Maureen POVI felt something cold on my face and I quickly opened my eyes. My gaze met that of Lance. He was bent over me looking sweaty. 'Lance?' 'Yes? Were you expecting someone else?' He smiled boyishly. A smile that made spark dance down my spine. 'Why is your hand so cold?' I asked sitting up in bed.'That will be because I have been outside. And the cold outside is killing,' he explained'What are you doing in my room?' 'I came to ask you what your plans for your birthday are,' he answered, pulling the chair closer to the bed so that he could sit close to me.'I have no plans Lance.' 'Really?' He asked with a brow up.'Yes. Is it a must that I have plans?' I asked yawning and stretching at the same time.The gap in my nightgown opened slightly to expose a bit of my cleavage. I didn't miss how Lance's eyes heated up at the sight. I quickly covered up and I blushed. If I said I wasn't enjoying the attention I was getting from Lance, then I would be lying. Seeing the effect I
Maureen's POVLucia's birthday was finally here and I had decided to get her a gift even if she insisted she wanted to be with her parents alone. I had asked Lance to come with me but he said he had other things to attend to. Lance was the one who advised that I asked Dominus.When I called Dominus he was more than happy to come along. He said he would like to get Lucia a gift himself and would want to get my opinion on it. Lance also asked me to buy a gift for Lucia on his behalf. Although I didn't know what business he wanted to take care of that made him leave me in Dominus' care, I didn't question him. The previous day, he had returned home late. I asked him where he had been and he shouted at me asking if he was a toddler that needed monitoring. He later came to me to apologise and I forgave him thinking there must be something bothering him which he didn't want to share yet. Dominus and I had to go gift shopping alone. I had fun and I never knew Dominus could be a fun guy t
Lance's POVI stood open mouthed staring at Maureen. How could her eyes be gold in color? It was pure insanity to imagine it. 'Maureen, why are your eyes that color?' I asked worriedly. 'What color?' Her voice even sounded different.'Your eyes' color is all shade of wrong Reen,' I said backing away from her as she came closer. I was not moving away from fear but it seemed the best thing to do in that situation.'What is it Lance?' She asked looking confused. Suddenly her eyes went back to normal.I released a sigh of relief. 'Your eyes changed color just now. Are you ok Reen?' 'I am ok Lance,' she said but she suddenly looked at me suspiciously. 'Are you pulling this stunt just to get out of what you did?' 'I am not lying Reen. Your eyes are not supposed to change color until you get your wolf, even if you have, how can it be that color? I have never seen that color in my life,' I said with surprise still evident in my voice.'What color are you talking about Lance?' She asked lo
Maureen's POVI knocked at Lucia's door gently while I glanced back at Dominus as I heard him start the car. Lucia opened the door with her easy smile.'Is that not Dom, Why didn't he get down to say hi?' She asked looking disappointed.'It seems he is in a hurry to get somewhere.' 'Really?' Lucia asked stepping aside to allow me into the house. 'Are you sure about that?' 'What do you mean?' 'It seems as if he is avoiding me?' 'Avoiding you?''Yes. Ever since the incident, he seems not to want to have anything to do with me.' 'Don't over think things. Besides, Lance said that in two weeks they both would be appointed as the trainers of the newly recruited warriors. So his mind might be occupied,' I said trying to not make her feel bad. We entered her room and I sat on the chair while dropping the gifts by the table. Lucia didn't notice the gifts yet as her mind was preoccupied with her thought on Dominus.I had suspected too that Dominus was avoiding Lucia. I had not been able t
Maureen's POVI had a lot of fun with Amelia, Lucia's wolf, until she had to shift back. I gave her our gifts but she refused to open them until later. We didn't sleep all night. We talked about everything under the sky. We talked about meeting our mates and what life was possibly going to be like. 'Is Amelia beautiful?' She asked with a look I couldn't identify.'I showed you in the mirror. Didn't you see?' 'I saw her but I want your honest opinion, is she beautiful?' She asked impatiently.'Are you feeling insecure right now?' I asked looking at her suspiciously.'No, I am not feeling insecure. I just want your opinion that is all.' 'Hunnnn, I don't know,' I said teasing her.Her shoulder slumped. 'So she is not that beautiful right?' 'I was only teasing you. Amelia is gorgeous,' I laughed.'So you think our mate will like us?' 'You are beautiful and so also is Amelia. Your mate will be lucky to have you both.''Can I confide in you about something?' Lucia asked looking toward
Lance's POV'l should leave the party and go somewhere to wait her transition out and see how it goes,' I had said to Dominus on the day of Maureen's birthday. It would soon be midnight. 'And what excuse will you give to Maureen and your parents?' Dominus asked looking at me as if I was a child throwing tantrums. 'Stop looking at me as if I am stupid. You and I know what is at stake here. What if my wolf jumps her wolf and starts claiming her as his?' I asked throwing my hands up. 'It might not happen.' 'What if it does? I insisted.'Maybe I should get a tranquilizer ready,' Dominus said with a shrug.'I am not a wild dog,' I sneered at him.'You are making yourself sound like one. Look, you and I know that going away from here is tantamount to suicide. Maureen will roast you over a burning flame and I am sure my mate would give a helping hand. Besides, I am not ready to be blamed of advising you wrongly.' 'What do you mean blame you for advising me wrongly?' I asked wondering wh
Maureen's POVWe walked hand in hand to our parents' office not minding the glances we got on the way from the domestic staff in the house. Lucia followed closely and quietly. I knew she was nervous but she simply didn't question me. We had a lot of time to talk. As we approached the door, we discovered that dad and mum were in a shouting match.'You can't lock my son away like a common criminal,' I heard mum shout.'Why can't you be reasonable. He was going to mark his sister if we didn't act fast,' dad shouted back.'She is the one you ought to put behind those bars. For all we know she might be a danger to us all. What kind of specie is she?' Mum said still on top of her voice.'You need to calm down and talk quietly. She might hear you,' dad said pleadingly.'At this moment, I can as well scream down the entire neighborhood. You locked my son up and you expect me to calm down?''He is my son too, remember? And I have his best interest at heart,' dad said. It seemed to calm mum d
Lance's POV 'This is all so complex,' I said feeling so confused. Our resemblance to the people in the book was uncanny. I couldn't help but wonder. They looked older but there was no mistaken the resemblance. 'How do we get to the root of this?' Lucia asked. 'I say we leave our parents and their explanation for now and pay your grandmother a visit,' Maureen suggested. 'How many hours will it take us to get to your grandmother's place?' Lucia asked. Grandma Gina was Dominus' maternal grandmother. So she lived in a different pack. I have met her several times when she came visiting and a couple of times Dominus and I visited her beautiful cottage. She was a lovely woman. 'If we set out now, we will get there before dark,' Dominus answered. 'Then I will say let's go now,' Maureen said with determination. 'We still need to hear what mum and dad have to say,' I said. Maureen rolled her eyes at me and said, 'We will know what they have to say later when we get back from Dominus'
Maureen's POV'I wish we could just go back to the former president's house and raid the place,' Lucia said hissing as she scrolled through the pictures Ian had taken at the former president's house.'I wish we could too but if we dare to do that we will ruin everything. We are dealing with corrupt high ups here. They will label the attack as a rogue invasion or say they had rescued the girls the previous day and those they took them from came back to attack the nice and courageous former president. Did you see the way he twisted Sandy's story around?' I said to Lucia.'That man is an evil genius. No one could have thought he was lying through his teeth. He is a perfect actor, believe me,' Lucia said.'I was so impressed with you guys when Lance was saying how impeccable you were with your actings at the former president's house. It is a good thing that I didn't go along, I doubt if I would have been able to pull it off,' Dawn said.'Believe me, you would have when you knew exactly wh
Maureen's POV'You girls should hurry up and pick what you want. My mate will get worried if we over stay,' the Luna said again for the umpteenth time and, as we had been doing all day, we laughed.The Luna and mum had dragged us out of the house to allow them have fresh air. Dawn, Lucia and I had no option but go with them. The Alpha had said we were allowed to go for just three hours which we accepted and that we should take guards with us because he couldn't risk his pregnant mate's safety.Dominus, Lucia and I had gone to the Luna's chamber after breakfast to spend some quality time with her. We met mum there and we had breakfast with them. We talked at length about everything and anything until Dominus had to excuse himself. After Dominus had left, the Luna had said she needed fresh air and before we knew it, Dawn was drawn into the plan and it became an all girls outing. 'We should go like seriously. He has been pressing into the mind link for like fifteen minutes now. It wil
Maureen's POVIt was dark outside by the time we were through meeting at the Alpha's study. My mind was made up that I was going to talk to Ian, whether he liked it or not. As we were about to leave the office, I discovered that Ian had already disappeared but I refused to be discouraged. When we got to the room, Lance had expected me to just freshen up, and he asked for our dinner to be brought to us, but I changed into black trousers and Lance's round-neck shirt. 'I was expecting you to have your bath. Why did you change clothes?' Lance asked as I stepped out of the walk-in closet.'I want to talk to Ian. I want to know who that girl is to him. He defended her so greatly,' I said.Lance sighed and stopped from the chair to stand in front of me and rubbed his hands up and down my arm.'Ok, mama. I know you want to desperately talk to one of your children; I am not going to stop you, but let me come with you. It would be irresponsible of me to allow you to go out alone at this time
Maureen's POVNone of us not even the Alpha or dad recognized the two people in the other pictures. There was one female and a male. I was so disappointed that a female was also involved in the whole thing. It angered me. How could she be indifferent to the suffering of young females? She should be empathetic towards them!'What I am very sure of is that when we smoke out the former president, these other two will surface,' I said confidently.'I have never met them anywhere,' the Alpha said frowning.'One of them actually looks familiar but I am not sure,' Asher said frowning deeply as if he was trying to figure out where he had met him. 'Which of them?' I asked.'The female,' Asher answered.'The female?' Dad asked.'Yes but I am not so sure. After I did the drawing was the first time it occurred to me that she looked familiar but my mind was occupied with something else so I didn't dwell on it. But looking at the picture again just now, the feeling that I know her came back,' Ashe
Dawn's POVI woke up with the feeling of someone's hands against my scalp. It was so soothing that I snuggled deeper into the warmth that encompassed me. I opened my eyes and the vision of Asher's strong abs came to view. I smiled remembering what hours ago had been like. He reached for me one more time before we finally fell asleep. 'Tell me you didn't drop that towel on purpose Dawn?' Asher said and I bit down on my lips pretending I was still sleeping.He couldn't see my face since my head was on his chest so I closed my eyes and tried my best to imitate the way my breath would be when I sleep.'I know you are awake Dawn. Stop pretending,' Asher said applying pressure to his touch on my scalp. The pressure was not enough to cause pain but it was enough to make me stop pretending.I raised my head to look him in the eyes. His lashes were lowered so I wasn't able to read the look in his eyes. 'I might have dropped it intentionally,' I said closing my eyes but not totally closing th
Dawn's POVA day after those heading for the former president's house had left, we had breakfast with everyone present at the dining except Grandma Gina.At the table we had discussed Maureen and the others' movement. The Alpha had said that the former president's call that Maureen and the others can't spend the night at his house sounded suspicious. I could just only hope they would be fine.After breakfast, Asher said he wanted to teach Rocha something on the laptop so I had to excuse them since I wasn't interested in whatever they had to do.When I followed Asher and the soldiers to his pack, he wanted to teach me one or two things on how to use a laptop but I just wasn't interested. He had teased me relentlessly about it and eventually let go of the topic when he discovered that I was truly not interested and he couldn't talk me into becoming interested.I headed for Grandma Gina's room knowing she would be more than happy for the company. Besides, she didn't come down for breakf
Lance's POV'To think I was beginning to feel guilty about deceiving him,' Dominus said as we entered into Grandma Gina's cottage. We didn't discuss much in the vehicle on our way back to Grandma Gina's pack. Ian had simply said the former president was guilty and kept quiet. We all realised that he was battling some kind of emotions so we let him at least sort through them before we got to Grandma Gina's cottage.'What happened at the former president's house, Ian?' I asked as we all sat in her siting room. 'Can you guys give me a second to grab something to eat, you had lunch but I didn't,' Ian said as he got up. 'I put bread on the kitchen table and there is butter there as well. You can manage that till we make dinner,' Maureen shouted after him. 'Maureen I saw your reaction when that man came in to whisper inti the ears of the former president and the saccharine smile you gave Lance after showed that something was wrong,' Lucia said to Maureen.I thought I was the only one wh
Lance's POV'I was thinking I would be privileged to meet your mate. A female that deserved such worshipping love is someone I want as a mentor,' Lucia said to the former president when we settled down in his sitting room.'I wish you met her but she waited all day for you guys yesterday because she thought you would be here early. She had to leave very early this morning. She is visiting a friend's daughter that just gave birth to a baby. We have delayed the visit for too long,' the former president said smiling sadly.'I can see that you are missing her already,' I said. 'Oh, how do you know that?' The former president seemed genuinely surprised by my insight.'Your smile just now said it all,' I replied.The former president sighed loudly as he rang a bell on the table. 'Each time she has to go somewhere, I feel like a part of me is taken away,' he said still retaining his sad smile.A girl of not more than sixteen years who looked terrified as she came into the sitting room came
Maureen's POV'I wish I was going with you guys,' Dawn hugged me again for the umpteenth time.'I wish so too. Please take care of yourself and Asher,' I said winking at her.She smiled shyly and blushed. She understood exactly what I meant by that. She should go ahead and get marked already. 'Will you sisters please allow us leave already?' Dominus asked rolling his eyes. Dawn and I laughed as we separated. I almost stepped on Ian as he materialised from nowhere suddenly.'Sorry. I didn't know you were there,' I apologized.'It is okay. I understand,' he said smiling. 'You smell like Dominus' perfume,' Lucia asked raising a brow at Ian.'I just wanted to blend in with one of your smells in case the old man has a keen sense of smell,' Ian said as he opened the back door and sat down.'I didn't even use the perfume,' Dominus said but we didn't dwell on it. We were distracted by Grandma Gina's opening of the front door and coming towards us.'Grandma, are you okay?' Dominus asked mee