AVA:I swallowed hard, not knowing how to respond to Leo's mother who had been looking from my parents to me, her eyes demanding an explanation for the question she earlier asked.My mother had this sick lopsided smile on her face that showed she didn't even know where to start to explain, and my father was probably still trying to bring the nitty-gritty of his words together."Ma'am, I'm so sorry you had to hear this.""Of course, you have to be sorry when I tell my son about all this going on." She snapped at me before I even finished.My mother made to say another word but Leo's mother was already leaving before my mother got the chance to say a word.I glared at my mother. "Couldn't you have just kept your drama away from here till the next day?" I shook my head in disappointment while folding my arms across my shoulders and made to walk away. She dragged me back by the hand and this time, her petting facade fell off.Her face was ugly with a frown, she gave me a pointed look."No

AUTHOR'S POV: A sigh escaped Damien's lips as he lifted the hem of Audrey's clothes. He kissed her roughly, his ragged breath slowly working with his fingers to create sensations where the sun didn't shine in Audrey's body.Audrey moaned and Damien pursed for a moment. It all seemed so surreal but right now, Damien wasn't sure he was feeling as happy and satisfied as he used to be. He used to feel twice as pleasurable as he was now, but right now, his mind was somewhere else.He couldn't stop thinking about Ava. Was she going to come home with her parents? All of a sudden, he disengaged from Audrey, who gave him a questioning look."What's wrong? One minute you're in it and the next, you want out. What's going on?" She asked but Damien didn't answer.Instead, he was busy pulling up his pants."You're right. I don't feel like fooling around right now when I have a lot on my mind. I need Ava to get here. I need her to give an excuse to the public for committing the blunder she'd just

AVA:My mind was so occupied with the thoughts of what could have made Leo turned against me in one day that I didn't notice someone approaching.I could remember that just before I turned to look at the approaching running steps, I had wondered if what just happened was a side of Leo that I didn't know about."Good day Ma'am, we have news for you." This was one of my men talking. I had now removed my Luna attire, and so except for the people who knew me personally, i wasn't recognizable as Luna, talk less of middle men like the one standing in front of me.I wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone at the moment but when he mentioned that he had information, I couldn't resist letting him speak.I nodded at him. I was overthinking, a word from my mouth may make me overreact too."Ma'am, the lady in the palace of Blue Crest pack which you have positioned to report the event of things has begun to act irrationally, more like a dog unleashed. She might beaking my job harder, and so I need h

ALPHA KING LEO:Unflinching, I watched as the glass cup got quashed under my hold.Ava was my peace and now that she has been taken away from me, I am almost returning to the monster they wanted me to be."You have to stop being all grumpy, everything I did was for your good. I'm sure you don't want to end up like your father who sacrificed himself for the ones he loved." My mother said and I stood up, completely tired of the situation she put me in."You shouldn't be threatening me, Mum. But you and I know this isn't for my good. You're just scared that something bad will happen to me for coveting another man's mate. I know you too well, mother." I snapped my fingers, signaling for someone to come clean up the mess.I regretted that I had gritted my teeth while talking to my mother but there was no lesser way of expressing my anger."Don't come in or you won't walk with your legs anymore." My mother issued a threat to the fast approaching footsteps and it stopped.Everyone knew my mo

ALPHA KING LEO:My heart broke into a million pieces when Ava asked if I loved her. There was so much hurt in her eyes and that was what hurt me the most."I have to take you out of here." I was trying to get Ava out to safety and at the same time, avoid having to talk to Ava about love. Now was not the time.My two brothers were outside, and I had fought them with all my strength. They had grown stronger with the years and it was undeniable that they shared the same blood with me because they were strongly built."No," Ava held strongly to my arm as her lips parted for the second time."Tell me the truth. Do you love me?""I love you, Ava but we can't talk here. I have to take you out of this place so my brothers won't harm you, okay?" I whispered to her ears and carried her in my arms.I began leaving the place but the snarling of my younger brothers didn't go unnoticed. They were wounded from the fight not long ago. The reason Jasper was able to hold Ava and torment her to the exte