Maddox' POV I couldn't help but feel guilt shred through my heart as I drove home. I looked through the glass windows of my car, at each side of the road, and sometimes, I would have the image of me flogging the daylights out of the Lisa girl obstruct my view, almost as if it was being showed right there on the glasses.I honestly didn’t plan to hurt her that way, but her resemblance to Lessia made me lose control of myself. I have never felt bad about punishing anyone, but this Lisa girl seemed to have gotten to me in ways I didn’t understand.She hadn't expected it to turn out like that. Even I too was shocked with the twist my actions took. For a second, I began wondering if she might even wake up. She was so beat up that she could barely lift up her eyelids to look at me.I was a monster, I thought to myself. Something about what happened with Lisa, made me not want to ever hit anyone again. I promised myself I would see her again if I could, and would try to correct my mistake.
Lessia's POV “When the guard informed Kian that something was wrong, the first thought that came to my mind was somehow Maddox was involved. He had been silent for a while maybe he finally did something.I didn't want to leave but he was much more adamant than I was. Whatever was going on seemed pretty serious, I mean, I just heard that the Pack encountered a problem, and he expected me to act like it didn't bother me.I had gotten used to Kian’s pack since it became my home, and I didn’t want anything bad to happen, contrary to what he might probably be thinking.I just could not understand why he did not want me to see what was on the computer screen. I would just have to get it out if him which ever way, I thought to myself as I headed straight to his room specifically.The only reason I left was because I didn’t want to constantly defy him, especially in front of his subjects. They would think he had no control over me and see him as weak.I was certain he would not be able to r
Kian's POV Seeing her cry really broke me. It was not my intention at all to hurt her. I really wanted to give her an answer when she asked if she would ever be part of my pack, but I really did not know what to say to her.Of course she was a part of me, as well as my pack, but I was held back by so many lingering feelings of doubt, because of the issue with my mum’s vase. I didn’t know if it was safe to trust her again. Although that didn’t mean I didn’t care for her.The only thing I could offer, and it came to me without a single prior thought—just an unconscious, involuntary action, was to hug her.I did not want to tell her about the rogue attacks, primarily because I did not want to have her worried about it. But she had the idea that it was mainly because I didn't trust her.I didn’t know what to do to make her feel better, before Lessia I had never been close enough to any woman. I was new at this.The hurt was in the part that I actually wasn't convinced, within myself, th
Kian's POV I found myself tossing in my sleep and woke up to the view of the ceiling. I remembered that by my side last night, was Lessia. But instead, what I found beside me was a whole empty space.I hated whenever I woke up and she wasn’t beside me. She had made it a habit lately, one I doubted I would ever get used to. However, I knew the reason why she did it, she was mad at me.It was funny how we were always angry at each other for certain things, but then all that anger seem to wash away whenever we made love.I couldn't help smiling to myself, even though I knew it looked rather foolish that I was doing so.But I couldn't possibly stay the whole day thinking about Lessia and what had happened the day before. I had to get out the bed and move on with the day.I still had the issue of the rogues to deal with. My men haven’t been able to trace the attacks to any specific rogue group. Even though the attacks were coordinated.After minutes of trying to motivate myself, I finally
Lessia's POV: As much as I didn’t want to, I couldn’t stop myself from thinking that there was no much difference between living with Kian and living with Maddox.One was a prison without freedom and the other was a prison where I had the power to do anything I wanted, as long as I didn’t go out.I had been indoors since I found myself in Kian's abode and recently, I did not seem to like that anymore. I couldn't seem to overcome the feeling of being restricted like an inmate.Of course I was glad he accommodated me very kindly since the incident, and was altogether concerned about my safety and welfare, but I was in desperate hunger for the cool, unconstricted breeze and bright, beautiful skies.After the incident with the vase, Kian hadn’t met me leave his house. And even before then, he never let me go out without him, I felt caged. That’s why I finally mustered the courage to ask him for permission to go out.I had a feeling he was really jealous that I wanted to go with Nichola
Kian's POV: The movie was so erotic I almost got up to complain to the management why they would let an erotic display such as it, get played to the public. And then I got to remember that it's a Cinema, and everyone sitting around should have been more than eighteen years of age on average, or they wouldn't have let them. Usually I don't come to places like this for their overly public nature.If it were left for me, Lessia would have seen any movie of her choice in the house. But I noticed the way her eyes lit up as she mentioned wanting to go to the cinema, and I just couldn’t take that away from her.During the drive to the cinema, I saw how ecstatic and anxious she looked, it warmed my heart to see her that happy.After I was done getting the tickets, I spotted her with some guy, I immediately felt a tinge of jealousy surge through me, but I held my composure when I realized it was probably a teenager talking to her.After the movie came on, didn't take long for my body to star
Lessia's POV: I didn't know what took over me the night before. When we woke up, I found out that the door was barely shut. Kian was too in a frenzy to have considered locking it up before coming over to make love to me.I felt exposed. Most especially, when we got to the reception. A number of people were there and I immediately got this feeling that perhaps all of them might have heard the both of us moaning because we were too loud.I avoided the gazes of people, as I held unto Kian who didn’t seem to care about the people present.I saw a man staring intently at me, he looked very familiar but I couldn’t place where I knew him from. His stare was beginning to make me uncomfortable, so I held on to Kian tighter.The receptionist threw subtle glances my way. I wondered what she was thinking, but if it had anything about her expecting some sort of apology from me, even though I was feeling pretty down at that point, then she would have to be considered, not just mad, but mad in th
Maddox POV: It turned out that I couldn't stop myself from feeling guilty about what happened that night at the brothel. It weighed heavy on my conscience, that I didn't even check to see if Lisa had survived her wounds. And so, I drove there that night once again to see just how well she was doing, and in any case, apologize to her.It was an odd feeling to me, I had never felt the need to apologize to anyone, even though I was wrong. But Lisa’s innocence made me feel somewhat ashamed for my actions.I went back to the bar, hoping she had survived the damaged I had inflicted on her that night, and was back to work.There, I sat at the same table as I was sitting on that day. Also with me was a bouquet of flowers I intended giving to her. The women around it kept staring, as if to see who it was, among them that I had come for.I called one of them forward with a gesture from my fingers, and she pranced forward, a bit too jovially."Hello sir," she said, placing her elbows on the ta
Lessia's POVFive Years Later… “Mummy, we’re waiting, hurry up!” I heard Raphael call out to me.“I’ll be down in a minute.” I yelled back, as I tried to apply the finishing touches to my make up.It was the boys birthday, Raphael had been overly excited about it. He asked for so many things for his birthday, he was looking forward to seeing his wishes being granted.Leo on the other hand, didn’t say much about what he wanted his birthday, well asides from reminding us that he hated chocolate cakes and wouldn’t attend the party if he sees any present. So I made a mental note to not add chocolates to the list of desserts.Kian and I planned the whole celebration by ourselves. After Williams betrayal, five years ago, we still found it difficult to trust people. We made good friendships with some of the parents of our children friends, but it was centered on the kids. We still kept our healthy boundaries.After I gave birth to the twins, Kian became even more overprotective. He didn’t
Lessia's POV: The room was growing darker, as it seemed that light was sipping away in every second as I pushed. I could feel every bit of energy I had in me slipping away.I struggled to steady by breaths, but I kept panting, even though the nurses assured me everything would be fine, I was still afraid for my child and myself.“Arghhh!” I screamed loudly as I felt another sharp pain.“Luna, just hold on tight, you’d be fine, you know your babies are two, so this will take a while, I need you to be strong for them.” The doctor said encouraging me, but her words could only do so little for me.“Arghhhh!” I screamed again. “I don’t think I can do this, I can’t anymore, please make it stop.” I yelled once more as the tears began to stream down my eyes.I had never felt this kind of pain before, it was so unbearable, like there was a machine inside of me constantly squeezing my insides. I want it to stop so bad.“Luna, I’m going to change your position, okay? The nurse will hold you an
Lessia's POV As I walked out of the building, the feeling of fulfillment and satisfaction engulfed my being. I could smell the disdainful surprise on that saucy receptionist as I walked past him. I could tell he did not expect to see me beautifully dressed in the level of confidence I waxed in as I left. It was so obvious he expected to see a broken and downcast woman different from the one that had walked in just moments earlier. That only heightened my pride and the self fulfillment I was already acquainted with.I knew they were all shocked to see me representing kian, because according to their Logic, women shouldn’t be involved in politics. However, I had learnt so much from Kian in so little time.The fact that he didn’t turn me down whenever I asked him about politics made me happy and important. When I was still with Maddox, he often treated me like it was a crime to have knowledge of politics. Whenever he was handling a matter and I wanted to be involved, he would tell me h
Lessia's POV: There I was at the so called Alpha Cabinet once more. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't keep the thoughts of what they tried to do to me and Kian before, out of my head. The walls of the building steadily resounded the voices, words and fingers of suspicion and accusations they pointed at us that day.I could still remember their faces in the blurry edge of my mind. I could still remember everything.But I was prepared that whatever I was going to be thrown at, I would be sure to defend myself in anyway and give it back to them in full force."Hello, I have an appointment with the Cabinet, I am to meet them in the chamber room" I said to the receptionist that mounted the entrance.There had been a change in location due to an incident that happened recently, so I wanted to be sure I was in the right place.Honestly, I preferred the new location, as it was closer to Kian’s pack. That way I felt safer, even though no where was 100% safe.I noticed the receptionist w
Lessia’s Pov Seeing Kian’s unconscious body lying on the floor filled me with so much adrenaline that I didn’t know when I stood up and started screaming for help.Kian’s body was lying besides Williams body, which gave me a nostalgic feeling once more, about how hospitals reek of the smell of blood and death.“Help, somebody please help us!” I screamed again, my voice echoing in the room. Soon, some nurses came running into the room. “Please the Alpha has been shot, I need you to help him immediately,” I yelled.They came back with a stretcher to take Kian, while I followed behind, until we got to a room where he was being attended to.“Luna, you have to wait here, while we attend to him.” A nurse said. I wanted to insist on going into the room with him, but that would only delay his treatment. So I sat patiently and let them do their jobs.While I was waiting for Kian, some of the pack soldiers arrived. The hospital must have alerted them, I thought.The leader approached me with
Kian’s Pov The confrontation with Williams continued. I couldn’t believe he had been the one responsible for all our misfortunes. I was shocked, to say the least, that all these while I had been so gullible to trust the enemy.It all made sense now, why he never trusted Lessia, how easy it was for Maddox to get into my pack to kidnap Lessia. He was the one who poisoned her and told Sonia about my allergies, so she could kill me as well. If they had succeeded, Lessia would have been helpless, I’m sure he would have sent her back to Maddox, to continue to be his sex slave.“You are beyond delusional, Williams, why would you think I would never fall in love and have my own family? Why would you think I would never find my own mate?”He looked at me in a standoffish manner, and soon burst into a fit of laughter.“Can you hear yourself, Kian? Before Lessia, how many people looked your way, huh? How many women actually there themselves at you? No one, Kian. No one. And you know why?” He c
Kian's POV “You can’t possibly me sure that Williams is the one responsible for your misfortunes.” Jason suggested, but I knew he was only playing kind games.“Tell me, you bastard. Did you make this all up just to distract me from the truth? Did you?” I questioned, baring my fangs into his skin, as blood slowly oozed out.“Why would I make this up, Kian? Of what benefit would it be to me? Besides I didn’t tell you it was Williams, you figured that yourself. Which is a huge breakthrough for you, as you’ve failed to do in the past years.”Jason’s words pricked me. All these while, I had been living with the enemy, eating and drinking with the enemy, telling all of my problems to the enemy.How naive could I be? How ignorant could I be? I chided myself. No wonder Maddox thought me to be a fool, he had been communicating with my Beta all along, right under my nose. That was why he was able to reach Lessia and even Kidnap her.Williams and Lessia. These were the only words that appeared
Kian's POV: Where I intended to begin my investigations was none other than Maddox's Pack house, which was now mine by virtue of conquering and Annexation. I knew that if there ever were a secret agent amongst us, that person would be in affiliations with Maddox.I had some friends in the packs close to his, so I sought for their help. Although, Maddox was a man of many secrets, I was hopeful we would find out something, he surely didn’t take them to his grave.I began to doubt Maddox’s death. We were informed he was dead, but no one ever saw his body, no one was invited to his funeral. Was he even buried? I had no idea. My friends didn’t as well.However, if he were alive, he wouldn’t be working alone. Even if he succeeded in infiltrating my pack, which I knew there was no way that would be the case. Someone had to have been feeding Maddox information, and there was no way it could have been Lessia. That was a main reason I couldn't take William's words as law. He was right for me
Kian's POV: I couldn't count the number of times Williams had told me not to worry on that day.How could one be so relaxed after finding out their mate was poisoned and almost lost their children in the process? Only a man like Williams would suggest that to you.Sometimes I wondered if this man felt things that normal people did. Because there was no way someone who had feelings would say that to me.“Are you saying this because you still don’t like Lessia?” I questioned him as he voiced my gaze.“I have nothing against the Luna, Kian. She’s your mate and the mother of the future heirs to the pack. What could I possibly have against her?”There was sincerity in his words. He had no reason to still dislike Lessia, maybe I was the one reading meaning I shouldn’t to his advice. I had always know Williams to be like that, so there was no need expecting him to be different when it came to Lessia.“You don’t understand, Williams. Someone is out to kill Lessia. First, she was being follo