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
ADRIAN“You’re sure the wolves are from Hank's pack?”Nora nodded.“Yes, I know the scent anywhere . Besides, I saw her sister before she shifted."Her sister. Serena.So she followed her all the way here just to cause trouble for her and kill her.Nora was right, Milo was not the target, She was. What exactly did she want from her this time around?She had left the pack for her so why did she come after her?“But don't you think it's strange that she came here on that day?. Why hasn't she come here since?”I looked up from the work in front of me.“What do you mean?”“I mean, she knew that Kaya was here all along so why did she take so long to come here?"She asked the question like she wanted an answer but right now, I wasn't thinking in that direction. I just wanted to deal with the people who injured my son.“I don't know, Nora. I'm not in the mood to play detective.”She rolled her eyes.“Maybe it's because she has someone giving her information on the inside.”“What?" That was t
HANKHow dare they?!How could they do this to me? After so many years of being with them, I've been loyal and faithful to them. Even though I had so many chances of betraying then, I didn't.But they felt they could do this to me and get away with it?I recounted the conversation in my head.“How far have we gone with tracking down the wolf? I mean, no one is talking about it.”Everyone turned to look at me and I thought I said something.“What did I say wrong?"The grandmaster spoke up.“Did you attend the last meeting?”“I didn't. Was something said? Have we found them?”Excitement bubbles in my stomach.I heard someone scoff but I ignored it.“Well, since you have proven yourself to be unloyal to this brotherhood, we can not grant you the privilege of taking the powers of the wolf."I laughed.“That has to be a joke, right? Tell me it's a joke.”“It’s not a joke, Hank. You weren't present at the last meeting, you haven't raised a pack in decades, there's nothing to show for your p
HANK“Do you know how impossible that is? Killing Alpha Adrian? He's basically untouchable!”“I thought you wanted to prove yourself." One bastard sneered and everyone else laughed.I ignored them. When I finally got my powers, they were going to be on their knees begging for me.“But grandmaster, you know how he is. He is heavily protected and I can barely even enter his pack. How am I supposed to kill him?”“I don't know, Hank.. you were the one who wanted the special wolf's powers so and so why can't you work for it? You should know that nothing good comes easy. Everyone who has those powers paid a heavy price for it so why shouldn't you?”I looked at each of them.“A heavy price? What price?"He continued.“I gave up my family before I became grandmaster. I was the one who set fire to the house while they all slept and I still hear their screams till this day. Luke there had to give up his three day old child. Malcom will never have kids, Ezra can not show his face in front of wom
KAYAHe was back on his feet so we played around all day. He was the one who had woken me up this morning and I was so surprised that I didn't think about it again before jumping out of bed to play with him.I had breakfast with him and went to freshen up before I went to look for him in his room so that we could start our day together.My mind was filled with whether Adrian would come back into the room and see me with him. I wasn't doing anything wrong but I still couldn't help but feel like I was.I decided not to think about it and just enjoy my time with Milo .It felt good to see him running around again. He had to be in bed rest according to the doctor's orders so that his surgery scars could heal.He was a very strong boy so in no time, he was fully healed and ready to run around again. Whenever I looked at him, there was this warm feeling that spread across my stomach and I was filled with so much happiness.The door opened and my heart sank, thinking it was Adrian who had
ADRIANMaybe it was the anger that was already bubbling in me from having to deal with Hank and that daughter of his but I had taken it out on Kaya.I didn't mean to say that to her but I had already said it and I couldn't take it back.As soon as I slammed the fork in her face, I suddenly came back to my senses and I just stood there, wondering what I had just done .I mean, I was mad at her but I knew I had gone too far. I didn't mean to tell her to stay away from him, I knew that they couldn't do without each otherMaybe I should tell her that I didn't mean it.. but then, she would think that I wasn't mad at her. And I didn't want her to think that.When I saw her, I actually wanted to wrap my arms around her and pull her in for a hug since I hadn't held her after what happened.Nora told me how shaken up she was and I could see it . After what she did that day at the hospital, I knew she needed to review from certain trauma and I felt very bad that I wasn't able to help her go thr
KAYAI stayed away just like he'd asked me to.I barely came out of the room for fear of seeing him. The embarrassment that would wash over me would be too much to handle and I didn't want it.Milo found his way to me though and it broke me to have to send him away, saying that I was sick and I didn't want him to catch it.It was the worst thing lying to a child who most definitely knew that I was lying to him.He didn't even wait for me to come to him anymore, he made his way to my room every morning and he was always the one to wake me up.The smile on his face always fell as soon as I told him that he should be in bed and not here. If Adrian came and found him here, I would be in trouble.This time around, he didn't leave peacefully as usual. He took a few steps back and looked at me closely.”Don’t you want to be my friend anymore?” He sighed.“That’s not it. It's just too early for be out of bed and your father might not like it if he sees you here by this time."He ran out of th
KAYAI slept in my room alone again today.Right now, I wasn't fighting with Adrian but I didn't want to be in the same room as him. Because no matter how much I tried to avoid it, we would most definitely fight.And right now, I didn't have the strength or will power to get into a fight with him. He however, didn't understand what I was trying to do.He wanted to fight. And I didn't.So he came to my room that night to look for me.I didn't even know it was him. I thought it was Milo who had come to tell me that Lana had fallen asleep. I had to leave her with him because I was falling asleep and since she still had so much energy in her, he took her.“Come in!” I simply shouted without even turning aroud.When I heard the door opend and shut, I close
KAYA“Detective, I'm sure it goes without saying that a man who killed his wife won't jeopardize himself. Tim didn't do this.”I'm pretty sure he had gottne that memo so I dismissed him after reminding him to find Lucy's phone quickly.I didn't think that whoever took it would be stupid enough to leave it on but I had to count on that little possibility that they were and hope that they could find the phone.When the detective left, Tobias remained.“Nora, can you check on the kids for me? Lana should be having her second bottle by now.”She nodded and left, realising that I didn't want to speak to Tobias in front of her.“Tobias…”“You realise that what your officers have done is unforgivable. What if we are never able to find who
KAYA“When Tim told you that he had seen a keychain and a bag on the counter, why didn't you believe him?” “Because we didn't see it for ourselves. We thought he was trying to throw us off. He had just been caught with his wife's body. He'd do angbting to get out.” While that was right, it was also stupid. Would he kill and stay here to mourn her? “He was crying. Tim was crying when he was found right? Would a murderer cry after his killing? Or would he run as fast as he can so he won't be found?”Seemed like there was a whole lot more to police work than passing the military exam. “My Queen, psychopathic serial killers have done worse from cutting up the victim's bodies to -” “Is Tim a psychopathic serial killer?” That question threw him off guard but he had to answer it. I needed answers. “My Queen-”“It’s a simple question, detective. Is he or is he not?” “He’s not.”I was tired of speaking to him. It was annoying. “So why would you classify him with them? Do you have proo
KAYA“Twenty minutes isnt a lot of time to do all that.”I brought out my phone and called Nathan. “Nathan, I need your help okay? You don't have to be scared. I want you to help me go down to the dungeons and give Tim the phone. I need to speak to him.” I thought he reject to do it. I didn't want to have to call Adrian. That was if he was even at home and not going around with his new son. “Okay.” I stayed on the line while he went down to the dungeons.I needed to hear what he had to say about that day and not what he told the police. He had been under a lot of stress at that point and it was only reasonable that he would tell them what they wanted to hear just so that they would leave him alone. Nathan gave the phone to the guard at the gate so I could tell him to let him pass through and take him down to Tim's cell. “Um mum, he's here.” “Tim, can you hear me?” Someone cleared their throat in the background. “My Queen, yes I can hear you. Is there any problem?”“Tim, I'm i
KAYA I looked over the calendar. It was obvious that she had used this yo time her missed periods, fertility window and the time she'd get pregnant. “That is not enough proof that she was cheating. We can only speculate. There are still a lot of loose ends.” She was right. “Why don't you look through their personal effects and I'll check through the house?”I nodded and she left me in the room. I was here to find out about Lucy's life so I would check her things first. There were some papers on the nightstand. All they were were cards and random notes. I looked through her clothing, hoping to find a safe or something that the police hadn't looked through yet. I searched her entire closet but nothing came up. Did Lucy have any secrets? As a woman, if I had something to hide, where would I hide it? The police had already been through this place and they didn't find anything. Hmmm, maybe I should read the case files. Maybe then, I'll have a better picture of what happened.
KAYAI ended up sleeping in Milo's room that night because I really didn't want to sleep alone. So I decided to sleep with him. In the morning, I had just opened my eyes when the door opened. Nora stood in the doorway, already prepped for the day and she signalled me to come out since Milo was still fast asleep. I slowly removed my arm from under his head, trying not to wake him up. “Tobias is here, in the waiting room.”Already? What time was it? “Nora, I need you to do something. Go to his office and get the files of Lucy's murder. I want to go through them. After that, I'll meet you up at the house. We need to go through her house to know what her life was like.”I'll just ask one of the guards to take me to Lucy's. “You’ll question him alone?” “Yeah, I just need to shower first.”I genuinely felt like I could use a few more minutes in bed but that phase of my life has passed. At this point, I should be grateful that I even got time to close my eyes at all. “Adrian was loo
KAYAI ended up sleeping in Milo's room that night because I really didn't want to sleep alone. So I decided to sleep with him. In the morning, I had just opened my eyes when the door opened. Nora stood in the doorway, already prepped for the day and she signalled me to come out since Milo was still fast asleep. I slowly removed my arm from under his head, trying not to wake him up. “Tobias is here, in the waiting room.”Already? What time was it? “Nora, I need you to do something. Go to his office and get the files of Lucy's murder. I want to go through them. After that, I'll meet you up at the house. We need to go through her house to know what her life was like.”I'll just ask one of the guards to take me to Lucy's. “You’ll question him alone?” “Yeah, I just need to shower first.”I genuinely felt like I could use a few more minutes in bed but that phase of my life
KAYA“Kay-”“Adrian, please. I'm trying to get some sleep. Sleep that I couldn't get because you left me in that cell for days! Please, leave me alone.”I walked over to my side of the bed and pulled the covers over me. I didn't have time to banter words with him. “Why’re you acting like this? I thought I already apologized. Why are you making it to be something it's not?”I knew what he was doing. Riling me up so I would talk. But I won't give in to him. I had to get up early tomorrow. Tobias was coming and I was almost definitely going to be spending the first part of the day alone since I wanted Nora to go and get me the case files. After I saw Tobias, I would meet up with her so that we would go to Lucy's house together. From what I gather, the house had been closed down since the murder. I just hoped that no one had gone into the house after the murder to mess things up. “Kaya, going to bed while angry isn't going to make things better. Besides, I had no idea you were going
KAYAThat's exactly what I did when I got home.I headed for Lana's took where I saw the maid feeding her.“My Queen.”“Is she crying? Let me see her?”I dropped my bags and headed straight to take her. She seemed heavier as I carried her and her face lit up as I called her name.“Hello, my princess. Did you miss me? You seem to be going well.”I didn't know whether I should be happy that she was doing fine or I should be sad that she probably didn't notice that I was gone.“Maaamma!”I just froze, not being able to say another thing.I looked at the maid who had a big smile on her face.“Is that her first word?”Th