*Astrid's POV*
“How's she? Isn't she supposed to be awake now? She's been out for two days.”
“There's nothing for you to worry about Alpha, she's fine and besides, she wasn't in a good state when you brought her in, plus let's not forget the fact that she's with child too, she needs all the rest she can get and her reports states that everything is fine, and she's stable, so there's nothing for you to worry about.”
“Why are you bothering yourself about someone you don't even know! And why bring a pregnant woman into this pack! I do not approve of this, Lucas.”
“You have no say in this matter, Crystal. I am the Alpha and you have no right to tell me who I can help or not help. It'll be best if you leave, since your presence is not needed here.”
This was the conversation I heard, and I slowly opened my eyes but closed them immediately due to the brightness of the light.
I waited a while for my eyes to adjust to the lights before opening them again, I looked around to see myself in a hospital and I saw a man and the doctor still having a conversation about me.
I tried to recall what happened and how I ended up here, but my head was simply blank and I couldn't remember anything. The last thing I remember was seeing a man and then passing out, after that, I had no idea what took place next.
The doctor suddenly looked at me and when our eyes met, she gasped. “Alpha! She's awake.” She said, and they both rushed to me.
“Hey, how are you feeling? Do you feel pain anywhere? Is there anything you need?” The man she referred to as Alpha questioned in one breath.
I recognized him to be the man who had saved me earlier.
“She just regained consciousness, Alpha, don't you think she needs the breathing space first before blasting her with questions.” The doctor chuckled.
“You, you were the one who saved me.” I said to the man and he smiled.
“I'm Lucas Falcon, Alpha of the Wild Crest Pack, and this is Tory, the pack doctor.” He introduced.
“My name is Astrid, thank you so much, thank you for saving me.'' I said, and then I took notice of the other lady standing behind the Alpha.
The look she gave me made me wonder if I had done anything to offend her because I could tell that she didn't like me one bit.
When Lucas noticed where I was staring at, he instantly introduced her to me.
“This is Crystal, a friend of mine.” He said, and Crystal scoffed loudly.
“So I'm now a friend, huh? How pathetic!” She spat, she gave me a look filled with hate and disgust, then she left.
Lucas sighed deeply. “I want to apologize for that, please pardon her.” He pleaded and I shook my head negatively.
“You don't have to apologize, I guess she's just upset.”
“That still doesn't give her the right to behave so rudely to our guest, I'll see to it that it doesn't happen again.''
“Oh please, don't scold her because of me, I wouldn't want her being even more mad at me than she already is.”
“She's right Alpha, you know Crystal, she'll come around soon.” Dr. Tory added.
“Fine then, if you two insist.” Lucas said in surrender.
Dr. Tory carried one last check up on me and after confirming that everything was okay and my baby too, she then left, leaving just me and Lucas alone.
“You must be hungry, I'll go get you something to eat.” Lucas said, and before I had the chance to say thank you, he stood up and left.
When Lucas left, I spent some time talking to my baby and even apologized once more for what happened.
It didn't take long for Lucas to arrive with a bag containing food, I thanked him, and then I immediately opened the bag and took out the food, the aroma only made me realize how hungry I was.
I instantly began doing justice to the food, since I was starving.
Lucas said nothing, he simply watched me eat, a lovely smile plastered on his face.
When I was done, he helped me clean up, and I was so surprised that a stranger would do so much for me, someone I had just met, but all the same, I was grateful for his help.
Lucas never left my side throughout that day and when he asked me about myself, I couldn't speak at first due to how much pain I was still in.
“You don't have to say anything if you don't want to, Astrid, I'm sorry I asked.” He immediately apologized when he saw me crying.
“No it's fine, after all, you did save my life, and it's only right I tell you about myself.” I wiped off my tears and forced a smile. “It's just…things have been very difficult for me, and that's the reason I left my pack.” I then explained everything that happened to him.
By the time I was done, Lucas couldn't hide the anger he felt.
“I must say that your mate is a very foolish man for letting you go, he's a coward that doesn't deserve you one bit!” He spat.
''I just hope you'll be able to relax now, nothing bad is going to happen to you, not while I'm here."
I looked into his eyes and saw he meant every single word he said.
“Trust me, I will protect you, and I'll assist you in raising your baby, I'll take them as my own and make sure you both get the peaceful and amazing life you deserve, you have nothing to worry about, I'm here for you Astrid, trust me.” He added.
I didn't even realize that I was in tears until he wiped off my tears with his fingertips.
“You must have gone through a lot.” He stated. “Well you need not worry anymore, here in the wild crest pack, you should fear nothing, no one can hurt you now, I'm right here, and I'm going to protect you.” He promised.
His voice was so soothing to my ears, the words he said brought me peace.
For the first time in a while, I felt at peace.
No one has ever said those words to me, but here's this stranger who knows nothing about me but is willing to protect me.
I blessed the moon goddess for bringing me to a man like Lucas and true to his word, he did protect me and eventually…
Lucas became a huge part of me.
7 YEARS LATER*Astrid's POV*It's been 7 years since Lucas took me under his wings and also the birth of my sons, Jayden, Kayden, and Braden and I must admit that my kids were the best thing that has ever happened to me, and I was so proud to be the mother of three lovely angels.After the triplets' birth, things took a huge turn for the better and thanks to Lucas, I was able to achieve so much in life and eventually became a successful businesswoman. My life couldn't be any better and I couldn't be more happy than I am.The kids were so fond of Lucas, and they all called him dad. At first, I had thought Lucas would have a problem with that, and I tried making them stop calling him dad, but when Lucas found out about it, he cautioned me and made me stop trying to make them stop calling him dad. Lucas insisted that he had no issue with that, and I eventually gave up on trying to stop them from doing that.Lucas has been a great father figure to my kids and for all he's done, I am deepl
*Kai's POV*It's been seven years since Astrid's disappearance. A few months after her disappearance, I tried looking for her but due to my foolishness, I couldn't continue the search.Every single day that passed, I continued to hate and blame myself for listening to Kathryn in the first place. I shouldn't have listened to her when she told me Astrid was barren, and they had to remove her womb since she had done numerous abortions due to her promiscuous lifestyle.I believed her then and gave up on the search, but months continued to go by and still Kathryn was yet to conceive.I had to visit the pack's priestess due to how worried I was and that was when she revealed to me that Kathryn wasn't my mate, so she can't carry my child, only my destined mate can. Astrid.I became so devastated on hearing the news, and I soon started to regret ever rejecting Astrid in the first place.I couldn't help but to miss her so much, Astrid has always been the one who understood me and no matter how
*Kai's POV*Dan instantly gave me the magazine he was holding and what I saw made me stumble back in shock.Astrid's name was on the front page and it wasn't just that, she was among the top 10 successful business women and she was the first."I is this real?" I stuttered, still staring at the paper in utter disbelief and shock.It wasn't just about her being successful, it was about her being alive, a great feeling of relief coursed through me as I continued staring at her picture on the front page, she's changed so much that it was almost so hard to recognize her."She's alive Dan, she's alive!" I said with a bright smile on my face."Of course Alpha, I told you she's still alive, this is such a wonderful news for us.""Where is she? I need to meet her, can you track down her location?" I asked impatiently.The happiness on Dan's face instantly vanished and it made me wonder what went wrong."What's wrong? Why do you have that look on your face?" I asked and he sighed deeply."The t
*Astrid's POV*I and Lucas were having some business discussions in his study when a guard called our attention that someone wanted to see me."Me?" I questioned with a confused frown on my face."Yes ma'am.""Alright, I'll be there." I replied, the guard then bowed before leaving."Were you expecting a visitor?" Lucas asked."No, I'm not, in fact I'm equally surprised as to who that is." "Then we better go see them." Lucas stood up and I followed suit.As we went to the throne room, I had no idea I would be faced with the biggest shock of my life.When we finally arrived at the throne room, the guard guarding outside instantly opened the door and when we walked in, I stopped dead in my track.The person's back was turned to us, but no matter how long it's been, I could still identify that person when I see them."Kai!" I muttered in shock.My heart was literally pounding in my chest, perspiration broke out from everywhere in my body and when he finally turned around to face us, I st
*Astrid's POV*"What nonsense are you talking about! Astrid will never marry you." Kai seethed.Lucas scoffed. "Think again, after all you were the one who threw away a diamond while picking up stones, you have no say in this matter, you lost all rights to her the day you rejected her!" "So go back home to the woman you left her for, as you can see, my Astrid is doing well and she doesn't need a man like you in her life." Kai looked at me, he was literally pleading with me through his eyes, although I have no idea why Lucas will say a word like that, but to get Kai away, I was willing to play along."You don't know what kind of man he is Astrid, don't let him fool you, he's not a good person, please listen to me." He said."And you do?" I questioned sarcastically. "Don't make me raise my hand to you Kai because I won't hesitate to do that, I won't hear a single word against the man who saved my life when you threw me away, I am alive today because of Lucas, he made me what I am toda
Author's note : Hi readers, this book will now be written in third's pov due to some issues. Thanks and I hope you understand.***Kai angrily walked inside with Dan right on his tail."I told you this was going to happen didn't I, I told you not to rush things, it wouldn't get you anywhere, but you didn't listen to me." Dan said and Kai ruffled his hair in frustration."I just needed to see her Dan, don't you get, all I needed was to meet with her and I found her in that crazy man's arms!" He raged.Dan sighed deeply, he didn't get the chance to see Astrid since he didn't go in with Kai, but waited for him outside, so he has no idea what took place, but from Kai's reaction when he came back, he could tell things didn't go as planned."What happened exactly?" He asked and Kai turned to face him."Astrid wouldn't forgive me, but I won't give up on her and I'm not letting her get married to Lucas!" He seethed.Dan frowned. "Get married? What are you talking about?""Lucas said they were
It was late at night, Astrid already managed to put the kids to sleep, she was just leaving their room when she bumped into Crystal."Watch it!" Crystal spat.Knowing how much Crystal hates her, Astrid wasn't ready for her troubles."I'm sorry." She said, but before she could leave, Crystal said something that made her stop right in her track."I heard the father of your kids dropped by to see you and not just that, he also happens to be our rival, how ironic!" She chuckled. "You know you've over stayed your welcome here, since your ex mate wants you back, don't you think you should go because I think you should."Astrid heaved a deep breath as she tried calming her anger. "I don't have time for your nonsense Crystal, if you want a fight then look for it else where because I'm not interested in your rubbish." She made to leave, but Crystal stopped her with her words."The triplets." She said and she turned to face Astrid. "Does he know about them?" She smirked. "You know, as their fat
Kai was getting ready for the day in his room when a knock sounded on the door."Come in." He said and Dan came in."Alpha, goodnews." He said excitedly."Tell me." Kai replied, turning to face him."I was able to get one of the shareholders in Astrid's company to sell his shares to us." He announced and a bright smile spread across Kai's lips."That was fast." "Of course, I made sure to go for the easy target, he's a man filled with so much greed, so it wasn't difficult getting him to sell his shares to us, all I had to do was offer him times two of the money and he caved in." "That's good, what's next on the schedule.""There's a meeting at the company today, so it's best you attend and introduce yourself as the new shareholder in the company.""I'm all set, just get the car ready and I'll be there soon.""Yes Alpha." Dan replied before leaving."I'm one step closer to you Astrid.'' Kai smirked.***Astrid's car pulled up in front of the company and a guard hurriedly opened the do