* * * * * Lucy’s POV * * * * *
I sat in front of the mirror, curling my hair while singing happily. I am sure Logan must be throwing Crystal out by now, I would have loved to watch but I think it’s best that I stay here.
I would go to him when he felt shattered and in need of support, then I would give him shoulders to cry on and I would take away his pain in exchange for his mate Mark.
I chuckled at the thought of that. I’m so smart!
The door was opened and Simon walked in. I haven’t shared the good news with him yet, I just kept smiling while watching myself in the mirror and continuously curling my hair.
“You seem excited… So are you ready to share your big plan with me, now that you have told Logan?” Simon queried.
I could tell that he was a bit angry.
“Sit down,” I said with a smile.
“Huh? Why?” He queried.
“Just sit down first, so that I can tell you what I discovered,” I said to him.
He hesitated for a while, then he sat on the bed.
“Okay, I am seated. Now tell me what you discovered at Crystal’s house.”
I chuckled. He was really curious to know.
“You are the one who said I can’t oppose nature right? That I can’t rewrite fate, well I proved you wrong. I took my own destiny in my own hands and put it where it should be.”
“Stop speaking in riddles and go straight to the point, I don’t see a mark on your neck so you haven’t succeeded yet.”
“Stop being bitter.” I giggled. “Yes you haven’t seen a mark now but before tomorrow is over, you will see Logan’s mark on my neck.”
He growled. “Just tell me what happened already, what did you find at Crystal’s house?” He asked for the umpteenth time.
“Alright relax, I will tell you… So, on arrival at Crystal’s house, I found out that she has a male child. A boy of four to five years old and guess who his father is.”
“Logan,” he muttered with surprise.
“Correct, that little boy was Logan’s son, isn’t that a surprise?” I asked.
“Yes it is, but why should you be excited about that, it is supposed to be bad news for you.”
“Exactly, but I turned it into good news.” I chuckled.
“What? How did you do that?”
“Well I had initial plans to kill the child but then a miracle happened, a strange man arrived at their house and was discussing with the little boy. I sensed him to be a vampire and I decided to use the situation to my advantage.”
“Um… What exactly did you do?” Je queried.
I laughed happily as I thought about it. “Here is what happened, I took a close picture of the kid and the young man together, then I showed it to Logan and told him that Crystal already had a son with another man, that she was lying to him and he got angry. He left for his room and I’m sure he is going to deal with Crystal.” I smiled.
“Wait, you mean you showed Logan the picture of his son?”
“Yes, with the stranger and don’t worry, he doesn’t know it’s his son,” I replied and smiled, feeling accomplished.
Simon was quiet for a while then suddenly, he burst into laughter. I was puzzled. Was he laughing at Logan or me? I think that is his weird way of celebrating with me.
I also joined him and started laughing. “I know right? Logan is such a fool and I am so smart,” I said amidst laughter.
He finally stopped laughing and stood up from the bed. “No Crystal, you are the foolish one and Logan is the smart one,” he mocked.
“Ok, don’t try to ruin my mood. I know you are disappointed that I finally beat Crystal, but keep your grief to yourself!” I fired.
He chuckled. “No Lucy, seriously you are dumb or maybe it’s just nature messing with your brains trying to mess with it. I mean, how could you think of showing Logan that picture? You think he will just believe you like that?” he queried.
“Um… Yes I do, I showed him evidence so he is supposed to believe me,” I retorted.
“No way, Logan doesn’t trust you enough to believe you and in fact, he just made a fool of you. I mean you have done Crystal a huge favor.” He laughed.
“What do you mean?” I asked curiously. This better be a joke!!
“Well, I just saw Logan leaving the castle in his car, something tells me that he is going to Crystal’s house to see for himself. If you could discover that the child belongs to Logan, what makes you think he would not recognise his own child.” Simon smirked.
My face went sour immediately as it dawned on me. How come I never thought of that? Oh goodness, what have I done?
I dropped the curling device and stood up with awe written all over my face.
“No! It can’t be,” I muttered and turned to Simon.
“Yes it is, I told you that you cannot change destiny and you are no challenge for the goddess. You ended up signing your own defeat by letting Logan know that he has a child with Crystal.”
“But that was not my intention,” I yelled.
“Yes, but unconsciously, that’s exactly what you did. You think you are so smart, if you had told me about your discovery the moment you had returned from Crystal’s house, then I would have stopped you from making this mistake, but you prefer to do things your own way and see what it has resulted.” He chuckled.
“This is no time to point blame, the mistake has been made already, just tell me how to correct it, please Simon!” I pleaded nervously.
I had caused my own destruction without knowing it.
“I am sorry Lucy, but it’s too late now. Logan would have already arrived at her place by now, you can only pray for him not to find the child.”
“No, I can’t sit around and pray to hopeless gods, I need to do something. I know what I will do, I would go to Crystal and kill her in her vulnerable state, I can’t let her be with Logan,” I said, now at a point of tears.
“You can’t kill her, Lucy, because Blake is taking care of her. He’s watching after her and he won’t let you anywhere near her, you know that he hates you.” Simon reminded me.
“Then what do I do Simon? Tell me what I should do!!” I yelled in a state of panic.
He grabbed my shoulders. “Just give up Lucy, end this madness now and forget about Logan!” He yelled.
“No,” I muttered and burst into tears.
He pulled me into a hug while I sobbed on his chest.
* * * * * Logan’s POV * * * * *
I was so confused about what was going on. Why were they holding a blade to his throat? Does she want to kill him?
“What are you doing?” I yelled and tried to save him, but the man warned me off by pointing his sword to Aidan.
“I wouldn’t take a step closer if I were you.”
“Aren’t you Crystal’s step parents? Why do you want to hurt her child?”
The woman chuckled evilly. ” We finally met Alpha Logan Stewart. Don’t worry, I won’t hurt your son as long as you comply.”
What?
So she knew I was his father? Was this some sort of trap or what?
“The deal is very simple Logan, you do your in-laws a little favor and we will let your son go without a scratch, but if you won’t comply, then we would kill him,” the man said.
“He’s just a child, why do you want to hurt him? What do you want from me?” I queried.
“Good question. Like I said, it’s just a little favor, all you have to do is use your Alpha blood to awaken this sword, it is our Clan’s ancient sword and Awakening it with your blood would make it powerful again. Our dead clan would rise again and just like your Pack, we will be at the top of the food chain.” He cackled.
I was shocked. So they wanted my power just for their selfish reasons? And they are blackmailing me with my son, I wonder if Crystal knows about this.
Her step parents are power hungry wolves that will not mind killing their own family for the sake of power.
To be continued!!