[ASHMAN]{~TEN YEARS LATER ~}Growth is constant but the sweetest is watching your children grow old and bonding deeply with your wife, mate and soul mate."Daddy, there is no way I'm believing that!" Ashley screamed happily."Oh really? Well, it's your graduation gift. C'mon!" I smiled in excitement.Kimberly returned with glasses and wine.Ashley had just graduated from the human university and so far, she had no bad record and she was able to tame her wolf all these while.We were so happy that we had to celebrate her birthday and graduation all in one day because she has been away from home for nine years."I miss you so much, mummy." She cuddled her mother happily, with her face lying on Kimberly's chest."Same here, sweetie. Your dad wanted you to concentrate, that was why we called one in a week." She explained softly."It's alright. I'm finally done." We sat around the round table."It wasn't a bad experience so far. I enjoyed my time there. Though humans can be annoying, it w
[ASHMAN]"Keep some guards with them, I want them safe as we return back to the city." I instructed Axel."Yes boss. I already did that." He said."And have you said goodbye to your lady?" I winked at him mischievously and he blushed, lowering his gaze."We will be back in a day or two, there's no need for that." He said through his laugh, I nodded."Excuse me, I need to see Kim." I said, leaving him at the terrace.I tucked my hands into my trouser pocket and headed towards the bedroom, I saw her coming out from Ashley's room thus we met at the yard."Babe." I called her."You're still here." She raised a brow as though she wasn't expecting me."I wanted to see you before I leave." I curled my lips, feeling nervous."Oh really." She crossed her hand around my neck, I smirked and wrapped her waist with my stout arm.Others would feel love doesn't exist when beauty fades, but it was the time our own love became stronger."Do you have anything for me?" She wiggled her brow mischievously
[KIMBERLY]“My lady, you have a guest.” Owen announced it to me. He became my right hand person in terms of running the pack internal affairs.I shoved the ancient books I was going through before lifting my gaze at him.“And who is it?” Right now, the only place I could seek solace was reading, which helped me escape from reality because I haven’t heard from Ashman since he left the pack.No message, no spy, not even a signal.What bothered me most was that the day he left here, he looked shocked, scared and uneasy. I felt something was not right yet I couldn’t picture what could be it. The Ashman I know could overcome anything but for some reason, I felt cranky.“It’s Lord Nox.” he informed me, his voice breaking through my reverie and I sighed.“Is there any need to usher them in? I would love a stroll.” I said as I stood up from the chair and walk pass him.I met Nox at the courtyard, he was busy admiring the tulip flowers with Ashley bombarding him with questions as she always ha
[KIMBERLY]I rushed into the hospital like a woman in labor. Behind me was Axel and the others.All I wanted was solid evidence which I knew would never be possible.He wouldn’t die and leave me all alone in this damn world.I scanned each bed that passed the emergency ward before turning to Axel.“Where is he? Where the hell is my husband?” I asked him curtly, desperately staring at him.“You must be Mrs. Ashman.” A voice said from behind and I turned, she was standing adjacent to me.“Yes?” I answered rhetorically as she approached us.“I’m sorry again for your loss.” she shook my hand and I stared at her like though I didn’t know what she was saying.“Loss? What lost?” she gave me a confused stare but when she narrowed her gaze at Axel and the others, she seemed to become calm.“I will take you to your husband.” she said.That has been what I wanted and have been waiting for. The others waited at the lobby while I went into a hospital room with the doctor.I was anxious, I was brok
[KIMBERLY]She was seventeen so I assumed she would understand, she was the first I called into my study as soon as I returned from the hospital.She was holding a cheerful smile which made me contemplate whether to tell her the truth or not. But it would be disastrous if she heard it from someone else.“Mum, you have been gone for two days now. Did you go to meet daddy?” she raised a brow as she sat beside me.I squeezed out a smile and caressed her cheek softly.“My sweetheart. I left yesterday and not two days ago, did you miss me that much?” I said in sarcasm while raising my brow and she chuckled.“You know I miss you super much. But I miss dad more, when will he return with Drake?” she questioned anxiously, while staring at me and I thought it was the right time to tell her the truth.The worse was pain but aside that, it would relieve my guilty conscience.“I don’t know for Drake, I will keep in touch with his tutors but as for your dad, he isn't coming back.” I informed her se
[KIMBERLY]The Omegas dug the hole where their Alpha, Lord Ashman, would be laid. The other servants took care of the moody decoration in the pack and all through that period everyone must wear black to signify respect, pain and sorrow.I was wearing a black gown and staring at Ashman’s picture frame. He has been laid in the costly coffin though I couldn’t look at him any more, I made do with the picture frame.Fortunately, Ashley has settled down though she insisted on seeing Drake after the funeral.I sighed and whipped Ashman’s frame with the back of my hand.“It still feels surreal, you know.” I said through my sniffles, I couldn’t control the tears from rolling down my cheeks.“I can’t believe I will be leaving the rest of my life without you.” I cried bitterly before placing the frame on the table.Soon, someone knocked on the door and stepped in. I turned around and it was Andrea. I quickly whipped the tears off my face before staring at her.“Were you crying again, my lady?” s
BONUS CHAPTER: ANDREA“What is happening? Is this family cursed?”“Lord Ashman died a week ago and Lady Kimberly kicked the bucket.”“I feel so bad for their poor daughter, what would become of her?”“Don't you have anything better to do?” I shunned the servants curtly after hearing enough of their gossiping, they shivered in shock, bowed and left.I sighed heavily and turned to Axel who was behind me.“Any luck?” I raised a sly brow and he shook his head.“Ashley has been in a coma for two days now as a result of shock, and Lady Kimberly isn't responding to treatment. We need to think fast.” I said, looking petrified and confused.Aside from being the family maid, I knew nothing about leadership. All I did was take care of them, Axel unexpectedly became my protector.The elders are agitating about the Alpha position and Ashley wasn’t in her right state to take up such responsibility.No matter how we tried to keep Lady Kimberly’s health failure away from them, there are still unruly
[KIMBERLY]My head hurt really bad and my eyes felt so heavy.Was the past happening to me again? The whole sleeping and waking up in a wonderland.I wanted to return home. I missed Ashley. I wanted to mourn my husband satisfactorily.I begged the moon goddess inwardly because that was what I learned to believe in before I gradually opened my eyes.The place was strangely familiar, the scent taking charge of my nose and the chamber. A big smile spread on my lips at the sigh of Ashman’s picture hanging on the wall.“I’m back.” I said inwardly, still trying to control the excruciating pain I was feeling.“My lady!” a thin voice cried out and rushed over to me, I didn’t need to be told who it was because we have spent so many years together that I could guess her footstep.“Andrea.” she embraced me softly, sobbing on my shoulder and I stroked her back.“I thought you were never going to wake up. I was so afraid.” she said through her sniffles and I chuckled.“I will never leave you or my