Lance's POV
'Lance stop, let her go,' Dominus shouted at me, his voice piercing the haze covering my senses. I dropped her and started shivering. I couldn't believe I almost killed my sister. I had warned her to stay away from me. I avoided going home because of her. I was going crazy and my wolf was not helping matters. He yearned for her like a pervert. I was going to go mad if care wasn't taken. I had to stay as far away from her as possible until my crazy wolf got back to his senses. I had found her sleeping in my room days before, I had to strip the bed of every layer of clothing on it just to get rid of her chocolaty scent. It was bad enough that her smell hung around the house, even in the surrounding bushes. I had cried on Mum's bosom that morning too overwhelmed with wanting her and trying to stay away from her. I was not about to commit incest because some stupid wolf thought nothing of it. If he was crazy, I was sane. It was an endless war between me and my wolf. In the middle of the night sometimes, my wolf would wake me and demand to see her. I had reminded him several times that she was my sister but he seemed determined to bring us to ruin. I had almost thought the moon goddess hated me enough to grant me a pervert for a wolf. A wolf that thought nothing of claiming his sister as a mate. When my sister touched me that morning while I was crying, I nearly shifted into my wolf from the cheer and excitement of my wolf. I had to turn what I felt into enough anger to ask her to take her hands off me at that moment. I never would have guessed that she would follow me into the forest. She was making my life difficult by being stubborn. I was trying to save us from embarrassment and disgrace but she was making it more difficult for me to do. The human part of me was getting angrier at her for being so stubborn. The hurt I saw on her face that morning actually broke my heart but I knew it was for the best. Maybe if she stayed away for long enough, my wolf would be able to realize what our true relationship was. After I had shouted at her to take her hands off me that morning, our parents had been very surprised. They knew how much I loved my sister. They knew my life revolved around her. Seeing me shouting at her like that shocked them to no end. 'Lancelot, why did you shout at your sister like that?' Mum had asked that morning looking bothered. 'It is nothing, Mum, she is just becoming too annoying for my liking,' I had replied trying to look nonchalant. 'Son, are you sure your sister has nothing to do with your mood?' Dad asked looking at me as if he was trying to read my mind. 'No Dad. She is just too young to understand what I am going through right now. I want her to stop disturbing me,' I answered with my heart beating fast. I knew I had to be careful, my dad was too smart to be lied to. And I knew I had to get out of my dad's presence fast before he could question me further. 'I need to go have my bath, I will see you guys later,' I said and quickly left them before Dad could read me. He was a good negotiator because of his gift of reading people. It was nothing supernatural, he just could do it. The last thing I want is for him to find out that my wolf was crazily lusting after my sister. I got into my room and found Dominus flipping through a magazine while sitting on the loveseat. 'Are you ok now?' He asked looking worried. Dominus was not just my friend and Alpha. He was my brother. What we shared was brotherhood and not friendship. I had not told him about what was going on but I knew I had to tell someone, or else I would run mad. 'I am not fine Dominus,' I answered and sat on the edge of the bed. Dominus stood up from the loveseat and sat down beside me on the bed. 'What is eating you up Lance, you know you can talk to me?' 'It is really bad Dom, really really bad.' 'You have to talk to somebody about it at some point. I see the way you train these days as if you want to kill yourself. The light is no longer in your eyes and you rarely smile anymore.' I sighed deeply and looked at Dominus, I could hear his heartbeat increase and smell the worry rolling off him in waves. I knew he loved me and what affects me, affects him. 'What is the worst thing that I could do that would make you hate me?' I asked him. He stood up and started pacing in front of me, a frown on his handsome face. He was obviously in deep thought. He suddenly looked up as he seemed to get an idea. 'Did you sleep with Lucia?' He asked his eyes bulging. 'What? I would never betray you like that,' I shouted looking surprised that he would think in that direction. Dominus sighed and his shoulder relaxed visibly. ' What then could you have done that will make me hate you? Even if you do that I know you would not have done it intentionally.' 'It is not what I did Dom, it is what I am.' 'What you are, what do you mean by that?' 'My wolf is crazy Dom.' 'Crazy? How?' Dominus asked confused. 'My wolf thinks Maureen is his mate.' 'Which Maureen?' He asked looking at me suspiciously. 'My sister,' I answered looking sad. 'What?' Dominus asked looking comical with his big eyes almost removing from the sockets. 'It started the eve of my birthday.' 'I remember seeing your wolf tackling her to the ground. I thought nothing of it because I thought he was just happy to finally meet his sister.' 'He simply followed her scent, the fool.' 'Don't call your wolf a fool Lance.' 'What then do I call all this? Maureen is his sister,' I said throwing my hands up in surrender. We both fell into silence, each person to his thoughts. I was very angry with the whole situation. 'The moon goddess can't be mistaken in peering us, Lance.' 'The moon goddess can't be mistaken right? Accepted. But why will she peer me with my sister, that is incest.' 'There must be an explanation somewhere,' Dominus said thoughtfully. 'I need the explanation as soon as possible before I go mad.' 'Why don't you explain this to your sister instead of treating her the way you do? 'You know I treat her somehow?' I asked surprised he noticed. 'You think I didn't notice? I know you have been avoiding her and your house generally and I heard when you shouted at her. She cried while coming upstairs you know?' 'I can't possibly sit her down and tell her that my wolf wants her besides she is not supposed to know she is my mate until her wolf recognizes mine as hers.' 'Then let us wait till she turns eighteen and see if her wolf will choose yours. Whatever happens then we will know whether to involve our parents or not,' Dominus reasoned. 'This fool here,' referring to my wolf, I pointed at my head, 'would have made me mad by then. We are talking of three good years here.' 'I know. Maybe it is time to go for that training at Royal White with me. We would be gone for almost three years by the time we get back, things might have straightened out.' 'I didn't want to go because of Maureen. Mum and Dad are ever absent. Who would take care of her?' 'Have you taken a good look at your sister these days?' 'More than I am proud to say.' 'Then you must have noticed that she is no longer a baby, she can take care of herself. Besides you need the time away before you do something you would regret.' Dominus made a lot of sense but being separated from my sister was the last thing I wanted. But with the way my wolf was going about it, something bad might happen soon. I thought of it deeply for a while. 'You know what? Let me have my bath and we go for a run.' Dominus started laughing at me and I wondered what I had said that might be funny. 'Why are you laughing?' 'Are you sure this whole situation is not affecting you?' He finally answered after laughing to his contentment. 'What do you mean?' I asked still not getting his point. 'You are sweaty already. If you have your bath now, you go for another run, won't you be sweaty again? What is the essence of your bath?' Dominus explained smiling at me. I smiled and scratched my head. 'Ok fine. Let's go and hunt our breakfast then,' I smiled and removed my shirt. We headed for the forest. Hunting that morning on my part was difficult. If I had gone alone, I might have returned more frustrated than I left because I would not have caught anything. I get lost in thought most of the time and lose track of whatever I am hunting. 'Hey, are you alright?' Dominus asked through the mind link. 'Yeah. I am fine. I think we should head back now. I need to rest.' 'You can sleep in my house you know, if that will give you some peace.' 'I would appreciate that.' 'Ok let me get our hunt together. I will meet you at the spot where we dropped our shorts.' 'Ok,' I said and closed the link. I made my way towards the edge of the forest where we dropped our shorts. I could smell my sister in the breeze. It was really annoying that I couldn't seem to escape her. Suddenly I heard her call out to me. Every word that came out of her mouth was like a sword thrust deep into my heart. I tried to stop my wolf from acting stupid to no avail. Immediately I took over the anger I felt for my wolf, it overwhelmed me and I almost killed my sister. As I watched Dominus kneel beside her tending to her my heart broke and I did the only thing I could do at that moment. I ran.Lance's POV'Lancelot tell me it is a lie,' my mum fumed immediately I entered the pack's hospital room where my sister laid hooked to a machine. I walked towards my mum holding my hands in front of me as if I was praying.That day after I ran, I stayed away from home. It's been two days. Only Dominus knew where I was. I couldn't face my parents, look them in the eye and tell them I almost killed their daughter. Despite the fact that they weren't that close to Maureen, I knew no parent would want their child dead. I walked towards my mum carefully, unsure of how emotionally stable she was. She was after all a Beta wolf. No amount of love she has for me can stop her from hurting me if her wolf decided to punish me for what I did and I was sure my wolf would not lift a finger in defense because of two things. One, she was my mother, two, it would be an opportunity for my wolf to see me punished. He has been going mad in my head for the past two days. 'Mum, I am really very sorry. You
Maureen's POVI could hear voices around me even if I could not discern what they were saying. I heard but I was frustrated by my fussy brain. Why can't I understand a word of what they were saying? I tried hard to open my eyes but it seemed something kept pulling me under. I almost wept. I tried, I fought, just maybe I could open one eye but I lost the battle and gave in. The darkness swallowed me again as I went under. 'Hey Maureen. Can you hear me?' I heard someone's voice saying. This time I recognized the voice as Lucia's and I understood everything she was saying.'The doctors said we should speak to you that you can hear us. If it is true that you can hear me, I miss you Maureen. It is very boring without you. I want my friend back, I want all our silly jokes and adventures.' She stopped a while. I heard her blow her nose. I knew she was crying, my heart ached. I wished I could at least talk to her and tell her to stop crying. I wished I could comfort her and embrace her. I
Maureen's POVI walked into my room with an unexplainable feeling of emptiness. A lot of things didn't make sense. A lot of questions begging for answers.Lucia followed closely behind me. She had not said anything since we left the hospital. It was as if she could understand my pain. She squeezed my hand once in a while as if to tell me she was there if I needed her.What I really needed was to be alone but I couldn't bring myself to do that to Lucia, not after the way she took care of me in the hospital.I sat down on my bed and looked around my room. Even I didn't understand why I was looking from one angle to the other as if looking for something. I was sad to the level of depression. Lucia dropped my overnight bag on the floor then silently came to sit next to me on the bed. She had been by my side since I woke up at the hospital.If not for the seriousness of the situation, I would have laughed at how comical her face looked when she shouted from the surprise of me waking up af
Lance's POVI noticed the difference in the atmosphere immediately we entered our pack territory. My wolf perked up and I noticed that Dominus too looked anxious.I didn't know what type of welcome I would receive from my sister. My parents will surely be happy to see me after three years. We spoke on the phone everyday or I would say I speak with dad everyday. Mum will put in sometimes and I would have no option but to talk to her. Mum and I were never really close but dad and I were like best friends. I tell him everything except for the fact that my sister was my mate. I couldn't even muster the audacity to look him in the eyes or tell him on the phone that his daughter, my sister was my mate.'I just wish that my wolf will not look at my sister the same way anymore,' I said to Dominus.'We are about to find out. If your wolf still feels the same, then you have to let your parents know this time,' Dominus advised.'Tell my parents what? Are you crazy? My dad will simply get a silv
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
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