Chapter 43Alexander’s POVI had received a call earlier from Xavier, he had told me Maria came to visit Zara and since then Zara had been herself, she shut herself in her room and has not come out since, I was currently on my way to see Maria, I had to know what she said to Zara before going back home, Xavier will take care of her until I returned.I dialed Maria’s contact again and it went to voicemail once again, a string of colorful words escaped my lips, this was the third call in 10 minutes, I hit the redial button again and thankfully she answered this time around.“Where are you Maria? I need to you” I said.“Perfect I need to speak to you as well, meet at the lake close to the abandoned mansion” she said.My heart suddenly froze, how did Maria know of that place? It was a good thing most of the guys had returned home since their work was done now, there will be no more attacks, the part that was left was to destroy them from within, the reason I had asked to be on the council

Chapter 45Alexander’s POV“Let everything go Alex” I heard the words loud and clear in my mind and my body immediately went rigid and I pulled away from Zara, she wanted to have a conversation similar to the one I just had with Maria and I really wished she would just let it go.“Please listen to me Xander, I beg you, this whole revenge is causing you more harm than good, let go of the past and move forward that is the only way you will heal from your dark past” Zara said, I could hear the plea in her voice but I really did not want to listen not after what I had just learnt of.I got up from the sofa and said to Zara without looking at her because I did not want to see the pain on her face.“We have had this conversation before and we both know how it ends, I can’t stop this, I have come too far to go back without getting my revenge, Ethan Dupree must die and this place will burn to the floor, only then will it end” I said.I heard her get up from the sofa and come to stand in front

Chapter 47Maria’s POVThis night was turning out to be a complete disaster just like I had expected, Ethan had a snide remark for anything Alex said and vice versa, I was caught in between trying to act as some sort of mediator, it was obvious both of them did not want to be here which made me wonder why the hell Ethan had invited Alex in the first place.“So what business do you have up south Alex? I have always wondered what it was that you did, do you mind telling us?” Ethan was saying now.I saw Alex roll his eyes before he said “I am sure you did a background check on me the moment I arrived so you must all the businesses I handle but if you must hear it from me then that is not a problem, I own a chain of casinos and clubs, I always deal in supply of luxury products like clothes and cars, I happened to make a lot of money at the casinos when I left home initially and I put it to really good use, you will be surprised how much a bit of how much a man’s life can change with a bit

Chapter 49Ethan’s POVMaria was fast asleep on the bed beside me, I had not gotten the chance to speak to my men since we arrived and I was curious as to how the operation was carried out, had it been done successfully or had they experienced any problems though I highly doubted there were any problems, if they had been, Alexander would have been informed even when we were at dinner.I climbed out of bed and threw on a shirt over my pajama trousers, I headed straight to my study and there I quickly placed a call to my head of security who had also led tonight’s operation, he arrived in record time.A knock sounded on the door and I said “Come in”A few seconds later, he walked in and stood before me.“How did it go?” I asked without any form of preamble.“I carried it out exactly as you instructed, your brother’s mate is dead, I slit her throat myself” he said.An image of the girl flashed before my eyes, I really did not have any quarrel with her and I did not want her dead but she

Chapter 51Ethan’s POVI woke up to a dull pain in between my neck and left shoulder, I tried sitting up but a hand stopped me and gently pushed me back to the bed, I looked at the owner of the hand and it was Maria, she had a look on her face that I could not decipher, she was looking at me blankly.Memories of what had happened earlier rushed into my mind with a vengeance, Alex and his goons, fighting in the courtyard, my fight with Alexander which I obviously lost but I wondered how I was still alive, I had not thought he would live me alive.And then one memory rushed in, the memory of hurting Maria, my eyes snapped open and I looked at her “I am so….”My words died on my lips when she lifted her hands to indicate she wanted me to be quiet, I had not being thinking straight, I had no idea what I was doing when I had been hurting her, I was blinded by rage and anger and jealousy, I just wasn’t thinking straight.“I am really sorry Maria” I said to her again.A humorless laugher esc