Max’s POV
Silence hung between us, Charlie and Harrison that was the last thing I was expecting. In training he was always messing around and talking about a girl from another town, no one believed him as we never saw her but it made sense why he was always leaving the village randomly.
I was still raging, he had continued to let her live in appalling conditions even though he pretended he didn't know, it would have been impossible for him to have missed the markings on her body. What was worse is that he had somehow convinced her to lose her virginity to him. There were questions I wanted to ask but every time I glanced over she was staring out her window.
“Why are you royalty?” her question came from nowhere but at least she was talking to me
“It is a ruse, it is how we have lived so peacefully for so long and kept our kind hidden from the humans”
Her head moves up and down slowly, “But why royalty?”
Charlie’s POVEveryone had their eyes on me, I hated every moment of it and just wanted to be invisible again, a girl steps towards me, she was pretty with natural blonde hair and looked like ninety percent of the girls at my school. “Hi, Charlie, my name is Lola” she smiles at me“Hi” is all I could muster, I was trying to keep my hands relaxed and by my side, now was not the time to show this gift I had been given.Alpha Max orders everyone to leave and Lola wastes no time in linking arms with me and pulling me away from Max, Alexander and their mother.“So your something special” I have no idea where she is leading me but I manage to keep in step with her even if my legs didn't want to cooperate. “I did some digging on you, I heard a vamp killed your mother”I shake my head and pull my arm from hers “That’s not true, it was a drunk driver”. Lola just shrugs“Wha
Alexander’s POV I never thought I would have to be burying my father already, it was hard watching him be lowered into the ground, harder listening to my mother cry. Max was stood slightly in front of me, holding Charlies hand and as everyone submits to him as our new Alpha including myself. Charlie shows him her neck, was she submitting or offering herself as a mate? As our new Alpha tells everyone to leave, Lola links arms with Charlie and leads her away from everyone else. This was not going to be good. I decide to keep an eye on them for Charlie’s sake, Lola could handle herself. I kept my distance but used the power of my wolf ears to listen into their conversation, Lola is warning Charlie to stay away from someone, from me. I roll my eyes, Lola thinks we have something special because we had spent one night together, when was she going to learn that i was not interested in her any more! Lola stabs a finger into Charlie’s chest and as she does Ch
Max’s POV I knew it was not going to end well, Alexander was fuming and I was in a little bit of shock, my mother wants Alexander to stop trying so Charlie will choose me, what my mother does not seem to understand is that I have been doing research on Charlie’s Alpha-Luna heritage and no matter what as soon as she turned eighteen she inherited the role as leader of the pack, regardless of whether her Alpha father was still alive. Research of our database has shown many lies, firstly it states that Charlie’s mother was killed by a vampire and secondly she isn’t the only Alpha-Luna out there, our mother was one too and that was why she knew so much about them, it most likely explained the silent conversations my parents were having when Charlie first arrived. “Are you ever going to tell us?” I ask mother, Alexander looks puzzled “Tell us what?” “How did you know Max?” mother speaks quietly “I know how to use the database remember, you d
Charlie’s POVWho knows how long I was stood in the rain, but it felt freeing and like I was connected to the Earth, something i had never felt before. My clothes were soaked through to my skin but I didn’t care about that, the only thing I could think of is what Max had told me, that I was mated to both him and Alexander. I was still trying to get my head around the terms and meanings they used, but it could not be possible, there was no way.I was curious though, I didn’t seem to be remotely bothered about finding out I was a wolf, deep down inside of me I guess I knew I was different from the other girls at my school although how different was a bit surprising. The gift thing was a bit of an eye opener but I knew I could figure it out eventually, being mated to two men was a new thing altogether even weirder the fact that they were twins.Max had said that only I could decide, how was I supposed to choose, did he even realise what he was ask
Alexanders POVI walk out, I can’t listen to this anymore. I plan on finding Charlie, she promised me thirty minutes at her party and I wanted to check that she was upholding her end of the deal. I searched everywhere for her, even checking with the men on the gate and they hadn’t seen her. She still was unable to shift into her wolf, there really wasn’t anywhere else she could be, well not without someone knowing.Sitting down on the bench, my mind went to Lola, she was goading her earlier, what if Lola had done something to her or worse, caused Charlie to do something to her and then I saw her, Charlie was leaving the dungeons in a hurry, why the hell had she gone to see her father and why did the guards let her in?She moves quickly across the grounds and I recognise that she is moving towards the forest “CHARLIE” I make her jump but she stands still waiting for me to catch up with her“I don’t belong here Alex
Max’s POVI waited for hours before sneaking into my mothers room, an omega confirmed that she had gone to sleep, even though it was the middle of the day, sleep was something she very much needed, she was grieving heavily and I don’t blame her, a lot of things would change now my father was gone including her adapting to life without a mate.Slipping into my parent’s bedroom whilst quietly telling the omega that they saw nothing as they hurry off, my mother was sleeping deeply, gentle snores leaving her tear stained face. Hopefully she would stay asleep and it would make it easier for me to grab the key.For the first time I see it, the small key hanging on a chain around her neck, how had I not noticed it before.I hadn’t thought my plan through, she would know if the key was missing, I look around the room, searching for something to replace it with but there was nothing, putting my hands in my pocket I fish out my keys, there w
Charlie’s POVMax looked absolutely horrified when I told him that I loved Harrison, but it was true, we had been great together and he had rejected me after hitting me, but it was my fault he had asked me to kiss him and I had refused because I was feeling so ill, I didn’t want to vomit in his mouth.Harrison had been so kind, he found me this morning to wish me happy birthday, maybe I could change for him, maybe he would want me back and then I wouldn’t have to worry about the whole Max and Alexander thing.I agree with Max, I do need some sleep, so much had happened in the last week that I was beyond exhausted, a young girl comes when called, I think her name was Kayla, Max tells her to take me to a guest room and she bows and tells me to follow her. Her brown hair was tied up in a loose bun and she couldn’t have been any older than me.She smiles at me “I’m Kayla, your Charlie right?” and when I say nothing sh
Alexanders POVShe looked absolutely beautiful, and right there and then I realised it didn’t matter in the slightest what she wore, in my eyes she would always light up the room. As Charlie made her way towards me I take her hand and kiss it, a light blush rises to her cheeks but it disappears as soon as she hears the group of people chatting about her and once again sorrow fills those grey blue eyes.I mind link the wolves and tell them if they knew what was good for them they would shut up and I let Jett snarl at them through the mind link, silence falls between them and they move away.“What did you say to them?” she focuses on my eyes and for the first time I don’t hide the truth from her“I told them to stop or they would have my wolf to deal with”. Her eyes follow them to where they have moved too. “They need to understand who you are Charlie”She gives me a small smile and thanks me and then h
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