Maureen's POV He is back! That was what kept ringing in my mind. Lance was back. I didn't know he was coming back that day, just maybe I would have fled the house before his arrival.I couldn't look at him so I had left the porch and went inside. I couldn't bear to look him in the face. The anger that still boiled in my heart towards him might spill over and I would do what I would later regret.He almost killed me, left me for death and fled like the coward he was. He left without as much as a goodbye. He left without even seeing me one last time. He never visited the hospital. He that I least expected would hurt me.I swiped at the tears rolling down my eyes. I was determined not to cry. The first two weeks after I was discharged from the hospital were the worst days of my life. I slept in his room for one week. One day the Luna decided she had had enough of my mopping and used her Luna command on me to get out of the room and get myself cleaned up. No one can resist the Alpha or
Lance's POVMaureen stormed out of the dining area leaving us in total disbelief. Her eyes turned complete gold- both the white and black. I have never seen anything like it. It shone like there was light behind the gold color.I had thought I had heard wrong when I heard her arguing with Lucia. I had actually thought Lucia had pulled the stunt about her eyes changing just to get back on her good side. I had stood at the door and heard them argue back and forth. I didn't like what I heard. Her voice had been hard and it sounded strange to me.Maureen was so sweet that she couldn't hurt a fly with her words. To hear sarcasm, hatred and annoyance dripping from her mouth actually broke my heart.I had not expected her to show up for the dinner. I was the one who sent the kitchen help to tell her to come for dinner. I had to bully the poor girl into lying. I didn't know how best to approach her. I had cornered Lucia when she was about leaving. 'You are not staying for dinner? ' I said
Lance's POV'Sometimes I wonder if I look that ugly that she wouldn't even look at me once,' Dominus fumed.'She will, eventually when she gets her wolf. Be patient Dom. It is just a matter of weeks,' I consoled him.'Weeks you say? It sounds more like decades. I just hope I can wait till then.' 'You must wait my dear friend because you and I both know you don't want to get into trouble with the council of elders. You are the future Alpha so you must control yourself no matter how difficult it seems,' I said and we both fell into silence, each person to his own thought.I had gone to Dominus' place after leaving the house. Maureen's outburst and her changing eye had really spoilt dinner for everyone. 'What just happened. Am I dreaming?'Mum had asked after getting over the initial shock of seeing what I would term as the most surprising episode of a life time.'Did her eyes turn golden or am I hallucinating?' Dad too asked. They both looked so surprised.'I overheard her and Lucia ta
Lance's POVDominus drove straight to our house and dropped Lucia off. He got down from the car and opened the door for her while she mumbled a thank you. She was expecting us to go inside with her, 'Aren't you guys coming in?' She asked. 'No. We are on patrol duties tonight,' Dominus lied through his teeth. He rested on the side of the car while talking to her.'Already? You guys just got back today,' Lucia sounded surprised. 'I guess we have been away for too long. Maybe they thought we had been on vacation,' Dominus joked as they both laughed.I decided to just stay at the corner and not say anything. If only Dominus had ever faced the combination of Maureen and Lucia's wrath, he wouldn't have dared what he just did.I silently observed their interaction. I realized one thing that I have never noticed, Lucia was not indifferent to Dominus. They finished with the little chit chat and Dominus came back intohis car and he drove back to his house. All through the drive back, he was
Lance's POV'You see what I was talking about?' I asked Dominus after Maureen and I were able to drag Lucia off him and the girls left.Maureen had to practically drag Lucia out of the room while Lucia was cursing us both and condemning us to hell.'Are you sure that girl hasn't gotten her wolf yet? She almost scratched my eyes out,' Dominus said wincing in pain. 'I am not going to lift a finger to help you up. You were too impulsive and irrational.' 'I did it to stop another man from taking what is mine.' 'Are you even listening to yourself?' This girl doesn't even know she is your mate yet,' I rolled my eyes at him.' If you were not my friend, I would have said you are so dumb.' 'You don't have to insult me Lance. I am regretting enough as it is.' I wondered if the scratch on his face was the reason for his regret or he regretted everything. The scratch would disappear in minutes due to his superb Alpha gene. 'Why are you regretting so fast? You had better tighten your seat be
Maureen's POV'Lucia, I have no hand in whatever it is you are planning to do to Lance and Dominus,' I informed Lucia first thing in the morning the following day. 'You should at least let me wake up properly before discussing those idiots. Besides, who told you I was going to do anything to them?' She asked feigning ignorance.'I know you very well Lucia. You would not leave the whole matter just as it is. You would want to get even,' I said.'I don't have the strength for revenge these days Maureen,' she said winking at me and smiling like someone who won a jackpot.'Whatever you do, remember that these two are high ranking wolves. If they kill you in the process...' I warned her leaving the rest of the sentence unfinished.'I will be careful and make sure I keep you abreast of everything happening,' she said smiling annoyingly.'Don't keep me posted on anything. Do what you want and face the consequences. You should learn from my ordeal,' I said sadly. I was still sensitive whenev
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
Maureen's POVI walked into the garden behind the citadel with a smile on my face. It was dark outside but the moon was so bright. It would have been mistaken for early morning if not for the dark clouds and the bright shining stars. I discovered the garden three days after I got to the citadel. It was almost as beautiful as the garden in my dreams. I had made inquiries about who had been taking care of the garden. An elderly woman about the age of Grandma Gina had been brought to me. She did a wonderful job taking care of the garden.As I walked in the garden, touching one delicate flower after another, I couldn't help but reminisce on the events of the past week and the event of that day in particular. I had finally reinstalled the president to his rightful place. It had been a big occasion with wolves from every part of the kingdom there to witness the occasion. I was not one hundred percent sure of all the elders in the council, but I was sure I had over ninety-five percent of t
Ian's POVI couldn't sit and watch Shanty's conviction. A girl I have loved for the longest time. She was the only one I allowed into my space for the very first time. I was on a mission that I didn't want to be distracted from so I had no friends, no confidant, nothing until I met Shanty. Shanty betrayed me in the worst way ever, but my heart was still reluctant to let go of every memory we shared. I left the panel in the middle of a hearing. No one stopped me and I didn't look back either. I was in the bush all alone for two days eating whatever I could get. I was used to that anyway. I stopped being a loner after I met Maureen and the whole team. I shook my head to dispel the thought that I would never be invisible again. It was painful, but at the same time, it was a relief. I sought Grandma Gina and the leader of the waiters out the very minute I got to the council from High Moon. I wanted to know why I could no longer be invisible. I discovered that I lost my ability after
Maureen's POV 'Everything is all set in your pack. You and your children can go back to Eagle Moon now,' I said to Talon. We were in the pack main hall. It had not been easy to get Eagles pack up again but I had to. Talon needed his home, and the children, too, needed a balance. One of those that were used as his breeders said she couldn't stay with him, she wanted to go back to her pack. I didn't stop her. She needed her people to heal. The other female decided to stay, she said she couldn't leave her children in the care of another. 'Thank you, Your Majesty,' Talon said. 'I have told you to call me Maureen. You are my biological father, there is no way of writing that off,' I said.'I know what you said, and I understand, but I can't call you by name. I was just a vessel used to bring you to life. You and your wolf are far above me. So I will accord you the due respect,' Talon insisted. Dawn, Lance, Asher, and Leila were with me in the council's main hall while I addressed Tal
Maureen's POV'Asher you need to let the doctors examine her,' I said for the umpteenth time as the doctor tried to get to Dawn to no avail.We were at the council hospital. After so much shouting and noise, we got the Luna and Dawn to the clinic on time. The Luna was taken into the labor room while Dawn was placed in a ward, and a doctor was immediately allocated to her, but Asher wouldn't let the doctor access her. 'You need to let go of her Asher. You might be choking her as it is,' Lance said, making Asher let go of Dawn instantly.I had thought that we might have to bring Lucia in to make him sleep so that the doctor could attend to Dawn without his interference. When Asher lifted his face to us, I saw that his wolf was in control because his eyes were completely those of his wolf. 'Mate will be okay right?' Asher asked looking at me pitifully.'Yes. Your mate will be fine, but you need to step away from her,' I said, looking at him in the eyes.He eventually agreed to step b
Maureen's POV A Month and One Week Later 'Go ahead and explain yourself,' I said, then sat back on the chair to listen to what the Luna of Rolling Hills had to say. I had set up a panel that consisted of different people to look into evidence against those who wanted to seize the power of the golden wolf soldiers so that they could control the entire wolf kingdom. The panel consisted of faithful elders who had gone through a rigorous search into their minds by Dawn, the entire golden wolf team, and Alpha representatives from different packs, including the Alpha of High Moon and the waiters. I also made sure that the proceedings were adequately covered by the press. We were charging them with felony but not without allowing every one of them to say one or two things for themselves. There was a lot of evidence against them already, but that didn't stop me from asking them to say one or two things. It was the standard procedure. 'I have nothing to say. You have already found me
Maureen's POVLance and I walked hand in hand back to the citadel alongside Dad. My mind was on Asher but it was also with Dawn. She would be going crazy with worry. Mum met us at the door when we got to the citadel. She hugged me passionately. I wondered how many times while growing up why she never treated me like a mother would treat her only daughter but now that I knew why she was like that, I didn't blame her at all. 'How are you doing Your Majesty?' Mum asked holding my hand.'Not you too, mum, please,' I said, stepping away from her.'You are who you are now Maureen. We all must accept that,' Mum said smiling at me.'How is Asher?' I asked, intentionally changing the topic.'He is asleep,' Mum said.'He slept all through the journey back to the council. I am worried,' I said frowning lightly.'Let us go and see him,' Lance said putting his hand on my shoulder to turn me towards the stairs to the room Dawn and Asher share. 'How is the Luna mum?' I asked as we walked to Asher
Maureen's POVIt was quite easy to flood the pods with water. The fake soldiers melted into nothing as the water entered their pods. I knew that there must have been a place where the soldiers were made in large numbers. I just didn't expect it to be that close to the council.After we were sure the room was rid of all the soldiers, Asher advised that we rig the room so that it would blow up and destroy the pods in the process.'I think we should free Talon's breeders first before we do that. This whole place might blow up,' the doctor said as soon as Lance suggested it. I asked three soldiers and Dominus to follow the doctor while the rest of us stayed in the room to await them. Asher started working on the electricity connection in the room. Dominus and the soldiers returned shortly after with Talon's breeders. They were both holding their babies in their hands.'I knew you would come for us,' one of Talon's breeders said immediately she set her eyes on me. I remembered that she w
Maureen's POVFour Days Later'I wish to see your birth mother so that I can apologize for what I did to her,' Talon said to me. It was four days after I entered the citadel and I was crowned. It had been the four most hectic days of my life. It had been crazy sorting through a lot of things. The mess the power-drunk and hungry few had created was so huge. I had sent some of the golden wolf soldiers after girls who were kept at the council's border. One of the girls kept in the citadel had told us how she was brought in from the border. I was so busy that the last time I saw Talon after he came out of the hidden wall at the citadel was the following morning after the crowning when I had tried to heal him. It had worked but the doctor said he was malnourished and he needed a lot of rest. I had insisted on seeing Talon at that moment because I didn't know when next I would see him. He was at the council's main hospital, a stone's throw from the citadel. Dominus and Asher had been in
Maureen's POV'We will go to the citadel after I am sure that Lance is okay,' I said, looking from one waiter to the other. 'I am fine Reen. Asher dug the bullet out already,' Lance said before he stepped into the circle the waiters had made around me. 'Are you sure?' I asked looking into his face.'Yes. I am sure. It will heal soon once the blood coming out of it washes away the silver contamination,' Lance said looking down at the hand he was clutching with the other hand.'No pains?' I asked worriedly.'No serious pain. Let's proceed, I will tie it up when I am sure it is ready to be tied so that it can heal,' Lance said shrugging as if he wasn't in pain.'I can just heal you,' I protested.'Yes, you can but not now. Let's go,' Lance said. The waiters led the way to the citadel. They knew the way there and I didn't know how. I glanced sideways several times at Lance to be sure he was really not in pain. We stopped at some point while walking to the citadel as some females ran t