AVA:I lay on my back, the smell of drugs and disinfectant filling my nostrils. "Where am I? What am I doing here?" I asked myself as I tried to raise my aching back."Please take it easy." Leo helped me lay back gently on my back. "You fainted some hours ago. I was so worried about you." He told me.I was about to ask what was wrong with me, what happened and why I was there but he had already answered me.A doctor came into the room with a nurse following closely behind him. A stethoscope hung around his neck and he adjusted his glasses and cleared his throat.He came close to me and after checking my temperature and using his stethoscope to check my breathing, he took a few steps back from me."We will run her a test to ascertain what's wrong. The result of the test will be out soon."The doctor said while the nurse simply nodded."Thanks," Leo said and shook hands with the doctor who slightly bowed on recognizing Leo.After a while, the doctor invited us into his office and we sat
AUTHOR'S POV:The arrival of Ethan broke the uncomfortable silence and tension that followed Leonard's words."Alpha. I have vital information." Ethan said, looking Leonard in the eyes.Leonard began walking away, following Ethan out of the place, but he wouldn't stop turning his neck and glaring at Damien, as though he was saying, "Keep off my mate."Damien turned to face Ava, who stood, almost flustered as she began talking to Billie once she noticed that Damien was going to talk to her.Something darkened in Damien's gaze and he walked up to Ava who was trying to avoid him, by walking away with Billie."Ava, can I talk to you for a moment?" His cracked voice betrayed his emotions even though he tried hard to conceal the fact that he was not hurt.Leonard's words, that Ava was pregnant were so heavy on his heart -- so heavy that he found it hard to ask the dreaded question he yearned to ask.His eyes twitched, his fingers shook, his lips trembled and his heart skipped a million beat
AVA:I had never seen Leo this angry in my entire life. He charged toward Damien, and before I could say, Jack, he rushed him.Using the opportunity when Damien was a little distracted by Leo, I wriggled out of his hold and fled to a corner.I had never seen Leo fight in his wolf form, especially, if the people he was trying to fight were in their human form. But today, Leo didn't care, and neither did he mind. He simply let his wolf take over himA grey wolf surfaced and I watched as his fur covered everywhere.By the time Damien could transform into his wolf form, he had already been severely wounded.I didn't pity Damien this time, because, if Leo hadn't come to my rescue, he would have killed me with mercy. How ruthless!Watching the fight, I felt like applauding Leo because it didn't only feel like they were fighting, it seemed as though Leo was beating Damien to a pulp.I smiled in satisfaction, feeling like rewarding Leo with a passionate night or a nice meal.Leo returned to h
AUTHOR'S POV:A new destiny marked the beginning of a new life for everyone. Ava was propelled into the future to fulfill a purpose given to her by the Moon Goddess."What's going on, how are we...like this?"Ava asked as she walked along the streets of New York. One thing was noteworthy.It was the fact that everything had changed. She could smell civilization in the air. Ava was the only person dressing in garments. The fashion trend had changed. Women now wore more classy dresses with a bit of their skin exposed. This wasn't how she had thought it would be kike in her former world.Ava felt thirsty, and so she sought a way to satisfy her thirst. But then she looked around her and there was no local means to do that. It was a hustling and bustling city and everyone seemed to be moving around for their movement."Hey, young lady, are you perhaps, lost?" An old woman about to cross the road stopped beside Ava and asked.The old lady laughed and although Ava didn't know why she laughed
AUTHOR'S POV"Hey, lady! Why don't you stop standing there like a spy and come play with us," One of the feral-looking men beckoned on Ava.Ava moved reluctantly, while looking backwards and behind her shoulder as she went towards the first person who had beckoned to her. The familiar-looking man had disappeared into thin air.Many men were asking her to come to their table and play these table games with them. Thanks, goodness she had learned how to read in her last life. At the table where she was headed, they were playing the Baccarat."Come play Baccarat with us. Hope you've got some coins." The man had pronounced it as 'bah’-ca-rah'.Ava shook my head in the negative, "No, I haven't got any,""Baccarat is one of the easiest games to learn and offers some of the best odds in the casino. The “player” and the “banker” each receive two cards with the object being to get a point total closest to 9. Just remember face cards and tens have no value. That way, if you lose, you'd have to r
AUTHOR'S POV:Ava looked around the room. It was now clear that in this place, werewolves and humans coexisted. Unlike the then world where humans had their lives and activities separated from the werewolves.Ava wondered if any other creatures existed. As for now, there were none that she had seen."I'll let you go on one condition," Ava squeezed harder on his neck.The man groaned in response, "What fucking condition?""The condition is that you'll have to do as I say." Ava was resolute with her words.The man frowned as he tried to shake his head which was already held in place. "You...you can't possibly make me do what you want, you..." He wanted to keep blabbing but Ava squeezed his neck harder, making it harder for him to speak.She then released him a little to enable him to go to breathe, and that was when he coughed, "Alight. Okay, okay, take it easy, I'll do as you say."Without saying any more words, Ava kicked the man and almost laughed as he fell face flat on the floor.W
AVA:I sucked in a deep breath when we got to a particular building and the motorbike stopped.I almost sighed in relief because my heart had been racing throughout the ride. It had been racing because my wolf wouldn't stop calling him mate, and because I was dying to know who the man was. And oh, not to mention he had used something big and shiny to cover his head so it was impossible to see his face."You were at the gambling den. The most dangerous of all places in New York...I think you should avoid going to such places,"I was about to ask who the fuck he thought he was to school me when he helped me down the bike and I bit back on my tongue, holding my words because I'm beginning to think he actually cares.Well, that wouldn't stop me from asking him who he was, even if it meant he had to remove that thing to prove it to me."Well, thanks for saving my ass out there. But we need a proper introduction. Who are you.""There's no need to ask me that, Ava. I am Leo. The Leo you had
AVA:The next morning, I yawned tiredly as I stretched my body. Leo had taken his time to lecture me about one thing or the other happening in New York and I had ended up laughing my ribs out at his words, the end of the gist came when I slept off."Here, darling,"Leo dropped a tray in front of me and I gasped in surprise."Thanks, honey. But you didn't have to do that. I'm the wife here. I'm supposed to be the one serving you breakfast,""You're still the queen I married and you deserve to be treated that way. That you can cook for me doesn't mean I can't do that for you too. You're gonna eat up while I talk.""Yeah, go ahead, I'm listening.""We have to enroll Elise in a school, immediately or else there would be suspicion. All the kids around here go to school,""Yeah, but I don't want my Elise out of my sight," I pouted."That's the point. Here they have a system of child support services that go about spotting out those whose parents didn't let them go to school. Then, the paren