Semua Bab Bound by His Mark, Freed by His Betrayal: Bab 221 - Bab 230

Horace’s POV“Oh, I can’t wait to see what this is all about since you’ve decided to make it all secretive,” she said, taking one last look in the mirror, and I just smiled in response.I didn’t tell her where we were going; I only told her to trust me.“Trust me, you’re going to like it.”And she did. Just like she always did, she trusted me and walked beside me until we got to the car.Although she was smiling all the way, I could still see everything on her face. I saw the tired eyes, those that showed that she was trying to hold herself together out of pure will, but there was no hiding the stress that the recent events were putting her through.The heaviness of the last few weeks, the too many long days we’ve had, the too many answered questions… The stress of it was written all over her face, no matter how much she tried to mask it.And that stress was what I intended to separate her from tonight.I smiled at her as I drove down the road until we got to our destination— A priva

Elena’s POVI woke up slowly. Not the startled kind of waking, not the kind where my heart rose as I thought about the possibility of another foul news. None of that.Instead, my face stretched into a wide smile as my mind replayed the memories of last night. Memories that every part of my body still remembered with how they arched.An ache that was absolutely welcomed.I remembered everything— an act that settled a warmth deep in my chest and low in my belly. I remembered the way he looked at me, the way he always did, managing to make me forget all my problems in that very second.Managing to make me feel like the only girl in the world.For those few hours, the world had stopped around us, fading everything in its wake, except our touch and memory of each other.Although it didn’t last as long as we wanted it to, it was still very magical.We had been called to the White House in the middle of the night after Ethan woke up from a nightmare, crying hysterically and refusing to slee

Horace’s POVI don’t even remember walking into the hospital boardroom; I only remember the sound of the door as I let it slam hard.As soon as I walked in, chairs began scraping back, voices died mid-sentence, bodies rose straight to their feet, and a sharp silence fell over the room immediately.The fear was apparent, and they were very right to feel it. My Luna, my Elena, had been set up again, and I was tired of putting up with all the nonsense. We may not have found the culprit, but it didn’t mean I couldn’t do something about the missing equipment at that moment.I stood at the head of the table, taking a good look around before settling myself down.“Sit,” I said, my voice low.But they knew better than to disobey me even if it wasn’t loud.They all sat down without still making a single noise. Doctors, nurses, supervisors, every manager from every hospital, and the four nurses in the room with my wife were All present.Every single person I knew who could be connected to th

Vivienne’s POVI sighed into the phone, hearing the words falling from his lips.“But Victor, I don’t think she will do it. She doesn’t look like she can ever hurt him.”“Again, as I said, that is exactly her plan. That is what she wants you to believe so you can let your guard down. Besides, she doesn’t have to directly hurt him. She can decide to make him irrelevant. That alone would make your nephew lose what belongs to him.”As soon as he said those words, it was as if the gate of knowledge opened up in my head. Then I realized what he had been trying to tell me all along. Of course, Elena didn’t really love my nephew. She was probably only pretending because I was there.I also realized I had been fighting only one thing all along— the thoughts that she could harm his life. However, with the thing Victor just said, it opened my eyes to something else, and my resolve to get her and her baby out of the White House as soon as possible became stronger.“Fine, I think you’re right, a

Horace’s POV“Close the door,” I said to Logan I who came in behind me.He stood beside my table, his body tense as it always dead whenever he sends trouble.“Now let’s get to the order of the day.”“Yes, Alpha.”As I was about to start speaking, my mind went back to what I saw earlier. Vivienne’s assistant. The way he looked welcoming back into the White House wasn’t sitting well with him. The worst part was that I had no idea what was bothering me; I only knew that something kept tugging at my heart. Hence, why I wanted to take this step.“I’m not accusing anyone, let’s get that clear.”Logan nodded immediately. “Understood, Alpha. But even if you were, no one would dare question you.”Of course, he was right. Even if I was accusing anyone directly, it wasn’t like it was anyone who would question me.“Well, you’re not wrong on that.”“Exactly, Alpha. Besides, I can see that you’re not relaxed. Whatever is on your mind must be something serious. Serious enough to bother you.”I drew