Sylvester's POVChristopher had come to inform me that Millicent was in the verge of giving birth before he howled for the midwives.I quickly made myself decent and came to be with him, my heart thumping because I knew what that meant to us all.When I got there, I saw the way Christopher was pacing at the entrance of the delivery room and pulled him away into the study where I poured drinks for both of us to calm our nerves . I could imagine how he must be feeling because I was feeling that same way. I was scared for Millicent, praying she goes through the birthing ordeal unscratched and apprehensive about what was going to happen afterwards.Christopher must have noticed that I was not as composed as I tried to pretend for he said, 'You are scared too, aren't you?'And I replied, 'We have to be strong for her, keep faith....'. I knew other women had gone through this and come out alive and if anyone could make it, it was the fighter Millicent. 'She is very strong and stubborn', I c
Millicent's POVI had thought that I was going to give birth as soon as I got to the delivery room but it was not so. I remained in labour for about two hours.'Call, my Alpha', he needs to be here with me', I said as the pain wracked through my body as though, I was being torn apart.'We sent him away', the head midwife said. 'It is not really ideal for him to see you this way. He must keep remembering you as his strong Luna, with no blemishes'. The way they explained it to me made sense. I realised in as much as I wanted the comfort of his arms around me at this time, to soothe my pains, I also did not want him feeling I was anything less than perfect for him.Samantha was there in any case, rubbing my back and waist anytime the contraction started. Her massages really went a long way to relieving the pain.Then I felt a strong urge to push and screamed to the midwives that I felt like pushing.'Wait, let's make sure!' they said and quickly checked on me, then made me lie on my bac
A delegation from the Crescent Pack came to pay me a condolence visit. Mum Cara came with them.After saying their piece, much of which I didn't even hear, because my mind kept wandering and I kept wondering how I had everything in my grasp and still managed to lose the most important part of my existence, Mum Cara took me into an inner room.'Millicent', she called. 'Millicent!' she repeated and I looked at her with eyes dull from weeping. 'I know this is very painful for you. I have seen the both of you together and I know how much the both of you loved each other and how close you were. But he is gone now and is never coming back. Take heart!' Then placing both hands on my shoulders and shaking me violently to get my attention, she continued. 'I am like a mother to you and I won't give you the wrong advice. Forget what has happened or at least try for the sake of your pups. They need you now more than ever. You need to suckle them, care for them, so that you do not end up losing th
'For how long will you carry on like this?' Samantha asked. 'You do not suckle these pups the way you ought. You need to keep bonding with them or they will get closer to their nanny than with you. Of course, some Luna's like that because of their official engagements and all but I thought that you were the few who wouldn't want official duties interfere with your maternal ones!''Please don't start, Samantha!' I snapped. 'You have said enough. Don't you get tired? Do you know what it is like to be without the father of your pups? To feel that your beloved pups might just be responsible?''How will I know how it feels like to lose one's beloved mate? I didn't lose mine before you asked me over to this pack. So I couldn't possibly know the hurt, the anger, the regret, the recriminations, the pain, the loneliness, the....''I'm sorry, Samantha. I spoke out of turn!''Oh you didn't, my dear Luna!' she said really furious. I had never seen Samantha as furious as this before.'Samantha, I
I carried Devin and smiled him through my tears, 'I am sorry', I said looking at him and then at Kevin who Samantha had carried. 'I love you both. I have loved you right from the moment I knew you were growing in my womb!' I bent and kissed each of them. 'If I allowedyself to be over ome by guilt and grief, then I am sorry. You are supposed to bey consolation prize, a gift from the goddess to me and I nearly lost you both too out of my foolishness. Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?' I asked. 'Do you think we can start over? Like an ideal mother and pups? Like it was meant to be?' They had been quiet looking at me, including Kevin who was in Samantha's arms and when I asked that we start over, they smiled simultaneously at me and I knew then that we were going to be alright.'Thanks!' I whispered and kissed them again and then I sat down in a comfortable chair and, collected Kevin from Samantha. She and the nanny stared at me, wondering what I was up to. Without paying any at
After the burial of the great Alpha Christopher, in agreement with Alpha Sylvester, I commissioned someone to mold a life- sized portrait of the Great and Mighty Alpha Christopher was mounted on a strong pillar infront of the palace, in his honour.After that, I occupied myself with caring for my pups. They were a continual reminder of the precious moments I shared with Christopher and I vowed to treasure them for as long as I have breath in me.The mood in the mansion was a sorrowful one for a long time because of the fallen hero but thank goodness, Devin and Kevin brought laughter to alot of faces.As they grew, my sorrow became lighter, I would fill my heart contrast with love anytime I saw their toothless smile. They looked so cute.'Your father sacrificed himself to ensure that you live your lives to the fullest', I would whisper to them. 'You must both be great Alphas. Alpha's that would be known the world over. Alphas who other Alphas will emulate. Kind, considerate, brave and
Sylvester's POV The mating ceremony was in full swing. I had invited alot of people and the turn out was indeed amazing. I looked around but could not find a special friend of mine whom I had invited. Charles Wolfe.I looked all around and found wolves bonding in one way or the other, some took their mates out to have discussions, some were kissing, those who just met each other were imprinting, the music was on and there were couples dancing, their bodies pressed tightly together leaving no doubt in the observers mind of what the intent is.I felt very lonely. Millicent had been here some time ago with Samanthabut was no where to be found. I didn't need a fortune teller to make me realise she had gone up to check on the pups who should not be awake at this time of the night. It was almost nine O'clock pm, and the party was just starting.Millicent was indeed a great hostess. The way she had welcomed the guest along side me had made me proud and increased the longing in my heart. If
Stacia turned out to be a great company and I found myself laughing at her jokes. Once, I looked up and saw Millicent looking at me in surprise and something else which I couldn't decipher but before I could determine what it was, she looked away, took a glass of juice from one of the servants moving around with trays of drink.Then my eyes were drawn to the entrance where someone had just come through. 'Ah!' I thought. Charles Wolfe had finally made his entrance.I tried to beckon on him through the crowd.'Who is that?' Stacia asked, her eyes following my eyes and gesture.'A friend', I said, not taking my eyes from Charles. 'We grew up together before he travelled for some form of training and decided he preferred to remain there, rather than come home'.Charles sighted me and I waved him over. He started walking towards me and smiling. Suddenly, his steps faltered as his attention became diverted. I followed his eyes only to find who had diverted his attention.'Millicent?' I th
'Dear Iris,I do not know what my life would be when you get this letter. I may have died or become a rogue, a wanderer. But whatever I become, I know you will not make it your business because I do not deserve it. But once more find it in your heart to forgive me and my family. I wish you all the best.NB: I have accepted your rejection, you must have felt it the instant that I did. And attached here is the divorce papers I have duly signed.Once more, I wish you the best!'Adrian B.Iris got this a week after her lengthy discussion with Adrian. She shed a few years. It was sad really. They had started well, at least so she had thought when they met. She had been so sure theirs was going to be like the love her parents shared that had stood the test of time and survived against all odds, but it was not meant to be.'Iris, what is the problem?' Millicent asked, when she saw tears in her daughter's eyes.. She just came to check on her daughter after having a steamy mating session with
'Iris, could not find it in your heart to forgive me?' Adrian asked. 'I thought you loved me?' This was coming three months later and when Iris had recovered enough and agreed to see him.'Loved' being the operational word here, darling. Right now, I do not even hate you!' Iris said, smiling at him. ' Hating you takes alot of energy I do not have to expend. The eighteenth months I spent being your wife was not all a waste. It thought me about self preservation and how fickle minded some beings can be!''I hoped you would forgive me for the pain you had to go through as my wife. I can't blame it all my mother but if I had had the right guidance, maybe I would have treated you better'.'Andrew is younger than you are and of the same parents', Iris said laughing amusedly. 'If anyone should act irrationally, he would have been my best bet but your irrational behaviour is unrivalled. I begged you to allow me go and stay with my parents till the pups were born but what did you do? Most prob
'Yes, please have Selina Blake ushered into this place at once!' Alpha King Sylvester said.'Mum, I know that I lost the baby from the heavy shove Roxy gave me, telling me it didn't matter if I lost my baby since she was going to give another to Adrian and make him a better wife than I', Iris said very weakly. 'But Wendy gave me a kind of brew that made me feel fat worse. It may have contributed to aborting the pregnancy as well because I felt an unbearable pain after taking it. As he also did not call for the doctor when I asked her to!''Wendy will be taken care of, don't worry. She signed her own death warrant when she messed with you my beloved daughter!''You got here so fast, I did not know if the mind link I sent mother went through before I passed out!' Iris said.'It did and we rushed to this place as soon as we possibly could!' Millicent said kissing her frail hands. 'Now you must go to bed, the rest will be said outside so as not to disturb your rest. I can see you are drow
Millicent fastened a metallic chain on Wendy. 'I came prepared to take you down should you be responsible for my daughter's predicament. This metal chain will drain you of all your powers and make it impossible for you to do the disappearing acts for which you are known!''Ha, ha, ha, ha!' Wendy laughed. 'I told you when we met that the war between us was not over yet. I am glad that I took your daughter's happiness from her. She was guarding that pregnancy jealously. I killed three birds with just one stone!' she mocked. 'I had thought it was just one baby but it was actually three. Ha,ha,ha,ha. This is poetic justice!''You shall be so severely punished that you will beg for death but it shall be slow in coming. I shall make sure to kill you ever so slowly, you won't forget it in the afterlife!' Alpha Sylvester swore.'One more thing', the doctor strained his voice to be heard above all the noise. 'May I see the Iris' parents and husband in private, please?'Three of them followed h
The screams had not gone unheard. Adrian had been having a meeting with his guards when he heard it. He rushed towards the sound to find both Iris and Roxy on the floor, unconscious and Wendy crying. There was blood everywhere!'Doctor, Adrian screamed. 'Come here quick!There was a flurry of activities as the ladies were laid down on the bed and the doctor started treatment immediately.'Do all you can to save my baby!' Adrian commanded. Tears were in his eyes. There was just so much blood and Iris was looking as pale as death. He could not afford to lose his baby and he realised with a pang that he did not want to lose Iris as well.Andrew rushed in. 'What's going on?' he asked when he saw the two females on the bed unconscious.When no one answered, he went to Adrian and shook his shoulders. Adrian was still in a state of shock. 'What happened, Adrian?'He was still shaking him when Alpha Sylvester and Millicent rushed into the room.'What happened here?' Alpha King, Sylvester bell
Adrian could not understand what the problem was with him but it was as though he was at war with himself. He realised that a part of him wanted to continue punishing Iris while the other part wanted to treat her with the love overflowing in his heart.But he kept maltreating her.Iris was surprised at the reverse in Adrian. I thought he had changed, he seems to have grown worse these days, she thought.'Adrian, you did promise me, you would think about my request to go home to my parents till the pup is born!' she asked him one day, after he eased out of her. The encounter had been very rough and inconsiderate of her feelings. She had been scared for her baby all through the time he kept thrusting savagely into her, as though in renewed punishment for something she had done,not unlike previously. She could take it before but not now that she had something to lose.'Are you going to force me to give you an answer now?' he asked furiously. 'In short, I have changed my mind. You are no
Iris dared not hope that the change in Adrian was as a result of a change in his feelings for her. If he would say the three magic words, she knew she would forget all that he had done to her in the past. But though she sensed a slight change in him, he did not act towards her like he lived her. He paid more attention to her stomach and she knew he was just interested in the pup and not in her!‘I better enjoy this reprieve while it lasts be ause after the birth of the pups, he might retrogress back to where they started. Not for the first time, she wondered what kind of future she would give her baby with a broken home and the hatred her inlaws except for Andrew of course had for her. Would such hatred be transfered.Two days later, she was resting on the bed, when Wendy, Roxy's mother came in to see her.‘Iris, how are you enjoying your marriage?’ she asked mockingly.‘The goddess be praised!’ she replied smiling. She knew why Wendy had asked the question and she was not going to gi
'Mum, is this really you?' Roxy screeched with joy. 'You were gone for so long!''A lot happened to keep me away', Wendy replied, slumping in a couch. 'I was determined to get here no matter how late it may seem and that's why I am here!''I was beginning to wonder what was keeping you, dear friend', Selina intoned when she came into the room to join them. I tried to stop them marrying, I kept postponing it till I could postpone it no longer. But I believe you have a plausible explanation. Tell us your story and how we can remedy this situation!'Wendy smiled. 'I knew that by now, Adrian would be married to Iris. I had hoped you might have come up with a way to stop them but you did well by stalling them'. Her face became serious. 'I had set out into the fields to get that rate plant for the potion I told you about but I was caught unawares by some rogue wolves!''Rogue wolves?' Roxy and Selina exclaimed, simultaneously.'Yes!' She confirmed, nodding. 'I just got to the field where I
Adrian went into their room after speaking with his mother and found Iris sleeping.He stood looking at her for a long time, thinking that she was indeed a lovely girl. His gaze shifted to her stomach and his heart twisted and he vowed he wasn't going to allow any harm befall his pup no matter the situation between him and Iris.He walked away from the door and went towards the bed Iris was lying in as though in a trance. He knew Iris was out and wouldn't wake easily due to the drugs she had been given.'I have given your Luna her medications.', the doctor said. 'She should not be disturbed. The drug will put her to a deep sleep, though a mild sedative because of her condition, it will still make her sleep deeply because of her injuries and the stress she's been through!'He touched her stomach, 'I'll let no harm befall you, my darling pup', he said as he kissed the stomach. He felt close to his pup and strangely drawn to Iris the more. He saw a lock that had escaped down her cheek a