SAMANTHA'S POV When I had woken up,I felt empty.Like something and been taken out of me.It took a few more minutes for me to register the voices that surrounded me."She should be awake by now"I heard the Male voice say.I blinked as the light rays seeped into my eyes."She's awake!"I would recognize that voice anywhere.it belonged to Martha."Are you okay?"I saw Rick as he leaned closer to me to inspect.He waved his hand in front of me and I followed it."She's responding"he said letting out a sigh of relief.Manuel shoved aside and leaned in closer."Samantha are you okay?"he asked softly.I groaned as I felt a sharp pain around my belly.I looked at all the expectant faces that surrounded me.Immediately a wave of sadness hit me.My baby was gone.He or she was gone before they got the chance to meet me.Manuel enveloped me into his arms.I sobbed into his shirt.When I was calm moments later,I stared at Manuel with everything hurtful he had said,his betrayal and Marcell
MANUEL'S POV If anyone has told me that where I would be at the wee hours of the morning.I wouldn't have believed them.As I stared into the cold steel eyes of all the council-members ,I wondered what had happened to make them summon me by this ungodly hour."Alpha Manuel.."The head council member named Valor spoke up,his voice bellowed through the hallways.The echo bounced off the walls."It has come to our attention that you have not kept the honour that is befitting of an Alpha."He said raising his voice a little higher."What?I do not understand what you mean"I asked confused.He flung a set of pictures towards me.It slid all the way to my feet."What is all this?"I said inspecting the pictures. They looked familiar. But I couldn't quite place where I had seen them before until I had looked closely. They looked like screenshots from the video that had threatened to destroy my reputation years ago when I had first met Samantha."Shit!"I cursed. "Do those pictures repr
SAMANTHA'S POV Just when I thought that everything was over.I get the call that the kids were taken on their way to school that morning.On their very first week of starting school, this had to happen.I shrieked as the fear of loosing my kids hit me .I couldn't loose them.I didn't know how I was going to live without them.How was I going to survive without them?With shaky hands I dialed the one number that could at least do something to help.He picked up after the first ring"Hi Samantha"His deep voice rang through the receiver."Manuel the kids are gone!"I shrieked.There was a pause on the other end of the phone."What?"I could hear the confusion in his voice."The kids were taken!"I elaborated."Am on my way.Try to stay calm.You just went through something,I don't think I can handle something happening to you. "He said .I almost felt myself calm down a little bit.Soon after he arrived with Micheal and Rdyer.Rick had arrived with them as well."Are you okay?"Manuel
MANUEL'S POV "What's wrong?"I asked."It says here that they in two different locations.How is that even possible?"Micheal replied."We could split up."Rdyer suggested."Yes,we should."Rick agreed.They sprung into action as they walked towards the door.""Am coming too"she declared.They all turned to look at her wide-eyed. Walking up to her,I gripped her hands tightly "No,Samantha.It will be too dangerous.We can handle it"I told her."No,I want to come with.These aren't children you're talking about here"She refuted heading towards the door."Look,if there's anything,I promise...we promise we'll tell you.It will be like you're there with us.You just won't be there...physically"he suggested. She paused."Okay.Am only staying here just incase they come back or something."she said reluctantly."But please let me know about whatever you find."She pleaded.we all smiled at her attempt to convince herself."We sure will."Rdyer answered."Be safe out there guys."she envelo
SAMANTHA'S POV I tried so hard to stop my beating heart to calm down.I couldn't.I didn't know what I was doing,or where exactly I was asked to go and I didn't know if Manuel had arrived at the apartment and read my note.I had s plan but it was solely dependent on if Manuel had gotten my message.I checked my phone to see a text message from Manuel saying:"Let's do it"I let out a breath that I didn't know I was holding.I arrived in time to see a flashlight waving up in the air like the caller had said would happen.I rushed out of the car and ran towards the house but wa stopped by two men."Did you come alone?"One of them spoke.He had a deep baritone voice that was befitting of a man his stature and size."Did you come alone?"he asked again with an impatient strain in his voice."Yes"I responded.He gestures towards my car and without hesitation,a man came out if the shadows and placed something magnetic under my car before leading me inside the house.The interior of the
MANUELS POV"What have I done?!"I cried numb."You have to relax Manuel,nothing good will come out of you getting angry All we need to do now is to hope and pray that nothing happens to your son."Micheal reasoned. "What is going to happen now?"Rdyer asked now."I have no idea man.All I do know is that we have to focus on what is going to happen now."Micheal responded.My hands trembled as thoughts of what might happen to Finn came flooding my mind.Who could do such a thing?My anger had no bounds.I was enraged by the the time we arrived at the hospital.Rick was already inside the lobby with Nova and Dax while Samantha and the rest of us went towards the surgery room waiting outside for some sort of miracle to happen.Samantha paced the hallways still in. Her bloody clothes, her eyes were red from crying and her nose was red and runny.She sniffed.I went up to her to her and and she fel limp into my arms."My baby.Our baby Manuel"She cried.We don't know how long we stayed
SAMANTHA POV"Its Marcella's"I knew immediately I saw the scarf.Manuel had come back hours later with the other guys and they were huddled together outside the hospital room arguing about something. I looked down to see the scarf I knew truly belong to her.I had seen her wear it."How can you be so sure?"Manuel asked skeptical."Because I've seen her wear it."I reploed wryly. "It does make sense. She seems like the only other person that could have done a thing like this.From what you have told me,she's obsessed with you and doesn't believe in you and Samantha "Rdyer responded siding with me."I don't think we should jump to conclusions just yet.We still have to give her a chance to defend herself."I reasoned."Come on man,you yourself said that you saw a man walk by you and you know her scent was familiar."Micheal added.My heart broke to think that after all this time,Manuel still couldn't accept that Marcella was a cunning and scheming woman.He still believe that she is
MANUEL'S POV Today as we were seated in the congregations ready for Rick's wedding with my hand gripping Samantha's hand tightly. I wondered what our mating ceremony would be like.As per requested by Rick's fiance,Miriam's mother,they were having a church wedding in the eyes of God.She was quite religious and what better way for Rick to make Miriam's mother like him than to do her bidding. So here we were sitting together. All his best people were seated in the front row of the pew while the Samantha,Miriam's bridesmaid for the day was looking ravishing in her milky white dress. We were all dressed looking our best as we prepared for Rick's wedding ceremony.At first,Rick had not been my favorite person but now i understood why Samantha loved him so much. I tugged at the tie of my suit groaning quietly at the tightness of the suit.I had barely fit into the suit but Samantha had had it handpicked for me so I was forced to wear it. But I must say I was looking rather sharp in a tail