Kaden's POVI feel uneasy and worried about the whole thing happening. Erik rubbed his jaw and took a seat in front of me, while I was struggling with making a decision, Erik was doing something else.Shantel had already left my office as if she was not giving me any choice. The only thing she wanted was for me to get married to her which was something quite impossible."I see…you got Shantel pregnant," Erik informed me and I let out a sigh."How did you know that?" I asked."The walls have ears, you know. Were you thinking of keeping it a secret? Come on, brother," he teased me. I didn't find what he said funny but I was curious to know what he had to say."If you are here to make fun of my predicament, I will suggest you leave. I need some alone time," I said to him and he chuckled lightly. His eyes went to the bottles of wine resting in the wine wine rack and I squeezed myself. I didn’t want to have to share drinks, especially not with someone like him."Snap out of that. That is
Audrey's POVI patted my hair as the calming breeze blew the trees and they responded, moving their branches and leaves side by side; some of the wild air got into my eyes and mouth but I neglected it.My mind was fuzzy, and so I had gone out to get some fresh air and to clear my head.I still felt quite sad about the whole news flying around the pack, and the thought of it alone made me think about running away.A short gasp escaped my lips when I felt a sharp pain run up my chest: I’d been feeling it for a while now and couldn’t help but wonder if it was due to a heart ache or something else..Shantel's pregnancy meant that King Kaden would get married to her and I still couldn’t believe everything I wanted was going down the drain like this. And to make matters worse, I couldn’t do anything to stop it, aside from sitting and watching this whole experience unravel itself before me.Soon, the marriage between the man I love and another girl will be happening and I would just be a sp
-Kaden POV-The world was spinning in front of me and I could feel my heart palpitating in a way it has never done before. Like a horror movie, everything was playing out as if it was planned before, slow and edgy like there was something bad about to happen.The fact that I still do not know about Audrey’s whereabouts made me sick to the bone.. and angry because now I do not know where to go searching anymore.I searched the whole palace frantically, looking for her and panicking when I still couldn’t find any signs of her anywhere.With new found fear in my heart, I walked over to a few of my employees that had clustered around a spot and yelled over their voices;"Attention, everyone. Listen to what I have to say carefully," I addressed the palace guards and they stood looking at me, paying rapt attention. No one could dare make a noise. If a pin was dropped on the floor, one would hear it.“Audrey is missing! Y’all know who Audrey is right?!” I bellowed and their jumbled up repl
-Audrey's POV-I felt like I was being held down by invisible heavy objects which stopped me from being able to move my body around. My body hurt, and even my head felt as though it was being split into two by some sort of external force.My eyes opened slowly and I gasped when I noticed that I had been clasped with chains, and that those chains led to a spot on the cold cemented floor that I couldn’t see due to how dark it was in here. My body ached fervently and my body shook with cold but there was nothing I could do as I couldn't even lift up my hand. The cold was eating me up slowly. I was freezing. The air coming out from my nostrils were chilling and I needed to do something before I die.The happenings of the previous time I was awake flashed through my memory. I panted heavily as I remembered it. Fear gripped my heart and my eyes widened in horror. This place was terror itself. It was like a graveyard. It was lonely, dark and will make your intestines twist. I developed
-Kaden POV-The environment was tense as I watched as the pack doctor quietly attended to Shantel who was barely breathing as it is. She looked pale, and almost dead but I said nothing as I folded my arms around my chest while my mind wandered around. I didn’t need to say something as negative as that."I found traces of poison in her blood," he revealed and I gasped. “So now it is obvious that she was poisoned…”“And from the test results carried out on her, she was also overdosed with meth,” he added, making me gasp.Who the hell did all these?"Poison and meth? How's that even possible?" I asked. This was too much. How would Shantel decide to take poison? Was she high?“I feel she was overdosed with meth to make her seem high and then the poison…” Adler said and I watched the doctor nod his head slowly. That was probably the way it also stemmed from his results."She had been forcefully made to ingest a poisonous substance which had led to a miscarriage," he added, showing me a p
Audrey's POVThe rumbling of my stomach made me so uncomfortable that I even found it quite difficult to sit upright. Being weak and hungry at the same time is a death sentence. I held my stomach as I groaned in pain. My eyes glanced around the place looking for what to use to suppress the hunger.I was sprawled on the floor, defenseless, hoping that someone would come to my aid. My eyes stung painfully as I struggled to fight back the tears but they still leaked out of my eyes.“Crying won't give me food nor strength” I whispered to myself, wiping off the stray tears that had leaked out of my eye.I didn't have the courage to call upon the moon goddess, I even couldn’t because she had refused to answer me the time I called. Maybe she desires to see me suffer.I was still holding my stomach tight as my intestines twisted painfully as if there were large worms in it that had begun eating up the walls of my stomach.While I laid on the floor, I heard the door open and a young abductor
Audrey's POVIt was still dark in here but I knew that hours had fleeted past. I laid still on the cold floor with my eyes partly opened, just in case something was about to happen to me.My stomach growled in protest as well as hunger set in and I couldn’t help but feel regret at the fact that I had refused to eat the food that I had been given earlier.I was confused as to what to do or how to get myself out of here. Everything felt bleak and even my mind was so blank, I couldn’t make out anything.My eyes caught sight of the food I had discarded earlier and held. At first I wanted to look away from it but my starved stomach wouldn't let me make such a rash decision. Reaching towards the now stale food that had been discarded beside me, I took some of it and pushed it into my hand.The foul smell from the food made me close my nose with my other hand. I pushed the food down my throat as I didn't have any other choice, whilst making sure that my teeth didn't touch the food. The sm
Kaden's POVThe air in here was so suffocating and so tense that you could literally feel the texture of its tensenes. It's been some days now since Audrey has been kidnapped without a trace of her and it annoyed me as much as it scared me.I needed to do something, to find her and as it is, I do not have any leads as to where to begin looking for her from as I had no clues about where she could be.I have been having some deep thoughts about this issue and there was only one thing I got from it; It was obvious that Shantel wasn't the culprit and she didn't have a hand in Audrey's kidnapping.Even Erik, who seemed like a probable suspect, had nothing against Audrey… At least she wasn’t the one pregnant with my “baby” and wasn’t the one causing an obstruction between him and getting the throne.I could pin him for Shantel’s situation but not Audrey’s.Suddenly, I was overwhelmed with a kind of fear I hadn’t felt in a long time. It made me shiver and filled me with several negative tho
With my hands planted firmly on my waist, I stared confusedly at the two crying babies in front of me and no matter what I did or said to calm them down, nothing seemed to be working. Seemingly Lost in confusion and not knowing what to do, I tried hard to comfort the crying babies in front of me but they instead laid, crying tirelessly that at a point, I did not know what else to do for they could not stop crying. I carried one of them in my arms and began to rock it gently, the other laid in the crib built for the two babies. I continued this way, giving turns to each of them as I held them in my arms attempting to get them to fall asleep but they wouldn’t. That did little to make them quit though and I grew frustrated but I knew I could not give up. I had tons of work to do, a lot of paperwork also and the thought of attending to those immediately after dropping these kids filled me with so much tiredness that I felt I would drop dead. Since the takeover from Jacob, there
Audrey's POVFeeling happy and fulfilled that I had fulfilled my words and that I had been able to Kill Jacob in the exact way I had imagined it, I smiled to myself thinking of how this was the first time I felt like I had done something worth deserving as I stared down at his decapitated body which was now covered in a of his own blood, and could vividly see the hole I made on his heart.A smile got stuck on my lips and I couldn't let it go. I allowed it, wondering why Ian had this weird stare on me."You finally killed the predator, after being the prey for so long. You're taking over the predator's land." I muttered to myself as I stared at his blood dripping neck, making trails as I walked, I wanted them to see that I had killed Jacob and ended his reign of terror and destruction.I walked out to the corridor where she listened to the silent gasps and the scared look on the faces of the people.I held the head in my hands and showed it to the people."This marks the end of this he
Audrey's POVI knew Jacob was a bit surprised that I had smiles all over my face, despite the fact that he had a knife pressed on my neck.He was a bit stubborn and I wondered what I would say to him that would make him move the knife away from my neck despite all the white lies I had told him. It was a little confusing to watch him and the cynical smile on his face and at the same time, I was bothered because I knew he was psychotic and could do anything."You could just remove this knife, I would surely guarantee your safety." I said quietly as he pressed the knife deeper into my neck, it was hurting but I couldn't let out a tear, knowing that it would mean defeat and I hated being defeated by clumsy enemies such as Jacob. "Do you expect me to believe you?" He retorted sharply as he pressed the knife, adding a little force to it. When he wasn’t watching, I tilted my head slowly, in a bid to pull my neck away from the sharp blade. "Come on, you have my word, I would surely beg Kad
Kaden's POVI loved the fact that Logan had to turn against his pack, knowing fully well that Jacob turned them against him. Having killed some of his men, Logan grew tired of killing and felt like setting it amicably.They surrounded him as he let down his guard, he told his men to do the same as they all stopped fighting, Jacob's soldiers were afraid, I guess filled with that thought that they were just leading them to a trap."Why won't you fight us?" The Chief guard questioned as the guard paved the way for him to walk through. "I can't, we can keep on wasting our strength on each other when the real devil is up there watching us." Logan explained, wondering how Logan tends to make this work, it would be hard and it might get ugly. "What do you mean?" The Chief guard was confused. "Jacob is a man that would surely have you all killed if need be. He wouldn't hesitate to threaten the lives of your family if you dare flout his orders" Logan uttered, wearing a smile on his face, ho
Kaden's POVI felt uneasy, knowing that I had my reservations with Audrey's plot, but I had to give in, she had it all planned out and now that I thought about it, mine had loopholes.If we had attacked Jacob as I planned, he would have escaped or better still led us into one of his unforseen traps which would leave us in jeopardy; harming my men, weakening my manpower and having a strong hold on my resources.But with Audrey's plot, she handles on the inside, while we take care of his men outside which would make everything even and provide Jacob with an extremely slim chance of escaping or having to use someone as bait while trying to escape. "I just hope Audrey succeeds with her plan, I'll take care of these ones here with my own plan," I muttered to myself, knowing that my men were also waiting for my signal.I assured myself, rigging off every fear and trying to remain at peace as I waited for a signal to show that Audrey was in trouble. For now though, I hadn't felt any pa
AUDREY’S POVI waited for Jacob’s reply to my sarcastic but true comment about the palace but it did not come, the intent of it had not fazed him a bit I noticed and I began to wonder what went on through his mischievous mind. Jacob gently placed his arm around my back and I flinched at the feel of his strong arms around me but let him guide me to a chair close to his throne. Surprisingly he had not still said anything in reply to the view I had concerning the place, perhaps he had sensed the sarcasm in my voice even though I suspected that he knew what I said was true. He acted really sweet towards me while I acted according to the script I was writing in my mind.I sat down calmly on the chair he had offered me and he sat on the enormous throne. We started to talk and he asked about my trip there, asking if I had any troubles on my way. I sweetly replied to him, not forgetting to remind him of how I was capable of taking care of myself. I wondered why he and Kaden always felt that
Audrey’s POVDespite the anger I felt coursing through my veins and spiking up my nerves, I managed to force a smile as the soldier who stood guard at the door to the throne room opened the huge doors for me to pass through. I stepped into the room slowly as if expecting to be met with some kind of trap and then stopped at some point to take my first real glance at the expanse of the room and the striking view ahead of me. I marveled at the sheer beauty it emitted but couldn’t help but think about how it had lost its shine. The palace, even though ancient as it was, was one of the most mesmerizing views I had ever had the pleasure of seeing. It looked different from what I remembered it to be; the structures were getting old, the decorations were fading out, and what made the room gorgeous most was no longer there – the glitter of people laughing and cheering happily nonstop, in love and harmony.The memory of how the palace used to be filled with love and glamor when it was still m
Audrey's POVI sat with my hands folded in front of me as I had become more than a little tense due to how much I was wondering what Kaden wanted to tell me that made him keep me in a weird suspense. I hated the fact that my heart raced, hoping that the news wouldn't affect me, or have anything to do with Kaden or Shantel but then from the expression on his face, it was difficult to ascertain if the news coming was a bad one or a good one. I gulped.Filling my head with irrelevant thoughts, I was getting confused as I felt someone holding my left palm, Shantel tilted her head upwards and down, assuring me that all would be fine. I hearkened to her with the evidence of doubt still writhing in me."You're making me uneasy, what is it that you wanted to tell me?" I stuttered as Kaden bowed his head down as he said in a low tone;"I can't tell you, when she's around. She has to leave us, it's personal and urgent.""That won't be possible, Shantel says. If I deserve to listen to this new
Audrey's POVI hated the fact that I had soiled my fingers trying to take down a guard, knowing that this was a test to show my strength and skills which I knew I didn't have. I just wanted to be able to fight off my enemies with my hands and legs in combat, which would be to my advantage and would come in handy whenever I would need to protect myself, knowing fully well that this was dark times and that Kaden's soldiers were dying in their numbers.It was hard to believe it, but they would just go missing and their dead body would be found, wondering what he was planning or his plans on how to catch this culprit that has murdered many men. I knew this was a plot to reduce Kaden's man power, and it was working effectively. Jacob knew this, and was using it to his advantage. "You're doing quite well, keep it up" Shantel said to me even though I knew I wasn’t doing any good. I knew that she was only being helpful, the smile on her face said the words she was hiding. This was her wa