MasukChapter 52James’ POV.“Evren?” I muttered. I wrinkled my brow.I paused for a moment.“What do you want?” The sound hit the walls and came back to me. The room echoed like a cave. For a second, the silence that followed was so deep I could hear my own heartbeat.What did she want from me now? Why did she always show up when I least wanted her near? Not even now!The anger burning inside me felt strange, hot but cold at the same time. I didn’t even know how it had grown this strong. I just knew I couldn’t stand the sound of her voice anymore.“I… I…” Evren’s voice came from the other side of the door. It was shaky and thin, like a candle flame in the wind.I clenched my fists. “What do you want?” I asked again, slower this time but sharper.“I want to…” she started, then trailed off. For a few seconds, there was only the soft sound of her breathing. Then she said, “I want to see you.”I blinked, not sure I’d heard right. “You want to see me?”I turned around slowly, looking at the ro
Chapter 51James’ POVIt wasn’t news anymore that Sophia had put to bed.What shook everyone, however, was that we were attacked on the road while taking her to the hospital. The story of rogues ambushing us had spread faster than the joy of her childbirth.A baby boy, healthy, loud, full of life.But even that miracle felt small under the shadow that hung over us.I had told Sophia not to come back to the pack house after delivery.“Stay where you are,” I warned her. “It’s not safe here. Not anymore.”And I meant it.The Crescent Pack was falling apart, and even the so-called elders were too busy playing politics to notice the rot eating through our gates.Security breaches. Missing guards. Strange scents by the border.And now… a rogue attack on me.Yet, not a single elder came to my hospital room.No questions. No investigation.Just silence, and the kind that felt too heavy to be innocent.Something inside me knew this wasn’t random.Someone had sent those rogues.Someone from in
Chapter 50James' POV.Within a few minutes Sophia was laid on a stretcher. Moaning softly. I ran besides her as we moved down the hall. The air felt heavy.I could hear a few people whispering. But I cared less about what they had to say.That I am stupid? That I still cared about Sophia upon the infidelity issues that hung around her neck?What they didn't know was that I was not that stupid, nor weak. It was Poison. The agreement I signed. And all the backlashes that would come along with it. If I don't play my role as an alpha to Sophia.We reached the palace gate. The day had not yet broken. The sky, still fucking dark.The driver slammed the door and hit the gas. I instructed all of them who had helped Sophia to the car not to follow us. Since I had been bugged I knew these unrepentant rogues would be listening to all our conversation and following us. I don't want death to be too much on my neck.I wanted to signal Sophia to communicate with me in a coded language. But not in h
Chapter 49James’s POVThe early morning air bit into my skin like a gnat as I walked into the palace gates. I pull the hood over my face. The guards at post didn't notice; or maybe they pretended not. I wouldn't blame either. That was what they had been putting up that led to my father's death.My heart, pounding behind my thick chest. Every bit louder than my feet on the cold hard floor.My brain quickly flashes back. Thanks to the moon goddess. I had escaped that scene by a whisker, a bloody whisker.If luck hadn’t been on my side, I’d be lying cold beside Tristan right now.The memory hit me like a punch.Tristan’s body falling.The sharp crack of a gun.My breath hitched and turned to ice as I crouched behind the tree watching him crumble to the ground.No chance to scream.I watched as they pulled his body away, until only silence left behind.Damn it!” I whispered. My fist tightening. “ Not again… Not like Greg. Not like my last chauffeur.”The thought burned deep. Another pala
Evelyn's POV “Come back here!” I could hear the distant voice of Jeff.I knew I messed up. Submitting my body to him. This time I care less. I marched into my room, shut the door behind me. I knew I had really messed up but what options do I have left? In this compound, people hardly respect me. Hearing that I am now having sex with Jeff will worsen it further.Anytime I am working in the kitchen I see a lot of ladies with their attitude towards me. They see me as the cast away. They knew my father never liked me. They knew my father lived and breathed my sister. They knew I was the black sheep of Blackwood's family. I knew by morning Jeff would march down to my father's office to table down everything to him and probably if Jeff didn't see him, he would surely look for a way to reach my father and inform him about my pregnancy.But will my father not be angry at Jeff for not informing my father early enough about my pregnancy and hiding so much. He may see Jeff as a betrayal.
Chapter 47Evelyn's POV."What the fuck!" Jeff’s voice exploded across the room like a thunder " can't you just knock before barging in?”His roar yanked me across the fog I was floating in. My heart jumped to my throat. Both of us sprang up from the bed, breathless, drenched in sweat that glitters under the yellow light of the room.Instinct made me clutch the bedsheet tight against my chest. My eyes darted around,wildly, searching for a hiding place. I found the corner of the room ducked into it like a criminal red-handed.I pressed my face down hoping and praying the floor would open up and swallow me whole.“Fuck… big time fuck!” The word escaped from my lips.“Why now? Why this fucking time?” I muttered, "if this shit goes out I am dead." “You know you could get fired before the day break?” Jeff's voice tore through my thoughts again, sharp and furious. He quickly reached for his shorts from the floor and yanked them on. Then a young lady roughly about my age spoke. Her voi







