Maureen's POV'I hope she gets favored,' Dawn whispered to me as we entered the hall where Martha's case hearing was to be held. Everybody in the hall stood up when we entered to revere the Alpha and Luna's presence. The elders sat down after the Alpha was seated. The hall was almost full. People were anxious to see what would eventually be Martha's lot. Martha was standing to the left of the elders. Her face was as white as a plain white sheet. She looked so scared that my heart went out to her. She looked so lean and unkempt. She had probably been in prison since we left. I saw that she kept giving sideways glances at someone so I looked at the place and saw a very handsome young man whose expression mirrored that of Martha. I knew instantly that he was her mate.'I think that is her mate right there,' I said to Dawn since she was the closest to me. Lucia was sitting beside Dawn on the other side.'She keeps looking his way. I hope they get through this,' Dawn said sadly. Since
Dominus' POVWe were ready but they weren't! We had an edge over them because we knew days before the attack that they were coming and we knew the exact time but they thought they were coming to take us unawares.The soldiers were on ground in the Beta house. Lance and I were the ones who took food to them. If the workers at the Alpha house thought anything of the amount of food they were asked to prepare, they said nothing. I guess Martha's case was still making everyone of them keep mum about any unusual thing they saw. Part of the plan was to leave the border they were going to come in from unguarded. Maureen had looked into the compass again and given us specifics about the border they were coming in from. They will be hiding under the night to do the harm they wanted to do . Cowards! My mind had screamed.We chose to attack them when they enter the pack. But to make sure they weren't anywhere near the pack house, we chose our battle ground!The morning of the day the attack was
Lance's POVI watched Dominus stagger to his feet. He looked so defeated that it hurt to watch. He gradually started making his way out of the field.'Go with him Lance. We will take care of things here and join you shortly,' dad said to me. I could see the sadness in his eyes. The only feeling that came through to me from him was pain. The Alpha was standing over Lucia's father's body looking so torn and sad. Dominus had voiced his reservation about Lucia's father joining the fight but I had thought nothing of it. We didn't factor the fact that we could lose any of ours to the fight.I nodded at dad and followed Dominus. I didn't say anything to him. I only walked with him, I didn't say a word. I didn't even know what to say to him in that condition because my own heart was in turmoil. The walk to the pack house was slow because every of our steps was controlled by the feeling of pain in our hearts.When we were looking at the pack house from afar, Dominus suddenly stopped and star
Dominus' POV'Dad, there is a problem,' I said to Dad through the mind link.'What is the problem, Dom?' Dad asked. I could hear the panic in his voice. 'Alan is Mara's mate,' I said sighing sadly.'What?' Dad's voice thundered into the mind link.'That is what she told us,' I said.'We will be there as fast as we can,' Dad said and closed the mind link. I looked at Mara with pity. She was shivering in Mum's hands as if she was cold. But I knew the cold wasn't physical. She wasn't even crying. 'Mara, Dad said he will be back to talk to you soon,' I said for lack of what to say.'What did he do? The guy in the cell?' Mara asked.'He led the fight that took Lucia's father from us,' I answered. 'So he is going to die?' Mara asked but none of us answered.I wanted to tell her that he was going to die after he was questioned. He might not die immediately but that was actually going to be his end.'What is going on here?' Lucia asked as she came into the sitting room. I had left her in
Lance's POV'No wonder he was calling us traitors,' dad said frowning.'Where did you find this, Rocha?' The Alpha asked.'I decided to give the soldiers clearing the field a hand. I was restless. I found it in the bag attached to his dead horse,' Rocha explained.'Before this kind of order can be issued, the pack involved would have been sent a warning three times to surrender. If they do not surrender by the time they get the last warning, this kind of order is issued against them and that process takes weeks,' the Alpha explained.'We didn't receive any warnings from them. Besides, we haven't done anything wrong why will they issue that type of order against us?' I asked. I was as confused as everyone else. 'I will like to ask Alan some questions for now,' the Alpha said and thanked Rocha.Rocha said he would not want to go in there with us, so he excused himself and went back to the house while we returned to the room that Alan was.'Now the traitors return,' Alan said bitterly a
Dominus' POVI stretched my hand and reached for Lucia as I came out of my restless sleep but she wasn't there. I was startled at first and sat straight.Then I remembered. It had been a lonely night. I had slept alone because Lucia had spent the night with her mother. I couldn't argue with her. They needed each other. I felt someone pushing into my mind link and I opened up. It was Dad. 'Good morning, dad,' I greeted him.'We will be heading down to give Alan some eye-opening facts. If you wish to join us, you should be ready in about an hour,' Dad said into the mind link.'Ok, dad. I will be downstairs soon,' I said and closed the mind link. I stood from the bed and went into the bathroom with heavy footsteps. I wasn't happy. The sadness I was feeling wasn't mine alone. Lucia was letting her guard on the mind link down on and off and her emotions kept seeping in. How could I possibly be okay when my mate was grieving? I was grieving too. That was like joining two heavy hearts to
Lance's POV'I need you to tell this young man the things you went through at Amman's house,' the Alpha said to one of the girls that were with Mara and the others at Amman's house.'We will understand if you can't. Nobody is forcing you,' Dad said to her.'No, it is okay. Mara called Adelia that there was someone who needed to be enlightened about the things we went through in Amman's house and I volunteered. Besides the therapist said the more we talked about our experience, the better the trauma would become,' she said smiling at Dad.I couldn't deny the fact that most of the girls we brought back from Amman's house were strong-willed. I couldn't comprehend how they still found it easy to smile so sweetly after everything they had been through. The girl narrated everything to Alan. He was looking at the girl all through her talk as if he was in total disbelief.'Thank you so much, my dear girl, you can return to the main house, a car will take you back to the pack house,' the Alph
Lance's POV'I refuse to talk to him alone,' Mara said stubbornly. 'I don't even know if I can trust him not to manipulate me.' 'Mara. It is a good thing that you know that a mate's hold on you is powerful so you will be prepared if the need be for you to resist his manipulation,' Dad said to Mara.'Besides that, why will he want to talk to me when all he will eventually do is reject me when he discovers my past,' Mara said.She was nervous; it was all over her face. She thought Alan would reject her immediately after he heard what she had been through at Amman's house. Alan was at that moment not in the place to reject anyone. After he had broken down and cried because of the way he was betrayed, he calmed down and begged the Alpha to allow him to see his mate. Alan had said he wanted to see her because he didn't know what his fate would be. He had seen her in the dark and he wished to see her in broad daylight. It was almost evening though but there was still enough daytime to s
Maureen's POV'Mara,' Dawn shouted making me raise my head to see Mara standing by the door and smiling happily at us. She looked so contented.Dawn stood up and hugged Mara. They developed a bond when they met and after Mara and her sister Adelia came to High Moon. Lucia was by their side by the time Dawn was done hugging Mara. Lucia hugged her tightly too smiling happily at Mara 'You look so contented,' Lucia said to her.'I wouldn't deny the fact that I am indeed happy Lucia,' Mara said happily then looked at me without her smile missing a beat and then said, 'Your Majesty.''You don't have to be like that Mara,' I said smiling at her. I dropped the book in my hands, walked up to her, and hugged her. I held her hand and led her to sit down on the couch.'Alan explained who you are to me after we left High Moon. I was very surprised at first but then the way you carried yourself and the way you act around people shows the fact that you have always been different,' Mara said. We we
Dawn's POVI walked into our room at the Alpha's house half expecting Asher to start talking and blaming me for what happened. I felt so ashamed of myself. We had gone to the pack hospital to get the wound on my neck cleaned and dressed. Asher had winced each time I hissed at the biting pain during the cleaning. On our way back to the house, Asher had held my hand tenderly. He hadn't said much to me so I didn't know what was on his mind. 'Let me get you water,' Asher said as he made me sit on the bed then turned to leave to get the water but I held his hand.'I am sorry Asher,' I said looking into his eyes. 'What are you sorry about Dawn?' Asher asked without blinking. I couldn't read his mind or guess what was going on in his mind. 'I am sorry for not listening to you. I am sorry for believing Diego and removing his chains,' I said as my eyes filled with tears. Asher stooped to my level on the bed and took my face in his hands, 'I am your mate Dawn and I can feel every emotion
Dawn's POVI had been nervous about going to see Diego. I knew I shouldn't but I wanted to. He was the only one in my life for a long time. I wanted to know what he had to tell me. Why he wanted to see me.I almost broke down in tears when Diego was brought out of the cell by the man Dominus had introduced as the head guard. He looked so haggard and dirty. He wasn't the person I used to know.When he asked me about his father and I told him his father was dead, something broke inside me with the expression on his face. I believed every word he said about wanting to tell me something that he wanted only me to hear. Asher was not ready to leave me with Diego and I understood his points but I wanted to hear what Diego had to say. My friends left me with Diego reluctantly. 'You have three minutes Diego. So you had better start talking,' I said without looking at him, the moment Asher and the others stepped out.'Do you now hate me this much Dawn? I didn't betray you. I could have told m
Maureen' POV'Wow, this place looks so different,' I said as we entered the former Alpha's house. The place was used by the former Alpha of High Moon, Dominus' grandfather as a getaway from the pack house.We used to go there as kids but it was not looking good then because it was mostly abandoned. Ever since Dad and the Alpha decided to build the Alpha and Beta houses close to each other, the old Alpha house had been mostly abandoned. 'Dad had been doing major renovations on it for almost two years now,' Dominus said.'I never knew of that. What did they intend to use it for?' I asked.'We started renovating it because we thought it was a legacy that shouldn't be destroyed. But when you said you wanted the golden wolf soldiers near, we decided that it should be used for that purpose since it has a lot of rooms in it,' Dad said walking down the stairs. As kids, we often got lost in the house while playing. Standing in the house at that moment made me wonder what the former Alpha was
Maureen's POV'What is the sitting arrangement?' Dawn asked when we got to where our cars were parked at Rolling Hills. We had to wait till we were sure that no reporter was straying into that part of the hideout before we started back to Rolling Hills. Asher had carried Dawn's mother on his back to Rolling Hills. She was too weak to walk the distance. Dawn had refused to walk alongside Asher. She walked beside Ian to Rolling Hills. It was late in the evening when we got to our cars. I knew why Dawn asked the question. She didn't want to sit in the same car with her mother, knowing well that Asher would want that. 'I guess your mum can sit with Ian and Rocha,' Dominus said before I could answer. Rocha helped Dawn's mother into Dominus' car while the rest of us got into Lance's car. If we were fast enough, we would be in High Moon by morning. I didn't bother to wear my wig. It was of no use anymore. It had already served its purpose. Besides the rain ruined it and I was not ready
Maureen's POV'Did you say Dawn? Do you know her? Where is she?' The woman with the mismatched eyes asked when she heard Dominus mention Dawn's name. 'Ma'am we don't have time to explain but I think you might have to come with us,' Asher said taking the decision out of my hands. I pulled at his hands and took him out of the room. Lance followed closely behind us.'Asher, do you think this will sit well with Dawn?' I asked frowning at him.'Don't worry, I will bear the consequences of this. She doesn't want the issue of Talon mentioned around her, will she do the same to her mother? It is time she faced reality,' Asher said.'I am not so sure about this Asher. I share her reservation in having anything to do with Talon and...' 'Guys we need to get out of here,' Dominus said cutting me short. He brought with him the two girls that were kidnapped from the council. They looked so battered and starved. 'Relax Maureen as I have said, I will face the consequences of her reaction. Let's t
Maureen's POVIt was dark by the time we entered Rolling Hills. Asher had taken over the wheel at some point so Dawn was sleeping in the front passenger seat. While Lance and I were in the back seat. Our car was in the front. 'I will advise that we pack our cars where we know it will be safe in Rolling Hills and make our way to the unclaimed land. We stay there for the night and head off to the hideout in the morning,' I said and Lance nodded. We entered Rolling Hills to see that there were still protesters in the streets. We didn't go near them but we parked at a distance where reporters' vans were parked and got out of the car. We each took our backpacks from the car and headed towards the east of Rolling Hills. We walked for almost two hours before we picked a spot and I erected the house. I slumped onto the chair after the house was up. 'What next?' Ian asked.'We stay here till morning and move in on the hideout in broad daylight?' I said.'Anyone wants to eat?' Rocha asked a
Maureen's POV'My eyes have refused to go back to their normal colour since they changed earlier,' I said as I stood looking at the mirror in front of me. Lance and I were in our room retired for the night. We take off first thing in the morning towards Rolling Hill. Rolling Hill was a hot zone at that moment because protest was going on every day calling for their Alpha and his Luna to step down. No one was going to suspect our going there since it seemed the protest crowd kept getting larger every day. Anyone would think we too were going there to see what was happening. Rolling Hill was a whole day's journey from High Moon. But we were prepared. My only concern was that my wolf seemed tired of hiding. My eyes just wouldn't go back to their normal colour.'What is their normal colour?' Lance asked as he stood up from the chair where he was busy pressing his laptop. He came to stand behind me in front of the mirror.'Are you seriously asking me that question?' I asked raising a br
Maureen's POV'What do we do with Linus?' Lucia asked as we sat deliberating on what our next line of action should be. 'Dominus and I will move him to the dungeon,' Lance said. 'He will disappear when his body becomes dry,' Lucia said. 'Don't worry I have that covered,' Lance said winking at Lucia. Then got up to leave the room but surprisingly enough, Shanty fell straight into the room. She had been leaning on the door! 'Shanty?' Ian said standing up slowly.'You said he was dead, you said you killed him. Why is he being moved to the dungeon again if he is already dead?' Shanty said as she stood up from the ground eyes blazing. 'You were not supposed to be eavesdropping Shanty. It is wrong,' Ian shouted at her. 'I was looking for you. You have refused to talk to me. I wanted us to iron things out,' Shanty said defensively.'And you think eavesdropping on my friends and me was a good way to iron things out?' Ian was livid and I know that one says hurtful things at a time like t