ZANE’S POVThe reason I took out the goblet which was passed over to me by my father and wanted to use it for the spell was that I thought if we used it to do the spell, it would bring good luck.After all, the goblet was an ancient artifact and my father told me stories about how the moon goddess's first creation had a drink with the moon goddess using this goblet gifted to him by the moon goddess.When Khal began coughing, I knew he was avoiding being the first whose blood would be drawn.I appreciated their efforts of agreeing to follow me to search for the orb.If it were another ambitious Beta and Gamma, they would be happy to watch me die without any child to succeed me.Which would have made it easy for them to take over the Alpha position.But Damien and Khal were supportive of me since they found out about the dying part of my curse.“You don’t need to put on a show Khal. I was going to be the first anyway,” I said which made Khal stop coughing as a look of embarrassment made
MAEVE’S POVI was angry at the fact that Alpha Zane avoided looking at me. He made it seem as though they were going to die or something.And it made me fucking scared. I didn’t want to lose him. I wanted us to be together even after death.That was why when we got to his room, I couldn’t hold back my emotions anymore.I didn’t know what he was expecting me to show him, but he was surprised when I crushed his lips with mine.This was what I wanted to show him. How much I yearned for him. How much I loved him. He froze for a few seconds as though he didn’t expect me to kiss him but he eventually grabbed my waist and pulled me closer to him.The kiss was rough and demanding due to how we poured our unsaid words and emotions into the kiss.He tasted like the scrambled egg we just had for breakfast. The fear and uncertainty of whether or not Alpha Zane would succeed made me aroused.Since I couldn't stop him from going because his mind was already made up and it would have also been self
ZANE’S POVPatricia walked into the room just when Maeve wanted to walk out. I was nervous but I couldn’t back off now. Maeve looked uneasy when Patricia came into the room without even waiting for our response to invite her into the room.But out all the time that Patricia could have wanted to see me why now? Well, whatever it was, it would have to wait till I successfully made it back from the Crescent moon pack with the Orb.“What is the problem, Pat? And how many have I told you to always knock and wait for my response before you come into my room?” I asked her and when we made eye contact.There was a look in her eye I couldn't fathom.“I would like to speak to you about something really important,” She said calmly, which was unlike her.All my life that I grew up with Patricia, she was always a rebellious and arrogant girl, except whenever she was with my parents, and seeing her calmly speaking to me right now puzzled me.“Uhm…Can it wait till I am back? I have somewhere really
MAEVE’S POVWhen we pulled onto the road heading to my mom’s place to get a few things before we headed to Waning Moon Pack, I couldn’t help but think of Alpha Zane and the others.I prayed to the moon goddess to keep them safe and bring them back to us unharmed.“You should stop being worried or something might truly happen to them,” Maggie said with a chuckle but her eyes were still on the road.“Do you think Alpha Zane and I can ever surpass the ill fate that awaits our love?” I asked Maggie who looked relaxed despite everything that was happening.“Of course, I am sure you both will have a happy ending. Just believe in yourselves,” Maggie encouraged me with a small smile.The genesis of Alpha Zane’s curse was the person who cursed the Whitlocks.I wish I could see the person, so I could ask what the Whitlocks could have done to receive such a cruel curse.“Do you by any chance know when the Whitlock curse began?” I asked Maggie.“Well, no one ever talked about it due to fear since
ZANE’S POVI sat down patiently waiting for Maeve to reply to my text while Damien and Khal continued to debate on who would act the passed-out part.“If you are this tensed, then how do you expect Damien and I to be?” Khal asked me all of a sudden bringing my attention back to them“Well… It’s just that Maeve hasn’t replied to my text and it’s making me worried,” I answered, making Khal and Damien give me a teasing look.I rolled my eyes knowing what would happen next as I inwardly counted one to three.“You’re such a lover boy,” Khal was the first to tease me making me glare at him.I couldn’t help but think that his Character and Charlotte’s matched each other. Maybe that was the moon goddess who made them mates.“I thought you said that you both can read each other's thoughts and feelings. If you don’t feel anything out of the usual, then that means you’re just been worried for nothing,” Damien said with his eyes still on the road and his face void of any emotions.I thought abo
MAEVE’S POVI felt Alpha Zane’s uncertainty and fear exactly the moment I got his message and I wished I could do something to take his fears away.Before I opened the text messages I got from Charlotte and Alpha Zane, I took some time to ponder on whether I should block Alpha Zane from getting access to my thoughts.I know we promised each other that neither of us would do that, but I wasn't sure I could hold back myself from thinking about what Patricia did any longer.I knew if I thought about it, he would know immediately and I didn't want anything to distract him.Therefore, I decided to block him from my thoughts hoping he wouldn’t have the time to notice.After that, I opened Alpha Zane’s message first and read through it with a smile on my face as I read it.He was asking me how we were doing and if we had arrived Waning Moon pack.After I replied to him telling him that everything was fine and we hadn’t arrived yet, I then opened Charlotte’s message and saw that she was inform
MAEVE’S POVI rushed to Maggie’s passed-out body on the floor while Ariana stood frozen on the spot where she stood and looked at us with shock.“Call an ambulance or a pack healer. Just do something!!” I yelled in exasperation and then began tapping Maggie severally but I didn't get a response which made me become more scared.Did it mean that since Maggie could feel what Alpha Zane, Khal, and Damien could feel, does this mean they were currently in this state too?I began to panic while Ariana took out her phone but her hands continuously kept trembling.Maggie’s phone began to ring and I took out her phone relieved to see that it was Alpha Kelvin who was calling her.I picked up the call and told him what was happening and where we were.I hadn’t even ended the call before I saw him running to us.“What happened to her?” He asked with trembling lips as he stuttered when he joined me in a kneeling position in front of Maggie’s body.Even a child would have clearly seen that he was s
ZANE’S POVTo say I was shocked when this dude standing in front said he was Maeve’s brother would be an understatement.I was utterly dumbfounded as Khal, Damien and I looked at ourselves while the dude just stood in front of us smiling.“Surprised right?” He asked me and then laughed out loud.At that moment, it was difficult to read him because it seemed like he was laughing out of amusement and I wondered what was amusing.“How can you say you are Maeve’s brother? You look younger than her and the time of the fight happened when she was just a child,” Damien spelled out, making Khal and I nod our heads in agreement.“All these years we have been living in hiding. You all thought you wiped the whole Crescent Moon pack but how does it feel now to realize we survived?” Billy asked us with a calm look on his face even though his brows were now raised.How they were still alive was still a mystery to me.“How did you get the Orb?” I asked him instead of answering his question.He looke
MAEVE’S POVIt had been weeks since Damien was executed and Patricia was nowhere to be found.I knew that Alpha Zane was hurt by Damien and Patricia’s betrayal.Khal became his Beta and Gamma because he refused to trust anyone with the position after what Damien and Pat did to him, he said it would be difficult for him to trust easily.He was also angry at me for not telling him about Damien's love advances towards me. It took us over a week to settle.I wasn’t entirely surprised that Pat betrayed us because even though she apologized to us, I didn’t quite trust her apology.Alpha Zane didn’t plan on executing Pat but he wanted to apologize. Afterward, he planned on punishing her by setting her as an example to others in the pack.I told him that would be too harsh but he told me he knew Patricia badly hated embarrassment, so that was the only way she would learn her lesson.But I hadn't seen her until now. We even ordered for all 13 packs to be searched but there was no trace of Pat
ZANE’S POV“Can we skip to the important part first, " Damien said after clearing his throat.He held a herb mortar and I could see a paste in it.Before now, I was so pissed off at the fact that Aradia was my biological Mom.Why did it have to be her? Why did Dad and his mate have to wrong Aradia that it turned her into a monster?I wasn't proud enough to accept the fact Aradia was my biological Mom.No mother of mine would do all the cruel things she did, but then again I stopped for a second to consider all she went through.What did it matter, after all, she would have been dead by now and she did specify where she would kill herself.Nevertheless, I made a mental note to search for her corpse and give her a funeral. She was my mother after all and I had to give her respect, just as Maeve gave her dad his respect too even though he offended her a great deal too.“Oh yeah. Thanks, Damien,” Lilain rushed to Damien and collected the herb mortar from him.Maeve looked nervous and so d
MAEVE’S POVThe wait for the Beckley family seemed like ages and when Damien called me that they were on their way to the pack house, I couldn't help but anticipate.We all sat impatiently waiting for them. Alpha Zane was nervous and I could tell by the way he was fidgeting with his fingers.I went to sit beside him and gave his hand a reassuring squeeze.“We will go on a vacation once this is all over. No need to be nervous because we are just minutes away from lifting the curse. Whenever your nervousness sets in, think of all the fun we would have,” I said and kissed his palm.“Something you act like the man in this relationship,” He chuckled and rolled his eyes.“I would suggest we split ourselves into groups and be ready to set out to do whatever it is the Beckleys would tell us to do that would aid Alpha Zane and Maeve lift their curse,” Lilian said to the others and they nodded their heads.Just then Damien and Khal walked into the sitting room with an old man and an old woman w
MAEVE’S POVThe door opened and in came Patricia. She had a sorry look on her face as she looked at me.“I heard what happened and I'm here to offer my condolences,” Patricia said as she walked to my bedside and knelt in front of me.What was she up to now?Everyone in the room looked at her with utmost surprise because we all knew Patricia had a lot of pride which wouldn't allow her to kneel in front of me this way.“I'm sorry for the way I have treated you since you came to this pack. I'm sorry for putting that ring in your bag that almost cost you your life, I'm sorry for always disrespecting you. What happened to Maggie made me realize that life is too short and one may never know when he or she would die. So I have decided to reflect on my life and effect necessary changes,” Patricia said with a sincere look on her face.I studied her face for like two minutes to see if her countenance would falter and give her away that she was lying but it didn’t.Well, she was right in that th
MAEVE’S POV“Are you both just going to sit back and let that bitch go free after what she did?” Charlotte asked, breaking the silence in the car.Maggie and I didn't need anyone to tell us that Charlotte was referring to Patricia.“You're right and something about the timing when she chose to release that video doesn't bode well with me,” Maggie frowned.I never quite gave it a thought but now that I did, Maghie was right.It was exactly the period where my urge was to be quenched and we needed another Elder to be added to Lilian that Patricia posted the video.“I have an idea on how to get back at her,” Maggie smiled maliciously.“Yes your deviousness, bring it on,” Charlotte drawled from behind Maggie and I to burst into a fit of laughter.“It’s simple, we know that Damien and Patricia are fucking each other of late yeah?” Maggie asked.Charlotte and I nodded in agreement urging her to continue with what she was saying.“It’s very simple. We sneak into Damien’s room and steal his p
MAEVE’S POVBy the time I went to the room that Alpha Zane and I were supposed to sleep in, I saw him fast asleep.I looked at him sadly knowing that he must have been very exhausted.I went to take a quick shower and came back a few minutes after I was done.I changed into my nightie and turned to walk to the bed only to find Alpha Zane turning and tossing uncomfortably on the bed.It was as though he was having a bad dream or?I gasped when realization dawned on me that it may be Aradia because she had used this trick to talk to me before.I rushed to the bed and began waking him up but he wasn't responding. After several trials and he still didn't respond, I began to panic, so I rushed to Lilian’s room.“Zane isn't waking up but he is tossing and turning on the bed,” I exclaimed the moment I opened her door and she rushed down from the bed.We both ran to Alpha Zane and I’s room and still saw him losing and turning on the bed.Lilian immediately began to murmur a spell but nothing
ZANE’S POVI had been trying to keep myself calm during the ceremony but hearing Aloha William begging for his life pissed me off and made me snap at him.He didn't have any right to beg for his life when he didn't give Alpha Kelvin the plead for his life.I reminded Maggie of our aim and for the first time since I've been on earth, I was grateful that someone wasn't soft-hearted.Yeah, I was happy that Maggie wasn't soft-hearted at that moment because if she was the Maggie we all knew who was soft-hearted and kind, she would have agreed to give Alpha William a quick death.But this Maggie wasn't like that, she nodded in agreement to what I said and wanted to signal her men to take the digs in and seal the door but that was when Alpha William chose to say something that made us all confused and curious at the same time.He said he would confess. What I was confused about was what he still had to confess.I thought we already knew about his wrongdoing, so I turned to look at Billy and
MAEVE’S POVHearing Maggie talk about a cage and trained dog, I immediately got an idea of what she wanted.It was like we were thinking alike because that was exactly what I wanted to suggest if I was given the opportunity to.When I asked her if it was what I was thinking that she wanted to do and she nodded, I was overjoyed because we would also get justice for what he did to Alpha Kelvin.I was angry at Alpha Zane for not waking me up when I was asleep even when he knew I would have loved to go with him to see Alpha William.Either way, as long as Alpha Zane did what I knew he wanted to do there, then it was fine by me.The sun was already setting by the time we arrived here and I wondered why because I didn't expect it to take us this much time to get here.When I got here a few minutes ago, I saw Jesse, Jason, Lilian, Billy, and Rand already seated. Of course, they were all putting on black outfits.Lilian came to hug me the instant she saw me walk through the door. Sometimes I
ZANE’S POVHere we were in Alpha Kelvin’s pack about to begin his funeral.Before that day at Crescent Moon pack, if anyone would tell me that Alpha Kelvin would die trying to save me, I would have tagged the person as the biggest liar of the millennium.I was devastated to find his body dropping to the floor with a hole in his chest and that was the time the spell Lilian used to make me agile wore off.I was quiet all through Maggie’s outburst of tears back at my room in Crescent Moon pack because I couldn’t bring myself to face her.I felt like it was my fault that he died, had he not stepped in to shield me from Alpha William, he would have still been here with us and I would have been the one to die.I sighed for the umpteenth time since we arrived at his pack as Damien accompanied me to pay Alpha William a visit in his cell.I was depressed but I tried not to show it in front of Maeve because I didn’t want to make her worry. At this point I just wanted to die so everyone would ge