Lances POVThe ringing of my phone woke me. I swore ripely wondering who could pick that early in the day to call. I opened one eye to view who it was before I remembered it was the alarm I had set to wake up for workout. It must have been going off for sometime. I quickly silenced it so it won't wake Dom but he was already stirring.'What time is it?' He asked sleepily. 'Some minutes to seven.' 'am or pm?' He asked looking as confused as someone who woke up on another planet.I rolled my eyes, wondering what was up with him. 'How can it be on, Dom?' 'I didn't sleep much last night, I would have loved to wake up very late,' he grumped. 'You can still go back to sleep you know. No one is forcing you to wake up,' I said.'You should have switched off that alarm before we slept,' he insisted.'When was I supposed to remember anything about the alarm? When I was dragging Lucia off your sorry ass or when I had to deal with your contrite heart?' I hissed and left the room to ease mysel
Lance's POV'You will kill her Dom, please.' The words sounded like Deja Vu. Only this time, it was coming from me.I winced as the image of me strangling Maureen and Dominus pleading with me to let her go flash into my head. Somehow Dominus had gotten the idea that Lucia was behind the scandal and he had moved in on her. Thanks to my superb speed and Dominus' anger induced sluggish move, I got to Lucia before he did.'Dominus, you need to let us talk about this rationally,' Maureen pleaded. I could see she was as scared as I was. 'Dom please. You need to calm down,' I pleaded too. I have seen Dominus deal with threats a lot of time and they were not pleasant sights. I knew Lucia was his mate but I didn't know if his wolf would take insubordination from her. I watched as Dominus' eyes switched from his wolf's to his. 'Lucia, you need to submit now,' I said to Lucia while keeping my gaze on Dominus in case he went for the kill. I knew how much risk was involved in putting myself be
Lance's POVDom and I stayed in the room silent. Not knowing exactly what to say to each other. The fact that the blogger said an insider gave the information was the most disturbing. I wondered who the insider could be.I was sure our parents would have gotten wind of what was happening already. They might not be the type for internet use but someone must have called them already. I dreaded their reactions.Our phones won't stop ringing so we had to switch them off. It was so bad that we had to block our mind links. I was even having a headache that seemed to get worse by the second. Maureen knocked at the door sometimes later and said our parents were downstairs. When she had walked in, my heart skipped a bit and my wolf stood at alert, wagging his tail in welcome. I had to get a good leash on him and push him to the back of my mind before he did something stupid like grab her. She wouldn't appreciate that. Dominus and I followed her downstairs with a burdened mind, hoping our par
Maureen's POVI woke up the following morning feeling happy. It's been a while since I woke up with any other feeling than anger or sometimes indifference. I had felt so sorry for what Lucia did to Lance and Dominus that I decided to forgive Lance. I don't know why I did, but it felt as if there was a force that was beyond me that wanted me to forgive him. After our parents had left the previous day, Lucia was still crying despite the fact that the matter had been resolved by our parents. I was glad that for the first time, Lucia felt bad about her action of getting even with people. She went too far. The reputation of an Alpha and Beta is very important to them as every wolf in the pack looks up to them as role models.'I am sorry Maureen, hope you can forgive me for this. Your brother and Dom got here just yesterday and I have already caused them so much problem,' she had said. Her eyes were swollen from crying so much and her nose was red from the constant cleaning. I felt pity
Maureen's POVI paced the hospital corridor unable to sit down. I found it difficult to believe that Lucia would want to kill herself. She was the type that loved life. Or so I thought! Dominus had not waited for a stretcher to be brought out to take her into the hospital. He had taken her in while shouting like a mad man.I was beyond distraught. The doctors had taken her from us and as I paced I wondered what could be happening behind the closed door. It had been over forty five minutes since they closed the door.I was alone, waiting for any news at all. After the doctor had done their best to stop Dominus from following them in, Dominus had stormed out of the hospital while Lance had gone to try to get in contact with Lucia's parents. 'Hey, any news?' Lance asked coming to stand next to me.I threw myself in his hands and allowed the sob that I had been trying so hard to hold back flow without restrictions. 'She is going to be fine Reen. She has to be. For all our sakes,' Lance
Maureen's POVI couldn't believe that I had grabbed Lance in the least expected place. His face was as red as a ripe tomato. I gaped at him in surprise with my eyes wide like saucers.'I am sorry I didn't know it was your thing,' I said pointing at his obvious erection. 'What thing?' He asked looking more embarrassed than I was.He was standing up facing me while I knelt on the bed. He was wearing only his boxer briefs. 'It was poking me in the back and I thought it was your foot or something,' I tried to explain, hiding my embarrassment to no avail.'You could have simply woken me up,' he said in a calmer voice. I guess he was beginning to realise that I was close to tears.'I am sorry Lance,' I said unable to look at him.'It is ok. It is not your fault. I should know better than to spoon you like that.''But we used to share the same bed before you...' I could not finish the sentence as I didn't want to bring up a memory I was trying to bury. Lance approached the bed and gently
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
Dawn's POVI couldn't stop looking at Asher all through the conversation in the sitting room. If he knew it, he didn't show it nor reacted as he paid rapt attention and gave the correct response.I had only hugged him so tightly because I wanted to be in his hands so bad. I had not expected him to kiss me and to do it in front of everyone like that. I was so shocked.'If the Vice President was killed then this sure confirms the fact that there are a lot of people involved in this crime in the council,' Lance said pulling me back to the present. 'It would have definitely taken a lot of those high up to be involved before a crime of that magnitude is committed right under their noses,' Dominus said rubbing his face tiredly.'Has his death been made public?' Maureen asked.'Not yet. A friend called me to inform me. Besides they have a bigger problem on their hands with the early morning gift you presented at the gate. The whole place is swarming with reporters and bloggers. Well done gu
Maureen's POV'I am beginning to think one other gift I don't know I have is getting worried,' Dawn mumbled as she paced the sitting room of the Beta house. 'What do you mean?' I asked looking up at her from the magazine I was pretending to be reading. We have been waiting in the Beta house for two hours. I had picked the magazine in the bid to find something to do. Every other person including Rocha was sitting but Dawn had been busy pacing up and down as if she had an itch on her feet. At a point, Dawn had gone outside then came back in looking frustrated.'I am the only one who seemed worried here. You all look so calm as if nothing is wrong,' Dawn's reply brought me back to the present. 'Can't one of you just mind link them and ask what is going on?' Dawn asked as her voice rose a pitch higher than usual.'We don't want to distract them in case they need to concentrate,' I answered.'What if they are keeping a tight lead on the bond to make sure nothing passes through it to yo
Maureen's POV'I am so restless right now,' Dawn said as we sat and waited in the house. We got to where Dominus heard Elder Mattias saying the girls were to be picked from well before night fall and I opened the compass so that we could comfortably wait in the house for them.Once in a while we looked out of the window. The place was a plain field big enough to contain three big houses, we picked the extreme end to wait. We have waited for hours with no sign of them and I was beginning to think we had the wrong location. Dawn had been able to show Asher the map from Dominus' mind and he had done it beautifully. I was not surprised that the location was right outside Amman's territory. He was a pervert like them so allowing them do business near his pack territory wouldn't be an ado. The Alpha and dad didn't come with us. I smiled when I remembered our conversation the previous night when we had gone to them about Cybil's issue.'We will take care of Cybil, you take care of your du
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