Max's POVI did not expect that Mother would be nearby. This should be easy though, she usually didn't ask too many questions. Father was the one who would have been a challenge."Oh, I'm going to have a guest soon", I answered."And that guest will be staying?""Yes, for a while""Oh, okay", she shrugged.I knew she would not be difficult to handle."Who is your guest though?", a new voice asked and I frowned.The pest who went by the name Shayna was here again. I sincerely had no idea why she was idle enough to come to spend the entirety of her days in the palace regardless of whether I was home or not."I believe that's none of your business", I snarled at her."Max! Don't talk to Shayna that way", Mother complained and I began heading to the table ignoring the both of them.Mother was very nice to Shayna because she was grateful to her for being with me though we weren't mates. She wouldn't be so grateful if she figured I have a mate though. Mother was a stickler for the tradition
Max's POV"Young Alpha, I've taken the food to your bedroom""Good. Now just make sure you keep your mouth shut about that unless you don't value your life", I threatened in reply, and could see uncontrolled fear flash through her eyes."Yes, sir", she stammered and hurried away.Minutes later, I arrived in my room and met Sammie still sitting on the floor, seeming just like she was when I had left the room."Don't tell me you've been sitting there since I left the room", I muttered in disbelief."I have""Didn't I tell you to take a bath?""I don't want to", she slowly replied and I smirked internally.Even though her tone was still servile, the daring Sammie was starting to come back to me."Don't you think you lost the right to decide on whether to take a bath or not the moment you walked out of this pack about four weeks ago?""What do you mean?", she asked seeming genuinely confused."I know enough of the outside world to know that while you were in that despicable place, you had
Sammie's POVI stared at Max's shirt after I was done bathing for minutes wondering if I was going to put it on or not. It was weird to wear his clothes but I knew that refusing to wear them presently wasn't an option.The last thing I wanted right now was for him to hit me. He hadn't hit me since buying me even though he was rough sometimes and I wanted to keep it that way.Before I used to stand up to Max thinking he would leave me alone if he saw that I wasn't a weakling, that never worked though. Now, however, it was no use standing up to him, he did buy me so I was his slave. That was how it was going to be till he got tired of me so I needed to start acting like a real slave.'A slave doesn't wear her master's clothes though, only his lady', Lily whispered.'Why are you whispering? It's because you know how ridiculous you sound, isn't it?', I fired back at my wolf.'You should not think so lowly of mate', she protests and I immediately cut her off.She was always on Max's side o
Max's POV"Max, you won't make that strange guest of yours the Luna right? I am still going to be your Luna right?", Shayna blurted out as I buttoned my shirt while she lay naked in the bed.Usually when I finished with girls, they were the ones who dressed up first and left then I dressed up after they were gone. Since Mother decided to give Shayna a room in the palace though, I now got dressed once I was done and left her."Max, please answer me, reassure me if I'm really going to be your Luna", she pleaded and I hmphed irritatedly then moved to stand up but she immediately grabbed my hand. "Say something, Max!""Seeing and hearing you be so dramatic inspires me to change my mind about making you my Luna just to dash your hopes", I admitted and flinged my hand out of her grip then walked off."She's not going to be your mistress either right?", she inquired as I left the room but I ignored her and slammed the door shut.She always began acting like we were some couple who were suppo
Shayna's POVAfter having a bath that featured a soak in warm water and getting dressed, I was finally ready to find the bitch that was trying to take my man. I was still hurting down there slightly but I couldn't spend any more time soaking in the bath while my rival was in this palace.But wait a minute... What if the girl he saved last night was placed in a room and the room he was preparing today was for the guest he hadn't brought in yet?There was only one way to find out so I ignored the new thought I was having and walked out of my room."Hey", I called the first maid I saw and she turned to me."Yes, my lady", she slowly replied.It was annoying how all the maids were always obeying me reluctantly when I was their future Luna. The guards were even worse though, they didn't have any respect at all and would ignore me when I talked to them unless I was with Max's mother.That was unimportant right now though, I would deal with them when I became Luna. Right now, I had to protec
Max's POVThe meeting didn't take so much time so within minutes, I was returning back to my room, back to Sammie and her wild tongue.'If you could disappear from my life, I'm sure I would be calm''I would rather die than live as your puppet'Those two statements she had made really bothered me so much. Did she really hate me that much? She wasn't allowed to hate me.I began climbing the staircase with thoughts on what exactly I could do to Sammie to punish her for those words but by the time I was upstairs, I still had no idea."I guess I'll just have to leave her alone", I decided and continued walking in the direction of my room until I suddenly noticed Shayna standing in front of my room door.What the hell was she doing?"Shayna", I yelled just as she flipped the door open and ran into my room.Luckily, I was already close to the room so I ran in after her and dragged her out then shut the door."Max, let me go", she demanded as I dragged her towards the staircase."Shut up""M
Sammie's POVAfter all the drama that happened in the morning, anyone would think I would have been grateful to have the rest of the day to myself but no, I was bored!I liked that I didn't have to deal with Max but having nothing to do almost drove me crazy. I ended up arranging his room a little bit which went against what my wolf and my own mind advised but I had to do something, anything.I even found a needle and sewed my tent dress which was a very difficult task due to the brashness with which Max had torn the dress.That just brought me back to the thought I had been trying to escape all day: Max. What did he want with me exactly? He had said he was going to make me his mistress but I still didn't believe that he could do that with even the slightest bit of my mind.I was scared of what would happen if people found out if I was here. Shayna would certainly kill me this time if she found out I was here with Max but I was even more scared of what would happen while I was here. W
Sammie's POVMax just kissed me? Was this real? Or was I imagining things? Why would I even imagine that Max kissed me in the first place? He had tried to kiss me before but... I just didn't expect he would kiss me in such a tender way and gosh, he kissed so well.Not like I knew what a good kiss felt like but I knew that his kiss was certainly not just satisfactory, it was amazing. If he kissed other girls like this, I could imagine why they were not able to walk away afterwards regardless of how mean he was.'What was understandable about someone letting herself be disgraced for just a few seconds of bliss?', a part of my mind argued.I still couldn't agree that it wasn't worth it though.'Have you forgotten why he kissed you in the first place?'Why did he kiss me again? I couldn't think of anything except how amazing his lips felt, I wanted more. What would happen if I kissed him? Would he continue to ravage my brain with those lips of his?'Mate definitely would! And that will pr
SAMMIE'S POV.Things are fitting into their spaces and it's safe to say I'm really surprised about my recent findings.As much as I have lots of questions to ask and lots of thoughts running through my mind I'm pretty sure I should keep them all and listen to the whole story from Maggie."That's way worse than I expected," I say in a very innocent tone, not wanting to brand Kate as a bad person but even as a human that's way too low of her.I had actually blurted the thoughts senselessly before realizing the impact of my words but what then can I do? That is just my very problem, it has always been my problem.My inability to control myself or retain myself when I need to express a certain emotion or ray certain words, holding myself back has not just been my way."I don't blame young miss Kate, you see she had gone through a lot worse than you think, I just could not really believe the child doesn't belong to Master""What's worse?" I ask once again cutting into Maggie's words, she m
SAMMIE'S POV.The feeding part comes as a shock to me but I am unable to grasp the true meaning. All she wants from me is to feed him or what?"I'll leave you to groom now. Some clothes are in place for you and so are some other things like soaps, creams and little skin care you will be needing for now,Mind you I must say your master likes great grooming and hates when he sees a spec of dirt or dust on you" Maggie says, not giving me quite the explanation I need yet.She sets to her feets and approaches the door when the bell goes off in my head."Does that mean I'll be meeting with him today?" I ask feebly, my voice sounding tiny and broken. I don't know why but maybe being with Max for long had made me lack the scene of fear."You will be seeing him In three hours time, please do be quick with whatever grooming you ought to do, he isn't the type that likes lateness as well" maggi says. Each word that rolls off her tongue makes me even more anxious."How come no one is explaining any
SHAYNA'S POV.I had heard both men speaking thanks to my eavesdropping, I had passed him by earlier but I decided to ignore him knowing fully he will be mine soon as his father had just spoken to Mr about shifting the wedding date to the next day.I had been busy all through, making preparations here and there thanks to the prompt announcement.I'm a little stressed but not annoyed, if anything at all I'm really happy as it shows that his father is also on my side.Nothing can make me work up anymore, things are going well and in line just like I want them to.I passed by his room but to my surprise, he didn't seem to be in. I asked an omega who was passing by and let me know he had been in his father's office all through. Hearing those tiny little words jinxed my spirit, my wolf and I became immediately nervous.It's obvious his father called him in to speak about moving up the wedding date and the preparations that had been made.But what? Here? He is still in the office, nothing s
MAX'S POV."I'm not," I say in a fierce manner finally voicing out my anger, I'm literally explaining to him that I have to go after my mate whom I had wrung in every manner and now I learn that he did all of it.He had taken her to the slave hunters, now she's branded it makes things even worse for me, she will forever have an imprint of being a slave on her, how did I get down to this?"You are the worst father ever!" I say to him but he doesn't seem fazed either z it's safe to say I'm going crazy as I'm not getting an emotion or expression from him."Anyone there?!" He calls out and a guard walks into his office in haste."Take him into his room and have another companion be with you, you are both to guard him and make sure he doesn't set foot out of his room until I say otherwise"He then drops his eyes which shoot darts in my direction, he walks closer to me taking slow strides, pulls me closer, and leans into me."You will see that all these I do are just for you, then I'm not t
MAX'S POVI knew my actions would definitely have consequences but these are too heavy of a burden for me to bear, how then am I to continue this whole thing?I'm stuck between choosing my mate and going for my birthright and alpha.No matter how much I think of the odds. The risks are just too high, I can't let Sammie go, the fault is all on me and if she ends up somewhere as a slave to someone else it would all be on me.I can't bear to see her in despair or suffer in the hands of another, I'll blame myself till I drop dead.I storm out of the storage room and down into the main building, raging and furious, I clashed with Shayna who seems Disturbed.For the first time since she had gotten to the pack, she doesn't bother me Instead she passes me by placing me in oblivion.For some reason I think she has something to do with Sammie's disappearance, she did nothing the first time and here she is again repeating the very same odds.As much as I'd love to pressure her on what to do and
MAX'S POV.The only reason I had left her to herself was because I wanted to act a tad bit cocky, she acted like she didn't miss me and was not happy to see me which was why I had left.I planned on visiting her the very next day and here I am, I was restless all through the night, scared that I had not spoken to her and she might take it wrong, If an odd feeling etched at the back of my mind.I was restless and I felt uneasy all through, that is the main reason I had lied about resting in.I made it known to my personal omega that no one was allowed to come in and visit, no one, not even Shayna, not my mother or my father but if anything important was to come up he should mind link me.Unknown to me this would happen, I had come to the storage room which served her house for a long time but here I am once again, deep-kneed in trouble and unable to speak out loud.I feel my blood run dry as I scan through the house in search of her, the room Is empty and so is the bathroom and the toi
SAMMIE'S POV.I swallow hard not wanting to annoy the woman by asking further questions, pressing further will only make her irritated and that's a risk I am not willing to take, I swallow hard, unable to give the whole thing a sensible explanation.I'm sold once more into slavery and this time there's no way around it, there is no way out, I'm branded as a slave now with a huge logo immersed into my skinFunny how I had thought Max would come bolting through the doors to see me once again, and how I had hoped he would be at the other end waiting for me as he had bought me yet again once more.All still I end up in the hands of a nice lady who seems too good to be taken on and now she's shattering every ray of light in me by telling me she is not even the master.It's just so annoying, it's causing me lots of pain that I have to get through this but more still each time the memory sinks deep into me.How I had been treated all my life and now I'm stuck at the very starting point havin
SAMMIE'S POV.The night had crawled in faster than I thought but would, at this point, I no longer saw Snowball but then I had lost track of him and his words the moment I began running faster and deeper into the wood.I feel my throat burn with intense harshness and my belly growls just on cue, I did make the foolish mistake of not bringing either food or water, Neither did I have breakfast before leaving earlier, I stop to with a halt, my arms above my head before rubbing them down from my temple and across my face.The strong stink of sweat hits me as I realize how drenched my clothes are by now. The only thing that seems to be at ease is the wind which howls in a strange manner and blows against my skin calmly.I bend slightly to reach out to my knees which had cuts and several bruises on them from the running and the leaves, shy spikes on trees and shrubs.As well as a few mosquito bites, all these make me feel nauseous weak, and hopeless.I feel a warmth on my cheek, it's my te
MAX'S POV.I watch her intently as she moves away from me, takes her away, and then picks up a book that I had set in place for her when preparing the room.She seems to be just plain and void of emotions, I'll have to b sincere seeing her calm makes me pissed.She didn't see me for days and now she finally gets a chance to speak to me. Is she acting so lame? Ignoring me?Although I do know I deserve to be ignored, I've almost forgotten she was up here.I had issues, people were beginning to talk and I had eyes watching my every move. I couldn't make out time to visit her but she must have gotten hurt at some point.I know Sammie to be soft-hearted and I'm pretty sure she just waited for my arrival for days before finally giving up.I'm not holding it against her. I had just hoped there would be some excitement on her end rather than this challenge.I cough you to gain her attention but she doesn't speak, move or check, she's playing pretend and acting like she's so engrossed in the w