The head maid nodded in understanding before leaving the kitchen.After everybody left, Killian looked around the kitchen, wondering where to start.Truth be told, the number of times he ever went to the kitchen all his life was when his aunt Sarah would decide to make his favourite sweet and sour pork ribs.But watching was different from doing the activity itself.Clueless, he took out his phone before calling his uncle Damian.He would be the person to help him appease Maya.After the conversation they had yesterday, Killian could tell that Maya was important to his uncle, maybe even more important than him.Who would have thought that his Maya was the Lady his uncle always told him about?Growing up, he knew so Much about Maya from his uncle.At some point, he got infatuated with the goodness of his uncle's apprentice. Who would have thought that they would meet and fall in love?Fate took away his parental love but blessed him with the most amazing love in the name of his chosen
" Where is the Alpha?" Maya shouted, her eyes scanning the area, trying to locate Killian.With every passing moment that she did not see him, her worry intensified." The Alpha left for the Southern borders." The warrior replied.Maya's brows furrowed. She did not understand why Killian would head over to the southern borders at a critical time like this. The pack was under attack and at a time like this, he needed to be there to protect his people and his land." The Southern borders?" Maya inquired as she continued to swirl her dagger, thrusting it into her enemies' vital points and giving them an instant kill.That's how she was trained,to give a fast and painless death, moving on to the next target." Yes. The borders are under attack." The warrior replied weakly. He had sustained a number of wounds from earlier before Maya saved him.His words made Maya frown. Her experience in battles told her that the attack at the borders must have been used to distract Killian as the enemy a
Killian made his way to the packhouse. The place was quiet, it was as if nothing happened, like a fierce battle did not happen there.If it wasn't for the dead bodies littering on the ground and the groaning sounds from the injured soldiers, he would swear that everything was fine." Alpha,it seems like they escaped." Beta Marcus commented." You think I don't know that?" Killian barked, clenching his fists.He could not believe that he was that easily fooled." Clean this up!" He ordered before making his way to Maya's bedroom.He hastened in his steps, praying and hoping that Maya was safely and soundly asleep in her room.The mere thought of anything happening to her sent waves of fear and panic to his heart.He didn't want to think about it. He would break if anything happened to her.Something about the attack was very suspicious and he would need to investigate to know what motives his enemy had.Killian pushed the door open, stepping into the room.His heart dropped when he Saw
" What are you doing here?" Killian asked, his eyes narrowing at Lord Stephano.It was so late at night, what was the young man doing visiting Maya?His eyes travelled to the flowers in his hands and his face hardened. He was even carrying flowers? Who was he trying to impress? Weren't flowers, especially roses, given to lovers?" To visit Luna Maya ofcourse." Lord Stephano answered with a straight face.He had come back from a business trip only to be greeted by the news of the pack's attack.He also got to know that Maya was injured trying to protect the people.He was so worried about her that he didn't wait until morning to arrive before visiting her.He knew that his actions might rub the Alpha the wrong way but that was the least of his concerns. His wolf wouldn't calm down unless he Saw her. Shoving all senses and reason at the back of his head, he ignited his car and drove straight to the pack.He only had one thing in mind; see Maya personally.Unless he made sure that she w
Killian faked a disappointed look on his face." It's such a pity they'll go to waste." He uttered. Maya cocked her brows at him, praising him for his shamelessness.Who could not tell that the flowers had him in a foul mood." Yeah, it's such a waste to throw them away. Just keep them over there. They are beautiful after all." Maya answered." No need. Since you are allergic to them, I'll dispose of them." Killian answered almost immediately before walking out, the flowers in his arms.Maya chuckled seeing his actions. Choosing to save him some face and not expose him, she shook her head in disbelief.Killian returned in less than a minute." That was fast." Maya commented." Yeah, I gave them to another patient. You might not need them, but others do." Killian replied casually. Maya frowned hearing his words." Weren't Only men fighting earlier? Did the women get hurt too? I thought they were taken to a safe place?" Maya wondered out loud." So you do know that all the women and chi
" What the hell is wrong with you?" Marcus yelled at Amber Immediately he pushed the door to her room." Keep your voice down, will you? You don't want others learning about your snake heart." Amber taunted as she continued filing her long manicured fingers.She didn't seem like she was offended by Marcus' outburst nor did she care." That was very risky. You could have been exposed." Marcus said, glaring at the woman who continued with her business without any care in the world." Nothing happened." Amber replied nonchalantly.Marcus sighed, running his hand through his hair before tugging at it roughly. The woman before him was getting on his nerves." Calm down will you? Do you think I don't Know what I am doing? Instead of yelling at me, you should be happy. I am helping you here. The more Killian is distracted with her, the more chances you get to make your move. There's not enough time. Luna Miranda is taking actions and if we delay, they will beat us to the game. I have worked
" What do you mean by you didn't bring her back, Mason? I gave you a simple mission yet you could not bring your Luna back?" Kaiser yelled at his Beta who remained kneeling and head bowed down.The bulging veins on his face showed that he was angry.He kicked the coffee table on his table, missing Mason by one inch." We had everything planned. I had rogues distract Killian. The pack was left unprotected, how could you all fail to complete the mission at hand. Now that Killian has been alerted, do you think it will be easy to bring her here? Can you bear the consequences if I don't get her on time?" He thundered, letting out an angry growl.Mason shuddered from the intensity of his Alpha's anger.He wanted to tell his Alpha that their Luna refused coming with them and even mocked them for talking about a mate.From her talk, One thing was clear, getting her from the midnight pack would need more than some sneaky attacks.Only his Alpha could convince her to come home to them. Otherwis
" Damian!" Luna Miranda desperately called, trying to stop Damian from saying more." What Miranda? You don't want your son finding out what dirty tricks his father did? Just because I kept quiet about the past doesn't mean I'll keep quiet forever. You say that Killian doesn't deserve to be the Alpha Lord, then do you? Your father took the position from me just because I was not ready to fight for it. And your mother? " He said, turning to look at Luna Miranda." Your mother chose to be with your father because he was the Alpha while I, her mate, was nothing. " He spat coldly. He was tired of keeping the secret to himself while everyone called him useless.He loved his brother and that's why he didn't try to fight for the position of Alpha. Now that the people who took everything from him were ganging up on his son, how could he let them off The hook so easily. Sebastian opened his mouth severally to say something but no word came out of his mouth.He could not believe that the posi
Four months later" Be careful, my wife. Don't trip and fall." Killian said as he helped me down the stairs." What do you mean don't trip ànd fall? Killian, can you stop treating me like someone who is disabled? I'm just pregnant for crying out loud." I said, rolling my éyes at his dramatic behavior." My wife, I'm Just worried about you ànd our babies. I can't wait for you to give birth to them." Killian said, his hands rubbing my bulging stomach.I slapped his hands away."What? Excited to meet the babies?" I asked and Killian frowned before shaking his head." Who wants to meet those two troublemakers? I'm Just anxious to get rid of them from your tummy so that you don't have to struggle so much." Killian answered, making me smile.The last four months have been a hell for me. I had to be bedridden for three months before being allowed to go outI couldn't even move around a lot without getting exhausted. I was lucky that I could walk to the bathroom and take a bath by myself.Whe
As I pushed open the door to my office, Asher was already waiting for me inside." Is everything ready?" I àsked and he nodded." Yes, the word has been spread and the preparations done. If everything goes as planned, tomorrow we will capture the traitor during Luna's send off." Asher replied and I nodded. He was a reliable man ànd that's why I kept him around me." Asher?" I called, my eyes looking him straight in the face." Have I ever mistreated any of you? Have I ever treated you guys unjustly?" I àsked. After getting the news about the betrayal of Marcus, I could not help but look back on whether I did anything to my men in the past to guarantee him turning against me." The Alpha is Just ànd treats us well." Asher answered" Why then do you think he turned against me?" I asked." Alpha, Marcus has always had his own ambitions. It's not something that anyone can stop. He probably thought that if he was the Alpha, his position would be stronger. That is his loss, he chose to make
After making that deal with Stephano, my heart finally calmed down. I could smell an impending bloodshed ànd I wanted to keep Maya as far as possible from everything. I can't take it if something really happened to her. I know that if that did happen, the last bit of my sanity would have been eroded away.After going back to the room, Maya was still awake, seemingly not sleepy at all. Walking to the bed, I laid down next to her, pulling her into my arms."Honey? You don't look okay, what happened?"I smiled and looked at the girl in my arms. Her eyes were looking up and down my face, trying to discern what was wrong. She seemed to Know me even when I tried to conceal my emotions, she would still figure out if I'm in a bad mood or not." My heart feels unsettled, can you help me feel better, wife?" I murmured, kissing her lips passionately.Her lips were soft ànd sweet. She had this power to awaken the beast inside me.Maya didn't reply but instead, her hands roamed all over my body. I
After leaving Amber's róom, I could not get the scent of blood in her róom from my mind. Something was telling me that it was not Normal and something was awfully wrong on her part.A witch. Blood.Those two things always had a connection.Could She be the one who killed my mother and framed Maya?On one hand was her hatred towards Maya and on the other side was her closeness with my mother.Amber and my mother have always shared a close relationship so I did not see a reason why she would get rid of her.Deep in thought, I headed straight to my office and summoned Asher. Although Amber did not have a motive to kill my mother, I could not ignore the blood in her room.Asher arrived faster than I expected." Is there something the Alpha wants me to do?" He asked and I nodded. He knew me all too well." Yes. In your free time , help me check what Amber was up to in the south." I said.Asher nodded." Also, don't tell anyone. Make it as discreet as possible, don't startle the snake in th
Killian povUncle Damian's revelation shook me to the core. A witch? Of all people? Why would a witch want to harm my mother then pin the blame on Maya? I don't remember ever offending a witch in my struggle to stabilize the midnight pack so that came as a surprise. After he left my office, I summoned Asher to my office. I don't know why but after Maya asked about Marcus and Amber, I have been having this strange feeling of mistrust towards my beta. I wanted to tell him about the new information but I have been having this weird suspicion that he may have known all along.His face is too impassive. He didn't seem shocked when I told him that it was a witch who was responsible for the death of my mother. On the contrary, he seemed, scared? I can't tell for sure but I'm not involving him in this. To distract him, j decided to send him away to look for Sebastian Although he left the pack, he is still my brother. I knew that trying to get him back here would be a failed attempt so I c
" I feel so helpless." Killian confessed."What's the need of being the Alpha if I can't protect the people I love?" He added, running his hand through his hair.Seeing his son so stressed, Damian felt a pang of pain hit him. " Don't worry son, I will never let anything happen to your woman. She is like my daughter and a father's duty is to protect his children. You concentrate on delaying her trial, I will take care of things." Damian promised, his eyes laced with nothing but determination.He was not going to let Maya be condemned and punished for something she didn't commit. He would not let his son lose the only reason for his happiness.Killian was touched hearing his father's words. In the past, he was the only one who treated him best, with the exception of his Nanny Susan. Now that he knew the relationship between the two of them, he was glad that he had a father who cared so much about him." Thank you," he said in a low voice. He didn't take his help for granted. He was ha
Killian walked straight to his office, lost in thoughts. He didn't know what to do to help with Maya's situation.He was helpless. With the council pulling his legs to present Maya before them for trial, he was desperate to save her.Others might believe that she did it, but he would never believe that.The Maya he knew accommodated everyone and nothing would push her to commit murder, not to mention that the person was his own mother.She would never do anything to hurt him, that he was certain about. " Meet me in my office," he mindlinked his gamma before making his way to the office.If he wanted to unravel the truth, he needed some help and cracking such cases, only his gamma was capable enough.Arriving at his office, he walked to his liquor store before retrieving a bottle of whiskey.In a moment like this, he needed something to stimulate his nerves and brain and what better way than gulp some hard whiskey. His gamma did not take long for him to arrive at Killian's office.Hi
Maya could not believe what she heard nor what she saw. She could not believe that Amber could be as cruel as to kill Luna Miranda in broad daylight.In that moment of disbelief, she stood rooted in place, unable to move.Amber, who was startled by the sound of the falling tray, turned to look at Maya with murderous eyes. Her eyes were glowing red and one look at her, Maya could tell that she was not herself.Maya's suspicions escalated. No wolf can use magic and that's what Amber used to get rid of Luna Miranda.Stalking towards Maya, Amber had a crooked smile on her lips." You have a tendency of foiling my plans, don't you?" Amber asked and Maya stumbled.Flight or fight kicked in but her legs were too heavy to even take a step." First, it was the attack and now you can't let me get rid of that traitor in peace? What should I do to you?" Amber asked, her voice sounding dark and sinister. Her eyes remained beet red. They were scary." What do you want to do to me?" Maya asked, chal
Maya didn't know what to feel. On one hand, she really hoped Killian could at least soften his heart and retract his decision of banishing the maids from the pack. After losing what she called home, she could understand how it feels and she did not wish that for anyone, even her enemy.On the other hand, she knew that Killian was right. The people needed to be taught how to respect her. As an Alpha male, taking pity on those two could be seen as softness and that could encourage the others to go against his words. As long as they could be forgiven after pleading. That was not something she wanted for Killian. Being indecisive could lead to his people questioning his authority and ability to lead the people.She watched as Killian walked away without even turning to look at her.Walking back to the maids, she could only pity them." Unfortunately, there's nothing I can do to help you. Take this as a lesson. Wherever you are, you have to respect authority. I hope you have a smooth life