MAX'S POVI drove Alexis to the morgue and we met the police there. The phone call had been made by the instigation of the police. Apparently, it was a murder case and the only clue was ALEXIS' phone number in the pocket of this lady. We were directed to the room where the bodies were kept. An attendant who identified herself as Matilda led us to the room. We were followed closely by the detective assigned to the case; he had introduced himself as Jonathan Myers. I kept glancing at Alexis to make sure she was okay. I couldn't take my hands off the small of her back either. It felt like she needed the extra support. Matilda walked to a body and uncovered the sheet for us to glance at the body. Alexis gasped and slowly began to back away from the body."Oh no! Oh no!" She said and then she crumbled to the floor and let out a piercing scream. I helped her up and held her as she buried her face in my jacket and began to sob uncontrollably. I was a bit confused but then I figured that t
ALEXIS' POVI woke up and my mind was blank for a moment. I sat up and tried to think back to who I was and where I was. The truth of everything came rushing to me and that's when it hit me. Hannah was dead. My own Hannah. My very own Hannah with her hair, actions and inactions and the personality and everything else, Hannah was gone. I'd never see her again. I'd never talk to her again. Hannah was gone. I couldn't help myself as I began to sob.I slid and sat on the floor, burying my face in my hands. I don't know for how long I sat in the silence crying, but I cried. I went over all the memories I had of Hannah in my mind. From the first day we met to the very last day I'd seen her. I took my phone and began to stare at our pictures. It was unbelievable. My best friend was gone, I'd never see her again. I thought I'd run out of years but more came at that moment and I welcomed it, crying some more. My precious Hannah was gone. Was that why she had been unable to respond to my tex
ALEXIS’ POVI couldn’t bring myself to speak with Max. After a few minutes of awkward silence, I said, “Can you put on the radio?”He obliged and turned it on. I allowed myself get lost in the song being played over the radio and turned, looking out the window, making it known that I wasn’t read to have any conversation with Max. I knew it wasn’t his fault but then, I just couldn’t help feeling the way I did. I just wanted to crawl into an hole and get buried in it forever. I couldn’t believe it, Hannah was gone. Hannah was gone. It was true. I’d seen her lying lifeless on the gurney in the morgue. I imagined that my phone would ring and it’d be her calling to tell me that it was joke that she was alive. Many questions were playing in my mind; how had she died? Where was Cody her boyfriend? Was I supposed to call him? Why had Hannah been found where I overhead that she had been found? Why was my name and number written on a paper on her? There were so many questions and yet I was re
MAX’S POVI tried to hide my emotions as best as I could. I understood that Alexis was having a difficult time coming to terms with her best friend’s death, the sudden life changes she was having and everything else Selene seemed to be throwing her way. However, I was very skeptical about her choice to see Bailey again. I was very hesitant to take her to the mental institution. Yet, her fierce determination had won me over. I was also hugely sympathetic towards her. I was trying so hard to put myself in her shoes and try to be more understanding and gentle with her. It must not be easy. To have your entire life unravel before your eyes and turn out to be a lie; to be told you aren’t who you’ve lived for all the many years of your life and to lose your best friend to unfortunate circumstances. It must be hard. It must be tough for her. So I decided to oblige every desire to see Bailey. Here we were, at the mental institution with Alexis finally hearing the truth about everything from
ALEXIS’ POVMax carried me back to the car. He placed me gently on the seat and buckled the seat belt around me. He didn’t say a word to me and I wasn’t sure I wanted him to say any at all too. I was lost in my grief and the realization of my mother’s word fully dawning on me. It felt like a really heavy weight had settled over me and I couldn’t shake it off. All I could do was succumb to the weight in tears. I buried my face in my hands and cried.Max started the car and began the journey back to the house in silence. At some point, he put on the radio, probably remembering my earlier request. My tear duct finally decided to stop secreting more tears and I used Max’s handkerchief to wipe my face. I didn’t spare him a glance, focusing on the view outside my window and my thoughts. Yet, I couldn’t deny that knowing he was close was of great comfort to me. Everything in my life had suddenly turned upside down and it seemed like the only stability that I had was him. His gentle presenc
MAX’S POVRight before us stood a very tall man with whitish blonde hair and a menacing smile. “I asked a question. Do. You. Need. Some. Help?” Something about his voice turned me off. Then his scent was human but it smelt of something else. Something I couldn’t really describe; something I’d never smelt before.“Trying to analyze my scent are we?” He said, staring at me with a smirk on his lips. He knew I was a wolf. Instantly, my guards came up and I stood up, bringing my weight from leaning against Alexis to leaning on my own feet. It sent jolts of pain to my side and I felt my vision get blurry with the pain but then, I ignored it. I pushed Alexis behind me, gently but firmly.“What do you want?” I said, ensuring to keep my voice crisp and clear and laced with Alpha’s venom. The man shrugged. He said, “Well, I just wanted to have a conversation with the lady that’s all.” He pointed at Alexis. I felt Alexis try to stare past me at him but I held her back firmly behind me.“Sp
ALEXIS' POV"Alexis! Alexis!" John yelled as he got out of his car. He had some people with him who I didn't recognize. He said to one of them, "Go after that man!" He pointing in the the direction the man with white blonde hair had run in. Then the others helped Max into an ambulance. As John helped me up. I couldn't control myself as I sobbed helplessly."Max." I said, unable to say anything else but his name. John placed his hands on my shoulder and said, "He's going to be okay, Alexis. Inside that amublance is my personal doctor who is an expert at treating wolves. Max is in good hands."I shook my head. Words didn't come and instead, I began to sob. I pointed at the ambulance, I wanted to say that I was unwilling to ride apart from Max. I wanted to be with him. John understood because he shook his head. "Ride with me Am—" he paused and then smiled sadly. "Allow the expert do their job please, Alexis."I nodded and he squeezed my shoulders. He helped me into the car. He drove
MAX’S POVHer small hands were around my waist and mine were around hers too. Her beautiful green eyes were boring into mine and for a moment, nothing else mattered except that she was right here in front of me and this tiny woman was my world. I remembered her frantic gestures after the accident and the strength she had channeled and the way she had composed herself and in that moment, I couldn’t help but fall more headfirst in love with her. I don’t know if that was possible but in that moment, I loved Alexis more than I ever thought. Like I said, everything about Amelia Rhodes appealed to me. Everything about her. All the other women I’d been with now seemed too tall, too short, too this or that but Amelia was perfect. She was perfect. And she just confessed that she was in love with me. I felt elated. I felt like I’d won the lottery. “I don’t know how it happened or how best to describe it but what I feel-“ she paused and swallowed looking at her feet. “I know it’s not what I