Chapter four

Alpha Michael’s POV

Within me, I felt like I was struggling to catch my breath. I forced my eyes open only to see my body lying on a bed. My eyes darted round the room… “It's a hospital!” I released a deep breath and pulled out the oxygen pipe on my nose. My body was heavily bandaged because of the shots that I got—but since I wasn't feeling any pain again, I began losing the bandages.

Werewolves are healed quickly, especially the Alphas.

The door was slammed open and the doctor dashed in like someone anxious. “Your Majesty, you can't leave until you recuperate totally,” he said to me. I took a good look at him, he's strange… I've not seen that face for the first time. “How did I get here?'' I asked him.

He sighed deeply. “A young lady drove you to this hospital with her kids, a little girl and a boy.”

That was when I began recalling everything that had happened. “Catherine!” I bit my lower lips. I had to leave my mansion after having a council meeting with my ministers. They gathered again to remind me that I had to get Luna before the next full moon or I might lose the throne… after that meeting, Jennifer, my secretary, announced to me that Catherine had been abducted and was liable to lose her life.

I can't live and she gets harmed, even though I divorced her two years ago which I'm still regretting—I left the house, with the address the bounty hunters gave me, and I went in search of her this time by myself. Jennifer tried to stop me, of course, she's my ex–lover, but I broke up with her on the day Catherine was arranged to be with me by her uncle in exchange for the money he owes me.

First, I am not a lover of women, and Jennifer made me that way. The fact that she cheated on me with my brother gave me the guts to bring Catherine into my home even when I didn't love her, and then divorced her out of depression, on the day my mother went into a coma. Since then, Jennifer has been fighting tooth and nail to come back into my life—she badly wants me to forget about Catherine.

I took a glance at the doctor. “Where's she?” I took these gunshots just to save her from the hands of whoever abducted her, I can't lose her again…I must go back to my mansion with her and those kids. “She was taken away by some security agents, with the petition of attempting murder on the Alpha King…” the doctor narrated.

I felt a sudden surge of hot blood run through my veins. Those kids… “Where are the kids?” I asked him again. He rolled his eyes. “Dr John took them with him.”

That name sounds familiar, so I need to inquire about something from those hunters. I took a last glance at him before twitching out of the ward. I left the hospital building to see my car parked in the garage.

“Your car key!'' I heard a masculine voice from the back, then I turned to see that it was the doctor. “She gave them to me before she was dragged out.” he handed it to me. I unlocked the car and luckily, my cell phone was in there. The doctor was still watching, so I turned to him. “For how long have I been here?'' I queried him.

“Just a day. You were brought here yesterday, and she was taken away today,” he explained. “Do you still insist on leaving? You might still be weak..” he stated and I smirked. “I'm very strong,” I replied to him and stepped into my car.

I unlocked my cell phone and dropped a call to Duru, one of the bounty hunters…and he picked up the first ring. 

“The doctor who's been accommodating her, what's his name?'' I inquired.

“Dr John!”

I wasn't mistaken. I ignited the car engine and drove off from the hospital, heading to the address where Catherine had been residing. I wonder why the hunters couldn't get her, but the stupid gangs caught her up. Was she being tracked down or what? I'm very sure she knows about the hunters and has been dodging them.

When I reached the house, it was empty. I walked around but didn't hear a single noise from the building then I understood that no one was in there. “He might be in the hospital…” I thought and moved to my car when I heard the sound of a moving vehicle coming into the compound. I leaned my back on my car and waited for the car until it packed in the garage…a young man alighted from the car, and with his dressings…I believed he was the doctor.

“Welcome back home, Dr John…” I stretched my hand for a greeting but he ignored it. “At least you should consider that I left my throne and paid you a visit…a lot of masses are wishing to exchange pleasantries with me,” I uttered, but politely.

At least, I should respect him for taking care of Catherine all this while.

“You don't deserve that title. An Alpha king that abandoned his family…what do we call that? No responsible man will behave that way—” he snapped back at me.

I didn't want to lose my temper, because I am the king and I have every right to do what I want. I never loved Catherine, but I regret divorcing her when I was in the hospital with my mum—I found out that her presence in my home has been useful even though there was no bond attached to us.

“I can't argue with you…just tell me where the kids are.'' I dipped my two palms into my pocket.

He scratched his head. “You're not taking them, not after you've succeeded in taking hold of their mother with an accusation…”

I got pissed off. How dare he mention that I accused Catherine when I was on the sick bed? “Were you even aware that I almost lost my life all because I had to save her? If you are claiming to be protective, then why did you let those gangs abduct her at first? Why didn't you come over to save her?'' I screeched. There's no benefit in being calm. “Those kids are mine, just have it at the back of your mind..'' I remarked and walked to my car.

He said nothing to me until I drove off, heading back home, because I was certain she would be thrown into the royal cell. On my way back home, I got a call from my Beta that the ministers were all gathered in the assembly hall.

I wonder what they are up to this time, maybe because of Catherine. The only good thing they're good at is telling me the sort of punishment that will be given to the criminals…they don't even care to know how the masses are fairing. I think I should cease their salary for a month, then feed the poor with it.

I went into the hall after over an hour of driving. They were patiently waiting for my arrival.

“Chief Minister, don't tell me you are all gathered because of the female that was jailed yesterday?” I asked the question first.

They all glanced at each other and cleared their throats.

“She committed treason, and should be enslaved.” the chief minister uttered.

I couldn't sit down again. “Do you even know who she is? That female is my supposed Luna, and she already had two kids for me… and there's no proof that she plotted that, you should be investigating who abducted her." I yelled at them. They are doing much.

“She can't be Luna, or you'll lose the throne. There's no proof that she was abducted, but there's proof that she plotted that to get rid of you…” the deputy chief minister added.