I spent the next two weeks avoiding Jackson. I had returned to my room in the servant’s quarters and asked Francesca to give me roles that didn’t involve serving the alpha directly and she obliged which made it easier to avoid running into Jackson. Jackson did not also bother to look for me so the distance between us grew each day. Thankfully, I never felt any mating related pain which made me happy. At least he was not sleeping with Mia or any other woman.Kat left the day after the celebration. I’d never seen her so happy. She promised to help me repair the relationship with my parents and she fulfilled it. Two weeks after Kat had left, my mother arrived at Midnight Pack and asked for me. We hugged for what seemed like hours by the swimming pool, crying and talking about how we missed each other. “I’ve tried to talk to your father,” she said. “He’s coming around but you’ll have to give him some time. Losing Edmund took a toll on him. Edmund had been prepared to be the heir. He may
I smiled when I felt the hand move from my wrist to my waist. His other hand joined the first one. A wave of delicious heat travelled from my waist to my core, and I felt my nicker getting wet. I moaned as I looked up. Jackson angled his head to the side and kissed me on the lips.“Hey,” I said when his lips met mine. I looked around and saw that people had moved further from us. He was hugging me from behind and I just wanted to collapse in his arms. My heart was beaming with joy as my wolf danced around in my head.“Let’s get out of here,” he said.“Sure.”Jackson took my hand and we walked out of the yard, several eyes staring at us. We entered through one of the side doors and went straight to the elevator. He didn’t wait for the door to close. Jackson pushed me against the wall and kissed me. The kiss was rough and fast, a testament to our starvation. As he kissed me, one of his hands went down and pulled my dress up as he touched my core, rubbing in rough circles. By the time we
“What are we going to do about her?” I asked Jackson thirty minutes after he kicked out Francesca. I shuddered when I remembered the madness in the woman’s eyes. It was clear that she would never accept that Jackson wasn’t hers. I used to think she was just obsessed but it turned out she was also delusional. Something wasn’t right in that crazy brain of hers. Jackson poured the water into the glass and gave it to me before putting the jug back in the fridge. We were standing by the kitchen counter.“I don’t know,” he said. “What I know is she’ll be leaving the pack house today. I’ve asked them to take her to a secure place as I plan on what to do. “I can’t have her here because she’s a danger to you. I’ve always known she didn’t like you but didn’t think she’d go to the extent of wanting to kill you. I cannot tolerate that.”I went and hugged him. “Thank you so much. Truthfully, I don’t think I can feel safe with her around.”“I know.”I heard those words in my mind. With narrowed ey
I didn't like going to the forest in the middle of the night. Neither did I like my brother’s annoying girlfriend, Eliana. But on that fateful day, I agreed to help him look for her. When Edmund told me that she was missing, I told him it was for the best. Instead of laughing at my inhumane joke, Edmund started sobbing. He looked so sad and broken that I eventually agreed to help him which turned out to be a terrible idea. The moon cast an eerie glow over the vast forest as we made our way through it. Edmund matched my long strides, struggling to keep up. As we ventured deeper into the forest, the silence become stronger. “I don’t think we’ll find her,” I said, feeling tired. We had been searching for over an hour and had not got any lead. “Maybe she ran away.” “Don’t say that,” Edmund said, making me roll my eyes. “She came in here to find some herbs. She must be around the Western plantation.” “This is very risky,” I said, the same thing I’d said repeatedly. “Jackson King took ov
“Stop it, Andrew!” My mother yelled. She appeared by my side and started prying my father’s hands from my neck. After some time, my father let go of me and I staggered back, afraid to look at him.“I’m giving you until tomorrow,” my father said. “After that, I don’t want to see your face around here again.”Tears were falling down my cheeks as my mother hugged me. “Take my son inside,” he ordered the men and walked away from there. My mother led me away from everyone, towards a tree. “What happened?” she asked as we sat on a wooden bench under the tree. Lights from the security poles spread light to where we were. Amidst terrible sobs, I told her everything that had happened in the forest, and how I had managed to escape. When I finished, she pulled me close and held me tight.“Do you hate me?”“No, what you did was terrible but I have lost one child already. I can’t lose you and your other brother as well. I’ll send you to my brother. His pack will take care of you.”I pulled away
My hands shook vigorously as I clutched the tray of tall glasses. I could feel a sense of danger lingering in the elegantly decorated entry hall. Every step I took towards the formal living room felt like a step closer to my death. As I drew closer, I could hear the hum of conversation emanating from the room.Suddenly, a hazy scent become prominent to me, a very nice woodsy scent. Realisation hit me immediately as I became aware that I would find my mate in that room. My heart started to race even faster and I developed a feeling of eagerness in my body. This made me move faster. The dimly lit room was a sea of well-dressed people and sweet smelling extravagant perfume. The music was slow and nice, blending in well with the quiet conversation going on inside.A few hands reached out for the drinks in my tray and I tried to maintain an easy smile as I glided around the white room. Something was pulling me towards the front of the room. All of a sudden, someone grabbed my wrist and s
Jackson’s POVBryson was the biggest alpha in the central region. With his arrival, every region was represented. The formal living room had a powerful aura given the presence of the eastern, western, northern, central and the southern giants. Us, the big five, had to stick together in order to continue holding the power we had.Bryson was the biggest threat to me. Although I was still at the top, his pack closely rivalled mine and was coming up at a high speed. Sometimes it even scared me and I had to look for ways to keep him down and ensure he didn’t become better than me. That’s why I tried my best to keep him very close. “Hey man,” I said when I saw him.“Happy birthday, King” he said, giving me a short manly hug. “Thank you. What took you so long?”Bryson went ahead to spin some bxllshit to explain why it took so long for him to arrive. I listened even though I knew his lateness was intentional. He was always trying to one-up me and for peace, I always acted like I didn’t noti
Jackson King’s offer of a perfect life as his mate and luna was very tempting, but I knew everything came with a price. Life by the side of a man like him who only cared about himself couldn’t possibly come without misery. But that was not what made me reject the offer. If I accepted his offer and got too comfortable, I knew I would get side-tracked and might forget why I was there in the first place. Jackson King had indirectly killed my brother and I was not going to let that death go unpunished. I had to get justice for my brother and prevent more bloodshed for Jackson King’s comfort.Besides, I did not want his blood money. I could never be happy enjoying money that had been made off the backs of unwilling slaves.“No,” I said, shaking my head. I stared at Jackson, feeling nothing but hatred and anger towards the man. He seemed shocked by my answer.“What?”I repeated my answer and let him know that I wanted nothing to do with him. Suddenly, I could almost feel the room getting c