Jackson.Surprisingly, Vlad stuck to his word. After that afternoon, he never bothered Kelsey again. During the party, he turned his attention to my sister Annette who gladly welcomed it. I didn’t think he was the best man for her but Annette had been with worse men. At least Vlad was a friend so I didn’t have to worry about her getting into too much danger. I enjoyed the party. Kelsey did too, but she made sure to avoid me the whole time. I could tell she was worrying about something.Two days after the party, I was showing Vlad one of my livestock farms. We were in the kraal looking at the healthy cows I had when I received a call from David.“Something bad has happened,” he said.When David said that, I knew I needed privacy. Leaving Vlad inside, I went outside. “What’s going on?”“Do you remember the land we got from Black Swamp pack?”“Yes, we did plant some corn there. Last I checked, it was doing well.”“Yeah well. Everything was well until today.”“What has happened?”“They ki
Jackson.Knowing that the person who betrayed me was most likely living with me bothered me a lot. I had always felt like I trust those people more than others. They were all handpicked to work closely with me. Vlad decided the best way to find the culprit was to have everyone around for dinner. He could track the scent using the necklace.Kelsey was already in the dining room with Sandra when I got there. They were chatting about something. As I walked in, Annette and Vlad came from the other side acting lovey-dovey. I shook my head before talking a seat. They were like teenagers who had just discovered love for the first time.A few minutes later, Alexander and Jared arrived. Jared was the gamma and Alexander was the beta of the pack. They were always welcome to the pack house and had their own rooms. Alexander had a big family and preferred not to move them to the pack house. He lived in a nearby house while Jared lived in the pack house with his wife Kelly. After those two, came K
Jackson.When the door opened, I looked up. David pushed a hand bound Angie into the room. She was wearing a knee length blue dress and black heels. She had full make up on and looked hotter than I’d ever seen her. I realised she must have really liked my brother. I watched as Angie sat on the chair opposite me. David picked up a rope and started tying her to the chair. She had the good sense not to try to resist. When he was done, David stood up and went to stand by the door. I continued staring at Angie’s innocent face, wondering how I’d missed the hidden resentment I could now see in her eyes.Angie averted her eyes and stared at the ceiling, waiting for me to say something. “Who are you working for?” I asked.She didn’t say anything. She just continued looking everywhere other than at me. It enraged me but I kept my cool. I knew that if I stood up, I would beat her to death. Before killing her, I needed some answers. “Answer me!” I said, my voice louder. Angie sighed and sat up
Angie was replaced by a very nice young woman. Leilani was 25 years old and was genuinely nicer than Angie had ever pretended to be.“Can’t you just tell me what it is?” I asked her for the nth time that morning. She had come into my room and woken me up very early in the morning, telling me to get ready. While she went through my closet, I had gone to shower and now I was putting on the outfit she had chosen for me. White jeans with a little rip at the knee, a light blue cotton blouse, black heels and a black jacket accompanied by a light blue scarf. Looking through the mirror, I saw that I looked good but couldn’t figure out what occasion required me to dress like that.“Am I going riding? I don’t think the heels are appropriate for that.”Leilani smiled. “Sit.”I sighed and obliged. She quickly made the final touches on my makeup, before spraying some perfume on me. When we were done getting me ready, she escorted me to a waiting car and handed me to the driver. I imagined Jackson
Jackson.The party was loud and wild, as expected from most college parties. The young students danced, yelled, drunk and did a lot of inappropriate things under the cover of the woods. Large speakers had been set up outside the cabin and light bulbs placed high up on the branches of some of the trees. Vlad and I watched from a far, having attached a camera to one of the security bulbs. Of course we had not gone near the party. Vlad had compelled one of the human kids to do his bidding during the day. We turned away when a young couple started kissing directly under the cameras view. I grabbed my bottle of beer and gulped it, before looking through the window. The woods on either side of the road were silent. Nothing seemed to move inside them.“There he is,” Vlad said, taking my attention back to the camera. “That’s Bryson’s son.”“Jackpot!” I said. We had been informed he would be there, but wanted to make sure before we attacked. The young man had his father’s dark hair but his w
Jackson.“I heard she’s ready to talk,” I said, entering the torture room.“She is,” David told me. Angie who was now lying down after being chained to the wall sat up on her own. She looked weaker than last time thanks to David’s torture measures which he had learnt from yours truly. I was happy to see that she had finally come to her senses. For a full week, she had been stubborn. At one point, she had frustrated me so much I nearly killed her. Had it not been for David, she would have been dead and buried by that time.I was about to sit down when Francesca burst into the room. David immediately grabbed and restrained her.“What do you want?” I inquired, annoyed about the interruption.“It’s your brother,” Francesca said breathlessly. “I think he was poisoned. He’s losing breath.”“David, call Jane and Linda. Get her out of here.”What did Francesca think I could do? First of all, Ken and I harboured a mutual dislike for each other. While I would never kill him, I wouldn’t feel sa
I had never realised just how big Midnight pack was until I went visiting some of the households with Sandra. There were so many people, some of them wholesome families. Before, I thought Jackson was a dictator who ruled his pack with an iron fist. But as I talked with the pack, I realised that all the members were really close to each and loved their alpha. The way Jackson treated his pack was very different from how he treated outsiders which was why they liked him so much.Mrs. Atkins was a middle aged woman who ran a flower shop with her daughter Lena. She was very happy to have Sharon at her home and they shared many stories about Jackson. The things I heard made me see a very different side of Jackson, a side I had thought never existed. Apparently Mrs. Atkins had been their nanny while they were growing up. When her services were no longer required, she used her savings to start a flower shop which was doing quite well thanks to her hardworking daughter.“I hope that her mate w
Jackson.She knocked again. Closing my eyes, I took a deep breath. Kelsey was my mate and I was not yet convinced enough to want to kill her. “Give her a benefit of doubt,” my wolf Kai said in my mind. It seemed he was not convinced with the evidence provided. I, on the other hand, had lost all trust of Kelsey. I wondered if she had come to finish me completely. Had she accepted me as my mate because she wanted to use sex as a weapon?“Not today, Satan.” I muttered.“Did you say something?” Kelsey asked from the other side of the door. Her voice was sweet as ever. In the past few weeks, I had craved to hear that voice every day, but now I wanted it as far from me as possible.Standing up, I went and threw the door open. She smiled upon seeing me and tried to hug me but I raised my hand and pushed her back. My chest was aching but I had to let her go. “I do not want to see your face right now.”“What’s wrong?” she asked, looking so innocent. No wonder I had been fooled. She had a face