(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
(Author’s POV).Helen was humming happy tunes while she fixed the dress that she had claimed as her designs. She knew no one was going to believe what Ashley would accuse her of paying someone else to design her dresses. In her mind, she knew having money would be having buying power. With that power, she could shut all haters up.Thanks to Philip who was under her control, she could buy all the things she wanted and be whoever she had dreamt off in the past. Finally, her wish was closer to come true. She was so close in getting what she wanted after years of careful planning.Once done, she would get her revenge.“The dress is gorgeous” she said beaming with a smile. “I’m sure we will get through to the next round with this masterpiece”Her new hired model Jessica faked a smile. She felt guilty for betraying Ashley and wished Ashley would find someone to replace her as a model.What choice did Jessica has? Her sister’s hospital bill for cancer treatment was above her pay.“You look
(Author’s POV).Ashley could not stop staring at the man who looked like a male version of her. The person who she knew would always be on her side. He would be the one who she knew who would be hurt the most after she left her family five years ago.As their eyes met, Ashley bit her lips while trying hard to not cry herself a river of tears. The man was looking calm but Ashley knew he was not at all himself that day.Ashley knew he was disappointed in her. It was going to take time until he forgives her.“Prince Alister Knight, it is a pleasure to have you here, to grace the competition” the hostess looked nervous. The sound of women screaming their lungs out with words of love and admiration on Alister was heard. For some, even fainted that the one considered the most eligible bachelor in Averna came to sight. It was unusual for him to do so.Without a hint of a smile, Alister said his words without his eyes leaving the sight of his beloved sister, “There is a clause in the competi
(Ashley’s POV).Behind the stage, I held Selene’s hand and kept whispering word of encouragement. I could sense she was much calmer than an hour ago. A smile was forming on her face which made her look very much attractive.“You have a beautiful smile” I fixed her hair and nodded, “Keep smiling. It is your power”“My power? I’m just a Human, Miss Winters. I have no powers” Selene laughed sweetly and sighed, “Look at me. I’m fat and unattractive. What are the odds of me winning tonight, Miss Winters. I apologise in advance for my failure”I shook my head and pulled Selene’s hand to make her see her own reflection in the mirror, “Having abilities does not define your strength. Everyone has their own powers. And yours, Selene, is your kindness and honesty. Show that in your smile. Be who you truly are. A beautiful soul”Selene smiled at the mirror and nodded, “Miss Winters, no one had ever said that to me. You are not what they say you are. If only they knew the real you, they would not
(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