Chapter 22: Axel's POVThe heavy sounds of our boots echoed in the hallway as we made our way to the clinic where Hera's body was kept.All through the ride home, I couldn't bring myself to think of what could have happened.Was it an attack? Was she sick?Then again, how could she be sick? I fucked her a few days ago!The questions were slowly thinning my patience out and I couldn't wait to find out what the fuck had happened in my absence.The door to the clinic came into view and I saw Hilda and a guard positioned there, waiting for me.My eyes narrowed at her as my anger surged to the surface. Her job was to protect everyone and keep the pack mansion in order in my absence, yet this happened.I planned on chewing her ears out but the closer I got, I saw the pain and remorse in her eyes. She had dark circles under her eyes, a sign that she hadn't gotten much sleep.My wolf relaxed. She was already having a hard time, there was no point howling at her again.As I got closer, she bow
Chapter 23: Violet's POVMy heart made a major flip as everyone's eyes turned to Savannah."Do you need a special microphone before you speak?" Axel growled from his throne.She took a step forward and gave an awkward smile. "I am sorry my King—" she began to say but Axel's impatient voice stopped him."Who killed Hera?" He roared, his voice vibrating through the walls of the room like an earthquake.Savannah turned to stare at me and my heart fell to my stomach. I knew what she was going to say even before she said it."Violet did it!""What?" Hilda hissed before I could even react. "That makes no sense! The result from the autopsy says she died two hours before Violet found her... How can she be responsible for her death?""Does it matter? She could have done it earlier!" Savannah fired.I was suddenly unable to speak as my throat became dry and all I could do was stare at Savannah with wide eyes. Why was she pinning this on me?I didn't kill Hera. Heck, I didn't kill anybody!"My k
Chapter 24: Axel's POV"Have you lost your mind, Axel?" Greg hissed behind me as I got to my chambers and closed the door."I don't know what you are talking about Greg. Right now I need to calm my fucking nerves before I hurt someone!" I growled.What he had whispered to me in the throne room was still replaying in my head and I couldn't stop the anger that grew within me.I needed Greg to leave so I could think of how I was going to kill those responsible!I walked to the bathroom and turned on the water from the tap on the sink, hoping Greg would leave but he just followed me into the bathroom and stood by the door."Axel, you can't actually trust that woman to sort this problem out for you, can you?" His voice dropped from the irritating tone it had been.Rather than answer him, I spread my hands under the running water and let it drop."Back in the throne room, you said Hera was more liable to get pregnant out of all three of them..." I started, ignoring his question about the Wi
Chapter 25: Violet's POV"What do you want here?" I asked my eyes scanning behind her to see if she came with Hilda.When I saw that she was alone, my heart skipped a beat and I looked at her cautiously."I asked you a question. What do you want?"Her veil moved around her face and I imagined she smirked at my condition. I was like a scared little cornered pup in her eyes but I refused to be intimidated by some woman in a veil."Uhh..." She whispered her fingers moving in front of me. "So much attitude for a slave..."My hands fisted and I pointed a finger at her."Look, I heard everything that they said about you. You are no better than I am and I will not tolerate—"My words died at once the moment her fingers turned into sharp claws and pointed dangerously at my neck. How she had moved so fast, I couldn't even fathom."Shhhh... What you heard were mere words my dear, do not think you can disrespect me!" She hissed her voice no longer the soothing one I heard in the throne room.It
Chapter 26: Violet's POVMinutes after she left, I couldn't stay still. I couldn't help feeling like I had just signed a deal with the devil.I didn't even know her name. Yet she knew all there was about me. She knew about my history with Axel and she knew about my parents too.I brought my fingers to my lips and I started chewing through them. What if this woman was playing me? What if she was sent by Axel to trick me into making a grave mistake? What if Axel truly wanted to kill me and all he was looking for was a good reason to do it?"No," I whispered. That couldn't be right.He was the King of all wolves. If he wanted to kill me, I don't think he needed approval or anything from anybody. He was known to be the cruelest king that had ever ruled.Killing me shouldn't be a problem for him.But I couldn't find a reason behind the veiled woman's presence.Why did she just come today and everything was turning upside down? Could it just be a coincidence? Could heaven be trying to help
Chapter 27: Axel's POV My heart was suddenly uneasy as my wolf started moving restlessly within me. I was suddenly unable to watch as Violet's legs left the floor.When she made it to the other side without tripping. My wolf let out a growl of relief and my anger returned.She shouldn't have passed the test."Enough!" I roared as I jumped to my feet.The widow turned to me with her fingers back to touching themselves. "Is something wrong, my great King?"My eyes narrowed as I glared at her. "Did you really think that silly trick you played was going to work on me?""My great King, I—""Guards!" I roared and ten heavy men marched down to the center of the room. "Take the widow to the cell and everyone else leave this room at once!"The sound of the guards hitting their chests filled the room as they acknowledged my orders. Then they held the window by the arms and dragged her out of the throne room.The sound of moving feet followed next as everyone else started leaving the room as fa
Chapter 28: Violet's POVI paced in the room Hilda had brought me for two days now. She regularly came to bring me food but that was it.I wasn't allowed out. The room was kept under lock and key. Now I was beginning to lose my mind.Axel wanted me to work on the mansion. Why then was Hilda keeping me here? Did Axel change his mind yet again?I began chewing my fingers again as I moved around the room restlessly. I couldn't keep living like this.I had to be out there so I could find a way to free my parents or at least be certain that they were fine. Hiding me here wasn't going to sort anything at all.The sound of keys kissing one another at the door pulled my attention to it and I stopped pacing. Seconds later, the door opened and Hilda stepped in."Can I go out now? Has he changed his mind?" I rushed at her.She paused at the door with a cloud of confusion plastered on her face. Then like a flicker of light had turned on in her light, the confusion faded and she left the door. She
Chapter 29: Axel's POV"The results on Savannah and Thalia are ready. He wants to speak to you himself," Greg's voice boomed in my body, pulling me out of my thoughts.I raised my eyes lazily off the papers I hadn't even been reading and looked at him. "Why didn't he just come here instead?""He will need to run some tests on you in his office. Coming over here will defeat that purpose," Greg replied.I clicked my tongue and pushed myself out of my chair. "Okay, let's get it over with."Greg nodded and started leading the way out of my office. I followed behind him but my eyes looked back down the corridor, where I knew Violet was —in my room.I had instructed Hilda to bring her over to work on my chambers when I noticed she had locked her up in the cell.I knew Hilda was only trying to protect her but keeping her there wasn't the solution. I had her bring Violet to me.Yes, the idea was to keep an eye on her to prevent any future disaster from repeating itself but I also brought her
Chapter 100:Violet’s POVAsher took me back to the Forgotten Lands. He showed me photos and videos of my parents. He gave me the family I had been craving for. I had it all except, my heart.I couldn’t help but feel like a piece of me was missing.“Do you think he will be fine by now?” I asked Asher as we sat looking over the setting sun while he held my baby —whom I secretly named Blade, after Axel’s missing sibling.I could feel Asher’s eyes on me, but I tried to keep a straight face. “It’s been two weeks since we left Axel’s lands, but you don’t miss a day without enquiring after him,” Asher pointed out and I felt my cheeks heat up instantly.“No, it’s nothing like that. I am just asking.” I tried to fix my sentence but even I knew that my defenses were only making it worse.Asher kept staring at me with that boyish face he always gave when he caught me, and I knew that lying would be pointless.I let out a sigh and closed my eyes. “I have really tried hating him. Forgetting him.
Chapter 99:Axel’s POVMy heart tore into multiple layers by Asher’s question. My eyes turned red as emotions curled through me. I opened my mouth to speak but words failed me. I turned to Violet, but she had her eyes fixed on her cousin. I wished I had protected our bond so that I could communicate with her at this moment.For the first time in my life, I felt stupid, dumb, and useless. I had no answer in my head to give that could be the right one.On one side, I wanted to tell him to fuck off and that Violet was never a slave here but not even my wicked conscience would let me say that out loud. I had been too cruel to Violet. Being a slave did not begin to define how far below I had downgraded her.On the other end, he was her cousin and probably the only legal family. I had to seek his fucking blessing and not be harsh. Yet I didn’t know how to begin. There was this large lump in my throat that reminded me of my sins and assured me that Violet would never forgive me —not after w
Chapter 98:Violet’s POV“This is even prettier than I remember it!” Skylar screeched as she helped me arrange my clothes in the drawers.“We are going to need baby clothes. The crochet tops you made, wouldn’t be enough. We will have to tell the king—” Hilda started to say but I quickly refused it.“No, Hilda. I don’t want his help.”“But he is your mate. Your husband,” she pointed out, but I shook my head refusing her words. “He isn’t my mate and much more my husband. He is just the man that fathered my baby,” I whispered. My eyes moved to where my baby lay in a beautiful crib. How Scarlett got everything made in such a short time was surprising. She was truly an angel.I was suddenly pulled out of my thoughts as I felt a warm hand rest on my shoulders. I moved my eyes off my child and traced the source of the hand to find it belonged to Hilda.“We all know that Axel did you wrong, but you can’t deny the fact that you love him—”“Before loving him, she had herself to fucking love,”
Chapter 97:Axel’s POVAunt Emily led me back to my room where I had left Violet and the baby —our baby. My heart doubted that Violet would ever forgive me after everything I did to her, but Aunt Emily was optimistic. She held my arm like a little child and as we got to the door, she knocked first before clicking it open.My heart was in my stomach as I held my breath, too scared to breathe as her broken face came into view but to my dismay, the bed was empty —and cleaned. There was no one except Scarlett glaring back at me.One look at her and I knew that she was already aware of the situation. Shame washed over me, and my eyes lowered to the ground.“Scarlett,” Aunt Emily called as she moved towards her. She embraced her and placed a perk on her cheek. “How are you?”“I am fine, Aunt Emily,” she whispered in that gentle voice of hers, but I could feel her eyes on me as she spoke, and I dared not raise mine to meet hers.“Where is Violet, did you meet her here?” Aunt Emily asked her
Chapter 96:Violet’s POVMy lower abdomen was killing me with pain. It kept shooting through me, weakening my legs to the point I could barely feel them anymore.Tears filled my eyes as I thought about what happened. The tears weren’t from the pain, it was from my heart.Even now, I couldn’t hate Axel. I wanted him still and this broke me. How could I enjoy what he did to me? How could I have moaned in between the pain when my little child was just a couple of meters away?What sort of mother was I?I couldn’t tell how long I was curled up on the bed, but it was long enough for me to realize that I had made a mistake birthing the child. I shouldn’t have allowed him to live because now, he was going to suffer for a crime he knew nothing about.Axel was going to hate and punish him constantly because he would see him as a bastard. And me?I would remain a sex slave for the rest of my life while he had his life with his new bride, Scarlett. Was this the kind of life I wanted my baby to h
Chapter 95:Axel’s POVI kept going all through the night, thrusting deep until I became intoxicated by her soft folds. I didn’t stop even when she started bleeding. I didn’t stop when she cried out, begging me to stop; not even when my wolf started clawing at me.This was both revenge and torture for her crimes. She had let someone else touch the body I craved. The same body I was ready to honor in every way possible. I cherished her and gave her everything, but she threw all that away and let some fool touch her.The pain in my heart spread and I felt tears dancing in my eyes. Violet had turned me into a mess. I was a ticking time bomb of chaotic emotions.I couldn’t even tell how I felt or what I wanted. One time, I enjoyed hurting her and the next it tore me apart. The moment she broke my heart and shattered my trust, everything exploded within me.Violet made a fool out of me. She stole my heart and placed me in a position where my love for her could not be erased. My body coul
Chapter 94:Axel’s POVThe darkness and anger in my soul shifted the second the news about Violet got to me. I didn’t even care about Aunt Emily. I knew she could handle herself and besides, she was still at loggerheads with me, and seeing her would only intensify my anger.But Violet, I could finally vent out my anger on her tight little pussy.“Good,” I declared getting to my feet. “Prepare her and bring her to my chambers tonight. She has been off duties for too long.”“Axel, have you lost your mind?” Greg yelled the second the words left my lips.My claws pushed out of my fingers, and I pointed them at him, baring my teeth as I breathed through my mouth with a rage that could match a hundred people.“I do not want to hear a word from you, Greg. You have done enough damage for one day and for your sake I hope Scarlett doesn’t get hurt by your decisions because if she does, I swear on my father’s name, I will forget the relationship we share, and I will end your life!” I roared befo
Chapter 93:Axel’s POVNathan was just like his father. A very annoying specie of wolf that enjoyed pissing me off more than they valued their lives. I told him to ignore Violet’s fake cries, but he chose to ignore me instead.“Fuck!” I cursed as I matched down to my office with a frown on my face.I would deal with him later, right now, I would have to solve whatever issues Asher has brought with him.I was making a bend to my office when Greg’s voice stopped me, “Where are you going? Asher is over here,” he said, and I changed direction to that of the throne room.When I got there, Asher was already seated with two of his men by his side. There was a box on the table in front of him and as soon as I stepped in, he snapped his hand to the man standing by his right and the latter quickly rushed to open the box.“King Axela, I present to you… Willow’s head,” he said with a wide grin on his face.The turbulent emotions I was feeling due to Violet got triggered by the nickname he had ref
Chapter 92:Violet’s POVThe pain I felt was great but the fear of losing my child as the pain shot through my body was greater as it moved like a boiling lava through my brain, causing my entire system to become on edge.“No… no, not my baby.” I sang like a mantra as my trembling hands reached to check if my baby bump was still intact.Tears pooled in my eyes as my fingers retracted at the pain that splashed through me at the action. My head started shaking and I resumed my mantra as I realized that something was wrong with my baby.My trembling hands went to the ground, and I tried to pull myself off the ground, but a sharp pain filled me so deep, I couldn’t help it. I tried to swallow the scream, but I couldn’t.“Argh!” I cried out. “I can’t feel my baby…” Tears spilled down my cheeks and my vision became blurry as I struggled through the pain.Then I felt it. The first contraction.I was only five months gone; I couldn’t be having contractions. “No… this can’t happen now. Help… so