A few weeks late, Elina and her baby are nowhere to be found. Alpha Leo has become a sad man ever since his son left his sight. He beheaded six of his guards and sent the rest to the pack prison since they were not able to bring back his son. while he employed a new set of guards.Meanwhile, Elina and her child have become forest nomads. She works extremely hard to feed both her kid and herself. Including, but not limited to, hunting small animals, dining on veggies, and even fetching water from a stream adjacent to where she lives. Water was the least of her worries because she had it at her back and corner.Valen came to his dad to discuss something one of the guards had told him before he died.The father is seated in the lounge with a glass of classy red wine in his hand. Feeling relaxed and pondering thoughts on how to get himself another mate. His wife, Tera, died some years ago while giving birth. Since then, the moon goddess has not given him another."Duke, the assistant head
"I would wait for you even if it meant a thousand years." I've found the one who makes my heart throb. You complete me, and I refuse to give up on my feelings for you." Mateo told me."He is unaware of the consequences of courting a rogue; people will make fun of him." There are a lot of ladies out there. "How come he feels he can't breathe without me?" I thought to myself as I averted my gaze."Tell me you don't care about me; tell me you don't love me." Look me in the eyes and tell me all those things, and I will avoid you." Mateo took my hands in his and brought them up to his mouth to kiss, but I refrained.I twitched my emotions and swallowed my salival, looking away with my hands all curled around my chest. My entire body craves his touch, and I want to be in his arms. Unfortunately, I'm too afraid. He is not my matw. We were brought together by fate. "What if I make a mistake?" What if Alpha Leo finally wakes up and comes after me?" I questioned myself. I slapped my cheek light
"Allow your heart to speak for you." I can feel every tremor. I adore you and will never abandon you. Please listen to your heart and let go of your concerns. I'd never hurt you." Mateo said this to me while passionately kissing meBaby crying."Oh gosh, why did he wake up just when we are having this priceless moment?" Mateo thought as he gently released his tight grip on me.Mateo walked in and grabbed my baby, trying to make him stop crying, but he wouldn't stop until I forcefully carried him away from him. He prepared his formula and watched me feed him.A few minutes later, there was chatter all over, and immediately Mateo jumped over me, took the baby from me, and ran away through the back window."Run Elina! Jump through the back window!" Mateo screamed.I looked forward and saw wolves all coming to my side: "Mateo was right; this man will not stop until he gets my son, and over my dead body would I allow him to do that." I muttered as I dashed swiftly through the back window,
"Go ahead and murder the mother of your own son, and you will never see him again for your entire miserable life." I said confidently to him."Where is my son, bitch? You are trading on a lion's path. You are messing with your life." He pushed me off and slapped me. He scowled at me."How come you want him, selfish Alpha Leo? The son you sent in the rain, the son you spat on and said he looked dirty the first day I foolishly came to your house with the hope you would acknowledge me as your mate." I said to him under my emotions."I feel a lot for Mateo. I am sure I love him, and I promised him I would love him the same way he loves me. But why do I still have these feelings for this invasive being?" I thought under my breath."You will never keep my son away from me." "I am his father, and you will tell me where you are hiding him."I scoffed loudly at his words and felt that familiar heat build in my chest. His eyes hardened, and his expression turned blank."You will never have my b
Elina's povHe grabbed my upper arms in his hands and began pulling me with his hands to walk with him. Every protest and thug I made only tightened his grip on me further."Please let me go; where are you dragging me to? Your hands hurt so much, and the pain I can't bear any more!" I screamed aloud.I looked around and listened to hear any sounds that suggested his guards were very close. The bush was very quiet; even the birds wrestling I could not hear. I kept pondering ideas on how to get away from his hold."Oh, my goodness. You would pay for this you did to me!" He winced aloud as he couldn't see through the sand I poured into his eyes using one of my hands.I picked up the race and ran with my two legs almost crossing my head. He can't chase after me because he can't see. He howled to alert his guards, but I don't know how lucky he would be."Where are all these useless guards? I warned them to stay close in case they heard me shout. I can't believe she just escaped like that.
"Well, if you must know, he rejected me not twice,not three times, and all that was in the past because I thought I could get my son to grow up knowing his father. I didn't want people mocking him tomorrow and calling him a rogue son. But I was wrong. He is a beast, and my son and I are better off without him.""And now more than ever, I don't want anything to do with him anymore. I also reject him as my mate. I can't have a very wicked and cruel person as a mate." I said to him as I drew my gaze directly onto his eyes."What about the bond? What about the feelings? You mean you don't feel anything for him?" He asked."Stop all these questions. Mateo, they are beginning to upset me. I can't and will never have anything to do with him. He is a dangerous person. So I can't be his mate.""Not even because you love me? You can't be his mate just because he is this and that. Do you love me, Elina?""Mateo is just being unnecessary and dramatic, if you know how much I love him. He wouldn't
Just immediately, we got in front of my father's house. I peered through the small gate and saw my father seated with some elders. This is a big problem for me. I can't knock at the gate. I can't be seen by anyone else in this territory except my family. If anyone sees me, they might throw stones at me. I was warned by the elders never to step foot again in the territory and to talk more about entering the pack house. I told Mateo that this wouldn't work, but he insisted; now see what is happening."Ok, I have heard what you all have said. If giving him the land my father bought from his father would make him allow us into his territory, I would do that. I will do it for the sake of my people. I can't continue to watch them die when I could save them." My father said to the three elders as they walked towards the gate.They stopped for a while, and I strained my ear a little more to hear what they were discussing."Alpha Leo is a very stubborn man. If you give him back that land and h
He turned back, looking like someone who saw his own death coming."What?" His mouth gaped open.He opened the gate and walked toward me. He yanked my shoulders and dragged me with him inside our compound. His grip on me was so tight and painful that I winced aloud.Dad, please, your hands hurt; take it easy on me. Release your grip on me." I pleaded.He remained silent while he locked the gate. My father is one of those people who keeps fingernails. The nails were really hurting me. Somehow I was happy; at least I have stepped foot inside our compound after about eight months.My mom was in one corner, looking at how my dad had dragged me like a thief. My baby was crying, and there was nothing I could do. My mother wanted to rush to us immediately when sheMy dad looked at her in a manner that suggested she shouldn't dare come close."Woman! Come over here!" He called out my mom while making pointed speeches to alleviate his anger.His deep voice was scarier than his face. He shove