MAX’S POVI was on my way to the mental asylum I’d sent Bailey to with John on my tail. We’d both taken our separate cars but with me leading the way. I was nervous and excited all at once. I was like a little child who was about to unwrap a Christmas present. Yet, I was positive that I was correct, Alexis was related to John. On the outside, the mental asylum was like that of a regular one, with various human patients and doctors, yet the director was Dr Steve Grey, a werewolf who was a friend of my family. His father had been friends with my Grandfather. The hospital was founded by his father; a regular psychiatric hospital for humans on the inside but a psychiatric hospital for werewolves on the inside. It was located in a regular town and seemed pretty normal except not all the patients and doctors were human. I drove into the parking lot and found a suitable spot. John packed right beside me and got out too. I nodded at him and made my way into the hospital with him following m
EVE’S POVI sat beside Ezekiel in a bar. It was one of the most exquisite bars in town. That was the thing about Ezekiel, he always went all out whenever he took me out. It was always the coolest restaurants, the coolest bars, the coolest clubs, the coolest hotels even though he’d never share a room with me. Even after a few heated kisses, he hadn’t touched me. Still hadn’t had sex with me. Still hadn’t even gone beyond a kiss, nothing at all. It got me a bit agitated when I was around him. He clearly reeked sexual tension and I think he was attracted to me but the fact that he never went beyond a kiss was puzzling to me. I knew he was sexually active, I had seen a few women come out of his hotel room but not me. He hadn’t made a move on me. Was it that he didn’t find me attractive enough? Or was there something else in the picture? It made being with him annoying sometimes. I clearly wanted him and had done everything that I knew how to do to get him. I'd dressed provocatively, tou
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