Audrey’s POV:I helped Ian to walk as we both took a stroll in the orchard, for he was still recovering but slowly so from the poison that he had taken. He was strong but the poison had taken a huge toll on him and that made his recovery slow paced. We talked as we both took precise steps according to his rhythm and rested any time he ran out of breath and seemed too tired to carry on. I was patient with him because I knew the condition he was in and because he was my friend. After all the hurdles we both had been through, I was surprised that we were able to establish a good friendship and somehow, I was grateful to have him as a friend, it felt really good.As we continued to walk now in silence for some minutes, I drifted off in my thoughts and Ian noticed that and became quite curious of what ran through my mind. He almost seemed like he could openly see my train of thoughts like it reflected on my face and so he became concerned as the friend he now was. Pausing for a moment,
Audrey’s POV:When Kaden got to where Ian and I stood holding hands, the first thing he did was to rip my hand out of Ian’s hold. This pissed me off instantly and fora moment, I simply stood there, panting staring back angrily at Kaden who said nothing also but stood breathing heavily. I finally let out my anger and lashed out at him.“Hey, what the hell is your problem, Kaden? Why did you do that and why the hell are you even acting this way!?” I scolded Kaden with my voice high pitched, almost screaming at him.“What do you mean by what am I doing?” Kaden shot back at me.“I don’t know what you’re trying to do but you just are interrupted a peaceful moment I was having here with my friend.” I said angrily to him.“Nonsense!” He shot back at me again, this time without looking at me but at Ian who stood helplessly saying nothing to Kaden.I tried to get closer to Ian and held him again but Kaden would have none of it. He quickly came between us and tried to forcefully tear us apart
Audrey's POVMy heart throbbed painfully when the memories of how I injured Alpha Kaden ran uncontrollably through my mind like some stereotape. I knew I was the only one to be blamed for my actions. I shouldn't have pushed him, but it was harder to push him off with my words, action they say speaks louder than words, but in this scenario my actions have brought me a bag of troubles that I don't know practically any solutions to solve them.I should have just walked out on him, that would have been better.This is harder than I thought, remembering the last time I had seen Kaden's body looking lifeless and sprawled on the floor like his existence had been sucked out of him.I knew that my push wasn’t enough to kill him, rather he had only fainted out of exhaustion and the strength I’d used."I would want to see you get back on your feet Kaden, I didn't mean to push you, it was never my intention to hurt you. I hope you will definitely understand when you wake up, please be strong." I
Audrey’s POVI could hear very audibly the rumbling sounds of my stomach echoing as if the sounds were produced from outside of my body. It rumbled noisily and constantly as I sat down on the cold hard floor of the dungeon which was pitch black with darkness. It had been days since I had my last meal and so I grew weaker every minute of my time locked up in that terrible place. My throat burned with thirst also, it felt like it was stuck together, my mouth dry as well. The chains I was bound with grew heavier than ever too as I continued to lose strength because of lack of food and water. Tears leaked from the sides of my eyes also without me necessarily wanting to cry.I laid there bound with chains on my wrists and on my ankles. Every minute that passed, I felt like it was going to be my last till the next. And as I sat there hardly even able to entertain a single thought, I was getting to the brink of giving up on the hope of surviving that terrible place. I tried to lie down bu
Chapter 86I laid down asleep in my dark cell almost lifeless, tortured in pain. Tired, sore and famished, I was abruptly awoken by the familiar stroke of whip on my back by someone inside my cell room. The force of the strike jerked me forward and I let out a muffled cry absent of tears. I had cried out all my tears already and still in great pains, all I could mutter was a weak groan, but before I could completely react to the pain of the strike, I heard multiple footsteps come into the cell and before I could think, I was roughly lifted up from the ground by two hefty men. They roughly dragged me outside the cell not minding for a second the bloody sores I had all over my body. They pulled me through the dungeon and confused I was, I struggled to speak as I wanted to know what was going on and where they were taking me to. “What is happening? Where are you taking me to?” I cried out softly, my voice breaking and trailing both as a result of weakness and pains.The men just ignor
Kaden’s POV:All my senses began to come alive as I slowly gained consciousness. My eyes fluttered open one eyelid at a time and they met the harsh bright light that hung above me and I squinted in pain. It was obvious I had been unconscious for some time and waking up, I felt the weakness in my body was as a result of lying down on this cold stiff bed for days and probably from all the drugs I had been administered while unconscious. Squeezing my face, I lifted my weak hands slowly to cover my eyes, still shut to protect them from the blinding lights that shone across the room. My entire body ached and I felt too numb to properly feel a thing or even move. The rest of my senses, not as sharp as before were gradually coming back. I tried sniffing around me to detect my environment and understand my situation.My mind slowly came back to full consciousness, I sniffed to detect the presence of Audrey by my side but when I could not smell her anywhere close, I started to feel annoyed t
Jacob’s POV:“Are you even listening to me Jacob? You have been sitting there numb to all that I have been saying to you without saying a single word or even as much as give me a glance, what is the matter with you?!” Elora screamed at me from my behind.I had sat down right in front of her as she kept ranting on and on about how inattentive I had become over the weeks and how ‘uncaring’ I now was; I really didn’t care though but there was no way I would say that to her.In truth she had been going on endlessly about a lot of things which at that moment, I cared less about, so I just sat lost in my own thoughts for I was tired of all her unending and incessant nagging which was all she had been doing for a while. It pissed me off all the time when she did that and it was no different then so instead of reacting angrily at her, I just ignored her as I entertained my own thoughts in mind.“Jacob?” Elora called out to me, shoving me gently on my shoulder as she breaks me from my stream
Audrey’s POV:Back at the dungeon, I sat down frustrated, trying relentlessly to free myself from the shackles that bound my hands and legs. I had grown really frustrated with everything that had happened; from the events with the council elders at the court and even Erik’s disturbing glances at me. I had barely spoken much since the elders decided that I was guilty without granting me a proper trial to hear my own plea. I was certain that there was nothing I could do to prove my innocence as they all were bent on ending me so I did not bother to put up any fight at all, I just remained calm as they dragged me back to the dungeon.Seated there, since there was nothing I could do, I simply began to entertain the idea of an escape somehow. I started to work tirelessly to unlock the chains around my wrist first. I twisted and squeezed with the hope that my powers would return to me and shatter the metals. As that seemed not to work at all, I bit with my teeth but that also was not mu
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