LOGINLEONARDO “Welcome home, dear.” Cheryl was at the door, hugging my exhausted body. I held her close, inhaling a bit of her delicious scent. It helps me when I'm this exhausted. “I’d have been long dead if I didn't have you to come home to.”She laughed, hitting my back playfully. “Don't tease me.”“I'm not. I wouldn't dare.” She's literally my pillar. And every day I go on my knees and thank the moon goddess that I didn't lose her to my little recklessness a few years back. “Bryan's asleep?” He was our little boy. “Mmm-hmm. Go take a shower. And come downstairs for dinner.” She said, letting me go.I nodded obligingly, heading for the stairs while she disappeared into the kitchen. I had a thorough hot water bath, and my phone was buzzing when I stepped out of the bathroom. I grabbed it from the bed and had a moment of hesitation when I saw who it was. Richard. Strange. He's never called in the last three years. I swiped receive and slowly brought the phone to my ears, waiting f
RICHARD Liam had just narrated word-for-word what went down between him and Vince. He showed up and Vince cancelled the meeting, demanding that I show up instead or send a family representative. “He's sick,” I hissed, intertwining my fingers. Anger was cooking inside me. And so was indignation. That bastard!“I can't agree less,” Liam muttered. “But what are we gonna do? He gave us three days and if we don't do what he wants, he will claim the building.”“He's an arrogant bastard.” Words couldn't do justice to the extent of my frustration. They weren't enough to vent my anger. “He is, but also an unreasonable one. I gather you both share equal rights to the building, right?”I nodded. “Yeah. 55-45. That's almost equal.”“Sure is, so why is he carelessly saying he's gonna claim the building? That goes against every business ethic I know. He can't claim it without your approval.”I wish that were true. I wish Vince were ethical and followed protocols. But I know him too well to know
LEONARDO“For once, Anastasia, would you be so kind as to listen?!!!” I couldn't help but yell at the overly dolled-up Jezebel in front of me. She flinched at my outburst. “How dare you?!”“Forgive me, but I need you to listen.” I gritted out, sucking in a harsh breath. “You need to talk to Vince. Make him realize that he's slowly turning into a tyrant and that's not good for us.”“You're overreacting. This is just business.” She laughed, and my God, it was the meanest laugh I've ever had. “Business? Richard's never gonna agree to selling off his rights.”“Vince can handle Richard and whatever opposition he comes up with. I'm not bothered by this either. So what's eating you up, Leo?”“I can't believe you're saying that. You, for one, know how close Vince and Richard were when we were younger. Doesn't it break your icy heart even a little bit to see him doing this to Richard?”“And what is he doing?”“He's been coercing Richard into selling every property they have a shared ownershi
RICHARD The harmonious chatter from the crowd was like a symphony to my ears. Watching everyone with smiles warmed the deepest part of my heart. As an Alpha, I think the best moments of your lives should be when your people are happy, and it's all thanks to you. “Greetings, Alpha.” One of the soldiers guarding the gates came to me and whispered in my ear. “Greetings. Is there a problem?” I whispered back.“They're here,” he informed me. Finally!“Alright." Excitement crowded my insides as he bowed and left. I signaled to one of my right-hand men, and he skillfully silenced the crowd. I stood, ready to address my people. Their expectant, innocent gazes rested on me as I began speaking.“I'd like to thank everyone for honoring my invitation. It calms my heart to see us bonding like this again, after all the recent tragedies.”Saying that must have hurt some feelings because I could spot some of them sobbing. “I'm really sorry that all I can do is give you houses and food. I wish
LEONARDO“If someone had told me three years ago that he'd do something this reckless, I wouldn't have believed it. Hell, I'd have called the person crazy.”“It says he formed a firm camaraderie with the northern sorcerers. What the fuck is camaraderie? It sounds like a big word for ‘bullshit’,” Luke chuckled, taking his eyes briefly off the phone he was reading the article from. “Yeah, you could say that,” I replied, re-reading the article. It was the thousandth time now. I was going through a range of emotions, from shock to disbelief, while reading this. It was completely unbelievable that Richard would actually invite sorcerers into his Pack and form whatever silly friendship or bond with them.It's despicable. He knew better than that!“Do you think he's in his right mind? Maybe he has dementia or maybe his head still hurts from whatever illness he suffered from three years ago?” Luke asked, with a mock chuckle. He was being a shithead about this. And it wasn't even funny! I d
VINCE I woke up with a loud groan because of the monstrous migraine I was having. Opening my eyes was torture but I tried. The sun rays hit right on them, making me groan even louder. Who the fuck opened these blinds??I rubbed my aching eyes and dropped my hand back on the bed. The thing is, it didn't hit the bed. It hit a body. My face turned sharply in the direction, stunned at the sight of Anastasia, sleeping. What the fuck was she doing on my bed??Taking note of the fact that she was naked under the sheets, as I was, aroused a bad retching feeling in my throat. I didn't need someone to explain to me what the fuck happened. I think I already figured it out and it was disgusting the fuck out of me. Growing rigid with anger, I tapped her thighs. She didn't budge. I gave her a more vigorous shake, and she opened those eyes immediately. She had a satisfied smirk on her face that was only making me feel worse.“Morning, love.” she mused. “What the fuck are you doing on my bed?”
ELENA “I'll go grab a snack from the table, Father,” I said in a rush, hurrying to the long table covered with delicacies. Putting a healthy distance from Vince's cold stare. My steps were hurried and unsteady; I was also tripping because it felt like he was looking at me, and it got my insides tw
VINCE “Elena,” I crouched in front of her, with my hands pinned on the bed, at her sides. “I understand that you're angry and shattered about this. You certainly weren't expecting that what we had was gonna result in this. I wasn't expecting it either…”Goddess, but why were my lips quivering so m
“Isn't he fucking hot?” The girls giggled, ogling at him while sipping from their glasses.I was ogling just as much. Right from when he made his entrance. His all-black attire was sexy as fuck. And those dark shades and the few locks he braided his hair into. He looked every bit the stud tonight.
VINCE “Elena, for the last damn time, who the hell is the father of that creep you're carrying?!” Trent bellowed, pushing down the vase next to him. It crashed on the floor and Elena gasped at the mess. My eyes popped, scrutinizing Elena from where I stood, making sure none of the pieces of that







