(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).I saw Nikolai frown looking at who was calling him. I wondered if it was Pamela. He seemed distracted with the call which gave me some time to think on whether I should accept his invitation for our first date.My heart was beating for him. I could feel his kindness during tonight’s event. The sincerity seen in his beautiful eyes made me think on the possibility of us working to make things better for us. For Teddy too.“I need to answer this call. Family matters” he moved to peck my lips as if it was a natural thing for us to do. Those around us might think we were already a couple.It made me blush and my stomach was with butterflies.“I’ll pick you up tomorrow at your place” he whispered and kiss my already red cheeks again.Urrghh, this man. He was doing it on purpose. Possessive much!“You don’t know where I live, Nikolai” I gave him a half smile and was about to reject his offer for our first date but got cut off with what he said next.“Florence Apartment. Your
(Author’s POV).All of Ashley’s troubles had gone away after she arrived home and received a call from the most precious boy in her life.“Mommy, you did it!” Teddy was seen jumping in joy while clapping his hands, “I knew you would be great. You fought those bad people and showed them your superpowers”Ashley laughed while seated on the sofa hugging a pillow, pretending it was her son. “My superpowers? I can’t use them to win, baby. We should not use our abilities that would hurt others”Teddy was seen pouting and shook his head, “But they hurt you, Mommy. Should you not hurt them back? You should show them how strong you are. So, they won’t hurt you again”“Violence is not the answer, Teddy. Remember what I told you. You could use for self-defense but not to initiate a fight” Ashley felt she was sounding more like her mother and that made her smile.A memory of the times when both her parents did love her came to mind. It was the time when her powers were still small and weak. Ever
(Ashley’s POV).I wondered who would visit me in the middle of the night? Was it Nikolai?I gasped and walked towards a mirror placed near the door. I fixed my hair and applied some light lipstick and dabbed some blushers for my cheeks just enough to not make me look pale. Then I paused, “What am I doing? Why am I so excited to think it could be him?”I then wiped off the lipstick and sighed.Calming my breath, I then opened the door.“Hello, Tiana. Or should I.. ummph.. should I call you Princess Ashley” I was surprised to see Gina Lee standing at the door looking rather nervous. “Look, I came here in peace”“What do you want? You are not longer my agent and it’s late night. Talk to my new agent and set an appointment if you want to see me” I then pushed the door to close not bothering if Gina had more things to say.But then, I saw a foot stopping the door to close. A fashionable shining shoe that had a label on it as Heiser. It could not be him!“Ashley, if you don’t open the door
(Ashley’s POV).“Did he try to contact you, Ash?” Phoebe asked me with her look of concern. It was a question I have not thought about for many years. “Has your grandfather tried to connect to you, again?”There were times I could feel some darkness forming in my heart. Whispers in my ears were heard drawing me to unleashed my powers to reach its potential. It made me feel stronger and liberating.That was in the past.A past I managed to control after the birth of my son. I could not let the darkness take over my life. I could not let it flow to my son. Teddy was a good son of mine.Probably my only child as my birth to him was a difficult one with much complication. He was the most precious in my life.It was unfortunate for me to have demon blood in me. Thanks to my paternal grandfather. He was the one many feared in the past with war falling down to mankind. My grandfather did try to reach out to me but I knew now I needed to fight him.So he could not reach out to my son.“Ashle
(Nikolai’s POV).I woke feeling refreshed with a good night sleep. Last night, I had met up with my Wolf Pack in Averna and we had a good time. Run in the wild and came back drunk after a little party we had.I realised I might have sent some embarrassing photographs of me to my dear Ashley. She did not say much except for sending me a message of wishing me “Good Night”This woman was playing hard to get. I knew she was falling for me but I also knew she was afraid to be with me. A Werewolf.I had dreamt a wonderful dream of both Ashley and her son living with me as one happy family. Perhaps, I would get her pregnant again with many of our children.Smiling at my good-looking reflection in the mirror, I rehearsed few pickup lines to get Ashley to like me more. I was sure she felt the connection we had when we are close to each other.The clock was ticking for me to mark her as my Mate. My Wolf Blake was getting weaker and I needed to save him.I was looking forward to my first date w
(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