Max's POVMy head... My head felt so heavy like I was carrying a block of lead on it. There was not a single light in sight so I couldn't see anything but pitch darkness.'Everywhere isn't dark stupid, your eyes are closed! How are you supposed to see anything like that?', my mind taunted and I immediately tried to open my eyes but I just couldn't.I was so exhausted... I couldn't move my eyelids or even a single limb. I tried to tap into my wolf's strength but at the moment, I was unable to feel my wolf. I immediately panicked at the realization and tried to move once again but still couldn't lift my bones.I would have been satisfied if I had only managed to open my eyes but there were no results despite my numerous attempts to pry apart my eyelids. After multiple trials, I finally decided to give up and just rest.My consciousness was already slipping away when I heard my mother's voice.'How long is he going to be like this?', she was crying.Be like how?'It has been three days a
Narrator's POVEverywhere was completely dark in the woods until the blue precipitate in the area which had been the base of the river of Wolf's Crest suddenly began glowing purple.The purple glow remained in that area throughout the long cold night and finally faded away sometime around dawn only to reveal a muddy soil. It looked perfectly like a river that was just drying up but the miracle wasn't complete yet.Droplets of water soon began shooting out of the ground creating a small crater on the ground and once the crater was expanded in size, the ground began to rumble and quake as a powerful force came from underneath the ground.With a powerful blast, water suddenly sprung forth from the Earth’s surface and shot into the air like rapidly sprouting tendrils. The stream of water soon began cascading to the ground and developed into pools of liquid which gradually flowed together in unison to form a free-flowing river that worked its way through the terrain as though creating new
Max's POVI almost choked on my breath on hearing my father say that I had been muttering 'mate' under my breath during the incident today. Why did I do such a thing? That was quite repulsive."Do you have something to tell me?", he asked."I... I don't...""Why are you stammering? That's very much unlike you, Maximilian. You are always poised", he questioned in a soft tone that I already knew could spell my doom if I didn't act properly."I was just surprised, it's very out of place for me to have been muttering that", I quickly spoke up."So do you have anything to tell me?""No, I don't, I've been reporting everything to you", I denied and he gave me a skeptical look."When was the last time you saw that girl?""What girl?", I muttered, attempting to feign ignorance in order to gain more time to think about what to reply even though I already knew he was talking about Sammie."Your mate""Ohh... Samantha""I don't care what her name is", he grunted. "When was the last time you saw
Max's POVI couldn't feel my legs anymore after only a few minutes of running. I had gotten so exhausted that I had to mentally cut them off. Moving into this daze of hunger was even more difficult than I had imagined.I felt like I was going to drop down soon but surprisingly, less than halfway through my first run, the mental weight on my head disappeared. Moving on suddenly became easier so I kept on moving and moving.'Maybe I will be able to complete this punishment without passing out after all', I thought to myself but quickly reminded myself that it was too early to judge on just the first round.I had already begun nearing the completion of the first trip around the pack when I suddenly noticed that the people were staring at me. Were they surprised to see me out just immediately after recovering?I continued running without minding and started my second trip. The stares got bothersome though and I was even hearing comments like 'It's the Young Alpha'. Was there someone who d
Sammie's POVMy eyes suddenly flipped open and I blinked as I looked around me to see that everywhere seemed dark. Did I wake up too early?I had the strangest dream ever while sleeping. Actually, it seemed like I had two dreams but was that even possible? Maybe it was more like scenes flashing through my head.My first dream... What happened in the first dream though? Oh yes, I remember now. I saw the Luna sitting beside Max's bed where he lay sleeping. She looked worried and starved of sleep so I tried to ask her what was wrong but she didn't answer me.I tried to wake Max up since his mother wasn't answering but he wouldn't wake up either. I called out his name, multiple times and was still calling out his name when..."I have no idea what happened afterward", I realized and huffed.Well, the dream was about Max so I didn't know what happened afterward. I did hope the dream happened in real life though, I hoped he would just sleep and never wake up.'Samantha!', Lily yelled and gui
Max's POVI trudged behind my father as we walked back to his private meeting room, slightly apprehensive about what was going to happen next.He had been in a bad mood since hearing that my glowings had to do with Sammie. It was so severe that after some time with the Priestess, he suddenly announced that he didn't believe her since she was only assuming.She had gotten slightly annoyed at that point but still subjected me to some rituals to confirm her speculations. Apparently, my linkage with Sammie was even worse than she had presumed.My chi's line of force was extremely thin as if about to break but was covered by the magic which was what was keeping it from snapping and making its line wide enough to fill the space it ought to occupy. She even said that the line had even snapped on the day I was injured and I had been dying as at when I was brought to her for healing but she was the one who had mended it together.She also revealed that if the line of chi had not been made wide
Sammie's POVAfter waking up so late in the day, there was nothing else that one could do except have a nice supper. There was however just one problem with going to cook; I suddenly felt so tired after the initial burst of energy on finding out that I had slept the entire day.However, I was terribly hungry so deciding not to cook wasn't even an option so I moved to the kitchen to begin cooking. As I continued with the cooking, my head continued getting heavier and I was very relieved when I concluded with the cooking without falling on my face.I rejoiced too early however as minutes later, just as I dropped the plate on a table to begin eating, a pang of headache suddenly hit me and I found myself on the ground.My eyes flipped shut and I was expecting to be welcomed by darkness only to find myself seeing a strange passageway. It felt like I was out of the room and in the passageway.The passageway was completely deserted except for the person I was staring at. It was the one perso
Sammie's POVI didn't know why Max was so convinced that I was trying to make him fall for me using my powers. Did the supernatural abilities really emphasize our mate bond so much that he would start thinking I was doing it intentionally?What have these powers done? I was so confused and hurt. He never did anything much to hurt me except the occasional slap, yanking of my hair, and pushing me about but his words always hurt so much.I was quite aware that he hated me and thought the worse of me but hearing him say it never ceased to hurt me. Now, he had begun making it his habit to always remind me that he bought me.Why did he have to show up in that inn when he did and see me? What even made him buy me when he obviously had no use for me? He had abandoned me here for so long without coming to see me or asking for anything.I didn't know what I would be able to do with him keeping me here. The area he had confined me to had no single way to exit as the windows which was the only wa
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