AUTHOR'S POV:Billie pushed open the door and let herself in when Ava wouldn't stop staring at her like she had seen a ghost."Hmm, what a nice house you've got," Ava had been this fascinated by this house too when she came here the first time. It was just too good to be true."You guys have got a nice house to start with," Billie remarked."Well, I'm going to get you something to drink, make yourself feel at home," Ava pointed towards the kitchen.Coming out with a bottle of orange juice and a glass cup, Ava set it down and poured it out for Billie to drink."So tell me. How did you find me and this place?" Ava asked, wondering if this world was so small that she was easily found."Well, it was simple. I made Ethan tell me and then, I came to check out on my friend you know," Billie shrugged."Oh," I muttered nodding my head."Let's not talk about myself. How have things been with you?" Ava asked Billie who made a sad expression on her face before saying, "There's this organization t
AUTHOR'S POV:One of the men chuckled in a cocky manner, "We are needed here after all.""No, you're not." Leo boomed.Pulling out a gun from behind him, Leo pointed at the men.They raised their hands in unison, "Now, calm down. We came in peace." Surprisingly, they weren't fidgety or even seemed surprised by what was happening.Meanwhile, Ava simply went to stand opposite Leo, in a way that she could easily run into one of the rooms in the house.Leo had trained her in this way that if ever something was too wrong, she should not come beside him and hold his arm, rather, she should scream for help while running away. He had tried to make her understand that she was his priority and by doing so, she would not be disarming him.Taking slow calculated steps toward these men, while his gun focused on them, Leo asked in a commanding tone, "Who do you work for?""Fine. We are a private investigation team. You'll know more about us when we have a meeting. I can't tell you all about us beca
CHAPTER 167LEO:"Look what I found in Elise's lunch box. Seems to me like it has something to do with those two men who came here. What do you think?"Leo sipped from the cup of coffee in his hands. "I think so too.""I don't know if this is supposed to make me feel worried because those people are visiting Elise," Ava said and I frowned in concentration."What I'm gonna do right now, is track the leader of the organization, and while I am doing that, I'll tighten security around Elise or make her change her school, what do you think?""I think a change of school will be better." She replied.I kissed her forehead, "there's no need to be scared. I need you to always feel protected around me, okay?" She nodded and I hugged her.My work as the CEO of Starbucks Corporation has been successful over the last few months.That reminds me, I'll need to tell my mate about an upcoming party to celebrate new heights, hosted by those who have attained higher echelons in business."Ava, there wil
AUTHOR'S POV:Friday came and everyone began getting ready for the events to come. Ava and Leo were not an exception to this.Prominent men and women from all walks of life were going to be in attendance. Ranging from businessmen to company owners and tech companies. Probably, everyone who majored in millions and billions was going to be in attendance.Leonard had been hardworking enough to make a few million within his first few months, and perhaps that was why he was invited."Ready?" Leo asked."Yes, almost done, can you come to help me with the zipper?" Ava asked politely. "Coming," "Wow," Leo's jaw dropped the moment he saw his wife and mate. She looked extremely breathtaking in the red dress she wore.Ava was putting in a red dress made with a combination of the sequence and velvet material, giving off a classy look.That was not all, the back slit that stopped right on her waistline didn't help matters even though her long wavy hair tried to conceal.The cloth had a V-neck tha
AVA:"If anyone here wants to leave, they have to leave this party without informing the police. We have the data of everyone in here and failure to comply would lead to the loss of their loved ones." The middle-aged man said and I huffed.I was lost in the crowd, I didn't know what he meant by that, but I decided to act like I was like everyone else, and walked towards the exit door which led to the outside of this place.I glanced at Leo, and he had thus sorry look in his eyes. I did not know what had happened or what he was up to but I was going to support him. I planned to get out of here and call Ethan who was outside, in addition to any other wolf who was willing to help in freeing Leo.And so, I walked absentmindedly, not knowing I was being called, till one of the men grabbed my shoulder, shoving me harshly against the wall."I said, you can't leave!" Leo growled. I know this must be difficult for him not to come to my rescue. Something strange was happening.Leo had stopped
AVA:"Let. Her. Go," Leo's authoritative voice echoed around me, as we as the men surrounding me."We have your daughter. Watch this. If you want her alive, then come with us." They said, then, Leo and I exchanged glances before watching the video. "Mum, Dad, I wanna go home!" My precious Elise cried for help. The video only lasted for a few seconds yet I noticed that she was in a strange environment.This led me to ask myself, 'What happened to Billie? Why wasn't she able to protect our daughter? Where Billie was at the moment, was she safe?My eyes glazed with tears as I gasped. This couldn't be happening, could it?I turned to Leo, "Darling, we have to go with them, they've got Elise." My hand on his arm shivered yet as I waited for his response.Leo's response was a quick one. "What if they are not being completely honest? I couldn't risk us because of such a short video," Leo said.The leader of the gang seemed to have heard and so he chuckled, baring his perfectly immaculate te
AUTHOR'S POV:"Are you trying to say that we run the risk of being found in no time? By the way, who are those people over there?" Leo double-questioned."Yes, you do. And for the second question, I do not know them individually. All I know is that they are not humans, just like you. I also have no idea why the Grandmasters had to abduct them. Usually, when the Grandmaster abducts it means two things. It's either they want to grab them for attention or use them for a particular purpose. Right now, I think the latter is the case." Drake explained."Please follow me and I'll show you to your daughter. She is safe and sound." Drake, Lep, and Ava began walking in a particular direction. They entered an elevator after a long time of walking through the corridor.The elevator took them straight to the fourth floor."Daddy, Mummy!" Elise ran to Lep and hugged him tight before proceeding to hug her mother.Drake hadn't lied about their daughter being safe, and it meant one thing, Drake and hi
AUTHOR'S POV:"I insist we go on the mission together. You don't expect me to trust you just like that, for you?" Leo stood up and took the gum while handing the second one to Ava.Ava smiled. That was a smart move by Leo to be protective of her."We'll be in one of the locations described in this location. We are a power couple. We must not split."That's great. Meet us at the designated address then." One of the men said and puffed out smoke from his mouth, giving off a dangerous attitude.Leo took Ava's hand and was about to step out of the place, his hand was already on the doorknob when someone issued a warning."Remember. You cannot breathe a word of this to anyone."******10 pm, New York time...Leo arrived at the appointed place at 10 pm just as they had agreed with the Equators.The streetlights gave luminance to their masked faces.Leo held his wife's hand, and turning to her, he said, "Whatever this turns out for us. I want you to know that I love you, okay?""Okay," Ava r