New Story Promo: Chosen By An Alpha

Third Person’s POV

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Holding a warm cup of tea, Grace slowly made her way on the terrace of her house. Taking a deep breath, she reveled for a moment in the fresh air of her small town, which was surrounded by nature. She closed her eyes and allowed herself to get lost in the moment, this was how she used to start her day. By losing herself in the beauty of nature, she used to forget all the problems of her life.

Grace was 28 years old and the most beautiful girl in the small town. She had all the qualities which anyone would need in their wife but she always used to say a big NO to all the marriage proposals. Her parents were concerned about her because they were concerned about her as Grace was stressing too much to fulfill all the responsibilities of the family.

She was blessed with three younger sisters and one younger brother which her parents planned with the hope of having a son. As all the sisters started growing up, it was getting harder for her father to handle all the expenses of the house. That’s why she started working in the restaurant as a cook to support her family at an early age. She also helped her father in arranging funds for the marriage of two of her sisters.

The situation had just started to get better when her father was diagnosed with cancer, and her family needed a lot of money for her treatment. Now, she was the only one who used to work in the family.

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Because of family reasons and a busy schedule, Grace never got a chance to fall in love with anyone. Also, she believed in getting married to that person with whom she would fall in love rather than an arranged marriage.

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“Grace, it’s time for your breakfast”, The high-pitched call from her mother was like an alarm to her that she had to leave for the job. Her mother always used to remind her about the breakfast before 15 minutes because she knew her daughter well. Grace always used to forget to check the time when she used to spend her time on the terrace.

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“I will be there in a minute, mom”, Grace shouted but she knew that she couldn’t make it before 15 minutes and quickly ran toward her room to complete her morning business.

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After an hour

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She reached the restaurant where she used to work. She greeted all her co-workers warmly and then walked directly to the kitchen. She found leftover food in the container and shook her head in disappointment.

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‘I had asked Mason to feed this food to the stray animals.’, She thought and checked the food which was still in good condition. The food had to get wasted in any way that’s why she packed the food in the polybag and walked out of the restaurant to check the animals so that she could feed them.

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‘And there they are.’, She thought and smiled. The moment a bunch of dogs saw her, they ran toward her happily. Well, why won’t they? She was the one who used to feed them on a regular basis.

“Boys, behave.”, She ordered sternly when they started fighting with one another for food. And all the dogs sat calmly like a good boy after all Grace was like their second mother. Grace had always been fond of dogs because they were the most loyal ones but she couldn’t own them once because she couldn’t afford them.

She patted the heads of all the dogs like they were her pups and fed them the food which she had brought with her. Once they were done, they all started snuggling her legs and she started playing with them till the moment all the dogs started barking.

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She looked confused and tried to calm them but they were furiously barking in a particular direction. She finally turned toward the direction in which the dogs were barking and saw four black cars with tinted windows standing straight from her, out of them one was damn so amazing. As she was not so good with cars (and so am I! haha), she couldn't recognize the car’s name.

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She continued to look at the car wondering what could be the reason they all are standing here and the realization hit her like a storm that they could be the customers who might have come here for breakfast or something.

She quickly walked inside the restaurant to prepare food. After all, she was the head cook of the restaurant but contrary to her assumption all the four cars moved out of that place without having breakfast.

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‘Stupid rich people! If they didn’t want to have anything then why did they even stop their car here?’, She thought but she couldn’t guess that something else could also be the reason. “But I must admit that the car was awesome. I wonder how much anyone has to earn to have a car like that? I wish I could have also had one.’, She thought but then kicked that thought away from her mind because there was no way in her life she could be eligible to sit in the car like that.

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“Alpha! We have finally found the location of that Rogue and the Vampire’s group which we had been searching for for a long time. They are staying near Pacific East human’s town. So, we have to move there as soon as possible to catch them.”, Eric informed his Alpha.

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“I know and I have already arranged everything. We will be staying between humans to catch those Leeches.”

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“But Zayden...How can we stay with humans? They are….”, Eric stopped speaking when he saw Zayden narrowing his eyes toward him.

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“We have nothing to do with humans. Just because we are werewolves doesn’t mean we should think humans are below us. Humans are different from us but there is nothing wrong with being different, Eric. So never, I repeat NEVER bring this topic again in front of me.”, Zayden replied coldly because he had to explain this basic thing to his Beta. If Eric was not being his Beta, he wouldn’t have wasted his time in explaining his thoughts. Apart from him and his own sister, he didn’t give much importance to anyone because no one cared about him except these two.

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His childhood was filled with abuse and hardship. As he was an omega and everyone made his life miserable. They abused them and tortured him in the best possible way. Not only this, he even got rejected by his mate. He vowed to take revenge on everyone who did this to him. So,  he entered the Mafia’s world. He worked hard, very hard which made him who he was now, i.e one of the strongest personalities in the entire estate and fearful Alpha of the same pack, in which those pack members treated him badly.

Because of his horrible past, he got addicted to what he desired and he could go to any extent to get what he wanted. He always used to stay cold and serious. Only two things were his target in his life, first, power, so that no one could treat him the way they treated him, and second was his enemies, who made him an Orphan. His hunger and his search for his enemies was something that never let him think about anything else- not even a second chance mate.

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He never cared about finding Mate because that was never his priority. The only women in his life were his sister and his mother. He had no experience with other women. After all, he didn’t know how to treat them because as far as he could remember, his father used to abuse his mother. And Zayden definitely didn’t want to become like one.

His sister, Allison wanted him to have a normal life but Zayden never listened to her on this matter. She believed that only love could bring her brother back from the place where he was right now.

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“By the way, who all are in the family of that rogue?”, Zayden asked rudely. Eric understood that Zayden was back in his pissed mood. Well, it was nothing so strange. He had been like this for years i.e. his mood used to be pissed in 99% of cases. Well, you cannot blame him alone for his mood because two years back, one of the rogues had stolen $60000 by fooling Allison, his sister. It was pennies really to him since he was a billionaire but still, the fact that some moron had guts to fool his sister was something that he could not handle and he wouldn't let him go unpunished.

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“The file will be in your hand within 10-15 minutes, Alpha.”, Eric answered in a low tone. He used to address Zayden as per his mood. After all, he was well aware that Zayden hated anybody below his rank by his name. His wolf used to consider it a challenge. Eric used to call him, Alpha, when Zayden used to be around the werewolves, SIR, in front of the human and ‘Zayden’ when he was in a friendly mood.

“Sounds perfect!”

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After 10-15 Minutes,

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Their car halted for a moment because as per Eric, one of their informers was going to hand over the file containing the details of the rogue which Zayden wanted. Since the informer seemed a bit late, Zayden looked out of the window, getting annoyed with the thought that he had to wait for someone else. And then, his eyes landed on a woman feeding the dogs and patting their head lovingly. Soon, she started playing with them and he could tell that those dogs love her.

He had never seen any woman playing with street dogs. Most of the women he had seen were afraid of dogs, even his sister used to fear dogs till the moment her wolf appeared but here he saw this woman, playing as if they were her own pups. He didn’t miss the smile which she had on her lips all the time when she was with those dogs.

And for the first time, he felt his wolf’s presence without any reason. For a moment, he felt that his wolf might claim her as his mate but nothing like that happened. His wolf soon disappeared after a while.

“Let’s go, driver.”, Eric ordered but Zayden showed his hand without saying anything. Eric looked at Zayden who had a smile on his face and was shocked to see a miracle. He followed Zayden's gaze and saw a woman, well this was the second MIRACLE of his life. He had never seen Zayden smiling. As far as he could remember Zayden was called an emotionless person. “Are you feeling hungry, Zayden?”, He asked, even though he knew that Zayden was not looking at the restaurant but the woman standing near it.

“No! Just wait for a while.”, A reply escaped Zayden’s mouth before he could have any control over it. For the first time his mind was not working properly, all he was wishing that woman to turn toward him just for once.

Out of nowhere, those dogs started barking toward their cars. Generally, dogs were afraid of werewolves but barking at werewolves meant challenging for the battle. Eric observed how Zayden’s expression started getting changed.

“Please don’t mind them, Zayden. They are being protective of the woman, that’s it. Even though those dogs know that you can easily kill them but out of their nature, he will try to protect the loved ones even if it costs their life.”, Eric explained but he knew that Zayden was not going to listen to him at any cost.

Zayden was about to open the door of the car when the woman turned around. His breath hitched the moment he observed her beautiful and innocent face. The way her hair flipped because of the wind, forced him to think about touching her long hair. He was feeling aroused for the first time, that too for that woman who did nothing to him. This was one thing that had never happened with him before.

She kept staring at him through the tinted window, which was obvious that she couldn’t see him, but he could see her. He didn’t know a thing about mate and mate bond but by just looking at this woman, his heart skipped a beat. But his happiness didn’t remain for long when she walked inside the restaurant. He was back in his angry mood and signaled the driver to move.

Eric kept quiet during the rest of the ride but he couldn’t ignore the fact that Zayden’s mood swings were normal when that woman was around him.

‘Is that possible….’, He quickly shook his head at that thought but still, his curiosity was forcing him to clear his doubt as soon as possible.

Zayden’s wolf was quiet and restless throughout the ride and so was Zayden. Zayden had no idea his wolf was behaving in this way because he never had a good relationship with his wolf. He could only feel his wolf during any fight. The rest of the time, his wolf used to stay hidden in a part of his mind.

“How far are we from reaching our place?”, Zayden asked the driver.

“About to reach, Alpha.”, There came an instant reply. Once they reached there, Eric gasped looking at the bungalow near the forest. The bungalow was surrounded by his men, so he was positive that he was at the right place.

“We will be living here till the moment the problem of those leeches gets solved, right Alpha?”

“Hmm”, Zayden hummed and nodded his head when he received the greeting from the guards. Without wasting time, he started walking inside the bungalow.

“Then why did you buy this bungalow? I am sure you didn’t take it on rent because you hate doing that as it reminds you of your childhood when…”, Eric stopped himself from saying further realizing that Zayden was not over his past. He hated living anywhere on rent because out of all the horrible memories, one of them was that when Zayden had no money to pay rent, his landlord had asked him to send his sister for a one-night stand.

“What do you mean to ask, Eric?”, Zayden asked, getting irritated. “Do you expect me to stay in some congested room instead of a bungalow? I haven't earned this much money and power to live like the poor and weak. Now dare you ask anything stupid and I will not stop myself from kicking your ass.”, He snapped.

“Okay, Alpha.”, Eric nodded.

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At Night

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Eric observed Zayden was not able to concentrate on the work as if something was bothering him. He already guessed the reason behind it but was not sure whether he was right or not.

“Is something bothering you, Alpha?”

“Yes, tonight once we will be done with that mutt. You will have to do another job for me.”, Zayden replied immediately because he couldn’t stop thinking about that woman from the moment his car left that place.

“You can tell me now. I will start right away.”, Eric asked, getting excited with the hope that Zayden will finally order him to find out about that girl.

“Not now.”, There came his short response.

‘If he will not say directly then I will ask him directly.’ With this thought, Eric himself asked. “Does my other work have something to do with that woman?” Zayden looked at him for a while, battling in his mind whether it was safe to tell him? Sooner or later, he will find it out anyway so why hide from him?

“Yes,! I need you to find out about her.”

“Okay, Alpha.”, Eric said and smiled. He could sense his Alpha’s liking toward that woman and he was so happy that he wanted to inform Allison but this wouldn’t be right. He should let Zayden share this news with Allison by himself. “By the way, she was hot and sexy.”, He added to see Zayden’s reaction but immediately regretted it when the color of Zayden's voice changed and looked at him, getting possessive like anything. He hit the table so hard that it broke into two pieces.

“Think about her again and I will rip your head. Only I have that right to do so. Treat her like your Luna!”, He roared. 

“Sur...Sure, Alpha. I am sorry for using those words.”, Eric apologized. If he had any doubt about his Alpha falling for that woman, it was crystal clear now.  This was the first time when Zayden’s wolf said a word, no...not a word but a whole sentence. And this was the beginning of the CHANGES.

“Wow, and here I thought that my wolf was mute.”, Eric heard Zayden speaking. Well, he couldn’t help but agree with Zayden.

“Alpha, what if she turned out to be married?”, Eric asked because that woman looked nowhere like a girl.

“It doesn’t matter to me. Because I won’t mind killing her husband because I want her at any cost.”, Zayden said with determination in his eyes.

Though Zayden had said that it didn’t matter to him but deep down in a part of his heart, he was deeply wishing that should be the case because if...if what Eric had said would come out as truth then things would be difficult. It would surely not affect Zayden but it would surely affect her and her family.

Eric felt awkward after listening to Zayden’s words but he quickly changed the topic. “Did you see the file of that rogue which I had kept on your table?”, He asked. Zayden closed his eyes when he realized that he was really disturbed today because he never delays in finishing the pending work. “No problem. Alpha. I will share what is written in that file!”

“Alright, go on!”

“He is now married, Alpha. He has a wife and twin daughters of 1 year.”, Eric said. “And he lives in the nearby colony as a human with his human mate.”, He added.

“Fine then, let’s pay him a visit.”, Zayden said and checked the time. “I am sure that mutt will be at his home right now, enjoying his family time.”, He added and took out his pistol and placed silver bullets in it. Zayden had dealt with him in his wolf form if that mutt would not be living between the humans. But no worries, he had another option. He was famous for having good criminal records in the human world.

“Zayden, I know you never forgive anyone but...but will you really kill him? I mean he has an innocent family.”, Eric asked but didn’t receive any response from Zayden. He started following Zayden when he started walking out of the bungalow.

Zayden’s car appeared in front of him but signaled to the driver that he didn’t need it. It was a small town, visiting somewhere with a car would gain a lot of attention and he wanted to keep things quiet.

“I am feeling hungry, Zayden. Also, I didn’t eat the food which the new cook had made because it was horrible. Would you mind if I eat something here?”, Eric asked Zayden. Zayden was about to snap at Eric but when he saw that Eric wanted to eat at the same place where he had seen that woman, he nodded his head before he could control his head. He was not sure but hoping to meet that woman again. Zayden was using his hat to hide his face because he didn’t want anyone to run away from him because of fear. That’s why Eric always used to talk with others and he used to stay behind him, giving orders and making decisions.

Grace had just locked the kitchen and was about to leave when she saw a man talking with the owner of the restaurant. It was already 1’0 clock, and she wanted to go home. That’s why she was praying in his mind that this man was not here to have dinner. When Chrisitan, the owner, saw her, she definitely knew that what he would say next was something she didn’t want to hear.

Everyone had already left, she was the only one left there.

“Sorry, Grace.”, He started. “They are really very hungry, so will you please prepare something special for them?”, He asked.

‘Could I say no? I guess, NOT.’, Grace thought. After all, Christian used to pay double or sometimes triple the amount for overtime and money was the most important thing which she needed at this stage of life. She sighed and nodded, before walking back into the kitchen. As she was so busy with her own things that she didn’t realize that a pair of blue eyes were staring at her without blinking his eyes.

Call it coincidence or destiny, but Zayden was not expecting to see Grace at this time. He meant it was too late. A small smile appeared on his lips, which was more like a smirk when he saw her, now even he wanted to eat the food that Grace was going to prepare.

He looked at Grace keenly and listened to the conversation between Christian and Grace, all thanks to his power.

Eric took a glance toward Zayden and saw his smile. His smile gave him a kind of happiness as Zayden was not someone who always smiled. They waited for half an hour until Grace came to their table holding the food in her hand.

She was about to keep those plates on the table when accidentally she dropped some of the food on Eric’s clothes.

“I am so sorry...I am really very….”, She was immediately cut off by Eric.

“It’s totally fine, Miss.”, He gave a warm smile to his future luna. Grace gave him a weak smile and passed him the tissue so that he could clean his shirt.

“I am sorry, Sir.”, She whispered softly, and too slowly, which brought a smile on Zayden’s lips, again. He was amazed by her gesture.

“As I said. It’s totally fine, Miss.”, Eric replied. He could help himself from thinking that Alpha was completely opposite to Luna. He was not complaining but Zayden didn’t have these manners and a kind heart.

Once Grace left the table, she was sure that these two people would not give a penny as a tip, after all, she spoiled the shirt of that man. Not to mention, even Christian would deduct her salary if these customers refused to pay the bill.  She was thinking about her loss when her eyes finally landed on the man with a hat, who had almost hidden his face with it.

‘That’s weird.’, She thought.

The rest of the services were taken care of by Christian. She was just waiting for them to leave so that she could leave for home. After a while, Christian came inside the kitchen, looking for her.

“They are asking for you, Grace.”, He said. “I just hope this has nothing to do with the stupidity which you did before.”, He added to which Grace looked at him with her big brown eyes.

‘And today is the last day of my job.’, She thought sarcastically.

“Yes, sir. How can I help you?”, She asked politely with Eric, with a small smile on her face.

“Here.”, Eric passed an envelope toward her. “This is a gesture to say that we loved the food and thank you for serving us the best food of our life.”, He said truthfully. After a long time, he had eaten something so tasty in the human world. Though these were Zayden’s words, since he had no idea how to speak with women, he had asked Eric to say these words to her. That’s a different thing that even Eric had felt the same.

Grace was a bit hesitant to take that envelope but after a while, she finally took it. “Thank you, sir.”, She replied.

“My pleasure, Miss. By the way, we are new in this town and came here to surprise one of our old friends, John Watson, but unfortunately, we are kind of lost. Do you know the exact location?”, Eric asked the first thing which came to mind. It was obvious that they knew the exact location. It was just Zayden had asked to keep chatting with her so that he could listen to her melodious voice.

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“John Watson, who is a father of two cute angels?”, Grace asked to confirm to which Eric nodded. While Zayden was just listening to her voice. He stopped himself from chucking after observing the words she just used ‘two cute angels’.

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‘Lolz, who talks like this? What’s her age? 5’, He thought. Along with that, he started wondering whether they both share some kind of relationship. That mere thought scared him. ‘I hope not. I can’t hurt anyone in her family.’

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“If you can wait for a while then I can take both of you to his house. Because his house is near my house.”, Grace offered her help.

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“Thank you so much.”, Eric replied but the same thought came into his mind which was going on in Zayden’s mind.

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‘Ask her whether she always walks home late, that too alone?’, Zayden's mind linked Eric. This thought was continuously poking in his mind because it was not safe for her. Also, he promised himself that from now onwards he wouldn’t let her walk back to her home alone.

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“Do you always return home this late, Miss?”, Eric asked. “I mean it is not safe for a beautiful woman to stay out of the home this late, you know.”, He added in a concerned tone.

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“Beautiful woman?”, Grace laughed lightly. “I am not beautiful, Sir. And answering your questions, no, I don’t return home this late. Moreover, no one in this town will try to mess with him after all I am a state level Martial Art Champion.”, She answered and giggled, thinking how anyone could say that she was beautiful. In her eyes, she was nothing but just a plain and simple girl.

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“Your smile is pretty!”, Zayden spoke for the first time before he could control his tongue. Grace’s eyes almost popped out at his blunt comment.

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“Umm...Thank you, sir”, She replied, hiding her little blush. ‘Wow! So this man speaks! Because I had started thinking that he was mute.’, She thought. “So, what’s the reason for the surprise visit to your friend’s house?”, Grace asked, changing the topic.

It was obvious that they couldn’t tell her the truth otherwise she would run away from there with the speed of flash. And Zayden didn’t want that. He knew that Eric would come up with the best answer to her question.

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“Well, we never got a chance to meet him after his marriage. That’s why we came here to surprise him. Also, we want to play with his two cute angels.”, Eric answered in her old tone on which Grace started laughing. All the time, Zayden’s eyes were on her and he was looking at her intently as he was doing from the moment his eyes landed on him. Grace noticed this and quickly stopped laughing. His gaze on her was making her uncomfortable and she started getting scared now.

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‘Men. They all are just the same. Here I am helping them and he is thinking of it as his chance.’. She thought and promised not to look toward him. They reached near John’s house. “Your friend's house is here.”, She said pointing toward his house.

“Thank you, Miss.”, Eric replied with a warm smile.

“I am glad to help you. By the way, if you get lost again then NEVER...I repeat NEVER trust any stranger because people say that at night, vampires roam in the town.”, Grace gave them the advice with a serious expression. She had never met any of them until now but many people in the town had seen them.

Zayden chuckled at Grace’s words. ‘She is so innocent. Only if she knows with whom she was talking to!’

Grace narrowed her eyes and glared at Zayden. “You don’t believe me? Okay, fine! You will remember my words when you see any vampire in front of you. And in case you still come up alive, inform me. Because guess what? Unlike in the movie, the Vampire will end up killing you instead of falling in love with you.”, She joked.

This time Zayden literally laughed at her words. “Sure, I will surely come to see you.”, He replied. His deep voice sent chills down her spine because of which she wanted to run away from there as soon as possible.

“Okay! I will go now. Good night!”, Grace said.

“Do you live here?”, Zayden asked, hoping that she would be staying near this house because what he was going to do next would surely scare her. And he didn’t want to scare her. Also, he didn’t want to disclose his identity to her, at least not now.

Grace thought for the consequences of her reply if she replied to his answer truthfully. ‘No, I shouldn’t share my address with him, who knew he would start harassing me or my family? And what if he turned out to be a bad guy?’

“No! I don’t live here but four blocks away from here.”, She lied. In actuality, her house was just opposite John’s house. For today, she thought about entering the house from the back gate. Zayden sighed feeling relieved. Now, he didn’t have to think much as there was no way she could see or hear the things which he had planned to do next.

As Grace had planned, she entered her house from the back gate. She walked toward the room to change her clothes and get some sleep because she was feeling tired. That's when she heard the loud cries coming from the street. Everyone started looking outside from their house to see what was happening. Even her brother and father joined her when she was looking outside from the window.

Out there, she saw John's family wrenched. The whole family was outside looking flushed. The man in the hat was holding the twins in his hand as if they were some non-living things, while the babies were crying loudly.

“Oh my god! That’s Zayden Staunton”, Her father whispered in fear and her eyes popped out when she recognized that name. Zayden Staunton was a mafia leader who was a bloody cold, arrogant and selfish bastard.

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The rest of the chapters, you can find in that book.

A regular update will be from the 1st of July,2021.