Zach's POV
Seth and Joel described each moment they spent in the company of Stanley Archibald's guards. Since they used to work as soldiers, they knew most of my progress with grooming factory businessmen and their arrest. They were cognizant of Stanley Archibald being a red flag, hence they sternly warned Jade about not going to see him again.
"She had been flushed like she was bullied inside his house when she came out with him." Seth said with a grave expression. "He said that she lost her way in the mansion while looking at the portraits."
Joel hummed, "When she sat inside the car, I asked her what was the matter and she just..."
"She just what?" I got him by the collar and seared in his face.
"She just cried and mumbled something."
"Do you remember what she was mumbling?"
"Something about her mother." Blood ran cold in my veins.
Although I kn
100. I want my strength back Zach's POV I sat behind the steering wheel of my Mercedes and fired the engine aggressively. My gaze fell on the rear view at mom holding Lelah and a fierce longing seized hold of me. That should have been Jade holding our daughter. Lelah should have met her mamma first... Before her grandparents or uncles and aunts in the mansion. But I acted on a fucking impulse. No, it wasn't even an impulse. I don't know what it was but whatever it was, was commendable of utter revulsion. Only the heaven knows what the fuck had been going on in my mind. I fucking stayed away from Jade and waited for the right time to tell her about everything. I bloody ignored her don't know for what. Maybe I waited for the right time... Or the right situation. I don't know. I fucking don't know. There was no right time between two people that loved madly— or if I had even a sense of faithfulness in my relation and toward Jade— then I wouldn't have to leave in search of her like
101. A deal Jade's POV "You are finally in the right hands, Jade. I'll take care of you if you cooperate." Matteo Bernard added. It didn't help the vortex of adrenaline within me though. I shook and whimpered. My body became awfully cold and I curled up again. Even if it was against my will and felt inappropriate curling in the arms of the man I should run away from, I snuck in closer. So his warmth could engulf me and calm down the tempest of emotions that rose in my chest. Matteo settled down in the car with me in his lap. Since my face was pressed into his chest, then his coat on my head, I didn't see the old asshole and his men. But they were there. All of them. I could feel their eyes on us and the car. I've never felt so weak before. So restless that I would be forced to ask an enemy for help. Yeah, that's what I was about to do. The plea was on the tip of my tongue when Matteo announced, "Start the car." I closed my eyes and pressed my lips together. I didn't see Stanley
102. The bite Jade's POV I kept my frustration in check as I wore an unshakable mask of pretense. I didn't budge but felt my heart skip a beat as he squeezed my breast. "Do you know what you're saying?" Lust darkened his eyes as he whispered that across my face. With a small grasp, I pressed my mouth on his. I let him kiss me and waited until he parted. "You want to avenge Zach?" He kissed me again. "Is that really want you want?" I held back my tears and bobbed my head in confirmation, "I want to kill him." "I've had that on my mind for a while, you know." He chuckled and took me under him on the bed. Ice ran in my veins with blood as he yanked the blanket from between us. He lowered his mouth on my nipple and sucked it. I've never been so patient in my life before. And acted crazy like this. I was lying under my enemy and allowing him to corrupt my body as he spoke about the man I loved. Spoke about killing him. But it was my idea, wasn't it? I started it because I didn't
103. Ready for a Revenge Jade's POVI thought I was dead. The pain I experienced was deathly. If pain from death doesn't feel like this then I wonder what else does. Maybe I wasn't because I could hear my breathing. It was slow and smooth. Like I was laying on soft warm grass under an evening sky and just relaxing. My body was at peace. The pain no longer shaking my core. In the dark I lifted a hand to my neck. To the spot Matteo bit me. No pain again. But there were two dots. Wet dots. I tried to look around myself. Except for complete darkness I saw none. My limbs moved on their own accord. Though it was dark, I moved ahead. I hoped to find the end of this dark tunnel, wishing that it would greet me with an opening radiating with light. I walked and continued to walk until I saw a dot flickering across my gaze. It was the size of a pearl. But as I stared at it with undivided focus, it grew bigger. Within a minute it grew the size of watermelon, and as I continued to look at it,
104. I love herZach's POV"What the hell!" Nathan's exclamation would have been mine if he didn't express his surprise a second earlier than me. "It's a freaking prison with iron doors." He muttered while I stood rooted to my spot as my men, one by one, barged in with their guns loaded. My heart stopped for a solid five seconds before it kicked into high gear and climbed its way up my throat. Because if you ask me, it didn't look like prison. It was more of a single section in an asylum with an eerily dark passageway with metal doors on both sides, a small window to peek-in in the center, and two or three of all the lights overhead burning dimly and flickering from time to time.I ambled behind Nathan and the armed guards as they peeked inside each door through the small window and moved to the other room. "There are all women in there, Alpha." One of the soldiers who was checking through the rooms said."In very bad shape and condition." Resentment rolled through me. I remained
105. Killer Zach's POVNathan left me with a heavy air coiling around me like a ghost. The sky was dark and moonless. No stars to keep the light either.I slumped back against the wall and closed my eyes. The memories from my beautiful holiday with Jade kicked in. I smiled and automatically lifted a hand to my chest as I recalled her words once she had whispered near my ear after a heavy lovemaking session."If you ever miss me, just keep a hand on your chest and say I love you Jade. It'll give your heart some peace and your body some strength to tolerate the time of our separation until you can have me in your arms again."I had laughed at her dramatics back then. But now, I did just that and hoped she would jump out of the blue right in front of me. That's not going to happen though. She won't jump out as she is kidnapped. I will have to track her down and pull her out of the swampland of hostility my enemies have taken against her to torture."Zach," I squeezed my eyelids tight an
106. Let's go back I could feel the current of shivers running through their bodies. They stared at me, their guns pointing vividly at a certain spot on my body. The trigger was slightly under pressure as they stared at me for a possible attack. When I left two minutes ago, I hurled them angrily away from me, making my way out. I used my powers to detach their guns from them. Collecting them in a big heap, I sent the guns aggressively in different directions like splinters of wood flying after a massive explosion. They broke glasses and noses of some as they launched with full force. With a shift in my gaze, I plucked the weapons off their grasp again. This time lazily, giving them a hint that I was not here to cause destruction. There's a slight change in my plan though. Not that I have anything left to do in this exotic abode. The owner of it is gone, so is my fear. I no longer need to be destructive. "Where's the driver?" I noticed a tremor run through their shoulders. We wer
107. Being a grim reaper Zach POV It's impossible. My pupils amplified in fear and shock as I restarted the CCTV footage again. It sent the shockwaves down my body again. I've already seen it a dozen times and every new time it makes my heart climb up to my throat and beat in my mouth. It had my Jade looking vulnerable. Assaulted. And all the way deprived. She was in a coat that I deem was Matteo Bernard's she picked up before she left the confinement of his room. Her face was stained with blood drops. She was moving fearlessly in the garden unlike how she was brought in. Her head tilted ominously to her left and a chasing guard came to a standstill. His feet left the ground as he floated in the mid air like some ruthless puppeteer was pulling invisible strings on him to make it happen. I could see it was Jade. The puppeteer. The way her eyes moved and her gaze stalled over her shoulder, it felt like she was casting a spell on the man and evil forces emerging from her spell lif