Se connecterCHAPTER 68: She’s PREGNANT~RICHARD~For the first time since this chaos, I saw how this was my fault as much as it was the person who placed a pillow over Talia’s face.It was my fault our union was not consummated. It was my fault Talia could even insult Kimberly in the first place. It was because she had to protect me that she launched at her, because she couldn’t tell the world that she couldn’t be pregnant without any form of intimacy.If all of that hadn’t happened, Talia would not be in the position to be murdered. She was a feisty woman and could easily defend herself and if she didn’t die, no one would look in Kimberly’s direction.Experiencing that shame first hand. The shame of not being able to say that Kimberly was not pregnant because I hadn’t even touched her, I blamed myself for everything.“Alpha Richard, if we’re going to look this over, or be mild on her punishment for the sake of the heir, we have to know. Is she pregnant?” the chief councilman asked me again.“Ye
CHAPTER 67: The COUNCIL Meets~RICHARD~“This is not fair. She didn’t even know that Talia was dead. How could she be the one that killed her?”I could not control my anxiety.I paced from one end of my mother’s room to the other. Luckily, there was enough space to do so, since my mother was one person that enjoyed minimalist interior décor.She always hated how heavily decorated the mansion had to be, but my father would insist that every furniture, painting on the wall or flower vase had a story to tell and must remain in the mansion.She got her own room and placed just a bed in the corner, a dressing mirror pressed to the wall on the left side of the bed and on the opposite side, her closet.It didn’t matter to her that the room was the size of a hall comfortably able to accommodate fifty adult wolves, a small fluffy red rug at the foot of her bed was all the design she needed to polish the plain white aesthetic the room had and for me, this meant enough space to pace around and e
CHAPTER 66: ARRESTED~KIM~I slammed the vehicle door and held the wheel with tears in my eyes.‘Why was everyone against me?’Even when my parents saw her fault, they still somehow managed to favor her, but me, one second and they were quick to have me thrown in a dungeon.“Why do I even care?” I cleaned my eyes multiple times, but it didn’t stop me from crying. It was like trying to slap a plaster on an actively bleeding puncture.‘You’re not weak for wanting their love and support, Kim.’ Her voice was subtle, but the words sank deep, almost covering the cracks they had formed in my heart.‘You deserve their love and support. It’s their loss if they can’t give it.’ Rachel continued.‘I know it doesn’t make it hurt any less, but your pain is valid and it doesn’t make you weak. There is nothing wrong with you.’Those were the words I needed to hear. It was just unfortunate that I had to say them to myself. From one form to another.I started the vehicle and headed back to the mansion.
CHAPTER 65: The meeting room ~RICHARD~“Because I’m equally worried, Richard.” She said softly, walked up to me and hugged me from behind, rubbing her hands all over my chest.“I know the whole reason Kim is here and I want to let you have something to do with her. I do. But I just can’t stand the thought of you and her in bed.”“We love each other. It would break my heart to know that…” Elena was on the verge of tears, “any chance the councilmen will forget the five-year rule and we can keep trying for a baby? Our own baby.”“Uhm…yeah…no…I mean…rules are rules, baby.” I gently took her hands from my chest and moved them away.My heart was beating three times as fast for a second there. It was a relief she had no idea of the Talia situation.“Wait. Is something wrong with Kim? What are you not telling me, Richard?”“Nothing. Nothing…Nothing is wrong.” I rushed into the bathroom and shut the door behind me, before she figured any more stuff.I spent the entire night waiting for her t
CHAPTER 64: CONFUSION AND ACCUSATION~RICHARD~She was right.Time and again I had confessed my loyalty to Elena, but I had not for once said anything about loving her. It wasn’t because I was not grateful.Elena had pulled me out of the darkest moments in my life. Times when I could not see a way forward. I was never going to do anything to hurt her.‘As long as it depended on me, she was going to be happy.’ That was the promise I made and I’ve lived by it everyday since I met her four years ago.At first, I had no problems.In the first two weeks of my recovery, Elena never left my side and I didn’t want her to. I was convinced that looking at her face—at the face of the woman that saved me, gave me a second chance at life. I was convinced that looking at her face made me better.I was so sure that I proposed to her in two weeks and got married a week later.There was a little discomfort from my mother and pack councilmen, but I was so certain and happy, no one dared to argue with
CHAPTER 63: The Prophecy~KIM~I certainly did not leave the cabin empty handed.Two hundred pages and fourteen hours of being inside my room later…“I found it!”I exclaimed.“Every Alpha ends up with another royal or a member of a distinguished family, except the two hundredth Alpha of the Fell pack. His destiny is with a Donovan Omega.”The words were bold and staring at my face.I didn’t think it was a coincidence that it was on the two-hundredth page of the Fell pack history.Richard was the two-hundredth Alpha of the pack.He must have known that this was written about him and jumped at Elena being a Donovan the minute he learnt she healed him. There was only one problem with his interpretation of the prophecy.I had one more stop to make and this time, it did not have to wait till nightfall.I jumped in the vehicle and drove straight to my parents’.Ever since Elena got married to Richard, she had them moved out of the small house we all lived in.They now lived off the coast i
CHAPTER 6: The Necklace Lie~ Kim ~The world stopped.I stared at Elena, waiting for her to laugh. Waiting for her to correct herself. Waiting for something that would make this make sense.But she just stood there, perfectly composed, her blue eyes wide and innocent as a doe's."Excuse me?" My voi
CHAPTER 5: ELENA’S NECKLACE~ Kim ~The world tilted pleasantly as Richard's face drew closer to mine. Scotch had a way of making everything feel inevitable, like gravity itself was pulling us together. His hands were warm against my face, his thumbs brushing the curve of my cheekbones with a gentl
CHAPTER 4: The Consummation Clause~ Kim ~Dinner that night was torture.The entire family had gathered — my parents, Elena, Richard, and Richard's mother, Catherine Fell. She was an elegant woman in her sixties with silver hair styled in a classic updo and sharp green eyes that seemed to see ever
CHAPTER 3: The Wolf's Den ~ Kim ~ My feet moved before my brain could talk me out of it. I walked toward the cabin, drawn by curiosity and something else I couldn't name. Why had Richard chosen this exact spot? Was it coincidence? The cabin was beautiful up close. It looked like a sanctuary. A







