Elly gazed down at baby Mario in his cradle, admiring his cuteness and feeling thankful that he came into his life. It has already been days and she could feel that she had fallen deeply in love with him. She lifted her gaze and smiled at Greg who was seated on an armchair in front of her outside the courtyard. She had also fallen in love with Greg but decided to keep it to herself as she knew that he had just recently lost his wife. She would give him time and would wait no matter how long it would take. She had promised in her heart beside, they are already living like a couple. At least anyone looking could think that they were a married couple who had a baby too.Greg flashed her a smile too, feeling thankful for the way she had been taking care of them, especially Mario whom he wondered what he would have done if not for Elly.His wounds have been healed but have not healed without leaving a scar in his right leg. “You are still good looking the way you are, you do not have to

“Thanks,” Monalisa replied and then took off.Felicia smiled wickedly to herself as she knew that Monalisa was going to be caught. “I want to see how you would escape death this time Monalisa,” she said inwardly as she knew that trying to escape from viper city is a grave crime that meant immediate death.Hamilton tilt his head backwards as he perceived a familiar scent. “Monalisa.” He muttered as he recognized her scent even though he has not seen her.“What is she doing out here?” He asked again peering in the direction of her scent as she approached him.“Is she trying to run away?” Hamilton asked inwardly again as he saw her walking speedily in his direction. “She is definitely trying to run away from me,” he said inwardly again, taking note of her movement.He groaned deeply and quickly moved swiftly to stand in front of her, taking her by surprise.Monalisa paused abruptly, her feet suddenly stuck to the ground as she saw Hamilton standing in front of her. “How come he is here i

Hamilton quickly bent over to see if she was alright, recalling how he knocked her off the man’s body but heaved a sigh of relief after she saw her conscious. He smiled viciously and turned to pick up the slave man he had finished off.Monalisa followed him with her gaze and immediately started trembling after she saw the state the slave man was in. “I killed him,” she muttered, causing Hamilton, who had just picked up the slave man from the floor to pause and turn his gaze to her.“I killed him,” Monalisa muttered again, tears suddenly filled her eyes as she regained consciousness, recalling too what had happened and how she had fed on the man’s blood.Hamilton let out a wicked grin as he peered down on her, he knew that she was going to feel this way both didn’t know that it was going to be this soon.“I see that you have regained consciousness,” Hamilton told her mockingly, smiling wickedly from the corner of his lips.Monalisa sniffed immediately after she saw Hamilton’s smile, he

Monalisa’s brows lifted in wonder as she saw so many people gathered in the place she knew as the arena. She did not know that Hamilton had so many people living in viper city and all under his control. She could tell just by looking, those who are slaves and those who are vampires like him. “There are so many vampires here,” she said inwardly, turning her gaze around the arena and slowly her gaze rested on Doctor Clara who was trying to get her attention with her gaze as well.Doctor Clara’s heart sank into her belly as soon as she saw Monalisa with Hamilton walk into the arena, wondering what this meeting was about especially since she knew that whomever was brought here was executed. She gestured with her eyes at Monalisa hoping she could get a clue of what's going on from her but Monalisa turned her gaze away to Hamilton as she was not sure what was going on and she didn't feel good either.“Now listen up everyone, I am going to make this brief,” Hamilton said in an authoritative

“Marry me, Greg,” Elly said abruptly from the other end of the dining table where they had just finished having dinner.Greg lifted his head off the plate in front of him, his brows raised in surprise. “What?” he muttered, peering into her eyes that peered back at him. “You heard me Greg, marry me,” Elly said the words again with much confidence this time, staring back into his eyes. She had practiced saying these words to herself for some months now and had mustered the courage to say it.“One year has passed now, Greg, Mario has started mumbling his first words and I cannot let him go… I mean, I cannot let the both of you go, I want us to be a family, you, me, and Mario, I love you both, Greg, please marry me,” Elly said, reaching out for Greg’s hand from the other side of the table.“I know you would never ask me, so I took the initiative to ask,” Elly added, holding Greg’s hand.Greg shook his head a little, not knowing what to say to her since her proposal came as a surprise to