Maximo PoV“She’s a cute little one, I’ll admit, cheers”, I toasted the statue of the moon goddess, “and quite interesting,” I sipped my pear wine, “and what’s bad in making wine out of pears. I’m sure you’ll like it if you were real.”“Yer called for me, master?” Dylan popped his head into the cave.“Dylan, my man. Just the person I was looking for.”“Yer Seem to be in a good mood, boss,” he chuckled, “got anything to do with the fine lass hanging out at the back of the cave?”“Now I understand why my father kept his servants on a short leash,” I smirked, “I’m expecting visitors. Two wolves actually. So prepare a nice meal, and then go spread the word that I’m in the market for outcasts and rogue wolves. It’s time to build a pack and set my plans in motion.”“Yes, master,” he replied and left.“Oh! It’s just Axel and Klaus,” I muttered to the statue, “I know you’re probably wondering how I knew they were going to come. It’s because I know people, despite being removed from civilizati
Lisa PoVI’ve never met anyone, wolf or human, to be so dangerous and likable at the same time. It was as if he embodied two personalities. One minute, he was endearing and teasing, the next, he was dangerous and creepy.“What am I expecting from a man that lives in caves?” I muttered, pushing the plate from which I’d eaten a couple of hours away from the makeshift bed the handsome lunatic had put me in.It’s been over seven hours since I woke up that morning, and he was yet to come to see me. Usually, I would have appreciated the privacy but I had a thousand and one questions to ask, and he had already promised me answers.“And now he’s avoiding me,” I angrily kicked the iron plate and it clattered against the rock that surrounded me, echoing and bouncing off the rocky walls.I was not a stranger to staying in enclosed walls, Axel used to lock me up in dungeons every time, but when I escaped, I vowed never to be locked up again.“Yet,” I sighed, “here I am.”Technically, I wasn’t loc
Axel PoVThat was the thing about mad, powerful men. They are never predictable. And Maximo was definitely a mad and powerful man. He could have easily sent a messenger that he’d found Lisa, and I wouldn’t have to lose my mind about the coming carnage, which, apparently was never coming. I was pissed. On top of that, I failed, which meant I had a debt to owe. I owed a madman.Then, he’d tried to instigate Klaus and me to fight him, knowing fully well that we stood no chance of winning. What kind of madman does that? And what did he mean by Klaus’s wolf being energetic? As if his madness was enough, he had me fetching a plate for the same stupid girl he had ordered me to batter. I was thoroughly pissed. My anger stirred and simmered within me, begging to be let off, then I heard the little witch talk.“You’re here to save me, right?” she sounded happy, which was no surprise since Klaus had always had a soft spot for the girl, “just like you did before?“What does she mean by just like
Maximo PoVI’ve known Axel for a long while, and he has always been efficient in every task he handles. His ambition was unrivaled and would do anything if it meant he’ll get what he wanted. So when he announced he’d lost Lisa, I smelled a rat. And I was right. That rat was Klaus.“Even animals deserved to be treated better than I was treated…”I wasn’t paying any attention to Lisa’s rant. It was obvious to the entire table that she was simply trying to evade the question I asked her. Frankly, it was disappointing. For a girl who had been mistreated and abused her entire life, I’d expected that she would develop the art of lying.She really was a naïve, innocent world sent to fulfill a prophecy she had no idea of. Lisa might be innocent and naïve, but Klaus wasn’t, and he was the one I paid attention to.“I already lost count of the times I almost died because of your mistreatment,” Lisa’s rant continued.Her rant might be conjured up to aid her evasion tactics, but her anger was real
Axel PoVWatching Klaus and Lisa tell the same story, yet, it was obvious that one of them was lying was quite unsettling. It was difficult to tell if Klaus was lying, but Lisa’s was obvious. The question was, why is she lying? That could only mean Klaus was also lying.I understood that part, but what I absolutely did not understand was why Klaus would put the pack in danger. I could swear that he would happily lay down his life for the pack, and probably even murder Lisa himself if it meant the pack survived.Surely, he couldn’t possibly be so scared of me that he would be too fearful, to tell the truth when the pack was in danger. Unless…“Shall we discuss your debt then?” Maximo interrupted my thought.“What debt?” Klaus asked.“Well, you did fail to deliver Lisa as I asked you to,” Maximo replied, munching sloppily on his meal, “I reward both failures and successes, isn’t that right, Axel?”“It definitely is,” I replied, gulping down the terrible drink the host called wine.“Wait
Lisa PoV“I guess being eighteen doesn’t qualify you as adult,” I murmured as I pressed myself through the boulder to get to the other compartment which, for all intents and purposes, I call my room.“He can’t even be much older than I am,” I grumbled while I plopped down on the rocky, makeshift bed, “and he has the guts to talk to me like he’s my parent.”I couldn’t even jump and crash onto the bed out of frustration like I did back when I was incarcerated in the pack, else, I’d break every bone of my body.“Stupid, crazy man,” I reeled out insults, “and he doesn’t even look older than twenty-five with his round, baby face and blue eyes.”“Is someone falling in love already?”Nessa’s voice caught me unawares, making me jump up in fright. I landed badly and hit my big toe against the rock.“Ouch! Nessa!”“What? I wasn’t the one that made you hit your toe against the floor,” she smirked.“You should have warned me,” I muttered, rubbing my toe.“Is that how to welcome your wolf after a
Klaus PoV“You take the one on the right, I’ll go left,” Axel whispered, “remember, we’re not here to start a war, so only knock them out. Maximo can do his dirty work by himself.”Axel and I were at the borders of the Yellowstone pack, and, as expected, it was heavily guarded by the wolves from the Ortho Pack. The task Maximo gave us was delicate. We couldn’t just waltz through the front door to present an offer to the pack. We had to be discreet, and that was exactly the reason he had asked us.“Ready?” he asked.“Yes, he replied, nodding my head.“Let’s roll out.”The mission was simple. Infiltrate the pack while avoiding the guards from Ortho Pack, ensure no one sees us, and have a secret audience with the Alpha of the Yellowstone pack, ensuring he agrees to the proposal. Simple? But this wasn’t the first rodeo for Axel and I. We’d chosen to infiltrate the pack from the forest where we’d have cover from the guards.“Zzzzttt,” I sneaked right behind the guard on the right and buzze
Axel PoVThe miracle I had hoped would happen when I was holed up in my room, happened in Maximo’s cave.I found the traitor that almost tore apart my pack, I got Maximo’s neck off my neck, and I figured out a way to find leverage over him so he doesn’t have me on his leash anymore. All in all, the future was looking good for me; for Klaus? Not so much.“You’ve been silent,” Klaus said during the trip home.“I have nothing to say,” I replied sternly.“You do believe me, right?”“It doesn’t matter what I believe,” I replied, “and I’d very much like to be left alone.”Indeed, I wasn’t sure what to believe. The Klaus I knew wouldn’t endanger the pack because of some random girl he pitied. And he was definitely not superstitious enough to do what he did because he believed in some strange prophecy from a goddess. There had to be something I was missing.“I was able to calm down Al and his minions,” Klaus said after a few minutes of silence, “but I didn’t respond.”I was too engrossed in m