Chapter 41Ethan’s POVI had arrived home after the scene at the council meeting, I decided it was best to go in to the house through the back entrance because I could not handle the looks the maids will give me when I walked in looking as I did now, all this because of that bastard brother of mine.As I walked in through the gardens, I heard Maria and her mother discussing and talking, it sounded serious and I also noticed that Maria was crying, whatever it was, it sounded pretty serious.I stood there listening to their conversation, each word sounding like a blow to me, I could not believe this, I was even sure if I was to be grateful to my father or hate him, he had truly taken everything from Alexander for my sake, blood was rushing in my ears, I could not breathe properly, Alexander had every reason to hate me as much as he did if he knew this part and I doubted he knew about it yet.Which was even worse? Trying to kill him or stealing his mate away from him? I turned away from
Chapter 42Zara’s POVSince the incident with Silas, I always had half a dozen guards watching over me, they were always outside the house and Xavier stuck close, sometimes he was inside with me like today.I was making lunch and he was lounging on the sofa watching cartoons on the TV, when I asked about it earlier, he said he loved cartoons and was pretty much shameless about it.I made us each a burger and drop his on the table and fell into the couch beside him before I began munching into my burger.We ate in silence watching the wacky cartoon Xavier had settled for, it turned out to be pretty nice.“I believe you may have been right all along” Xavier said all of a sudden.I turned to look at him, his long brown hair was tied on top of his head in a man bun and his black eyes were staring straight ahead at the TV screen even though I doubted he was really seeing anything.“You are talking about Xander right?” I said.He simply nodded his head and then he said “I saw how mad he was
Chapter 43Alexander’s POVI had received a call earlier from Xavier, he had told me Maria came to visit Zara and since then Zara had been herself, she shut herself in her room and has not come out since, I was currently on my way to see Maria, I had to know what she said to Zara before going back home, Xavier will take care of her until I returned.I dialed Maria’s contact again and it went to voicemail once again, a string of colorful words escaped my lips, this was the third call in 10 minutes, I hit the redial button again and thankfully she answered this time around.“Where are you Maria? I need to you” I said.“Perfect I need to speak to you as well, meet at the lake close to the abandoned mansion” she said.My heart suddenly froze, how did Maria know of that place? It was a good thing most of the guys had returned home since their work was done now, there will be no more attacks, the part that was left was to destroy them from within, the reason I had asked to be on the council
Chapter 44Ethan’s POVI had gone out briefly to attend a meeting and when I returned home, the maids informed me that Maria had left the house and they had no idea where she had gone to and it had been hours ago since she left the house.I immediately pulled out my phone to call her, Maria had no even left her room since she had that conversation with her mother, she basically spent her day in bed, drinking one bottle of wine after the other, she has been a mess so where did she go today.Her phone went straight to voicemail, I tried again and the same thing happened again, I felt panic begin to rise deep in my heart, had she perhaps gone to see Alexander? Did she decide to leave me and go back to him, he was her mate after all, I turned around hoping to find her somewhere around, I hoped that she had not stumbled somewhere and fallen into a ditch or something like that.Immediately I got to the door, I saw her car driving into the compound, I watched as she stepped out of the car a
Chapter 45Alexander’s POV“Let everything go Alex” I heard the words loud and clear in my mind and my body immediately went rigid and I pulled away from Zara, she wanted to have a conversation similar to the one I just had with Maria and I really wished she would just let it go.“Please listen to me Xander, I beg you, this whole revenge is causing you more harm than good, let go of the past and move forward that is the only way you will heal from your dark past” Zara said, I could hear the plea in her voice but I really did not want to listen not after what I had just learnt of.I got up from the sofa and said to Zara without looking at her because I did not want to see the pain on her face.“We have had this conversation before and we both know how it ends, I can’t stop this, I have come too far to go back without getting my revenge, Ethan Dupree must die and this place will burn to the floor, only then will it end” I said.I heard her get up from the sofa and come to stand in front
Chapter 46 Ethan’s POV “I want this operation to carried out smoothly and without a single hitch, there must be no mistakes, do you all understand me?” I said to my men. “Yes Alpha” they chorused and filed out of the room. There was about a total of 15 men and they were the best according to my head of security and they definitely would not fail. A smile curved my lips, it was time for the real battle between Alex and I to begin, he had been playing the game according to his rules, it was time for me to change the rules and up the stakes, as long as today’s operation was successful then the game will surely be changed up. Just then, the door opened and Maria walked in, she was a vision in the white gown she was wearing, it was beautiful and looked beautiful on her, the form fitting bodice was perfect on her and that thigh high slit was driving me crazy. I stood up and walked over to her, she smiled up at me, her long black hair had been pulled back in a high ponytail and she had
Chapter 47Maria’s POVThis night was turning out to be a complete disaster just like I had expected, Ethan had a snide remark for anything Alex said and vice versa, I was caught in between trying to act as some sort of mediator, it was obvious both of them did not want to be here which made me wonder why the hell Ethan had invited Alex in the first place.“So what business do you have up south Alex? I have always wondered what it was that you did, do you mind telling us?” Ethan was saying now.I saw Alex roll his eyes before he said “I am sure you did a background check on me the moment I arrived so you must all the businesses I handle but if you must hear it from me then that is not a problem, I own a chain of casinos and clubs, I always deal in supply of luxury products like clothes and cars, I happened to make a lot of money at the casinos when I left home initially and I put it to really good use, you will be surprised how much a bit of how much a man’s life can change with a bit
Chapter 48The big house was quiet except for the occasional sound of heavy booted feet hitting the floor gently, four burly stood watch outside Alexander’s house, they were to protect the Alpha’s mate and keep her safe from any danger.“Have you got a light?” one of the huge guards asked his fellow guard.The other rolled his eyes and said “I thought you quit Jefferson”The first man cracked a smile and said “I can quit again you know”The second man shook his head and said “That is not how it works man”“Do you have a light or not?” The guard called Jefferson said.The second guard was about to say something when they both heard a rustling sound, they were suddenly on alert and they signaled to the other two who seemed to have heard the sound as well.They neared the wall carefully and slowly, trying to discern the cause of the noise, all of a sudden, the sound of gas leaking quickly filled the air, coming from the four corners of the house, the men soon found themselves choking, th