**Alpha Cannon's POV***No matter how hard I tried to see reasons with It, just didn't work. I had expected her to be hard-headed but I never thought that she would take it this far. Just what does she think in her head all the time? How am I supposed to convince her that I'm not her enemy? All she sees are the bad things about me. I don't think she's ever questioned herself any day about if I was truly her enemy or not. Why would she do this to me? While I was deep in thoughts, my beta instantly barged into my office looking all worried. “Alpha, what exactly happened here? Did she refuse your terms?”“She didn't even give me the opportunity to call out my terms,” I said with a clenched fist. “This is bad. What were her demands?”“She wants the kids and her mother too!” I hit my desk in anger. “What? This is so not looking good. I had thought she was only mad about her kids, but now it turns out she also wants her mother too. Alpha, what do you have in mind to do now?”“What do y
**Alpha Cannon's POV** Clair's Mom, went wide in shock. Immediately, she put down the watering can she was holding and came closer to meet me. “Are you serious about what you've just said? You really found my daughter?” “Yes. She's doing okay, and she'll come see you soon.” “The goddess be praised! This is indeed the greatest news I've ever heard. Who would have thought that I would get to see my child again. Oh my goodness!” She welled up that very moment. I can imagine how she must be feeling at the moment. “Alpha Cannon, you have no idea just how happy I am at the moment. The goddess must love me to have kept my daughter safe for me.” “You're right. Though I would like to hear from you concerning an important matter.” “I know you're not aware of this, but I think this is the right time to let you know about this.” “Alright, I'm all ears, Alpha.” “Actually, Clair is my mate, and she actually gave birth to twin boys for me.” “Huh?” She muttered in utter shock. “H…how di
**Clair's POV***“You want me to ask Alpha Damian for help?”“I mean, yes. You know he can't tell Alpha Damian.”“No, you don't understand the situation. There's no way I can ask the Alpha for help with this.”“And why not? I'm sure he'll help.”“The Alpha gave me the go ahead to go claim my kids, and he assured me that he was going to support whatever decision I made. Why do you think he said that?”“I don't think I'll be able to tell why, to be honest.”“He said that because he trusted that I would be able to get my kids back. He believes in me, and he's so sure that there's nothing I wouldn't be able to achieve.”“Oh dear! I know this is hard, Alpha Cannon is being unreasonable. He never should have given you such conditions. I mean, they are your kids, after all. He is not entitled to tell you what to do to get your kids.”“And that is one reason why I'm never going to back down. He might have thought he's gotten to me, but he's mistaken. I'm going to find one way or another to ge
**Clair's POV**The moment I said the words, I noticed how Cannon's expression changed, and that made my heart sink. Damn the mate bond. Why should I feel bad because he's sad? The bond is acting more foolishly every time I see him. “Clair, we can talk about this, you don't need to bring in a third party you know. If you are mad at me, you know you can always come to me, and we'll talk this out together.”“Did you just hear yourself speak? Talk it out? You clearly aren't even giving me the opportunity to talk things out. If you wanted us to both act civilized, then you never should have abducted the kids in the first place!”“Stop trying to give excuses for your actions, Cannon. Taking her kids without her consent is also known as kidnapping, what you did was an offense. “Fucking stay out of this, Rojas. You would rather not get on my nerves. I'm trying my best to control my temper. Do not let me lose it!”“You think you still have the right to be mad at who came here to help me? Y
*Clair's POV***As soon as I got to the quarters where my mom was said to live now, I was overtaken with surprise. Why was my mom having her quarter of her own? I asked in my thoughts. “Miss, we are here,” the lady who led me announced. “But this isn't the direction of her room?” I asked, confused when I noticed where we had stopped was not a room.“Yes ma'am, we are not in her room but in her favorite garden.”“What? My mom goes to a garden?”The lady stared at me with an expression that showed I looked weird to her. Though it's just a few years since I left the pack, it seems so much has changed. “Please come with me, ma'am,” The lady said, leading the way to the garden. I walked slowly behind her while looking around. I could barely believe my eyes.As soon as we got to the middle of the garden, I saw a woman with her back against us, she was watering flowers. I looked at her fingers as she carefully watered them. She was doing it with so much care that I couldn't help but wond
**Clair's POV**In anger, I stormed Cannon's office, my hands folded into fists. A pushed his office door open and barged in with full force. “How dare you? How dare you make it impossible for me to leave with my mom too? What lies did you feed her?!”I burst into flames. Cannon, who had been sitting on his chair, slowly stood up and approached me. “Clair, can we not do this, please? Why wouldn't you calm down and listen to me even once?”“The only way I will calm down is if you let my kids go.”“I can't. Stop asking me that, Clair!”“And why not! Aren't you happy being with Roxanne?”“You still don't understand what's going on, do you? All my life, if there's anything I regret most in my life, it is the fact that I hid the mate bond. If I hadn't, maybe all of this wouldn't have happened.”“Since you already know, why cry over spilled milk? Why wouldn't you let me have them?”“Because I don't want you to leave me again, Clair,” he instantly covered the distance between us. “I wan
**Clair's POV** What the fuck do you think you're doing kissing me like that? I screamed out even though I let him kiss me enough. I feel so terrible right now. I never should have let him approach me in the first place. “Clair, I'm sorry for what happened, but I couldn't help it. You know just how much I love you, don't you?” “That's not the point!” “Then I don't know what else to say to you. My mind is made up. The kids aren't going anywhere. And if there's anything I'll do, it is to go to war with Rojas if that's the only way to keep my children,” he said the words sternly with his back against me. At that moment, I didn't need anyone to tell me that he was serious about what he said because I could already see it. “So, that's your decision?” I asked for the last time, just to be certain I didn't hear him wrongly. “That's it, Clair, my mind is made up.” At that moment, I held my hands tightly in a fist. I can't believe just how conscienceless he could be. I don't understan
**Clair's POV**I waited patiently in my mother's room for Tessa. As soon as I heard the door open, I quickly raised my gaze up, and to my greatest shock, it was none other than Tessa. We both went wide in shock when we laid eyes on one another. “My goodness! Is that really you, Clair?” Tessa asked as she ran towards me quickly. “Yes, it's me, Tessa. I never thought that I would ever see you again,” I said as soon as Tessa got to where I stood. Presently, I noticed tears clogged her eyes and I felt the same way too. I can't imagine just how badly she must have missed me. “You have no idea, just how much I missed you, Clair. When the news came that you were dead, I hated and blamed myself for a very long time.”“Why would you blame yourself? You didn't do anything to blame yourself for, you know.”“Of course, there's a lot to blame myself for. If I had known it was that dangerous, I never would have let you go. I would have told the Alpha about your whereabouts sooner. So many reg