ODETTE’s POV.I wake up with a splitting headache and I immediately know it’s that time again which makes my anger skyrocket.My wolf growls inside of me as I stumble out of bed towards the bathroom. A cold shower should alleviate the heat a little until I am able to get to the pack house. There is something the healer makes for me that calms me down for a few days and I can live with that. Since Zach died, no one has touched me and believe me when I say it has been torture trying to suppress my heat for three years straight.As soon as the cold water hits my body, I let out a sigh of relief but I know it’s just a temporary relief, the feelings will soon creep in again.Gosh, I hate this. I hate this so much.I close my eyes and allow the water to continue flowing through my body.“Maybe we should get laid” my wolf suggests but I completely ignore it, I certainly do not want to get laid by anyone and I mean anyone at all After about thirty minutes, the feeling intensifies again and I
MALACHI’s POV.Ask me why I put my own life in danger shielding her from the incoming truck and I won’t be able to give you an explanation. Ask me why I was able to know she was on heat and go to help her and I will still give the same bland explanation of not knowing.It happened about three weeks back. I had attended one of her father’s fashion shows and I couldn’t help but notice her.That day she was putting on a pair of white long sleeve shirts which were neatly tucked into a jean pant. Her natural silver hair was pulled up in a bun. Ask me how I knew her silver hair was natural and I won’t be able to give a befitting answer too. The makeup on her face that day was simple yet elegant, her red lips are still etched in my memory until this very day.She looked so beautiful that day and I couldn't get her out of my head and it all became a bit creepy when I could also figure out something’s going on in her head if we were in a close range.Not to be a stalker but I couldn't help fol
ODETTE’s POV.I wake up feeling a bit refreshed but I know it’s only a matter of time before my body heats up again. Unconsciously, my mind drifts off to Malachi and I let out a frustrated groan. How could he take me to his house when he has a mate? But it’s not like I did anything wrong, I didn’t know and it’s not even my business.I shove the thought to the back of my head, time to get the day started.Pulling my body out of bed, I make my way towards the bathroom but a knock on my door has me turning my head.“Hey baby” it’s mum, “can I come in?”“Sure”She pushes the door open and saunters into the room, a small smile on her face.“Good morning mum”“Morning sweetheart” she perches on one side of my bed, “how are you feeling this morning?”“Good” I shrug, walking into the bathroom and grabbing my brush.“Yeah?”“Hmm”“So how were you able to…you know like take care of your heat? Izzy told me you didn’t go to the pack house yesterday”“Are you keeping tabs on me, Mrs Philips?”She
ODETTE’s POV.As soon as he opens the door and my eyes come in contact with his, my breath hitch. I remember how his lips felt on mine hours ago, the feel of his body against mine and the way his ragged breath fanned my face.I spent four hours in this room but just one look at him in his robe and I feel my whole body heat up again. But I shouldn’t be thinking about him in this way, he has a mate and I do it, I did but that doesn’t change the fact that this is wrong in all ramifications.Clearing my throat, I step out of the room onto the hallway but he doesn’t move an inch, his huge frame towering above me.“How do you feel?” Malachi asks, his gaze on me.“Better” I lie. Of course, I don’t feel better. I want the fucking ground to open up and swallow me whole but wait, has he always had these kinds of eyes?“Odette?” His voice jolts me out of my thoughts and I let out a sigh.“I guess I should leave now” I tell him.“Stay for dinner” he tells me.“No” I immediately refuse, “I don’t
I immediately pull away from him, I genuinely do not like the way my body is reacting to his touch. I shouldn’t be feeling that way with another man ever.“I have to go” I grab my bag and rush out of the house, no, I can’t let that happen.I don’t even give him an opportunity to come after me because the moment I get to my car, I zoom off before he appears in front of my car again.As soon as I turn on the main road, I bring my car to a halt before letting out a huge sigh.What the hell was I thinking agreeing to stay for dinner and even agreeing to stay and do the dishes with him? What the hell was I thinking letting him kiss me? What the heck was I thinking letting him touch me and letting my imaginations run wild.Zach will be so disappointed in me, how can I let that happen? A wolf is bound to its mate for the rest of its life so why the heck did I allow another man touch me?I press my head against the headrest and close my eyes, this isn’t right and this shouldn’t happen ever ag
ODETTE’s POV. I wake up to the sound of Zach talking into the phone in hush tones, a slight frown appears on my face as I pull my body to a sitting position. This has been going on for days now, he talks into the phone late in the night and he always looks worried. Grabbing my night robe, I pull out of bed and make my way towards the balcony. The moment he sees me, he immediately ends the call and plasters a fake smile on his face. “What’s going on, Zach?” I ask him. “It’s nothing princess” he replies, “sorry for waking you up, you should go back to bed” It is clearly a lie, I wish I could read his thoughts just like he reads mine but I don’t know why he blocked me out. I can neither read his thoughts nor even know what’s going on in his mind. “What does that even mean?” I ask again, “since you got back, you have been acting strange. Tell me, what’s going on with you, babe? Is there an issue at the pack house?” “No, not that” he answers, “Zuni is doing a good job in my ab
ODETTE’s POV.Getting a hold of myself, I walk into the conference room again and now, father is the one talking. I try as much as possible not to glance at Malachi again because I know his fucking gaze are still on me.Flashing a smile on my face, I sit near Zach and he gently grabs a hold of my hand under the chair, a gesture which makes my lips curl up and from the corner of my eyes, I see Malachi’s face tense up.“You took too long,” he whispers to me.“My strap came off”“Well, ladies and gentlemen” father’s voice reaches my ear again, “we have listened to what Zachary has said, so do you have anything to say concerning that?”Everyone is silent for a moment until I see Malachi gently rise from his chair and my eyebrows hit my hairline.“Well, eight hundred million dollars is not a small amount of money Mr Zachary, so what’s your guarantee that you will be getting this project after getting this money? Well, permit me to say this, I am not a full member of the board of Avanti an
ODETTE’S POV.A week later.I am seated in the room in the pack house, Zach has gone for a meeting with a few of the pack members. Apparently they are a few wolf hunters that have been invading the pack and luckily a few of them have been caught.Last week, we were able to secure the deal, the money was given to Zach and now we are waiting for the feedback from the investors. Dad and mum left a few days after then and we talk everyday, mum is fine and I know for a fact that she will live. She is a strong woman, she didn’t crumble the first time and she won’t crumble now.The pack house is beautiful but everyone seems to walk on eggshells with me and Zach. For the past week we have spent here, I have seen how ruthless Zach is. His word is his law and I see how swiftly he gets things done. I can’t help but be proud of him the most, I always knew he was going to be a force to be reckoned with. Now the only thing we need to do now is focus on our lives and our future. My thoughts are int
BRYER’s POV.It has been four days since Malachi locked me up here and he hasn’t shown up. I don’t know if he has gone back to New York or he is purposely not showing up in front of me. I even tried to escape last night but I was hurt because of how weak my body is. My injuries are not healing because of what Malachi poured on me, even though they let me have a shower and stay at the pack house, I am still under the scrutinizing gaze of the pack warriors.Malachi is trying to break me mentally by keeping me here, away from the world and away from my phone. I wonder if Zach already knows I am missing. He must have asked Brendon, I need him now more than ever. This is when I need him to show me I am his mate.I let out a sigh as I plop down on the bed, wincing in pain. The more Malachi hurts me, the more I am going to make her pay for every single pain and suffering I had to go through.The door opens up and I spring up from the bed. An angry sigh leaves my mouth when I see who it is.
ODETTE’s POV.Plopping down on the bed lightly, dad also lowers himself beside me. Concern and worry written on his face. He looks like he is waiting for my permission to hurt Zach and I can understand, I also want to hurt him too, hurt him so much that even the moon goddess will be scared for him.“Mum told me you have been worried” I start to talk, “you needn’t worry about me dad, i am fine”“Do you know how scared I was seeing you on that hospital bed, princess?” He asks me, “I was so scared, it felt like the day your mum was supposed to have her surgery. I don’t ever want to see you in that kind of situation ever again”Without saying anything, I lean into his embrace and he starts to stroke my hair lightly.It is still overwhelming that a man who didn’t father us could love us this way. He never made us feel like we were missing a real father. Sometimes I wonder why he and mum didn’t have another child.“Baby” he calls out gently, “you know the doors are always open for you to co
CHAPTER THIRTY NINE.MALACHI’s POV.I had just finished setting the table for dinner when she walks back into the house looking a bit dejected and tired. I don’t bother asking her what’s wrong because I already know what happened. Seeing her like this breaks my heart. She didn’t say anything for two days and In those two days, it felt like my whole life came to a standstill. She was in pain and I couldn’t do anything about that. It made me feel incapable and unable to take care of my woman.When she showed up at the study earlier, I was happy she was finally out of bed but that didn’t stop her from noticing something was wrong and I had to tell her, I had to break her heart once again. Believe me, I wouldn’t even need to lift a finger to kill an alpha like Zach but she made me promise to wait till the right time. The only thing I can do at this moment is to comfort her and wait for the right time.Letting out a sigh, I make my way towards her and pull her into my embrace. Odette does
ZACHARY’s POV.The moment those words reach my ear, my heart skips a beat. What does she mean by my child? What the heck was that? I know Odette and she wouldn’t have kept my child after we broke up. I didn’t even know she was pregnant, how could she call me and tell me something like that?When I went to her house two days ago, I intended to speak to her but seeing her in that condition, I was somewhat happy. She hurt me too, she hurt me and I couldn’t stop myself from injecting her with the wolfsbane before I decided to take her to the hospital. For the time we were together, she didn’t get pregnant but she didn’t hesitate to get pregnant for someone but right mow it feels like my world has come to a fucking standstill.I call her number again but she doesn’t answer. Luckily I am still in New York for a business meeting , I grab my car keys and rush out of the room. I want her to look me in the eyes and tell me those disgusting lies.In no time, my car pulls in front of Malachi’s ho
ODETTE’s POV.“Babe?” Malachi calls out to me for the umpteenth time but I just continue facing the wall, not having the energy or the ability to look at him. It hurts, it hurts so badly and there is nothing I can do about it.I struggled to accept the fact that I would give birth to Zachary’s child but I loved the feeling of being pregnant nonetheless. It was my child, mine but it was snatched from me. The more I think about it, the more sad and upset I am. I gently touch my tummy and close my eyes. It is empty now, my child didn’t even get the chance to come into this world..I sniff back a tear, I don’t want Malachi to see me in pain because he is in pain himself. I don’t want him to see me the way I am broken, broken from inside. It’s been two days but it feels like yesterday where I lost my baby. How will I be able to forgive myself for not taking good care of my baby?“Babe?” He calls out again but I continue to ignore him. I can’t even face him, how can I do that without feelin
MALACHI’s POV.Torturing someone who has one way or another gone against me is one of the sweetest things in my world, making them scream in pain and agony makes me and my wolf excited and that is the kind of immense joy I felt a while back, seeing Bryer in that kind of pain. She was my best friend, that would have never happened to her if only she respected boundaries and not called my wife names.Pushing the thoughts of her to her to the back of my head, I make my way into my room and at that moment, a call comes through my phone.Seeing her name pop up on the screen makes a warm smile appear on my face. Plopping down on the bed, I click on the receive button before pressing the phone against my ear.“Hello love” her voice filters through and I immediately feel my anger disappearing. This wife of mine has the power to make or break me and I am not going to stop her from doing whatever she wants with me, that’s how much I love and want her.“I have been calling you” Odette says from
BRYER’s POV.As soon as I drop my phone, I plop on the bed and close my eyes trying to calm my mind. Last night was really rough, I didn’t even know Zachary would end up believing me but he did and that was something I owe to Jacquline. If she didn’t give me that portion from the beginning, how would I have been able to have Zach wrapped around my fingers. He believed me without one single doubt and I hope it remains like that until I can finally get what I want.Now going back to Texas could be dangerous but I need to show Malachi that I am not scared of his threats. We belong side by side, I am the only person who is capable of standing beside him and protecting him when things go haywire.My phone chimes with a message and I pick it up, my forehead creases into an angry frown when I see the content of the message. The idea to check Zachary’s dash cam this morning occurred to me and when I did, I realized it caught everything that happened last night, more than enough to tarnish Od
ZACHARY’s POV.I angrily throw the documents on the table and all the board members flinch, my eyes travel around the room before settling on the man standing on the podium.“Is this what you have to offer me?” I ask him, “one whole week and this is the rubbish you fucking bring to me?”No one says anything and this angers me the most, do they all think I pay them to laze around and just.. Pulling myself from the chair, I grab my phone.“If you are all not competent enough, I will have the lot of you replaced”“Mr Hills” one of them finally speaks up, “the company is in on the rise now, i believe we can make the most out of this if we decide to partner with Echo”A deep frown forms on my face as I tighten my jaw together. That name is the bane of my existence.“Find other Investors” I tell them, “or you all can submit your resignation letter”With that I storm out of the conference room. It’s been a while since I finally brought my company to the limelight and of course it is doing we
ODETTE’s POV.With a heavy sigh, I plop down on the chair as the two of them continue to stare back at me like they do not know me. This is the main reason why I didn’t tell any of them because I know they will get hyper sensitive about everything.“You know you didn’t have to fly back because of this right?” I ask Jayden, “it’s not as serious as you think”“Are you kidding me?” Kayden flares up, “all this was going on and you didn’t deem it fit to let us know? I would have killed that bastard myself if you told me earlier”“I can handle Zach on my own” I tell them, “now can we stop discussing this? Mum gave me an earful earlier today and the two of you won’t let me rest too. I have a lot on my plate right now and I can not think if anything else”“How is Malachi treating you?”“That question reminds me of mum” I say to the both of them and I see how their gaze drops. The fact that mum had gone through the same thing and I am also going through it means the moon goddess is quite aware