Lance's POVI decided to go downstairs and drink water after Maureen went into the bathroom. I had not drunk any after dinner because I was in a hurry to follow her. I entered the kitchen and switched on the light. No staff member was in sight as everyone had retired for the night. I went to open the refrigerator to get water and a bottle of wine caught my eyes. After I drank the water. I decided to to sit down with a cup of wine and allow Maureen calm down before I go back into the room. I had been sitting for more than fifteen minutes nursing my wine when I felt someone pressing into the mind link. I excitedly opened thinking it was Maureen. I was disappointed when Dominus' voice asked me if we could talk.'I am in the kitchen. Come,' I said and closed the link sighing in disappointment. 'What are you doing in the kitchen at this time. Trouble in paradise?' Dominus asked from the door way some minutes later.'What are you doing here at this time wanting to talk to me? Are you ma
Maureen's POV'Are you saying they want to leave?' I asked Asher the following morning after he called that he wanted to discuss somethings with me about the soldiers. 'They need to. Except for Alan, there are three others that are mated amongst them. They yearn for their mates. Besides, staying at the Beta house is no longer convenient,' Asher explained. Lance and I were in the room he shared with Dawn. Dawn had excused us when Lance and I got there. I asked her to stay but she said she had something to attend to and left.'Those that are mated can bring their mates down and we have already decided to build them a place to stay,' Lance said.'That won't do Lance. The best thing to do is to let them go back to Royal Touch. They can resume their normal lives there and whenever you need them, you can summon them. It won't even take a second,' Asher reasoned.'I think I understand what you are trying to say. Back at Royal Touch, they are just like every other pack member but here they
Maureen's POV'Maureen, can I come in?' I heard Mara call from outside the door without knocking. I smiled wondering why she was doing that. I just came back from the Beta house after talking with the soldiers and I was feeling low. Lance had excused himself to join the others in working on the house. The one controlled by the compass. I wanted to go with him but he said they wanted to surprise the girls so I decided to stay back and wait for either Dawn or Lucia to come back from the Beta house. I walked to the door and opened it for Mara to come in. She looked nervous and I had to look at her keenly to see if I could see what was wrong in her eyes.'Mara, you look nervous. What is the matter? Is Katrina okay?' I asked when I couldn't place my hands on what could be the matter with her.'Katrina is okay. She will be fine. I guess. I came to see you about something important,' Mara said and I pulled at her hand to make her sit so that we could talk.'Hope all is well with you and A
Maureen's POVIt was my brother's eighteenth birthday. My parents, for the first time, have been home all day. It seemed strange seeing them around because they were never around. The Alpha of our pack was also present. My name is Maureen. I am the only daughter and second child of the High Moon Pack's Beta male and female. My brother Lancelot is three years and some months older than I am. And that day my brother was turning eighteen, I was so filled with joy.The pack men took my brother outside to wait for the time to strike midnight. The women and the Alpha all waited in the living room. I could see the anxiety on my mother's face. Everybody patiently waited for my brother to get his wolf. My parents were the Beta male and female of our pack. So it is expected that my brother will take over from them one day.My best friend, Lucia, and I silently sneaked from the crowd of women. We sneaked upstairs to the guestroom to catch a glimpse of what was happening outside.My best frien
Maureen's POVThe day after my brother's birthday, I woke up very tired. Lucia was still sleeping soundlessly beside me. We had discussed late into the night. Our discussion was about everyone looking so confused, about Lancelot coming to me after he got his wolf.I didn't see anything wrong with it. He was the closest person to me. Before I had Lucia as my best friend, he was my best friend.We played hide and seek often, we played tag, and we chased each other around the house and even the compound. So I saw nothing wrong with what happened. To me, he was just playing with me as usual. But there was doubt in my heart. My mum and the Luna acted weird yesterday after the incident. They left for Mum's room and didn't come out for a long time. I forgot to mention that my mum and the Luna were best friends and as luck would have it they were both mated to two friends, my dad and the Alpha.The previous night when Lancelot finally came downstairs in his bright green shirt and black trous
Maureen's POV'Should I wait with you till he arrives?' Lucia asked me after one hour of waiting for Lance. It was our routine. He came to my school to take me home every day and any day he couldn't come he would call me. I have tried calling him several times but he would not pick up.'Will you try to call him again?' Lucia asked. I knew she was impatient to get home. Her father was off duty that day and she wanted to spend time with him. 'I have called him several times but he wouldn't pick, what makes you think he would pick now?' I snapped at Lucia.'Hey, don't take it out on me, Maureen. I am only trying to show concern,' Lucia said surprised at my behaviour.I realized what I had just done and apologized,' I am sorry, Lucia, it's just that he has been acting weird since his birthday,' I sighed sadly.Something suddenly occurred to me.' You know what Lucia, give me your phone.''What are you going to do with it?' Lucia asked looking at me suspiciously.Despite her reservation,
Maureen's POVI woke up with a start. Something woke me up or more like a person woke me up. I could smell Lance's scent in the air. I wondered for a while if he came into my room.Since our talk Monday afternoon in the kitchen, he had been avoiding me like I had leprosy. At my most desperate moment, I kicked against his warning and went into his room. He was not in the room when I got there so I sat on his bed and waited for him.I waited for a long time and when I started feeling sleepy, I laid my head on his pillow and fell asleep.A loud growl woke me from my sleep. I woke up with fright so I started shaking from the impact. Lance did not look at me twice. He banged the door almost removing it from the hinges. Since that day for the whole week, I had not laid my eyes on him.Sensing his scent in my room was the last thing I expected. I had always liked the way he smelled. He smelled like the forest after a heavy rain. Since he got his wolf, his smell has seemed more intense.I loo
Lance's POVI was going crazy and I knew it but I couldn't help it. The moon goddess must be playing tricks on me. It was my eighteenth birthday but it was my saddest.My wolf had happily tackled my sister to the ground in happiness in the presence of all that were there to celebrate my eighteenth birthday.As the future Beta of the park, it would have been disappointing if I didn't get my wolf. It had happened before in our lineage and this had made my parents especially my mum very anxious.My grandfather was not the direct bloodline of the Beta post but according to history his elder brother who ought to take over from their father never got his wolf.At first, they had thought his wolf was only delayed for a particular reason but when he didn't get his wolf at the age of twenty-five, my grandfather who was twenty years then was asked to start training.According to my grandfather, the training was difficult and draining and he nearly gave up. It wasn't easy to train to become a Be
Maureen's POV'Maureen, can I come in?' I heard Mara call from outside the door without knocking. I smiled wondering why she was doing that. I just came back from the Beta house after talking with the soldiers and I was feeling low. Lance had excused himself to join the others in working on the house. The one controlled by the compass. I wanted to go with him but he said they wanted to surprise the girls so I decided to stay back and wait for either Dawn or Lucia to come back from the Beta house. I walked to the door and opened it for Mara to come in. She looked nervous and I had to look at her keenly to see if I could see what was wrong in her eyes.'Mara, you look nervous. What is the matter? Is Katrina okay?' I asked when I couldn't place my hands on what could be the matter with her.'Katrina is okay. She will be fine. I guess. I came to see you about something important,' Mara said and I pulled at her hand to make her sit so that we could talk.'Hope all is well with you and A
Maureen's POV'Are you saying they want to leave?' I asked Asher the following morning after he called that he wanted to discuss somethings with me about the soldiers. 'They need to. Except for Alan, there are three others that are mated amongst them. They yearn for their mates. Besides, staying at the Beta house is no longer convenient,' Asher explained. Lance and I were in the room he shared with Dawn. Dawn had excused us when Lance and I got there. I asked her to stay but she said she had something to attend to and left.'Those that are mated can bring their mates down and we have already decided to build them a place to stay,' Lance said.'That won't do Lance. The best thing to do is to let them go back to Royal Touch. They can resume their normal lives there and whenever you need them, you can summon them. It won't even take a second,' Asher reasoned.'I think I understand what you are trying to say. Back at Royal Touch, they are just like every other pack member but here they
Lance's POVI decided to go downstairs and drink water after Maureen went into the bathroom. I had not drunk any after dinner because I was in a hurry to follow her. I entered the kitchen and switched on the light. No staff member was in sight as everyone had retired for the night. I went to open the refrigerator to get water and a bottle of wine caught my eyes. After I drank the water. I decided to to sit down with a cup of wine and allow Maureen calm down before I go back into the room. I had been sitting for more than fifteen minutes nursing my wine when I felt someone pressing into the mind link. I excitedly opened thinking it was Maureen. I was disappointed when Dominus' voice asked me if we could talk.'I am in the kitchen. Come,' I said and closed the link sighing in disappointment. 'What are you doing in the kitchen at this time. Trouble in paradise?' Dominus asked from the door way some minutes later.'What are you doing here at this time wanting to talk to me? Are you ma
Maureen's POVMy anger was boiling over by the time Lance and I got to the room back at home. I refused to talk to him all through the drive back home. It was late by the time we got back home so the Luna insisted that we eat dinner before going to our separate rooms. We agreed and had our hands watched in the kitchen before settling down for our meals. The Luna looked distracted and nervous. She and the Alpha kept stealing glances at each other and sometimes looking at Dominus in a way I couldn't understand. I took my mind off my own anger for a moment to observe everyone. Mum was smiling secretly. Sometimes she looked at dad and they would both look at Dominus and smile as if they knew a secret he didn't. 'Mum, is everything okay?' I asked and to everyone's amusement both mum and the Luna answered together that there was no problem.'I guess we need to work out something about you calling the both of them mum. This kind of confusion is inevitable,' the Alpha said smiling at me.
Maureen's POV'What can you tell this sitting about all you did?' The judge for the Vice President's hearing asked him after all evidence brought against him was presented.'If you are asking me to apologise for what I did then you must be crazy,' The Vice President growled.There was a buzz in the hall as everyone was surprised that he didn't even feel any remorse of guilt for what he had done.'Silence please.' A man sitting to the judge's right stood up and said. When there was silence again he sat down.'Do you realize how many lives you have ruined? A lot of your creations had to be given mercy killing to put them out of their mystery,' the judge said to the Vice President calmly but I could see that he was angry.'The entire wolf world should be praising me and giving me kudos for doing researches they didn't have the balls to do. I wanted to experiment on the few to better the lots of the majority'. I have done nothing wrong,' the Vice President said stubbornly.'You deprived w
Lance's POV'It was really not the best approach but it was the best thing I could come up with at that moment. But judging from the way they were this morning, I guess Alan and Mara finally settled on something,' Maureen said to Lucia. They had gone on and on about Mara and Alan since we left the house. They could stop saying how romantic the moment of their reconciliation would have been. I rolled my eyes mentally because I dared not do it so they could see.We had set off for the council very early as the Alpha had said. We had to take our breakfast along. We took two vehicles. Dad and the Alpha were in one while we took the other. Dad and the Alpha were chauffered while I drove our car.Maureen and Lucia insisted on sitting at the back together while Dominus sat beside me in the passenger seat.The girls soon fell into silence as we approached the gate that led into the council lands. The car conveying Dad and the Alpha was leading the way while we followed.None of the four of u
Lance's POV'Are you sure this is not some kind of coma?' I asked Asher in irritation. Maureen slept through the night after the soul binding with the soldiers and was still sleeping early in the morning when Asher and Dawn came to check up on her.'She is just sleeping, Lance. Relax,' Asher said smiling sheepishly.'You sound annoying right now, you know that. How come you are not sleeping and she is the one doing that?' I asked.'To simply answer your question: my soul was bound to one person's- hers but she had many souls bound to hers. She is strong believe me,' Asher said seriously.'You know she is strong because?' I asked Asher raising a brow.'I know because the golden wolf chose her and not somebody else,' Asher answered.'I think you should just wake her up Lance. She is intentionally not waking up,' Dawn said smiling and shaking her head.'Did you just walk into her dream? I thought that hurts your head,' I said touching my nose to indicate the fact that her nose might blee
Dawn's POV'It is really interesting to see that he is facing the consequences of his actions,' Lucia said hissing lightly.I had followed Maureen into Grandma Gina's room to get my mind off things. We had met Lucia there talking animatedly to Grandma Gina about the event that has followed our exposure of the Spot. 'You need to see the video of him muttering about a Rhino coming to kill him. It might sound sadistic but it made me laugh actually,' I chipped in.'I guess Maureen did a number on his mind,' Grandma Gina said. 'I actually used it to scare Diego into telling me the truth,' I said and everyone fell into silence.'Lance doesn't want me anywhere near Diego. He thinks I might not be able to control myself around him,' Maureen said shrugging.'I could have killed him myself you know. I have never felt so disappointed in my life,' I said sighing sadly.'There is more to Diego's case than normal,' Maureen said looking lost in thought.'Diego is actually the Vice President's son,
Lance's POV'Unchain him but keep his hands chained to the back and make him sit,' the Alpha instructed guards that he called in.They immediately got to work and unchained Diego from the wall while they chained his hands to the back. He winced and grunted from the pain of his hands being chained to the back but no one paid him any mind except Dawn.I could see that she was obviously in pain seeing Diego being manhandled like that but there was nothing she could do to change the situation. I knew she wasn't happy with the fact that her friend, someone whom she trusted and loved like a brother was actually not who she thought he was.The soldiers sat Diego down but he wasn't comfortable in the position, he kept straining and wincing as the pain of his hands tied to the back kept him uncomfortable.Dawn looked away from him for five seconds then looked at the Alpha and said pleadingly, 'Can his hands be chained to the front please?' The Alpha nodded at the guards and they made him stan