(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
(Author’s POV).Teddy stopped running and was resting near a booth where a game caught his eyes. He was afraid that his mother would find out he had spoken to a stranger.It must be kept a secret.It was all Kiko’s fault. The voice in his head was saying he should trust that man. “He was so handsome and strong looking. Much bigger than Uncle Finley. Mommy said I should not say my name”‘So, you lied and said your name is Kiko? That is my name, Teddy’ the voice in his head was sounding upset with Teddy.Teddy had tried telling his mother that he was hearing voices in his head but his Mother refused to believe him and said it was just his imagination. So, he kept it a secret and sometimes he pretended to speak with his teddy bear which he named it Kiko as well.Then, his mother insisted he take the pills to help him not hearing the voices anymore.But, Teddy pretended to eat his pills. He then spat it out without his mother knowing.The pills tasted horrible.“I want to win that game a
(Author’s POV).Finley was looking around the amusement park to locate Teddy’s whereabouts. He thought Teddy was with his friend Blaze but was shocked to hear, Blaze’s parent had to take him home as he was having a stomach ache.Teddy was said to be at the game booth with Belle. But, Belle was with her friends without Teddy by her side. Fortunately, Finley had a tracker set on Teddy’s watch. He would be in big trouble if Ashley found out he had lost Teddy at the park while he was busy chatting with another man.When he reached the game booth area, Finley was terrified to see Teddy sitting next to someone who looked like Nikolai Wulfgard, while eating ice cream. “What the f*ckt just happened? Oh my God! I’m so dead. Ashley is going to turn me into a pig”He walked fast towards Teddy and was ready to take the boy away from Nikolai. A plan was made in his head with him pretending to be one of Teddy’s parents, even though Teddy looked nothing like him.“Hey son, here you are. I was looki
(Author’s POV).Ashley almost fell on the ground hearing her handphone rang all of a sudden as her mind was thinking about the possibility that Nikolai would one day come to take Teddy away from her. She walked around her apartment and checked the door and looked outside the glass floor to ceiling window.Just in case, Nikolai was coming to confront her about Teddy. Her mind was already thinking of her escape plan. Perhaps, Nikolai may not recognise her son yet.Her handphone rang again. It was her son.After taking one deep breath, she answered the call and pretended to not know anything about Teddy’s meeting with Nikolai. “Hey baby boy. How was it? I miss you so much”The sound of Teddy giggling made her smile and it could wash away her problems all of a sudden when she saw his cute and adorable face on her screen. “Mommy, it was so fun. The best day of my life”Ashley smiled and nodded her head. She was happy to see her son in a much happy mood than few days ago, “Tell me all abou
(Ashley’s POV).It was the day for the semi-final. Time had passed by so fast that I had only few hours left to prepare for my designs. I had to be perfect. I had checked many times and knew I had made no mistakes.I had worked all night to get the dress done and I had not enough sleep for the past few days working on my masterpiece.All I needed next was to call my model Jessica. The perfect model to wear my dress at the stage. She was a famous model from Emerald City and I had Gina to help me secure Jessica as my model.Then, I saw her.The woman who has destroyed my life. What was she doing in the same room as me?“Good afternoon, Ashley” Helen said with a smile which I knew very well was not a genuine one. I hated her more whenever she pretended to be nice to me, “Is that your dress? It is beautiful”I quickly covered the dress with a white cloth and shook my head, “My name is Tiana Winters. And my dress is not ready to be seen by others. What are you doing here? This is my room”
(Nikolai’s POV).I sat at the table with five judges from each dominant species in Averna. The Werewolves, the Vampires, the Witches and Wizards, the Fairies and of course, the Human.One particular contestant was of my interest. My beautiful Ashley.She has been avoiding me since we last met at my penthouse. I might have angered her about Pamela.I wanted to talk to her and made her understand I had no feelings about Pamela. It was just what my Mother wanted, which was to marry and have my own family.I was her only son. I had an elder sister who died when she was in her teens. A death from an incurable disease. My late sister was from my late father’s affair with a woman he met before my mother.He did not know she was pregnant with his daughter.I did not want history to repeat itself. I wanted to know for sure Teddy Winters was not my son. The truth from Ashley will soon be revealed. I would make sure of that.I needed to calm her down and make her trust me. She needed to underst