MAEVE’S POVAll the while I was weeping back at the Seer's house, it was because I didn't know what else to do.It was as though no matter how Alpha Zane and I tried to fight for our love, we were doomed to still fail.But waking up now, it was as though something that had changed.All the trepidation I had felt before I passed out was almost gone and replaced by a new feeling I couldn't quite explain.And when Alpha Zane’s skin made contact with mine, when he wanted to ask me if I was okay, I felt repulsed by his touch.Was I feeling repulsed when he asked out of sheer concern?I shoved the feelings aside thinking that it was a normal side effect of waking up from an unconscious state.When he was apologizing to the others for troubling them, a sudden urge overcame me and before I could comprehend it, I had already pounced on Alpha Zane and tried to rip his heart out.But thanks to the others in the room who were quick to subdue me, I didn't get to do what I would regret.The scared
ZANE’S POVI was shocked when I saw what Maeve tried to do.For a moment I froze in thoughts as I looked at the contempt in her eyes when she tried to claw her way into my heart.She looked very different as though something had possessed her.It had to be that, because my Maeve would never attempt to kill me.Was it a crime that I was born into the Whitlock family?For a moment I began to think about what my life would be like if I wasn't born into the family of the Alpha King and Maeve wasn’t born into the family of the Alpha of Crescent Moon pack.Maybe, just maybe we would have been living happily and content with each other.By the time I snapped out of my thoughts, Maeve was already running out of the room.I called out to her but she didn’t respond, rather she just ran out of the room.I knew she was devastated and it hurt me to see her that way.I also knew that she would begin overthinking again.That was why I got down from bed and wanted to chase after her but an excruciati
MAEVE’S POV“To be honest I have been depressed these past few months. But I tried my best to hold it all in because we had a lot of problems to deal with,” Damien finally admitted with a sad smile on his face.Afterward, he took another sip of his alcohol and looked to the skies.I had a feeling he was opening up to me to make me feel that I wasn't the only one not feeling okay.“Would you mind sharing what's bothering you with me? You’ll feel better after you let it all out, trust me. Plus, I’m very good at keeping secrets,” I slurred and wagged my brows playfully at him.I saw a genuine smile make its way to his face and if I'm being sincere this was the first time in a long while I had seen him smile genuinely.I was glad he did, because after everything we had all been through he deserved it.“There is this girl I like but…” He wanted to continue but I interrupted him.“Wow!!!! You like a girl? What is her name? Which pack is she from? Do we know her?” I asked him with widened
MAEVE’S POVHere I was lying on my bed and still staying in the guest room.It had been two days since I went to Alpha Zane that night.We had been talking through text messages and video calls.We decided it would be better this way since he and I couldn't stay in the same room without me wanting to kill him.He even got to monitor my moving into the pack house through video call. He called me the entire time and didn’t want to miss any minute of it.By now we had known that we had blocked each other from our thoughts but I couldn't bring myself to ask him why he did it.This was because I didn't want us to read each other's thoughts again. After all, if he had done so, he would have definitely found out Damien’s feelings.I hadn’t gotten over my shock and surprise at how he had been harboring feelings for me all these while without me noticing it.I hadn’t gotten to talk to Maggie physically after she bled through her nose while reviving Alpha Zane.We only talked through text mess
MAEVE’S POV“I need to inform Alpha Zane about this recent development. For all we know they may be planning something that isn't good,” Damien said and the others agreed with him.I didn’t want them bothering Alpha Zane about this because I knew that his declining health condition we had been trying to hide would be exposed if Damien told him about it.I knew that Alpha Zane would be angry and end up showing up in front of the Alphas in his current state.“No. Don’t tell him about this. I’ll handle this,” I stopped Damien just when he was about to turn around and head to Alpha Zane’s room.They all looked at me with creased brows and Khal was the one who ended up speaking.“How do you mean we should leave it to you? A Luna has never entered into a meeting of the Alpha before,” Khal tried to make me see reasons but I refused to accept.This was the 21st century for crying out loud and all these barbaric traditions needed to stop.Maybe the moon goddess put me in this position for tha
MAEVE’S POVWhy would Damien do such a thing to Alpha Zane? Or was it because?Was he angry that Alpha Zane had me and he didn’t?I was confused as I looked at Damien who now had a sinister look on his face.He looked nothing like the Damien we all knew.“You’re joking, right? Because this is no time for jokes Damien,” I said to him but instead, he scoffed.I was taken aback when he did that because I didn't expect him to.Alpha Zane and everyone present there were also astonished when he did that too.“Do I look like I’m joking? Do you know how difficult it has been staying under Zane’s shadow?” He asked me rhetorically.All I saw in his eyes was hatred as he turned to look at Alpha Zane who hadn’t yet said anything.“It’s high time I step out of his shadow and walk into the limelight. I’m sorry Maeve but I can’t miss this golden opportunity,” He said.“Haven’t I been good to you? We are friends remember? So why have you betrayed me this way?” Alpha Zane asked him and I could see the
MAEVE’S POV“We need to do something. Anything!! Please. We shouldn’t just stay and watch Alpha Zane walking to his death,” I panicked and Charlotte held my hands.“I'm afraid that at this point there is nothing else we can do. Well, except the moon goddess performs a miracle,” Alpha Kelvin shrugged with a sad look on his face.But I wasn’t gonna allow it to happen. I wasn’t going to sit back and not do anything.I wanted to go stand a safe distance away from Alpha Zane before I said what I was about today but Charlotte and Maggie held me back.And it wasn’t helping that the Arena had stadium seating. If not, I would have yanked their hands away from me and run straight to where the Alpha sat.But that would have met me jumping seats which eventually would have led to breaking a bone or two.“Let me fight in place of my mate,” I yelled loud enough for everyone to hear and watched Damien let outburst of wicked laughter.While the rest looked at me as though I was slowly going insane.“
MAEVE’S POVThe last thing I remembered was the mortuary attendant, injecting me with an unknown fluid which knocked me out immediately.And when I opened my eyes again, I saw someone who looked like me. But this person was like a male version of myself.Although the resemblance wasn't 100%, it was at least 89% and that was a big deal.Was my mind playing tricks with or was this how Hades wanted to punish me?The guy who looked like me walked to me and began waving his palm above my eyes to confirm if I was really awake.But I still laid stiff on the bed and just my eyes were opened.It was when I began to feel the urge to kill that I realized that maybe I was alive.But I pushed the thoughts aside because there was no way I could feel that urge anymore.Not when the person who made me feel the urge in the first place was now dead.“Except…” I mumbled and my brows creased before I jolted up into a sitting position on the bed I was lying on.Sitting in the wheelchair in front of me wa
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