Early the next morning, they got up and prepared for their trip.Lisa felt really anxious and it was understandable.Lisa had tried severally to communicate with her boy, but he had blocked them out completely and neither her nor Adam could mind link him. It was frustrating for the both of them and she was sure she deserved it.She had no idea how she was going to make things right with Alex. She only hoped things would get better with time."Are you ready?" Adam asked Lisa as she stood by the door, staring into space, lost in a void her mind had created. She rubbed her clammy palms on her thighs which was under a simple black gown which she looked elegant in. "Yes, I'm all set," she replied, walking briskly to their awaiting carriage.Adam had informed Hendrix of their arrival and told him not to disclose the information to Alex because he feared he'd get uncomfortable and disappointed.Adam knew pretty well that his son felt more at peace with them gone and he understood him. If

Mia HeartmanAfter her meeting with the chef, who hadn't explained to her what she meant by what she had said about knowing her for years, she returned to her room in both confusion and frustration. Mia was certain she only met the woman that day.She couldn't help but feel like everyone was hiding something from her and it wasn't a good feeling.Alex didn't return that day to see her, neither did he the day after. It even seemed like he was ignoring and avoiding her all over again. She was disappointed and sad but there was hardly anything she could do. She couldn't even reach him through the mate bond.She was feeling a lot better now and she wanted to know all about what had happened that day at the river. Yes, it still bugged her and she was desperate to know. •••••••••••The next day, Mia woke up in her usual joyful and playful mood. She was used to feeling happy that she hardly knew how it felt to be sad. But recently, she had been forced to understand becau

Chairman Lee cleared his throat dramatically to get back the king's divided attention."We are still yet to make a deal, your highness" he said feigning patience.Alex was pulled forcefully from his world of fantasies and brought back to a meeting he wanted no part of; to his utter dismay.Alex glared at the chairman and said angrily in a finality that no man dared argue with."I repeat, and I will not again." Alex swallowed a deep breath to calm his temper. "A hundred and four bars of gold or nothing at all and if you don't like the deal, there's the gate."Alex jutted his chin to the gate with his lips primed.Alex was done with this meeting as far as he was concerned and he turned to leave only to be stopped by the voice of the chairman."Then give us a compensation for wasting our time and resources coming here," The man said defiantly and Alex looked back at him with his eyes narrowed. It was law that if a meeting was arranged and no deal was made by the party who had made it,

Alex HeartmanAlex stormed into his study in both anger, frustration, sadness and depression.His heart was racing and his body and wolf begged him to return to Mia that instance. But he wouldn't, couldn't.All this was her fault anyways. His confused emotions for that girl were to blame.When that old fool had asked for her as compensation, he had lost it. He had never cared about anyone in his life other than that girl.He told himself it was the mate bond but he had put his wolf into subjection and he could do nothing without his permission. Hence, he was sure it wasn't because of the mate bond because he couldn't feel a thing from it anymore.What was it then? Was it his own damn feelings?What was his problem anyways?He had promised himself since he was twelve to never let anyone see him like that again but here he was sulking over that mistake repeated too many times because of that girl...Alex wanted to be angry at her but it was hard, especially when she had seen right throu

Alex was sitting in his study, going through some documents thoughtfully when he heard the commotion outside his study.That voice, he'd recognize it anytime any day.Mia.What did she want? Just when he was finally able to catch a break from thoughts of her, she had to show up and make his efforts useless.She came every morning, probably with the hopes of him letting her see him if she managed to trouble him a bit. But Alex wasn't gonna let that happen.He was tempted every time she came but this time was the worst of them. She had come crying and apologizing even when she did nothing wrong. It had nearly broken him as he was close to coming out when he remembered why he was doing what he was. What if he lost control again? What if he ended up hurting her The fear of this question forced him to remain seated while she kept yelling outside. "Alexander! If you don't come out here this minute, I'll rain hell on you!" Mia threatened bitterly and Alex heard something in her voice, he n