woke up feeling the cold concrete floor brushing against my skin as I stood up and then be clicking sound of chains filled my ears as I tried to sit up. The cold wrapped around me like a thick blanket, but despite this, there was an overwhelming heat that embraced my waist and my ankles when I took a closer look.I realized that with the help of the dull naked bulb that was swinging above my head, I was chained there.I bit my bottom lip as I stared at the chains contemplatively as though my eyes had never seen anything like it before. Maybe I was hoping that if I blinked enough times it would fade away, but, I missed and it would all be nothing but a blurry dream that had infiltrated my thoughts. Even after doing so, my eyes went wide like saucepans and I saw that it was nothing more tha
Mildred POVI took a few cautious steps back when I saw the aggressive look on her face and she noticed it."Why are you stepping back…I guess you already know what you did and that is why you are trying to run away now…"A heavy sigh carried my whole chest as I noticed that more and more people were beginning to look at her so I tried to subtly bring it to her attention, but she had a razor-sharp look at me, not minding that so many people were looking at us.Or maybe that was exactly what she wanted."So are you going to confess to what you did or are you going to play dumb and innocent…""I didn't do anything…at least not to you…" I clarified, but she suddenly stepped closer."Last chance…" she hissed."I didn't do anything gosh you people need to stop suffocating me," Then in a burst of emotions, I pushed her…I was so fed up…they watched me like I was a delinquent child and not even an adult with this uncomfortable bracelet on I was basically not even a threat at all and yet…they
Mildred POV"All better, do you think that anyone will notice?"This question was directed at the lady that was helping me to stitch up the dress. Fortunately, I was able to find a maid that was handy with the sewing machine and she had one within her reach to help me. She even added some decorations on top of the dress that made it more palatable to look at and the stitches more intentional, even though it was because of how randomly I had cut the dress.When she was finally done, she handed me the dress and I was standing in front of the mirror, even without all the extra stitches. I had a feeling that it was still meant to be short and revealing and it clung to me like a second skin. I turned around to look at how it was wrapped around my butt.Gosh if I even dropped anything at that worthless party and might as well just leave it on the floor for the rest of the night because there was no way I would be able to pick it up without unveiling myself in front of everyone.From the cor
Mildred's POVI had already tolerated so much from him and this was just too much."Take it back to him," I seethed at the maid with burning eyes and she looked at me like a deer in front of headlights."He…he told me that I shouldn't return it, he told me that I would be punished if I did…" She said, her voice shaking with unison to her body, I gritted my teeth as I paced around my room, this was the final straw…I couldn't allow him to turn me into his freaking puppet.He was just far too insufferable he knew that I wouldn't accept the dress and was now using the maid as a pawn I told her that she could drop the dress, all so that she wouldn't end up in trouble and dismissed her for my room.When I was done with my morning routine and my eyes went straight over to the box that was lying on my bed out of sheer curiosity I decided to look at the dress when I wasn't going to wear it no matter how pretty it was.That bastard's intentions towards me were crystal clear to the last thing I