Author’s POV"You're so beautiful!" Vivi said, holding Meredith in her arms as Luke looked at her closely."You are too sweetie" Meredith said smiling at her and when she sees Cara coming she stretches out her hand and signals to her to come to her.“You two are my beta and my gamma. I couldn't have been happier than I am now, you were and still are my closest outside family.” Meredith tells them."You saved my life back then, Mer," Cara said."I didn't, you were already strong enough to survive alone, it was the scoundrel of Sam who made things difficult." and looking at her she asks. "How are you feeling""Better than last time," she said smiling, "but it's just the first week."“Vivi” suddenly Francois can be heard and Vivi turns her head and looks at him in shock."What are you doing here?" she asks Francois. He hurt her feelings. He was her brother and yet he acted like a jerk. It was her choice to be with Luke and she is more than happy but he..Ahh! She would want to beat his as
Author’s POVBack at the luna ceremony after party, everyone present has fun. The pack members seem to accept Meredith, because Artemis' presence does not give them any other possibility. Even Max's ex-lovers leave their plans alone, feeling threatened, so everything is smooth and goes perfect.Max sits in the garden on a huge garden armchair and holds Meredith in his lap kissing her neck while James almost kidnapped Lori and went with her in a private area to find out what had tormented him the whole ceremony.“Max,” London said, looking around. “I must confess that you impressed me.'' and he takes Olivia in his arms, resting his head on the top of her head."That was the idea, dad" Max said and London almost drowns with his own saliva hearing him, but calming down he looks at Olivia and then back at Max and Meredith and smiles."I never thought I'd hear anything like that from your mouth." Landon says, visibly excited. ” We have four kids, my love. Four and you struggled to give bir
Author’s POV“You want to verify if I am pregnant?” and Meredith starts to laugh out loud as soon as Max enters with her in his condo.In the last two weeks this place has become a home for Meredith and as well for Max, who has never felt so good in her own home. Meredith left her mark on the space, making it look like a house and not the refuge of a bachelor.“Why not? Who knows what surprise we will have ”he says, putting her on her own feet as soon as he crosses the threshold of the house with her in his arms."Let me help you" he whispers and unzips her dress, letting it fall off her shoulders."Shit!" he said, seeing her in her lingerie "Did you wear this all night?" he asked, looking at her White Wicked Unlined Balconette Teddy from Victoria’s Secret."Is there a problem with it?" Meredith asked him, smiling at him sweetly.“Of course it is!” Max said and lifted her from the ground, letting her dress fall completely while she left her shoes on the ground with the dress."We coul
Author’s POV( Two weeks ago )"Where the hell did she run, Craig?" Vincenzo asks, sniffing the air.“I don’t know. But tell me again, why are we looking for Veronica Jackson? I thought you wanted to get rid of her. '' Craig, Castellano’s beta, asks.“The bitch is pregnant” Vincenzo said making Craig look in his eyes. "I need to know if it's mine""You need to know if it's yours?" and Craig laughs hearing him “She was with you in the last two months. And you took her every time when you needed a release. And now you are doubting her pregnancy? ”And Craig just catches the bridge of his nose and thinks for a few seconds says.“Now I understand all her suddenly mood changes. I thought that she was just bored or that all this exile made her emotionally unstable, but it was her pregnancy. ”"And the point is?" Vincenzo asked.“Let me tell you Vince. She is your rejected mate. She was a little bit crazy from the beginning but over all this came the fact that she was banned from her own pac
Damon’s POV( Vincenzo’s Wolf )It's been almost two weeks since I marked Veronica. Two weeks of nightmare. She is still alive, and I know for sure that Vincenzo blames me for this, because I forced him to mark her.But right now I don’t give a shit on his opinion anymore. Because of his ego I lost everything. I lost my status, I lost my pack, I lost my stupid brother and even my mate in a way or another.All my life I let him do what he wanted. Not because I'm weak. No, I am strong enough to put this human down but I am his better half if you want to say it this way. I know his character and I know that my ways are not his ways, we are to different and we are caught in the same body, and it is also said that whoever is smarter gives up first.He wanted to reject our mate. I let him do it, he would have done it anyway and we wouldn't have gotten anywhere. He wanted Meredith Quinn or Cruz, because it seems that the woman was Max Cruz 'wife not just a lover and I didn’t say anything eve
Author’s POVIt’s been more than a week since Meredith had her luna ceremony and her life is just like a sweet dream. Max conquers her every day with his love. He is like a puppy, following her everywhere. Even at their office he came multiple times during the day in the Design Department, making all his employees smile."He's not as bad as I heard he is," someone said, but just looked from Max and he swallowed his words."He is not bad with his luna" someone else said seriously, making Max smile to himself.“Did you hear it, Stark? My luna. I am not bad with my luna” and he knocks on Meredith’s door."Where is Cara?" he asks as soon as he sees her.“Sam didn’t tell you?” She said smiling at him while she taped something on her laptop."Say what?" Max asks and comes behind her chair and bending down he puts her hair aside and kisses her on the neck, right over his mark."Today they will find the baby's gender." And she lifts her head from her laptop and kisses him.“I missed you” Max
Author’s POV"Are you sure she didn't have any special training before this?" James asks, looking at his sister.“No man, she trained a few times with me, before Castellano kidnapped her last time and that was it!” Max said, looking at Meredith with fascination.She is in the middle of the training arena and she fights with four warriors at the same time. And the funny part is that she is winning.“I asked dad about primordial wolves” James said keep looking at Meredith."And?" and this time Max turns his head to James.In the last week there was not even a single day without searching for answers. There are stories about primordials. Some of them are scary, others talk about their unimaginable force, but everything seems a fantasy.In this modern era, to speak about special powers is like a bedtime story. Not even the healers existed in the last two hundred years.“She is special and we must protect her, Max. I never saw this coming. I can’t even believe it. And I can’t stop wonderin
Author’s POVMax had no rest all day thinking about the words James had read. He must find the truth, None will take Meredith from him. He just found her, he can't give it up.First was Castellano and now this?“What is happening with you, brat?” grandpa Cruz asks, seeing him devastated."Not having all the pieces of the puzzle makes me scared, grandpa." and he just looks at the old man."Is it about Meredith?" Grandpa asked.“There are a lot of things on the internet and reading it ..” but grandpa stops him."What do you know about me, Maximilian" he asks and this time he has his alpha aura making Max marvel at the power this old man emanates.“According to Meredith you are an old perv” and he starts to laugh."Why is that?" and this time Grandpa Cruz takes Max seriously."Because you make plans over plans and ..." and he just let the phrase in the air."You knew" Max whispers as if having a revelation.“I knew Landon and I knew he was the right man to raise this little girl. Back th
Elias left his own party and as soon as he was outside, his mate's fragrance became more subtil.“Can you find her, Kan?” and his heart is small like a flea.“Yes, I am the best tracker , I will find her no matter how much time it will take.”“I am scared,” he said. “I was more than sure that I will not find my mate tonight, it seemed so impossible to me. I fuck up royally, man”“We both did.” Kan said “Let me focus” and he looked to the shore area and started to walk after her.“Elias!” suddenly one of his whores called him and jumped in his arms. “I have a gift for you!” she said and tried to touch him in his intimate parts, but Elias caught her hands and pushed her a little without harming her.“There is no need.” And he looked around .Suddenly this girl's smell makes him feel sick.“Did you find your mate?’ the girl asked. “ Whoever she is, I can be better. I can offer you more”Elias just watched her .“Why did I sleep with this girl?” Elias asked.“Fuck me if I know.” and Kan w
“Hey, dickhead!” someone yelled in the middle of the training room;“Holy shit!” Kan, the sexiest wolf ever in the royal pack, growled.“I am going to kill her!” Elias said and turning around he sees Theo blinking at him and he almost falls from his own feet.Every time he is trying to woo a girl, miraculously Theo and Bella appear and ruin everything. He loves Bella with all his heart , being his twin, but Theo brooked her head.Yes, that’s what he is saying daily. If she wouldn't be such a good friend with Theodora Cruz , he is sure that she would have been a perfect little girl. But no, she had to have as bestie the one and only: the princess of the werewolves, the absolute perv and scoundrel girl that ever existed.“She’s just like that great grandfather of hers, man!” Kan said, gritting his teeth.“No wonder she didn’t find her mate, and who'll be able to stand her?” and he looks at the sky and raises a prayer.“Thank you Goddess, because you protected our race and left her matel
(One week later)“Holy guacamole!” Vivi yelled and jumped in Luke’s arms.“Will you stop, Viv! You are pregnant for the goddess ‘sake! “ and he ran to catch her because as soon as she put her foot down the helicopter , she sprinted to the Royal Packhouse as if there were some Christmas promotions and she won't find anything if she doesn't hurry up.“Vivienne Navarro!” Luke yelled seeing her like that.“Cassel” Francoise said ,coming from behind, while he was holding hands with Leia.They had their alpha and luna ceremony, to the shock of the entire pack , that is still processing the fact that Max is not their alpha anymore.“What?’ and Luke keeps an eye on Vivi but he can’t stop from looking at Francoise as well.“She is still Cassel, if you forget that. You didn’t marry my sister, and I'm really glad that she forgot about this, because otherwise I will need to search for a beta.”Luke just stays there and watches Vivi as she hopping around when she met Cara and Meredith.“Shit!” and
Author’s POVAs soon as all the alphas left, Max gathered everyone in his condo, in his private living room. Even the girls are here , wondering what is going on.The boys are serious and no one speaks.“Who died?” Vivi asked but the girls just looked at her while their mates continued to stay mute.“I don’t want this. I didn’t ask for this.” Meredith said in the end.“Mer” James whispered. “It’s your destiny!”“No , James . Is it not” She said with tears in her eyes.“I can build my own destiny, with my own thoughts and decisions. I don’t need a gang of alphas to come and tell me that suddenly I am their queen and that I need to live somewhere else. They don’t deserve me! They abandon my family!” and she bursted in tears.“WHAT?” Cara asked, jumping from Sam’s lap and almost dropping the babies on the floor.“What queen? No, you can’t leave us!” and she starts to shiver, scaring Sam.“Take the babies!” he shouted and Leia and Francoise jumped from their seats and grabbed Elias and Be
Author’s POV“Sweetheart” Carter mindlinked Meredith the next day in the morning. “ Can you take Max with you and come to the training room? Your father is here”“What?” she asked and jumped from the bed.'What’s going on?’ Max asked grabbing her arm and pulling her back in bed, making her sit over his naked body.“My father is here,” she whispered. “Something happened.” and her heart almost stopped saying this.“What do you mean he is here?” and Max helped her to get out of the bed and both of them ran to the closet and took something on them, without taking a shower.“Max ,” and Meredith already has tears in her eyes. “What if this madness is not over yet? What if we made plans for nothing,” and she touched her lower abdomen closing her eyes.“Hey, look at me” and Max pulled her to his chest and lifted her chin and kissed her lips.“You have me, no matter what's going on, you have me and you will always have me no matter what. I am yours forever. Am I clear? We are together in this.
Author’s POV“I should punish you!” Grandpa Cruz said, pointing his cane to Meredith.“I am sorry, grandpa” she said and went to him and took the old man in a warm embrace.“You even took off the bracelet I gave you!” he said, pouting at her and making her smile.“And you know exactly why” and this time he looked him in the eye. “I thought that I was protecting you doing this”“Protecting my ass!” Vivi cried out. “We almost died here having a stroke because of you!”“I am sorry, sweetie,” Meredith said, smiling at her.“Don’t smile at me Meredith Cruz!” Vivi cried. “I was so stressed. If my baby wolfy will be agitated when he is born it will be all your fault!”“And let me guess” Max said laughing “You are the embodiment of calmness and tranquility.”“Of course, I am,” Vivi said, blinking her eyelashes and making everyone laugh.“Look,” Meredith said “I am really sorry, but at that moment it seemed the only option. I promise that I will neve do something like that and looking at Grand
Author’s POV“Where is she?” James cried like a baby as soon as he arrived at Crescent Moon Pack. ”Where is Lori!” but he was stopped by Landon.“Will you calm down!” he said, catching his arms. “In this state you will scare the poor woman.”“You don’t get it dad!” He said “She was alone, she suffered and I could have helped her, holding her hand at least, to calm her wolf but I just missed the most important moment of our life.”“It’s my fault” Meredith whispered, coming closer ”I am so sorry James.” but seeing her like this and hearing her Max stepped between them.“Will you stop victimizing yourself?”And he is damned serious.“You!” he said commandingly and shocking everyone.“Lori loves you and you didn’t miss this because you were drunk in some bar , you were saving your sister's life. “ and turning his face to Meredith said in a more calm voice.“And about what you just said, darling. You have nothing to blame yourself for.” and caress her face with the back of his palm.“But”
Author’s POV“What the hell was that?” an alpha asks looking slack-jawed at Meredith.“Holy goddess!” that’s not possible. “We came here to fight and kill that jerk, who hunts our brothers all over the world and she just killed him with two punches?” another one asked Max.“That’s my mate!” Max said with a lot of pride and he ran directly to Meredith and lifted her in his arms, forcing her to put her legs around his waist in front of all these alphas.“I love you, Meredith Cruz!” and he is not waiting for her response, he just kissed her, he kissed her with passion.“Will you forgive me for being so stupid to talk with you like I did yesterday?”“No. I will not” Meredith said calmly. “Actually” and she just watches his reactions.Max’s heart stops.“You can’t leave me!” Max said in a very commanding way making everyone around to laugh, and an alpha from Europe just says with a very funny accent:“Leave him, please! And choose me!”But Max has no sense of humor and he wants to leave Me
Author’s POVIt was all like a click. You know what I am telling you about? That moment when the world stops moving around you and the movements freeze , everything disappears and in the center of everything is only you. You just stay there , like a very bored spectator analyze everything.Meredith just looks around her and she can’t ask herself:“Artemis, What the hell is going on?”“I will honestly say that I have no idea!” and Artemis activates all her senses fearing that there is some magic around.“Max...” Meredith whispers remembering that he is wounded and she runs directly to where he lays on the ground, helped by Sam and Luke. He is looking in her direction and he just stays like a statue. His eyes are so scared that it breaks her heart.“Oh.,..Max” she said and tears started to flow down her face. “I am here, don’t be scared, everything will be alright "and kneeling near his wounded body she kissed his lips.“Please, just get well” and she looks around again. Everything is s