KAYA“Serena.”She smiled at me and under the moonlight, she looked more evil.”How the hell did you get in here?"She laughed.“Don’t you think you have bigger problems to face?”How the hell did she get in here? What was she doing here?“What are you doing here? And how did you get in here?”She went to sit on the chair that I had been sitting on and she crossed her legs. I could still see movement in the trees.“You didn't come alone. What exactly is your plan?"I could see them coming out of the trees and my heart started racing.“What exactly are you doing here? Haven't you done enough?! “Some men came running out of the trees and they began running towards the house. They couldn't go in there.”What are they doing? Wait stop, my kids are in there!”She raised her hand to stop them and they halted.“What is it?! Haven't you done enough? The pain, the torture, the torment! Are they not enough?!”She laughed maniacally and rose from the chair.“I came here to make you pay for what
ADRIANWe were already deep in the forest when I felt it. A pang in my chest.There was something wrong. I suddenly stopped running and Nora walked up to me.“What’s going on? You're holding up the pack.”I looked behind me and saw that everyone had truly stopped.“Something is wrong. I don't know, I just feel like it is."She laughed.“Do you miss her that much?”“Who?” I asked and then it clicked. ”Don’t be ridiculous.”She looked at me somehow.“I mean I do but don't be ridiculous. That's not what this is about. What I'm saying is that there's something wrong. I don't know what it is but I can feel it in me."She turned around and mindlinked everyone.“Is everyone here accounted for?” Check on your partner.”We made sure that everyone had a partner to make accountability easier on days like this.“Yes, everyone is here.”Nora turned back to me.“You see, everything is fine. You didn't have anything to worry about."She was saying that but I knew what I was feeling.“I know you're
KAYA“No!”It was too late. The knife was already in him and I couldn't do anything about it.“Who’s kid is this? I know it's not yours so who has this kid?”I couldn't even answer her.“Milo, please stay with me baby. Open your eyes, I'm here. I'm here. Mummy's here. I won't let anything happen to you.”“Who’s kid is this? Did you have a kid here already?”Milo's eyes were closing and I didn't know what to do.“Somebody help me! Help me!"She just stood there watching me as I asked for help.I wanted to leave him and run inside for her but I didn't trust her not to do something for him so I just kept screaming.“Somebody help!” Tears gathered in my eyes as I watched his blood drain to the ground.He was barely breathing.“Shit! Let's go!” I suddenly heard her shout and I looked up.They were back. I screamed so that they would know that something was wrong.Serena needed to pay for what she had done and I wasn't going to let her get away with it.It was Adrian and he just stood the
KAYAI didn't even know I had fallen asleep until I fell down from the bench.“Ah!” I fell on my arm with so much force that it hurt so bad.When I noticed that the sun was coming up already, I ran back into the hospital.Last night after the doctor had left us, Adrian turned to me.“You don't deserve to be here.”“Adrian" Nora wanted to say but he raised his hand to stop her.“Leave, it's all your fault this happened. My son is in the hospital fighting for his life because of you. It's all your fault. Get out!”I covered my head with my hands and trembled and I didn't even realize I had fallen to the floor. It reminded me of my dad when he wanted to beat me all those times.He'd be so angry that he'd just keep shouting and shouting and I'd use my hands to cover my head so he wouldn't hit me.Sometimes he hit me and sometimes he didn’t.“Please don't hit me. Please.”I couldn't even look up at him because I was so scared about what he would do.Nora knelt in front of me and pulled me
KAYA“I fell.”He didn't hear me.“What did you say?"”I said I fell. I fell down from the chair.”He looked at me and just sighed.“We’ll need to get you a room and then we'll check you out.”Nora walked up to us.“What’s going on?" She looked at me ”Why is your face like this?”She moved past the doctor.“Let’s get you a room."I went with the doctor to the room and they immediately put an IV in my hand.Sleep suddenly took over me and I slowly closed my eyes and went to sleep.By the time I woke up, I kind of felt better and it was less cold.Nora was beside me and she was reading a book.“Hey.”She dropped the book and turned to me.“Hey. You're awake. You want something?"I pointed to the cup of water beside me and she brought it to me.“Thank you. What the hell happened? I don't remember a lot.”I noticed the cast on my arm.“Did he hit me?"“What? What did you say? Who hit you?”I suddenly felt drowsy and I couldn't even open my eyes anymore.“Adrian. Did he hit because of wha
KAYAI didn't even know I had fallen asleep until I fell down from the bench.“Ah!” I fell on my arm with so much force that it hurt so bad.When I noticed that the sun was coming up already, I ran back into the hospital.Last night after the doctor had left us, Adrian turned to me.“You don't deserve to be here.”“Adrian " Nora wanted to say but he raised his hand to stop her.“Leave, it's all your fault this happened. My son is in the hospital fighting for his life because of you. It's all your fault. Get out!”I covered my head with my hands and trembled and I didn't even realize I had fallen to the floor. It reminded me of my dad when he wanted to beat me all those times.He'd be so angry that he'd just keep shouting and shouting and I'd use my hands to cover my head so he wouldn't hit me.Sometimes he hit me and sometimes he did.“Please don't hit me. Please.”I couldn't even look up at him because I was so scared about what he would do.Nora knelt in front of me and pulled m
KAYA“Nora, please let me go. I should be the one apologizing and not the other way around. Adrian entrusted him in my care and I got him injured so I should be the one begging. Not you, not him.”It had been a week since they'd kept me in this hospital. My hand had healed since the day after I broke it but I didn't want to tell anyone or take off the cast because I knew that would raise suspicions.The only person who knew about me and my secret was mad at me so basically, I was stuck wearing a cast I didn't need.”Has he woken up? Milo, I mean. Is he okay?”She nodded and placed her hand on mine.“He’s fine, Eve. He's responding to treatment and he's going to be okay. It's you I'm worried about. It's you I'm scared for.”I laughed lightly to put her off her worries.“I’m fine, Nora. Really, I'm okay. Do I look like I'm sick?”She opened her mouth but didn't say anything at first.“Nora, what happened that day?”I should have known this question would come up.”I don't know. After yo
KAYAJust as I'd hoped, he wasn't in the room when I went there.My heart was already beating so fast, wondering what on earth I was going to say if I saw him there.Should I start with how sorry I was or maybe I should start with he fact that I didn't mean for any of this to happen.The fact that he had already been on the edge because of how far my father was going to make sure that his other packs were wiped out, I knew it was just a matter of time before he started hating me.I mean, seeing the damage that had been caused by my father and his cult, and the fact that now, his son had been injured because my greedy sister had come all the way here to kill me, even a saint would be mad.So right now, I didn't even blame him if he treated me differently. Everyone had the right to be mad and this was his time.I slowly entered and slid through the door, meeting with Milo 's eyes in an instant. I could see that he wanted to come down from the bed and rush over to me but I stopped him i
THIRD PERSON POVMilo looked around him and wondered what was going on.They hadn't been told anything but the guards had come around the day before to round them up and take them outside.That was the first time some of them were seeing sunlight in months and he felt bad for them. He had been seeing it since he basically dined with the king every night.Even though he kept asking where they were being taken to, there was no answer given and batch by batch, they were taken out of the room.Unlike last time, he was blindfolded and transported away from the pack. They drove a while in the carriage and then they stopped at a small pack at the edge of the Bouncy Jackson.Milo had learnt that it was named that because if you dropped anything mistakenly into it, the Jackson would throw it back up. Fools who threw themselves into it were never seen again.They took them to a house and put them there, guarding the door just like back in the palace.Thankfully, Daphne was by his side.“What do
KAYAGetting in didn't prove like much of a hassle to me and before long, I was in and walking around the palace.The next step was to find out where the bastard was so I could kill him once and for all. Golden Blade didn't seem so bad now that I thought about it. I mean, the kingdom looked pretty up to date and it looks to be in very good shape.I don't know what I was expecting but it is not a standard place.A few guards walked last and I brushed to the side and hid.“Where do you think the king ran away to?”“I don't know. We got information that he was in danger and that we had to evacuate him.”You have got to be kidding me. Jackson ran away?! How on earth did he even know that I was coming? The sun was rising in the sky already and Adrian might be on his way with the other soldiers already.This didn't seem right. I mean, I only just got here so who could have been able to deliver a message that fast and who was working for Jackson? Who in my kingdom was giving him information?
KAYALet's just say being the Queen has spoiled me.I wasn't used to walking in the thick bushes and I can't count the amount of times I tripped over a branch or my own two feet. My own shadow scared me.I should have taken guards with me, Adrian told me to but my mind was too fixed on just leaving.Now, I wanted to pee badly and there was no way I was going to do it in these bushes..“How’s it going out there? Don't you wish you had waited for me now?”I had to turn around and make sure that he was not behind me.“No, I do not. It's going very well. It's almost like I was born with the trees. You can call me Mother Nature.”He burst out laughing, knowing I was bullshitting him.“I trust you'll be fine. I fired Shawn.”I had to stop walking and process what he said.“Did you just say you fired Shawn? Why? I mean, I like that but why? I thought you couldn't see anything wrong in him.”He sighed.“I lied. I knew what he was doing, I knew why you didn't like him. I just wanted you to de
ADRIAN“Alpha, what's so urgent that you couldn't wait till morning? What has happened by this time of the night?”“Gentlemen, we are going to war.”That word alone had its weight and as I said that, no one said anything else.“You do not know this but a few weeks ago, on my way to Golden Blade, my son was kidnapped.”Gasps filled the room and I let it sink in.“We were attacked and my son was taken away. The Queen then brought it to my attention that every month since the beginning of the year, kids were taken away from this pack with no trace. No one knows how they were taken and there were no witnesses to tell the story.”Now that I said it out loud, it didn't make sense to me. Kids from my kingdom were being carried away and I had no idea about it. What kind of king did that make me?“We’ve been trying to look for sources to tell us anything and tonight, a letter arrived for the Queen. It was from her former lover and he has confessed to taking the kids. I know him personally and
KAYA“My Queen,It's been so many years since I saw you or heard your sweet voice. You walking out of my life all those years ago, left a big hole in my heart that couldn't be filled with any other woman's love.You were my first love and you'll always remain my first love. I can't deny the fact that I let the years go by without reaching out to you but I was too busy becoming a man, making myself worry of seeing you.And now, I'm proud to say that I have made something of myself. I've turned myself into someone you would be proud of, someone you can call a husband. Everything you possibly want, I have it.All you have to do is just say yes. Let's leave the past behind us, the past never does anyone any good. The mistake I made with Serena was stupid and I agree but you shouldn't have given up on us just like that. You should have continued to show me how much you love me and maybe I would have come back to you.Notwithstanding, I'm ready now. I'm ready to love you and love all of you
KAYA“So you're telling me Golden Blade took him and other kids?”We were all having dinner and Nora sat across from me.“Yeah, I've been doing what I can to find out who Golden Blade's Alpha is but for some reason, it's seeming like some top secret. Almost no one knows.”And that's why I'll keep saying that it seems fishy. Because there's no kingdom that would hide their king.“I’ll do what I can as well.”I couldn't stop looking at Nora . When she left all those years ago, after Aaron left, I didn't think things would be the same.“Do you have to go?” I asked her as I watched her pack.looked at me.“Yes, I do. I've been by Adrian's side for years and he's giving me my freedom. I'd like to move around for a while, see places and things, maybe even live with humans, find love but I'll be back.”I knew I couldn't stop her but I wish I could. But now she is back. The years had done her, she looked more mature, like she had seen a lot in life.“Adrian , how have things been?”Since s
KAYA“Adrian, wait. You have to listen to me. You can't just do things without thinking far ahead.”He turned to me so sharply that I almost bumped into him.“What else is there to think about, Kaya? That bastard took my son and other kids and you think I'm just going to sit back and do nothing?!”“That is exactly the reason why you should not be rash. He has the upper hand here and I fear he would not hesitate to use it if he's pushed. I'm very sure he knows who Milo is and do you think if you attack him, he won't use him as leverage? You're putting Milo at risk so please, be careful and think about it.”He finally let out a breath and sat on the bed.“I don't even know who the Alpha is. Golden Blade has never shown their Alpha. Their Beta is always the one who attends meetings and all that.”That didn't make sense.“And you didn't find it weird after all this time? It didn't occur to you that there might be something more to it?”He shrugged.“I have a kingdom to rule. I don't spend
THIRD PERSON POVMilo knew the gravity of what he had done and luckily for him, none of the other kids had been stupid enough to bend to the pressure.Ever since the guards realized that the girl was missing, they were questioning everyone one after the other and Milo feared that sooner or later, somebody would fold but so far,no one said anything.He just had to do what he did. He needed to send a message to his father to let him know that he was fine and also to his mother, who he knew would be very worried. He knew the situation at home would be very otense with his father looking for him.Even though the situation here was harsh for him to adapt to, he tried his best in doing so and with the help of the friend that he made, Daphne, he navigated being in this place.“Do you think the girl made it home?” Daphne asked.“I hope she did. Right now, she's the only hope we have in other people finding out where we are. “He knew it wouldn't take them for his father to realize what he wa
KAYAFrom the way she was talking, I was afraid to ask for the number of kids that were there but I had to.“How many kids were there? Do you know?”She nodded.“At the time I got there, there were thirty kids. By the time I left, there were seventy five.”How in the world did that amount of kids go missing and Adrian and I heard nothing about it?“Seventy five.”That was a large number. Too large.“And all the kids are from this pack. We talk to each other so we asked around when the guards left the room at night. Every month, they bring a new batch of kids but a week ago, they brought in only one boy.”My ears perked up at that.“What did he look like?”I could see that she waa trying hard to remember.“Dark hair, dark eyes. Around my age. He doesn't really speak but he often speaks to the guards on our behalf. He's the only one who has ever spoken to the master.”“The master? Who's that?”She looked at her mother before she answered.“He doesn't really come in. I've only heard his