Katherine’s POV"Hey, Katherine!" Doctor Mallory, who insists I should just call her Mallory, waltzes into my room with a wide smile and a bag of chocolates in the other."Hi!!" I responded just as eagerly as dropped the boxes of chocolate on a nearby table, craning my neck to see what was inside. "Whatchu got there?!"She gives me a secretive smile, hanging her stethoscope around her neck. "Nothing you need to see." She says coyly and goes about with her exams, pretending to ignore me.I sit back down on my mound of pillows with a huff, folding my hands beneath my breasts. "Really? You're going to do this to me?" When she continued ignoring me, I could a faint hint of a smile peeking through from her otherwise serious expression. "You know torturing a bedridden pregnant woman with a bag of chocolates far from reach is borderline wickedness, right?" I groaned, my mouth watering the longer I stared at the box."Ha! So you're going to bring out the pregnancy card?" She breaks her silenc
Caleb's POV"Don't think for one second that I'm not on to you!" I told Ethan the minute we stepped out of Katherine's room but he didn't look fazed, instead, he was faintly bemused."What? Do you think I'm making this all up?"I squint at him, not buying his bullshit for a minute. "I wouldn't know. I don't trust you as far as I can throw you."Yet you came to me to help your beloved Katherine, yet you trusted me to help you.""That's inconsequential, we had a deal and you kept your part of the bargain. That doesn't mean I'll trust you with the life of my kid, so I ask you again. Where. Is. Roy?" I moved closer to him until I was in his personal space.He doesn't move back, instead, he stares at me down. "Are you going to waste time trying to browbeat me into repeating the same thing I said, or are you going to help me find Roy?"I stared at him skeptically. "You know where he is?""My people have found a lead." He drew back so he could retrieve his phone and showed me the coordinates
Caleb’s POVI looked at Ethan in worry after the line went dead in my ear."Hello, Katherine? Kathy baby, can you hear me?!" I shouted into the speaker, but silence greeted me."I told you to wait till we got home! You didn't listen!" Ethan grumbled when I tried to call her back but I kept getting voicemail. I ran a hand through my hair as I was so agitated that I didn't even have a comeback to what he said, instead, I pushed him out of the way and ran towards the car."You coming or what?" I yelled over my shoulder as I started the engine, and pressed on the accelerator.Ethan sprints towards the other side of the car, barely getting inside before I take off on the highway.While driving with one hand on the steering wheel, I hooked up my phone to the car's Bluetooth and kept on calling Katherine's number.After a while, I got the message that her inbox was full and couldn't accept any more messages.I hit the steering in anger. "Fuck!! Fuck, fuck, fuck!!"Ethan was just calm through
Katherine’s POVI'm back in the hospital…again.Great.Only this time my legs are in stirrups and moving even a little bit is a pain in the ass.This time though, I had the full consciousness of what happened to me…only I didn't suspect how bad it was yet.Caleb's words came back to me with a vengeance and I blinked tears.The doors opened to reveal Mallory walking into the room with a stack of files in one hand and a white box in the other.She didn't notice I was awake until she came close enough."Oh, hey!" She greets me enthusiastically and bends down to place a kiss on my cheek, the smell of coconut oil wafting up my nose. "I didn't know you were already awake, want me to inform the others?" She had already turned towards the door, intent on doing just that but my hand shot out to grasp her wrist."Please don't." My voice cracked and her face softened. She pats my hand in understanding."Of course…if you don't want me to."She goes through the motions of checking me out, asking m
Ethan’s POVWhen I set my mind to do something, I prefer to finish it and that was what I set out to do while I stomped through the bushes, en route to find the woman that took Roy….and he's, you did hear me right, it was a lady that incapacitated four of my good men and absconded with a boy.I was nothing if not intrigued enough to see who it was.When my tech guru informed me of a possible cash transfer pinged around that district, I told him to follow up on it, if it may be the kidnapper.Turns out that I was right.The lady was smart, she hid in the bushes after all that happened, trying to dust off her tracks but we picked up on it.She was somewhere around West Virginia which wasn't our territory so we had to move carefully. Very carefully, if I may add.The goal was to go in and slip out like nothing had happened. I didn't tell either Caleb or Katherine of my findings because I didn't want them to come looking around, trying to take away what little leverage I had.I was so fur
Ethan’s POV"How is he?" I asked the Doctor as soon as he stepped out of the room. Mr Clearwater has been my childhood doctor since I could remember and it's only good that I use him for Roy."Aside from the mild bruising and injuries he got, he's going to be fine." He assured me and the breath I'd been holding in finally came out in a rush."Can I see him?" For some reason, I was quite eager to talk to him...to see him, rest assured that he's in one piece."Of, course you can." He claps at my back. "I need to go wash up."I nodded and walked in the direction opposite where he was heading and when I got there, I pushed open the door slowly, carefully not to jolt him, but I didn't have to worry.He was fast asleep already. My heart squeezed firmly in my chest when I saw his small figure on the bed, hooked to tubes and machines. The cut over his head was covered with a plaster, and after I raked my eyes over his body I wasn't able to pinpoint where else he was hurt.I walked over to th
Katherine’s POVEverything has changed.Ever since the incident in the bathroom which made me lose the baby, and after I was placed on bed rest for two weeks, both Ethan and Caleb have been avoiding me.I couldn't even talk to Daniel for two minutes before I had to fake a call and leave.Yes, I knew it was fake because I saw it one time, and no one buzzed him yet he picked up his phone and acted like he had to get to a meeting hastily.On the outside, I kept calm, but on the inside, I was breaking down. The kidnapping with my half-brother, the pregnancy that I didn't even have the time to come to terms with the baby before I lost it, and now this...it was all too much, and I couldn't keep it all inside before it ate me up...which was why when Mallory insisted on introducing me to a shrink or preferably someone who could help me...at least mentally, I agreed.Mallory and I were the only ones who were aware of this for now. I mean Caleb would too...if he were around to even talk to me.
Katherine’s POVI was slowly working towards getting better, both physically and mentally but it was a bit hard when the most vital person I needed was AWOL.I've tried to reach Ethan several times but my call kept getting busied.So I decided to take the bull by the horns, figuratively of course.That was before I overheard a conversation about Ethan. I was taking my usual stroll through the gardens, and something Amelia told me helped clear her mind and center her thoughts.So far, it worked wonders for me until I heard two voices that floated over to me.I stopped walking, surprised that someone other than I was here, and decided to listen in…especially since the conversation centered on someone whom I termed my nemesis."There's word on the ground that Alpha Ethan is looking for someone to fill up the space his former mate left." There were two women, one with auburn locks and the other with dark blonde hair."Oh, I'd like to be his mate!" The dark blonde clapped her eyes excitedl