Author’s POVMax laughs with James as they spin the steaks on the grill when suddenly Stark starts to shake."Max, I need to see our mate!" he said, almost howling in pain."She is with the girls" Max said trying to calm him down and looking around he sees that Leia and Cara are not here."Where is Cara?" Max asks Sam, seeing him as he laughs with Francois and Luke, while Vivi keeps moving in Luke's lap.Sam stops and looks around, as if trying to concentrate and suddenly Max sees him frowning."Shit!" Max said and throwing the grill utensils he starts to run and tells James.“Something happened!” and lets Stark take control and transform in the middle of the patio into a huge black wolf, making Vivi and Francois frightened.Sam does the same because right now he is more than sure that Cara suffered something.They enter the house and start to search while James and Lori follow them.Luke puts Vivienne down saying with fear“Something happened and is about Meredith, stay here please!”
Author’s POV"Did you find anything?" Landon asks as soon as he arrives in Washington, at the house that Max rented, and looking around he said:"This place is a fortress. How the hell did they get in here? Something doesn’t make sense! ”“I would have chosen this place too, if I were Max. So I don't understand, how did they get in? "Carter, who came with Landon, tells him.“How did you find this place?” Landon asked, looking straight into Max’s eyes.“It’s one of the contest organizer’s venues. They used it two years ago and I knew the location. I rented the house from them, because this year was too small to host the event. ”"That was a niche, somehow Castellano must have stolen a key!" Landon said and immediately took out of his bag the laptop he had brought with him."What are you doing?" Max asks him, looking at what he is doing.“This time we came prepared, son. After her first kidnapped, Grandpa Cruz, Carter and I made a plan so that this will never happen. But it seems that y
Meredith’s POV"Oh my goddess!" I say as soon as I open my eyes.I feel like I'm in a cave here. There is no window, just a flickering light bulb. What is here? Am I in a warehouse?“Yeah! Oh my goddess! ” Veronica said, laughing in my face.This is not good at all if she is here. I get up slightly and sit on my ass trying to look around.I know that I can beat her, but right now I feel dizzy so I shut up my mouth.“Why are you looking at me like that?” she asked me.Something is not right about her. She was never a normal person and her reactions should have been a question mark for those around her, but still, now is something more.She is very pale. She lost a lot of pounds and her gaze is somehow lost.“Veronica” I say when my mind is clear “Are you alright?”She just looks at me as if nobody ever asked her how she feels, if she needs anything or anything related to her condition.“Of course that I am alright” she said but in an instant she runs into the corner of the room and tak
Meredith’s POV"Oh my goddess!" I yelled, clasping my hands in the makeshift bed I was sitting on.The pain is unreal. I feel like something is crushing me, even the mere fact that I'm sitting on this bed hurts me."Help me!" I yelled in panic. "I can't breathe!"“Please, somebody help me!And just then the door opens and I see Federico Castellano entering, I want to tell him something but instead of words a strong growl escapes from my mouth, making him mute."Shit!" he just said, looking at my neck.“This piece of shit bite you and run?” and I see him laughing and trying to come near me, looking at me like I am his prey.“Craig !!!!” he yells and when Vincenzo's beta enters and sees me he stops in the door frame."What the hell did you do, Vincenzo?""Help me put her down!" Federico said. "I want to mark her as mine!"And hearing him I start to struggle more, and as I move more, every cell in my body seems to shake and force me to transform.“It hurts too much!” I yelled again when
Author’s POVAs soon as Max heard that growl almost collapsed. If Meredith could growl that means only one thing. Someone marked her. He lost her. Someone stole his mate!"Go for her, stupid!" Stark yelled. “Even if Castellano marked her, we can kill him and claim her as ours. There are rules that protect the mate bond, not everything is lost! ”And realizing that Stark is right he starts to run to the end of the corridor. Every time it must be the last room, the end of the road. In every story the same drama, but yet, Max ran as if his life was behind that last door.He stops his steps when he just hears a pained “Don’t kill me!” that he stopped from his race. But when the crack of bones follows, as well as Max, James, Landon and Carter are looking at each other in panic."Who the hell died?" Carter asked.The four of them stand in front of the door and do not dare to open it.They smell Meredith beyond the door, they smell a lot of blood, and Castellano’s brother but beyond that it’
Author’s POV"What happened?" Meredith asked and her face is white like snow.“I can’t tell you right now, but the girls are in hospital. They are already transferred to Vancouver, because our pack doctors are the best and they have a better chance to survive there. ”"To survive?" and Meredith moves away from Max a little and looking into his eyes she asks him in panic. "How bad are they?"“You will see it with your own eyes” Max said and took her hand in his hand. "I can't even talk about this because I came after you as soon as the doctors got to them, but they were dying when we came here."“Oh my goddess!” Meredith whispered and immediately she starts to run outside the building, pulling Max after her.“If Cara dies, or Leia...I swear Max, nothing will save Veronica and Castellano from my wrath. Not even the fact that Veronica is pregnant will not help her. I will erase any trace of her from the face of the earth. ""She's what?" Max asked and he almost stumbled and fell."She's
Author’s POV“My house or your house?” Max asked Meredith as he gently put on her seat belt, helping her to sit comfortably.."Yours," she said almost in a whisper. "I need to see familiar faces, and to feel that I belong to a family” and she is about to burst into tears."Hey," Max said in a panic and immediately loosened the newly seated belt and pulled her into his lap, holding her tight to his chest.“Have faith, beautiful,” he said, caressing her face. “They are werewolves. And as long they are still alive they are able to recover. Not everything is lost. ”"Even Leia?" Meredith asks, letting her tears flow down her cheeks."And what about when they will see how much they already lost, Max?" Meredith asks, looking into his eyes.“Will Cara be the same energetic and sweet girl we knew? Will ever Leia open her eyes and have the same shine she had before all this happened?? ”"We can only hope," Max said. “But until they will recover we have the duty to support Sam and Luke. We can
Author's POV“There is my favorite granddaughter!” Grandpa Cruz said as soon as he saw Meredith coming down for breakfast with Max."How many granddaughters do you have, grandpa?" Meredith asks, squeezing her eyes at the old man. "Tell me honestly, who else did Max bring home besides me?" and Max’s face becomes pale while grandpa’s mouth remains open. But seeing their faces Meredith starts to laugh."I was joking! You can start breathing again! ” she said, going to the old man and hugging him, but the poor old man's heart beat like after some marathon."You look better" Carter said coming into the room with Lisa but he see Max's and grandpa’s faces can't help but ask:"Did something happen?"“No, dad” Meredith said, making him smile because she didn’t call him like that since she just married Max five years ago, and Max was ignoring her.“I made a joke and they shit in their pants” and Lisa burst into laughter."That's what they need!" and takes Meredith’s hand and pulls her in a hug.