* * * * * Crystal’s POV * * * * *
“Mummy, where are you going?” Aidan asked me, as I stood in front of the mirror combing my hair backwards.
“Aidan, I want to go to the house and get some stuff,” I replied.
“What? No mummy, do not go there… Grandpa and Grandma are bad people!”
“Don’t worry honey, I will be fine, okay?” I replied and smiled.
“Aidan is right, you shouldn’t go there.” Logan said as he walked in.
I could notice he was worried. Did the meeting not go well?
“Relax Logan, I will be fine, I can take care of myself and it’s not like they need me for any other thing,” I replied.
“You can’t be sure, those people are heartless, they might have other plans.”
“And I will handle it, I have been with them for years. I know how to tackle their problems. Forget about that, why do you look so worried?” I asked and dropped the comb, then turned to him.
“I don’t know what to do anymore Crystal, the news has already spread throughout the clans. Our pack is in a state of crisis, everyone is panicking, they want a solution which I don’t have.
Every other Pack is losing respect for us by the second and the Crescent Moon Pack has terminated the contract they have with mine.
I already asked Blake to step in as Alpha to see if it can resolve things, but he would not accept the position, he says he is not qualified and will not want to pull the back lower than it has already gone.” Logan complained
“Hmm… it’s alright Logan, I’m sure it will be alright again. I need to rush to my step parents house and get a few things, when I come back, we could come up with a solution together.” I said and forced a little smile.
He nodded. “Alright, please be careful,” he muttered.
“Sure I will and don’t think too much about it,” I warned.
He smiled. I went to Aidan who was sitting on the bed and kissed his forehead.
“Be a good boy okay? Don’t trouble your daddy.” I smiled at him
I had told him last night that Logan was his father. I guess it’s strange for him, but it looks like he is getting used to it.
I stood up and turned to the door. “Okay Logan, I will see you soon.”
I tried to walk past him but he grabbed my arm and Drew me to his chest.
“So what about me? Don’t I get a kiss?” He asked with a smirk.
“Logan, please not now,” I muttered and looked towards Aidan.
“Why not? I want one too,” he persisted.
“Come on mummy, kiss daddy too,” Aidan said and chuckled.
I turned towards him and shot him a mean glance. “Keep quiet Aidan, you are still a kid,” I scolded.
“Hey, don’t scold my son,” Logan said with furrowed eyebrows. “Now kiss me already,” he urged.
I looked down shyly. “Logan, I don’t have much time, please let me go.” I pleaded.
“You know what you need to do to get yourself freed.” He smirked.
“Ugh! Fine,” I muttered.
I gave him a quick kiss on his cheeks, close to his lips and he chuckled.
“Is that a kiss? Fine, I would let you go for now but you would have to give me a proper kiss when you return.”
He let go of me and I sighed in relief.
“Goodbye mummy,” Aidan said and I chuckled.
“I am not traveling, so don’t say bye.”
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I turned to the door and walked out. I left the castle and took a cab to my step parent’s house.
On arrival I noticed that the door was locked. I checked my purse and luckily, I still had the spare key with me.
I opened the door and walked in. I wonder where my step parents have gone.
My major reason for coming here was to confront them, then my secondary reason was to get the rest of my stuff which they had hidden away.
I knew the only place where my step mum could hide the stuff. I had discovered her secret hiding place when I was younger but I never let her know.
Whenever she seizes any of my stuff, she would usually send it there and then I would go and take it after months passed. That way, she doesn’t remember about it.
I climbed up the stairs to the storeroom, then up to the Attic. A little safe box was built in the Attic.
I found all of my stuff that she had hidden away and packed them in my school bag, then I went to my room and packed Aidan’s belongings.
When I had taken everything that I needed, I climbed down the stairs into the sitting-room. I was about to leave when I heard the sound of a phone ringing.
I darted my gaze to the small table and saw my step Mom’s phone. She had left her phone behind. I went closer and picked up the phone, the caller ID was saved as Rohan.
I wondered who this Rohan was. For a weird reason, I wanted to find out.
I clicked the green button and put the phone to my ear. “Hello, you forgot something at my castle.”
I froze immediately when I heard that voice. Michael McQueen was Rohan? How and why would my step parents go to his castle? What business do they have?
“Hello, can you hear me?” He asked and I muffled my mouth to avoid making a sound.
After a minute of not getting a response, he hung up the call and quickly, I swiped up to open the phone.
It was not on a password lock. I checked her call history and noticed several call records between the two numbers. I was puzzled.
What business do they have and how come I never knew that my step parents had been in contact with Michael?
I decided to check their message history and I found three.
The first was sent by Rohan, he was making them an offer of twenty-five thousand dollars in exchange for me as his mate, and that left me completely stunned.
I checked the date of the message and it was sent about a month before I met Michael. So they had known each other long ago?
The next message was about sticking to the agreement that they had. It was sent by my stepmother and I wondered what agreement they had come up with.
Did they really want to sell me off to Michael? If he was so desperate to have me as a mate, was it enough reason for him to request to buy me?
What do I look like to him? a commodity or slave to be sold?
I could not believe my eyes. I opened the third message and that left me completely shattered.
Now it was obvious that Michael didn’t want me because he loved me, he was desperate to have me because he wanted my special powers.
So that is why he tried to mate with me the other day?
I had been a tool for a very long time, I trusted every word that he said. They had been playing games with me for so long and I had no idea, I can’t believe it!
Just then, the door swung open and my step parents walked in.
My stepmom turned her gaze to me and it rested on my hands. Quickly, she approached me and snatched the phone from me.
I clenched my fist angrily and the only thing I felt like doing right now was giving this old lady a good punch.
My step father also walked into the sitting room with the long sword in his hand. He had wrapped it in a sack.
I should give these two people a piece of my mind.
To be continued!!