Max’s POV
I was furious when our sister announced that Damon had locked her up again, but she looked just as furious as me on finding out what Damon had been doing to his daughter.
“I can take you there, but it is heavily guarded” something was different about Kiwi, there was fear present in her eyes, was she worried for Charlie or Damon?.
“Yeah right, it is probably a trap” Alexander didn’t believe a word she said but you only had to look at her eyes to know she was telling the truth
“Lead the way” she nods her head whilst Alexander looks at me in shock
“It will be best to shift, we have a lot of land to travel” I nod and shift immediately whilst my brother took his time,
Opening a private mind link, “I do not believe it is a trap and Charlie is going to need all of our help”
Alexander stares at me and finally shifts, Kiwi runs ahead into the forest, leading the
Charlie’s POVAs soon as I saw her I just felt an overwhelming sense of calm, it was like her soul called to mine as I moved towards her, sidestepping Max so that I could get closer to her. Her scent was intoxicating and like it had its own strings pulling me towards her. She was beautiful and as I wrapped my arms around she squeezed me tight, the tears overflowed, I couldn’t stop them and I didn’t care, I just wanted to be with her.“Charlie, we have to go” I heard Max’s voice but I wasn’t ready to let go of this woman“No”, I look into the woman’s amber eyes, I had never met her before but felt so connected, more than I had felt to Alexander or Max“Charlie, we cannot stay here, it is not safe”Frowning, I turn to focus on Alexander “And where do you expect me to go?”“You and Kiwi can stay on my land” Max offers and I watch as the woman I&rsquo
Alexander’s POVBeing moved like that made me feel sick, not ill like my body would heal in moments but like my brain had been spinning for hours, that was why my body automatically moved to the floor, trying to regain a sense of reality.Max was angry with Charlie, that much was clear by his black eyes whilst Kayla was enthused to find out Charlie had discovered another gift and kept banging on about how powerful Charlie really is.When Max left the room it looked like Charlie was heartbroken, now her wolf was present she could most likely feel Max’s pain and that is why I made the effort to promise her that I would protect her. Kayla nods her head agreeing and we were both taken aback when Charlie announced she had a plan.“She is going to come for me Alex, if she thinks she can make me her mate” she was pacing the roomI already knew that and with Charlie’s heat not far away, there was a very good chance she may end
Max’s POVAlexander wasn’t the only one in complete shock “I have no words mother, you have brought our pack to its end”. This changed everything, I had to stop Charlie, if our sister was a strong Alpha Luna then Charlie may never be able to stand up against her. Exactly what Kiwi probably wants and expects.I catch up with Charlie and Kayla in the forest. “Stop, Charlie you have to stop” she eventually stops and glares at me “It’s a trap Charlie, I beg you, please don’t go”“What do you mean it’s a trap?” she was being genuine and stared into my eyes, I felt that same connection I felt the day I met her in hospital, it was like she was being pulled to me as I was to her. The mate bond.“Kiwi wants to mark you and she will do it against your will so that you belong to her, she is going to bring down my pack, our pack”She stares at me in disbelief “And y
Charlie’s POVI felt awful in many ways, firstly I was dealing with killing my own father and now I’ve just killed Max and Alexander’s mother, the same woman who had helped me understand what I am. The connection I had with Max had changed and was different than it was with Alexander, even though I was attracted to Alexander, it was like I was being pulled to Max, his kiss makes me feel unbreakable.Alexander looks heart broken as he asks me if I have chosen Max and honestly I didn’t know what to sayIt is best to tell him the truth. I agreed with Gypsy but I still wasn’t sure what the truth was because I felt the connection I had with Kiwi tooWe love himGypsy completely caught me off guard and I say “We love him” out loud when it was supposed to be a question for Gypsy.I feel her laugh inside of me Well that’s a way to tell themMax doesn’t he
Alexanders POVI waited for hours for Max to leave, I could smell her heat a mile away and I wouldn’t be the only one, Kiwi would be able to scent her too and so would the unmated. I stand at the end of the bed as she wraps the thin sheet around her small figure but it didn’t hide her scent.“What do you want?” she seems annoyed with me standing there“You’re in heat” I state the obvious“And I am marked”, this I was taken aback by, she had never wanted to be markedFlicking on the bedroom light, I look to see if it was true, there on her collar bone sat a fresh red crescent shaped mark and her finger traces over it, a smile on her face.“Why? Why did you choose him over me?”Charlie climbs off the bed with the sheet wrapped around her and moves to the other side of the room “I have a stronger connection with him Alex, I’m sorry”Her sorry sound
Max’s POVI couldn’t believe my brother would try something so stupid and I was ready to kill him! As soon as I started filling the glass of water, I felt it. Charlie was panicked and for the first time I heard her in my head, a weak whimper, “Help”.Leaving the glass behind I rushed back up the corridor and could smell my brother, but I could also scent that Charlie’s heat was almost at its peak again. I try the door but its locked and in the end I smash it down, I was not going to leave my brother with my mate, especially now she was officially marked and mine.As the wooden door shattered, my brother stares at me, he is only wearing a pair of low slung shorts and it was obvious why he was there, he was hoping to help Charlie with her heat. I snarl at him, almost knocking him over as I move towards Charlie who is stood in the corner with nothing but a sheet wrapped round her. Sweeping her up, I could already feel the warmth of her
Charlie’s POVWhen I wake up, the events of the night before come back to me and I turn my head a little to see Max sat at his desk, his wild hair tied up and a frown on his face. He was going through the paperwork on his table and I couldn’t help but watch him for a few minutes without interruption.A smile spreads across his face “You don’t need to be so quiet, you certainly were not last night”I feel my cheeks heat and not because of my wolf heat “How did you know?”He looks at me with the same grin “You stopped snoring”I was offended, I do not snore and threw a cushion at him which he easily dodged. Standing up, he comes over to me and gives me a gentle kiss whilst I pull him in for a much deeper one.After several minutes, he breaks away “As much as I would love to spend all day in bed with you. We need to sort out this problem with Kiwi”I frown, it was the last
Alexander’s POVCharlie did not look impressed when she saw Kayla and myself together and her eyes hovered over our clasped hands longer than normal but the distraction of Kiwi being on our land snaps her out of her thoughts.As Charlie declares she is going to take Kiwi down from the inside, Max seems furious, angry at the danger his mate is going to be in but this time I think Charlie is right, maybe tricking Kiwi was our way forward.As Charlie steps outside into the sunlight, Max corners me. “If this doesn’t work brother, I will make you pay for it for the rest of your life”. There was nothing to say. I knew he meant it so I just bow my head.Finally stepping out into the sun behind Charlie, pack members were knelt everywhere. Max declares that they must protect his Luna no matter what and then he mind links everyone the plan of Charlie going with her willingly. He did it this way so that if anyone was listening they wouldn&rsq
Thank you so much for reading everyone, I really appreciate it and would be grateful for any reviews or feedback. I have really enjoyed writing this book and loved every moment of it, but the story is far from over and book two will be coming out soon following Charlie’s quest in finding her hybrid mother and discovering what happens with Alpha Zach as well as what it means to be Queen of the Lycans. Does Charlie find her way back to Max or does she choose Alpha Zach? Will Max stand by his vow? Only time will tell.
Max’s POVDamon’s pack had retreated, many had lost their lives from both packs and as the survivors helped the worst wounded, I started to look for Charlie. She was nowhere to be seen along with Alpha Zach, some of the guards inform me that she went inside the packhouse.Entering the house, there was a lot of commotion and I follow the sound to the bedroom Kiwi was being locked in. The door was wide open and as I stepped through the doorway I was shocked to see Alpha Zach, Kiwi who was sitting up on the floor and Charlie who was holding Damon’s head, blood splattered across her face whilst his body was crumpling to the floor.As soon as she sees me, she drops his head which rolls across the floor, stopping inches from my feet, his eyes wide open in fear. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Alexander had said her killing was brutal, yet a part of me didn’t believe it until now, but she literally just pulled a mans head off his bod
Charlie’s POV The fight continues and yet I still have not seen my father, he would be easy to spot as he looks exactly like me. The Lycans were mostly dark colours when shifted and were easy to spot, a little difficult to figure out who was fighting who but my father was definitely not among them which made me anxious. Alpha Zach links me “Have you seen Damon?” The main idea with me staying higher up and in the centre was because I would be the only one to recognise his Lycan a jet black wolf exactly like myself. “No, not yet” “Keep looking” and he drops the link. Being able to hear the Lycans was odd and I hadn’t told Max yet, as far as he was concerned, he was the only one that could speak to me because we had mated and honestly I wanted to keep it that way for as long as possible. I scan the horizon, bodies were littered everywhere, Wolves, Lycans and some in their human form, but still, my father was nowhere to be seen. What was h
Charlie’s POVI couldn’t think, I couldn’t eat and I barely slept. Life without Alexander was horrible, he had saved me from a life of hell, always around to cheer me up, put a smile on my face and make me laugh when Max was being all serious and now, now he was gone.I had slept in his bed for three nights in a row, his scent still lingered on his bed but as each day passed, it began to fade and I was worried I was losing him, Gypsy had been giving me the silent treatment as she blamed me for distracting him.Max had tried to convince me to come back to his room but all I wanted was for Alexander to be back. Not having him here was breaking my heart over and over and i felt physically sick.The few times I had left the room I had bumped into Alpha Zach, he never said a word and just bowed his head at me but each and every time, his scent nearly knocked me off of my feet and I wondered if he knew.The fourth night I headed back to
Max’s POVThere was nothing I could do, I had spent years training and learning about the werewolf form to protect and help everyone in my pack but as I try to stop the flow of blood from my brothers open wound, I knew it was too late, she had pierced his heart and there would be no coming back from that.Whilst Alpha Zach keeps Kayla at bay and forces her to shift back, I focus on making my brother as comfortable as possible in his final stages. Even when I hear him tell Charlie he loved her, it didn’t change how I loved my brother and a part of me felt like it was slowly fading.Deep down I knew he was still mated to her and if that is what he wanted his final words to be then I was going to let him have it.Charlie held on to Alexander’s hands, sobbing uncontrollably. In some ways she probably felt like her mate bond with him was breaking and she needed closure.As Alexander takes his final breaths and his eyes close, Charlie t
Alexander’s POVI don’t like these men, it was a mistake for Max to invite them here and I could see the way that Alpha Zach looked at Charlie, especially after he called her their Queen. After Max had told them to make themselves at home, the omegas led them away to show the men their rooms, they would be staying in the packhouse with us.“I don’t trust him Max”Max rolls his eyes at me “Look, we need help okay, we cannot take down Damon alone, this has to be why Kiwi wrote his name on the wall, she must be trying to help us in some weird way”“She also wrote down Charlie’s mothers name, do you think she is going to make an appearance too” I was trying to make Max see sense but if we suddenly turned the guests away now, then they would probably attack us.Max sighs, something he was doing a lot lately, “I am trying to do what I think is best for us, for the pack”&ldquo
Charlie’s POVAlpha Zach was something else, he had muscles bulging through the shirt he was wearing, he was tall with dark hair shaven at the sides, tattoos trailing over the skin that was visible and down into his shirt. His eyes dark as they focussed on me and as he stared at me I felt an overwhelming urge to be with him and his scent told me that he had the same urge.As he calls me Queen I quickly mutter a good morning and rush inside, dragging Kayla with me“Who and what the hell is that Kayla and why the hell did he call me Queen?” I felt flustered, excitedly embarrassed about how I acted.“Well, that would be Alpha Zach” she doesn’t get a chance to say anything else as the door opens and Max walks inside with Alpha Zach and his men. Max eyes us warily but doesn’t utter a word.Alpha Zach greets Kayla “It has been a long time Kayla” a smile spreads across Kayla’s face and she giggle
Max’s POVI couldn’t stand how close he was to Charlie and the growl came frome somewhere deep inside me, warning him to get away from my mate. As he moves away I see the wound to Charlie’s stomach, the burn marks already healing and her skin slowly knitting together but she was unconscious.I didn’t think Kiwi was still able to use her powers but I was clearly wrong, even as Kayla and I dragged her back to her room she was screaming, kicking and trying to throw small purple balls of mist at us. She had taken out two of the guards but thankfully they were already recovering and healing quickly.I couldn’t shout or punish Kiwi, she just wasn’t capable of understanding what she was doing, although she kept calling Charlie a murderous cow over and over.Kayla asked me if she could stay with her for a while, it was a strange request but I agreed on one condition, that she does not kill Kiwi, she nods her head and I pull the
Alexander’s POVWith both Max and Charlie gone, it left just Kayla and me. I was uncomfortable being here with my rejected mate and I am sure she felt the same way. The Moon Goddess really had a lot to answer too.“I’m sorry Alex” her voice is high pitched and squeaky and one of her blonde locks drops out of the messy bun and falls over her face.“Don’t call me that Kayla” The only person that I wanted to call me Alex was CharlieShe drops her eyes “It was never supposed to be this way, I was never meant to fall in love” she peers at me through her long eyelashes. I knew exactly what she was doing, all the girls I had been with in the past were exactly the same.“I’m sorry Kayla but I love Charlie” there was that dark flash in her eyes again“You are not mated to Charlie, you are mated to me”, she follows me as I leave the room and runs to keep up with my lar