ANMELDENDrake raised his hand to dismiss them, “Leave. They are not enemies.”I glanced at Drake, not bothering to be threatened by his so-called men, “You got two hours. I won’t wait past that.” And then walked out of the room with Kyle.The next two hours I spent were by the seaside. I couldn’t understand where to even begin finding her. I never felt this helpless in my life until Nolan, and now this. I thought I had a lead until now. Yet, I was back to square one.Every second delayed was every second of me putting her in more danger, which was the risk I couldn’t take. A thousand possibilities ran through my mind. I had to do something. I had to already begin with everything I had. I stood up, signalling Kyle. “Let’s go.”Half an hour later, we were back at my private house. I turned on my laptop and turned to Kyle, who was already ready with his tablet. I had decided to check with all the men I had done business with, all my allies, competitors, and enemies. I couldn’t trust anyone when
The moment I stepped into Italy, it was already past midnight. Kyle walked beside me, all alert. The first thing we did was to reach one of my properties here, and I called a few of my men who were still working for Drake on the surface.After I instructed them on my orders and what to do, I put my phone down. I wanted nothing but to rush down and tear Drake apart for even stepping closer to My Wife, but I had to be patient when I didn’t know if he was behind it or someone else. I had to get My Wife back without anything happening to her.I closed my eyes to think clearly. They came prepared. They knew she would come there. They had information. They knew it in advance. It means they were given information from inside. But only Jeremy and Eliot knew about it besides Valerie. No one else. Damn it. Was I missing something here?Eliot wouldn’t do anything as such, but Jeremy?I shook my head. There was more to it than I knew.“She will be fine,” Kyle said from the side as he observed my
“Check it already,” My patience and time were too thin to wait for anything.Time passed slowly. Finally, after one minute, his voice came through the speaker, “Boss. The boys didn’t see any helicopter.”“Are you sure?” I pressed.“Yes,” He answered, “There is no such activity in the air for days here.”“Call me if you see any,” I ordered and ended the call. Jeremy said the helicopter had left for the north region. Now, the contact from the north said there had been no such activity. Could it be they have changed the direction? Of course they did. There was no other explanation. The region was too vast to change direction. And they dared to take My Wife with them? My blood boiled again!Just then I remembered I had put a tracker in her phone. Immediately, I opened the tracking app in my phone. It took barely ten seconds before I saw her phone’s location, but the frown on my face deepened seeing her location was coming from around me. She had dropped her phone here somewhere.I walked
Raven Blackwood’s POV:After Valerie left, I spent all my time with Reign, while playing with her, talking with her, read her stories from the storybooks Valerie had bought for her. I knew it was still early, but Valerie couldn’t find more topics to talk to her, so she bought these books, and it helped her talk to Reign more by reading these stories.Some seconds passed when my phone rang. I glanced at the screen and saw it was from My Wife. For a moment, something felt wrong. She had just left one and a half hours ago. She wouldn’t call me unless something was wrong! I picked it up immediately, “Hello.”But then I heard a noise. Loud and chaotic, followed by gunshots. My heart dropped instantly. Then came her voice, it was shaky, “Raven… It’s… It’s… a trap…”A chill went down my spine, and the grip on my phone tightened. I didn’t speak for a second as the storm in my mind roared. “I am coming,” I said firmly. I had to go to her immediately. She needed me. My Wife needed me. “Stay on
He did? Indeed, he did. But I couldn’t. My body trembled. Only his grip was securely holding me in my place. “Wife,” He pulled me in his embrace. “Shh. Everything is fine.” He slowly rubbed my back to calm me, “He is not here because it’s not his time yet. I promise, he will be back.”I knew what Raven was talking about. Having a second child. “Will it be him?” I couldn’t help but ask.He nodded, “Yes. He was your child. He will be back as your child.”Hearing his words, I just cried harder.It was by midnight, Reign had already fallen asleep in her crib beside our bed, and I lay in Raven’s arms quietly. He hadn’t spoken much, and I didn’t say anything either.The next morning…I got ready to go to the meeting near the sea first. Eliot and Jeremy were already here. As I took a step to walk out of the bedroom, I saw Raven was casually leaning against the door in his dark grey pyjamas, which matched his grey eyes, watching me quietly.I swallowed my breath and stopped in my tracks.“Rea
Earlier that day:Valerie Thorne’s POV:After getting multiple calls from Elara, I finally focused on the report files. The more I read them, the more I knew I had to personally visit certain people, both at sea and grounds. The work was being delayed, followed by some excuses and some casualties. They even mentioned that some people wanted to join other groups. I needed to meet them personally. But Raven was still not here, and I couldn’t bring Reign with me to certain places.Still, I made some calls to Eliot, telling him to manage them for as long as he could.After I was done, I made some more plans to deal with them and several other matters.From time to time, I talked to Reign. She was being cheerful lately, enjoying her company, rather than depending on me, even though she was just almost five months old.Taking a good look at the weather, which was not hot, not cold, just perfect for spending the day out, I decided to work under the shade of a tree today.As Reign lay in her
Her breath turned heavy. She slowly murmured, “I need it, please.”“Wife…” My voice cracked, “If I go further, you won’t be able to take it back later.”“I don’t want to take it back,” She slid her hands to my neck, holding me closer to her. “Please, I can’t hold on any longer.”I nodded and kissed
Valerie Thorne’s POV:When I woke up, my whole body ached. It felt like I had fought the whole night, or someone had beaten me up. I scratched my head and shifted my body to sit up. But suddenly, it felt like something was wrong. My legs. They felt strangely painful. What even happened last night?
I glared at all of them, “I am fine.”“You’re absolutely not fine,” Elvis said seriously. He laughed a little, but it didn’t reach his eyes.The DJ played a catchy beat song. The dance floor lit up in shades of red, purple and golden.“Come on,” Elara grabbed my hand, leading me to the dancefloor.
I had expected the drama the moment Rowan walked in with Amara, but I underestimated Rowan’s courage and how fast the night would spiral out of control.He invited her family, and they came, too.But as expected, they didn’t care about Rowan and turned to bring Amara back. But of course, Rowan, bei







