(Author’s POV).(Mature Content Ahead).Ashley chose to order a special service to sleep with Nikolai. Her hands were trembling as she dialed the number of an escort service that Finley had provided to her. It somehow felt wrong, but it had to be done.She was still not sure if she was his Mate.“Ashley” he whispered her true name which made her gasped. All of a sudden, he pulled her onto his bed, trapping her with his warm body, “My Mate. I need you”“Nikolai, you don’t know what you are saying. You are unwell” she said while trying to get free from his strong hold on her body, “Nikolai, please let me go. I’m Tiana”Her words sounded more like a whimper. She was conflicted between what was in her head and what she felt in her heart, “We can’t do this, Nikolai”“I want you, Ashley. Why don’t you want me?” she could feel his lips placing kisses on her cheeks down to sucking and licking her neck. It was her weak spot making her moan with her eyes closed.His hand was moving down to he
(Nikolai’s POV).Sunlight was seeping through the gaps within the curtains. I groaned not wanting to wake up as my head was throbbing in pain.The memory of the wonderful night I had with my Ashley eased my mind and I felt happy after years of looking for her. I was satisfied to spend the night with my Mate again.Although I could not mark her, I knew I was close and she would submit to me soon. I would convince her that she could trust me and I would never harm or let anyone hurt her.Suddenly, I felt a presence of someone in the room. Someone I was not familiar with the scent. I opened my eyes slowly, hoping it was Ashley next to me.But, it was disappointing to know that she was no longer there sleeping beside me. I sighed and forced myself to get up in a sitting position on the bed.I could not believe she tricked me again and left me alone. Was she doing it on purpose to make me go crazy for her?Then, I heard the sound of a woman clearing her throat. A pretty girl with black ha
(Author’s POV).At the age of thirty- five, Pamela Vale was looking much younger than her real age. That was thanks to her Werewolf abilities to slow down their ageing factor.Her brown skin was an envy of many women. It was flawless with natural glow that made her look youthful with elegance.“Good afternoon, Miss Vale. A pleasure to meet you. I’m Tiana Winters. I heard from my agent, Miss Lee that you are interested with my designs. It is indeed an honour to hear such compliment from a distinguished person like you, Miss Vale. Thank you for such lovely comments” Ashley was saying her words like she had practiced them a dozen of times before meeting Pamela.Of course, she had to use a confidence spell to get through what surprise was coming towards her from Pamela.“The pleasure is all mine, Miss Winters. And yes, I am indeed a fan of your designs. They are refreshing and eye catching. I think I have about three of your dresses in my wardrobe” Pamela’s words made Ashley smiled from
(Ashley’s POV).I could not believe I was heading towards his penthouse. He did not even bother to pick me up!It was definitely costing me money to get a taxi to his place. I knew he did it on purpose.Urgh! I was starting to hate him.After my awkward lunch with Pamela Vale, I was looking forward to turn Nikolai into an ugly looking fat toad!Of course, I had to take my bracelet from him first then I would smack him to turn ugly.The taxi had dropped me at the lobby of his exclusive looking penthouse. I did not understand how would my grandmother allow a Werewolf to own an exclusive property in Averna? I thought she was not in a good relationship with the Dark Alpha.Everything was so confusing. It was blurring my vision until I bumped into a skinny man that looked familiar, “Hey, watch it, d*ckhead!”I said and pushed that man back. I was so close in burning that stranger with fire. Anger was forming in me after that lunch with Pamela.“Miss Winters, we meet again. I’m Drake. Do y
(Ashley’s POV).I could not believe I just slapped the Dark Alpha’s handsome face.He was definitely not liking it. He turned his head slowly to face me and I could see his light brown eyes turning into shades of red. I hope he was not going to transform into his Wolf form.He stared at me intensely and took few steps towards me. For each step he took towards me, I moved two steps away from him. “I am not going to apologise for slapping your face. You deserve it! You lied to me”Why did I open my mouth to speak? I should have just kept quiet and get out from the room while I can. Run for your life Ashley!“I lied to you? You don’t even know what you are talking about! You don’t even know what Pamela is capable of and you trusted her blindly. Are you that stupid, Ashley!” he shouted his words in anger.For a moment, it was as if we were in a shouting contest.“How dare you called me stupid! You are the fool who thinks a Werewolf could Mate with a Witch!” I said my words at a high pitc
(Nikolai’s POV).I held her handphone and stared at the screen with the name Teddy flashed on it. A picture of a cute brown teddy bear was seen in the caller identification picture. My heart was beating fast and I had so many questions in my mind.“Mommy, why are you not speaking to me?” I heard the boy spoke in a different language of Amberose City. Was he born from there? Was it where Ashley had hidden herself all this while.Was Teddy my son?Before I could ask more about Teddy, Ashley grab her handphone from me and ended the call. I then saw her fixing her dress and grabbed her handbag on the floor.I grabbed her wrist and pulled her back to sit next to me. She pushed me away and sat at the other end of the sofa. “Ashley, is he.. is Teddy my son?”I swallowed my saliva and was nervous to even look at her. What have I done? How could I bear with myself knowing I had left her raising my son alone for the past many years.“Ashley, please talk to me?” I reached out to hold her hand a
(Ashley’s POV).I arrived home to prepare for the semifinal stage of the competition that was going to be held the coming Sunday. Seated on my sofa, I rested my back and sighed.I was so close in getting the bracelet from Nikolai. I needed it.From what Finley had updated me, he mentioned that Teddy was showing signs that he was able to move things in the house using his mind. I was shocked to hear that.My boy just turned four-year-old few months back. I only started to show my abilities at the age of seven. A mere flick of fire using my fingers. It then evolved to me being able to burn a whole house at the age of ten.I wondered what Teddy could do next. He needed training on how to control his abilities. It was growing too fast.Loraine would only agree to train Teddy once I get a relic that could restrain his abilities coming from his bloodline. I was sure she meant the bracelet. What else could it be?But knowing Loraine, she was never making it easy for me to solve her riddles.
(Author’s POV).Saturday arrived.It seemed like a beautiful day with the sun shining bright in the sky. A sign that the cold season might come to an end. Bird chirping signing songs that only Witches could understand.Sometimes, the birds would sing stories of what they saw from the air.“Teddy, do not forget to bring your medicine. If you feel that sudden heat inside your chest, remember what I tell you”“Eat my pills. Mommy, you said the same thing three times” he giggled and was seen jumping up and down with joy.Ashley too laughed seeing her son dancing next to his new friend Blaze. A cute boy with blonde curly hair. He had a twin sister who was seen seated next to Finley.“Mommy, are you coming?” Teddy asked and was seen pouting his lips in the video call that Ashley was connected to, “Blaze and Belle’s parents are coming. They have a cool Daddy, Mommy. You should meet Uncle Ben”My heart broke into pieces hearing my son talking about his friend’s father. I knew deep inside his
(Ashley’s POV).A month later, I had another wedding.To be exact, it was indeed a dream wedding planned for me. Beautiful was an understatement. It was gorgeous and unbelievably fairy-tale like. I could not believe Nikolai would do all that for me. A dream wedding it was.The wedding was held at the Palace of Averna, as what my parents wanted. I was introduced back to the society as Princess Ashley. The name Tiana Winters was only used for business, no longer my name.A garden themed wedding with live music sounded simple but turned out magical. Sparkles, so many of them. Teddy had some involvement in making it colourful. His obsession with shining objects and sparkles were an influence to the wedding theme.I loved every inch of it. In fact, my little boy had even helped me to design my white wedding dress in such short notice. Crystal had helped us too. A Princess like dress that matched with my little crown.I was indeed over the moon and at some point of time, I thought I was dr
(Nikolai’s POV).The day of the final stage of the competition has arrived. I sat next to my son, Teddy, as we watched one by one of the contestants presented their design with their models on stage. Not bad looking I would say.In the past, I would have totally slept with those sexy looking models. They were some who would bed me after I shower them with money. No strings attached. Simple.Those days of my one-night stand sex with random women were totally gone. I had turned into a monogamist. My eyes and heart were only for my Ashley, my Luna, my wife.We got married through a Werewolf ceremony almost a month ago and my life had never been better. Having her by my side when I woke up every morning was all I had wished for since the first day I laid eyes on her pretty blue eyes. I loved her with all my heart and soul.Our marriage was done with full Werewolf tradition. My mother had spent time teaching Ashley the ways of the Werewolf, preparing on what was coming soon in our life, w
(Ashley’s POV).Fast forward three weeks later, I sat on a table as I looked at the dress that Cindy and I had worked on for days in preparing for the final stage of the most anticipated design competition in Paris. I sighed of relief seeing the masterpiece placed on the life size mannequin.“What do you think, Teddy?” I asked my son who sat on my executive work chair with his legs folded in a seating position. Holding his teddy bear Kiko, he looked up and smiled at me.“More sparkles, Mommy” he smiled showing his cute little teeth. Then, he placed his little chubby hands on his chin as he studied the dress again, “Are you going to wear that? I don’t think Daddy would like it, Mommy”I chuckled and pinched his cheeks, “Mommy will wear whatever she wants and Daddy will have no say in it”“Daddy will burn the dress to the ground if Mommy dares to go out parading that piece of cloth” I looked at the door seeing Nikolai walked in the studio, frowning while looking at the dress. He gave m
(Nikolai’s POV).“Ashley, please don’t do this. I’m sorry” I kneeled down by her side while placing a hand on one of her hands. I then palmed her cheeks gently as I whispered my words to calm her sadness, “Honey, I’m sorry. I did not mean to say those words. I just could not lose you again and again. I can’t. I would rather die than living in this life without you. Please look at me”She opened her eyes and stared at me. I pecked her lips and pulled her body closer to mine, “I love you, Ashley. Please, this is enough. You need to rest. Loraine is finding a cure for our son. You must not use all the energy you have left in you. Save it for the babies”Loraine had accidentally slipped from her mouth that Ashley would be carrying twins. I was overjoyed with the news. But, after knowing how difficult her pregnancy would be with twins, I did not know how to react.I was not going to lose her. I needed to find a way to save her and our babies.But first, we needed to save my son.“I’m so s
(Author’s POV).Red. Bodies. Death.It was everywhere around the warehouse, except for two little souls.One was standing in the middle of a puddle of blood, while the other blindfolded and tied to a pole. She heard noises. The kind of noise that was sending shivers down her spine.Not being able to see what was happening was making her anxious, “T-teddy.. w-where are you? What happened?”She whispered with her trembling voice. The sound she heard earlier was frightening to her.There were the sound of Wolves howling in pain. Cracking of bones in a painful and excruciating ways. Cries for help was heard followed by the sound of the doors and windows locked.“T-teddy, are you.. are you still there?” Crystal whispered her words being afraid on what was there around her.She could not see or move much. Despite trying to get free and hurt her hands more, it proved to be useless as the rope was far tighter around her wrist, “Help me. Someone please, help us”It was then Crystal heard the
(Nikolai’s POV).“Oh, look. Your Wolf is here, Ashley. And he thinks he could save you” I saw this b*th named Helen turned to face me with that stupid smile plastered on her ugly face. I wanted so much to punch her but then she spoke something I did not quite understand the meaning of it, “You can’t stop what I’m doing next. Oh, you can kill me. I have nothing left in this world to live for. But, I will come back. Stronger and I will find you”“What are you?” I growled and was surprise Helen could understand my language. She smiled and suddenly revealed herself on what she was. A Demon.Her eyes turned pitch black, and I could see it hollow. The sound of the cries of pain was heard as I stared into her blacken eyeballs. It was probably those souls she had destroyed to make her stronger.Evil being she was. And I needed to be careful on what she would do next. Not fearing her, just careful.“You sold your soul to evil. Let Ashley go. Or suffer the consequences” I said as I moved close
(Ashley’s POV).In the fast-moving car, I asked Frankie to turn the car to the left as what was shown on the locator map. “Hurry! Why are you driving so slow!”I took a glance at Frankie who had his eyes only on the road. His hands on the steering wheels were shaking. Was he afraid of me? He did not even look at me after I forced him to drive me to the point shown in the map.“Someone took my son, Frankie. Does Nikolai know about this?” I asked him as we entered what looked like a road going up the hill. “I was asked to come here alone. You can stay in the car. I’ll get there by foot from here”“No, Miss Winters. It is not safe there for you. I’ll watch over you from far. Whoever you are meeting would not notice my presence” he said as he parked the car at the signage stating, “Private property”“This is a dead end. Walking up there would only lead you to a cliff. This does not look good, Miss Winters. We better call Alpha Nikolai” he turned to look at me with a look full of concern.
(Ashley’s POV).I woke up on Nikolai’s ever so comfortable bed. Soft and feather like feeling of the white sheets. It smelled pleasant too. I smiled and moved to my side thinking he would still be there next to me.But the bed was empty on the other side I sighed and pulled the warm and soft duvet to cover my body completely like being in a protective cocoon.I missed him already. Wished he would come back to me soon as he promised me earlier. Closing my eyes again, I rested my head on the pillow that still have his scent that I came to love.Love. Never thought I would fall in love again with another man, after what Philip did to me five years ago. But, Nikolai was different. Being with him was exciting and he made me feel special.As I drifted back to sleep, there was the sound of knocking on the window. It was disturbing my rest. Definitely annoying and had forced me to get up from my sleep.Nikolai had helped me to rest after our shower together. It was a quick one. It seemed tha
(Author’s POV).In a room with only a small window allowing the dim light from the moon to shine its brightness, two children were heard sniffling their tears of fear and regret. Their small little hands were tied on their back with a tight rope as they rested their back on the wall. Eyes were blindfolded.. mouth taped.. it was terrifying to both of the little children.“Teddy, w-where are you?” little Crystal whispered as she managed to free her hands from the rope tied around her hand. Her brothers once taught her that skill. She sniffled a tear seeing the cut and graze around her wrist. It had hurt her a little too much.At that time of despair, she recalled her elder brothers told her to be strong. Being the only girl among her siblings of three strong boys, had set certain expectation for her to toughened up like them. Despite her age of eight years old, Crystal was stronger than her peers at the same age.She was also smarter than average kids in her school. And that was what l