LOGINCHAPTER 178~RICHARD~I made a turn to my side to get comfortable in bed when my hand felt the presence of someone with me.My smile broadened and I pulled her close.I wrapped her firmly from behind, but as soon as my nose was positioned behind her neck, the scent was familiar, but it did not belong to Kim.I quickly opened my eyes.My reaction was reflexive.I pushed her away and moved to the edge of the bed pretty quickly.The force I used woke her from sleep.Elena.Sweat drenched my brows instantly.I was naked in her bed and Elena was equally not dressed.“What happened here?” I inquired, scratching my head and aggressively cleaning the sweat from my brows.‘Oh! This is bad,’I dragged my clothes, hurriedly put them on and dashed out of the room.It was nine o’clock in the morning, so it was not out of place to find Sam in the room.She had bathed the twins, had them back in bed and when I walked in, Kim was applying some body lotion and in a light conversation with Sam.“Good m
CHAPTER 177~ELENA~I didn’t need him to walk out on me to know that our union had ended, but somehow, it was the confirmation I needed.‘He really was with her now,’I wished I could say that it was about the fact that she gave him the one thing that I couldn’t give to him, but it wasn’t it. This wasn’t about the kids at all.He chose her and even if there were no kids to drag that, he would still be with her.“No!”The pain cut deeper than any sword if it were to be run through my chest.Tears ran down my cheeks in endless streams and it didn’t matter how hard I tried to combat it, I was inconsolable, especially since I could not mention the despicable thing I had just done to anyone.At dusk, after hours of crying and lying motionless, I finally picked myself from the floor to go find something to eat.It was late in the night and the entire mansion was quiet as everyone had retired to bed.I tiptoed to the kitchen, pulled a bowl of food out of the fridge and stuck it into the micr
CHAPTER 176~RICHARD~“Logan, this better be important and by important, I mean life and death.”I was storming towards him with an open chest, swollen arms and blazing eyes.“If it wasn’t, I wouldn’t bother you,” he replied.Even I was a little scared by the seriousness on his face and in his tone. I hadn’t seen Logan that serious about anything except replacing me as Alpha and he knows exactly how I felt about that.“What is wrong?” I probed, taking a seat on the couch.“Look at this,” He slipped an envelope to me.It was a small brown envelope, but the mood with which it was introduced almost had my hands shaky as I opened the envelope.“It came in for me this morning,” Logan said as I pulled out the piece of paper from the envelope. “Actually, it came for you.”I was reading through the paper by the time he got to that part of the sentence.It was a letter from Jerry.There was a big grin on my face when I first saw it, but the grin gradually disappeared as I read every word.“Wha
CHAPTER 175~KIM~I was in complete disbelief.He made absolutely no sense.I was his child. His blood, but somehow, he chose their love over me. My father looked me straight in the eyes and told me that it was important to him to prove that his union would work. Apparently, more important than his only child.When my parents decided to stand by their mate bond, they were not the most loved people. Hybrids were not to intermix. The whole idea of being a hybrid is to mate with a stronger wolf that masks the weirdness.What my parents had to do was clear, but neither of them wanted to. It drew a lot of attention and speculation that they were going to fail and in his zealous love for my mother, he vowed he was not going to leave her. Not going to give anyone the chance to speak ill of her or their union.Sweet as it was that he was more than ready to keep to his promise, doing it at my detriment was not something that was easy to let go.He chose her. He supported her to hate me all t
CHAPTER 174~KIM~I slowly opened one eye and looked as far and wide as it allowed me.‘Was I finally in the afterlife?’The stench of antiseptic that hit me hard was my answer.I made it!I opened my other eye, hoping to answer the next question;Did the kids also make it? Or was this all for nothing?‘This was strange,’It would be the first time I woke up in the medical room and Richard was not by my side. In fact, no one was.“Where is everybody?”I tried to call for attention, only to realize I had no voice.‘What is going on?’My heart rate increased and I was beginning to worry.There was no pain whatsoever in my body, but when I tried to move, I could only wiggle my fingers and toes and my mouth opened as much as I wanted it to, but with no sound at all.‘Help! Help me!’Even though no one could hear me, I did not stop trying to scream for help at the top of my voice.I could only do that for so long, but thankfully, someone walked into the room.“Mother?”She was definitely n
CHAPTER 173~KIM~“Argh!!!”The pain was sharp and severe and followed with a pool all over Elena’s shoes.The babies were coming!What a day.On the very day I got a hug from Elena, after more than half a decade, I was going to have my babies.“Kim!” Richard held me from behind, but Elena had the most of me, since I was in her arms when the discomfort started.“She’s in labor.” Elena explained to Richard, “get Sam to meet us in the medical room!” she ordered Richard.“The medical room is five floors up; how do you intend to get there?” Richard queried.I listened to both of them panic over something I was going through and was living in real time.“Let me go!” I demanded.My yelling forced both of them to unhand me at once.I slowly fell with my back into the stretchy chair.Both Elena and Richard were watching me, confused and wondering what I was doing.My contractions had started, but they were still a few moments apart, so I could manage some calmness, but not enough to stop me f
CHAPTER 2: A Taste of Freedom ~ Kim ~ I stood on the sidewalk outside the Fell mansion the next morning, breathing in the city air deeply for the first time in four years. It smelled like grease and gasoline and humanity and life. I loved it. "Where to first?" Galina asked, linking her arm throu
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







