All Chapters of Bound by His Mark, Freed by His Betrayal: Chapter 261 - Chapter 270

Elena’s POVHorace stood majestically over Michael, waiting for him to peel whatever nonsense he did a few minutes earlier.“Cousin, you heard me, I want you to repeat those words again. You said I stole what from you? And for that you said you would do what to me?”I could see Michael’s fingers fidgeting beside him, although he tried to control it by balling them into a fist.“You heard me,” he began smugly. It was clear, his aim was to deliberately annoy Horace. He wanted to get under his skin believing that since the officers were there, he could get away with his shenanigans.And for a brief moment, it seemed to work out in his favor.The room was silent as he stared sneeringly at the Alpha.Then he decided to try his luck again.“You heard me, you heard what I said clearly. You stole my wife and for that I would have taken your first son‘s life and ruined the second on—.”“WHAM!” The punch landed hard and heavy before the last word could fall from his lips.It’s carried so much

Horace’s POVAnother gunshot sound popped into the air, raising my anxiousness.“Jeez,” I turned to my wife beside me.“Elena, wait here. I need to go check out whatever that is.”As I was about to walk out the door, she held my hand swiftly.“No, I can’t let you go out there alone. I’m coming with you.”I stared at her as if she was carrying something crazy on her head.“Elena, there’s no way I’m going to allow you to go outside after what I just heard.”“And there’s no way I’m going to allow you to go out there by yourself after what I just heard. So it’s either we’re going together, or none of us is going at all.”My mouth fell open in shock, and she stared at me with an expression that showed that her decision was final and she wouldn’t be changing it for any reason.I sighed. “Elena, you have to understand where I’m coming from. Outside must be dangerous right now with what we just heard. I don’t want to endanger you and the baby.”“Neither do I want you endangered. So it’s eithe

Horace’s POVA few weeks went by, and it was finally time for the fourth hearing of Vivienne.Elena and I sat side-by-side in the courtroom as a sentence was read out for Vivienne. I decided to let the court handle it themselves because if I did it, I could go overboard with the sentence.“Madam Vivienne, for all the atrocities you committed, the court hereby sentences you to two years in prison with an extra six months of community service. Do you accept this or do you wish to appeal?”As soon as the judge asked the question, she turned around to meet our gaze, especially Elena’s.She sighed before turning back to the judge.“I accept. I accept whatever punishments the court has decided to pay me because I deserve it.”Silence stretched in the room.“But I have just one request to make, if that is okay with the court.”The judge stared between her and us for a moment before nodding her head slightly. “I will allow it as long as you promise not to say anything rude or disrespectful

As soon as we landed at the beach, the kids began jumping excitedly, and I could already tell that we would have our hands full with shouts and corrections, but also with laughter.Ethan took off his shoes and began jumping on the sand. Elaine, who liked to mimic her older brother, quickly did the same, jumping on the sand with her short legs. Ethan would stop at some point and look around to make sure his sister was close enough to him, and if they were too far apart and he felt it necessary, he would grab her hand and pull her out without even saying anything. Especially if he felt that whatever situation they were in seemed like a dangerous one.We stood a few meters away, watching everything unfold.Are you saying that?” Elena asked quickly, turning to me.I nodded. “Of course I’m seeing it. He seems so…”“Protective. Even at his young age,” she quickly replied, and I nodded in agreement.“It’s a good thing. It means if a situation called for it, we can’t leave them together and

Horace’s POV.Elena helped me put on my tie in preparation for the day ahead. It had been a few days since the hospital saga with our children, and thankfully, Ethan was already getting much better.However, there was still the thing with Elaine, and what the Doctor, who also turned out to be a traditional healer, told us.A seer at just a young age.Although it kind of made sense and explained the things we had been noticing about her in the last few months. But it also seemed unbelievable and left us a bit worried.Especially Elena. I could see that she was trying to mask it, but the fear was very visible in her eyes. If People found out, they were bound to start raising some unnecessary topics.I put my hand on her shoulder, an attempt to calm her down.“You’re still worrying about Ellie?”She shook her head, feigning a smile. “No.”I smiled slightly. “You know you’ve never been good with lies, right? I can see it on your face.”She chuckled. “Fine, you caught me.”She drew in a