Maureen's POVWhen an Alpha kills the other in a challenge, he automatically becomes the Alpha of the late Alpha's pack. It was a normal order of the wolf community. I had heard about it several times but I had never seen it or how it worked.When the pack members of Alpha Amman saw that their Alpha was dead, they immediately went on their knees and bowed to Alpha Larry. The soldiers included. 'Isn't it cowardice to bow to another Alpha when their former Alpha's body hasn't even gone cold?' I asked Lance above the noise of cheering.'No. It is not. I will explain to you later,' Lance shouted back as he pulled my hand so that we could join the Alpha and dad where they were. Dominus and Lucia were already far ahead of us. Dominus didn't mind the blood covering his father as he hugged him happily. 'Have you mind linked you mum?' The Alpha asked Dominus after they came apart.'I did it the very second you walked out of that cage. Alpha Amman was such a coward,' Dominus said in annoyan
Lances POVA sound woke me. Getting conscious, I stretched like a contented cat as I came awake. I checked the time on my bedside clock to see it was past seven o'clock am. I couldn't remember the last time I slept that late. But then, it was expected that I would sleep that late. I had reached for Maureen two more times during the night and each time, she had yielded to me without restraint. I looked at the other side of the bed expecting her to be there but the bed was empty. I sat up instantly. 'Relax. I am in the bathroom,' Maureen laughed into the mind link. She must have felt my panic.I sat up properly and stretched my body again. The sound of her opening and closing the bathroom door must have woken me up. I heard my stomach rumble before I felt the pressure on my bladder. Neither Maureen or I had dinner the previous night and I doubted that most occupants of the house had dinner either.I opened the bathroom door to see Maureen brushing her teeth. She looked at me walking
Lance's POVWe couldn't believe what was right in front of us in Alpha Amman's pack. Lot of people were on the streets begging for alms. Several homeless people in one place made my skin crawl. How was it even possible. 'I have followed buyers here a couple of times but I have never seen this scene before in my life,' Dominus said beside me. We were still in the car but our convoy was heading towards their pack's house. 'How was he able to keep this a secret?' I wondered out loud.'I guess dad was right after all. Alpha Amman was a sick man. How on earth could he have reduced his own people to this?' Dominus was obviously angry because his voice sounded so loud in my ears. Dad had mind linked me that one of Amman's soldiers was leading us to the park's house.Houses that looked more like huts littered everywhere. People came out of some of them to stare at the convoy. I didn't see one person that looked okay enough to be called a healthy wolf. They looked starved and their gazes
Maureen's POVI was missing Lance. It was barely four hours since he left but it felt like a whole year. They left around mid day and it was not yet three o'clock but it felt like he had been gone the whole day.Lucia and I sat down, not saying much to each other. We both missed our mates.'I didn't expect that there would be a day that my happiness would depend on the presence of someone else,' Lucia said sadly.'Neither do I. But then the mate bond can be really though,' I said smiling sadly at her. A knock came at the door and I said an absent minded 'come in.' Dawn peeped in before coming in.'The Luna said you both should meet her in the sitting room immediately,' Dawn said.Lucia and I exchanged confused glances. What could the Luna possibly want? We quickly got up and headed for the sitting room in quick steps. When we got there, we met two pack doctors, a male and a female. My heart started beating at one thousand times per second. Had something bad happened to Lance and Do
Maureen's POVBy the time I had spoken to two of the girls, I almost broke down. They had gone through a lot that I found so unbelievable.There were fifteen girls that we could talk to except for Lisa who the doctors deemed irredeemable. The atmosphere was so tensed as we questioned the girls. At a point after the pack doctor had told them that Lisa might soon succumb to her pains, they had huddled together and cried. The doctor had said it was hard for Lisa's body to fight the wolf's bane since she hadn't gotten her wolf yet. Mara was assigned to encourage the girls to talk to us and give us information that we needed so that we could help them.I was assigned three girls while Lucia also had three girls to talk to. Dawn was assisting mum with the rest of the girls.We were to ask them for their names and the original packs they belonged to and made sure everything was documented.'What is your name?' I had asked the first girl that I was to question. She was silent for sometime b
Lance's POV'Reen you need to calm down,' I said for the umpteenth time.'What if I wasn't meant to touch her? What if she dies quicker because of my careless move?' Maureen asked looking too worried for her own good.'Either you touched her or not she would have died. It might have been a coincidence that you touched her at her very last moment,' Lucia said and I sent a grateful look her way.'No. it wasn't coincidental. I felt warmth go out from me into her,' Maureen argued.She was right. She had felt the warmth and I had seen the bright light that processed from Maureen into Lisa.I knew Lucia also saw It but she was trying to make Maureen calm down so that we could talk about it. I wished at that moment that Grandma Gina was around. I had asked Maureen and Lucia to accompany me to see Lisa for the last time because I wasn't sure I would be able to stop myself from breaking down. I had expected that their presence would help me keep it together. When Maureen had suddenly started
Lance's POVI woke up as I felt Dominus pressing into my mind link. I gently removed Maureen from me to avoid waking her up. I checked the time to see it was already six o'clock in the morning. I had barely slept for three hours.I opened the link and grumbled a not so gentle, 'What?' into the mind link.'Lisa is awake,' Dominus said.'What do you mean by she is awake?' 'That is what the doctors said. You need to come down,' Dominus said and cut the link.I looked at Maureen on the bed with her golden hair spread all over the pillow and wondered if her touch had actually healed Lisa. Lucia had said she didn't see the ball of light but I did. I was very sure that I had not imagined it. It actually happened. I stood up to change from my pyjamas so that I could go downstairs and see what was happening for myself but then I stopped Maureen would want to be there too. Despite the fact that I didn't want to wake her up when she had just had little sleep, I gently shook her awake by her
Maureen's POVLucia and I listened to the noise coming from outside with trepidation. It sounded like the sound of war. My heart was beating so fast that it seemed like it wanted to just jump out and beat me on the floor freely.I tried mind-linking Lance to no avail. Lucia also tried Dominus and there was no response.'I can't continue to just stay here Lucia we have to see what's going on,' I said as I started pacing as worry consumed every of my being.'We can't defy their orders Maureen. Let us wait here,' Lucia said and I looked at her in surprise.'Since when did you start following orders Lucia,' I asked in amazement. Lucia was one person that was very daring.'Since I got mated to Dominus. He is a very dominant male, he liked to be listened to and obeyed,' Lucia answered.'So also is Lance. But this new you is quite surprising,' I said. Lucia didn't give me any more reply. Then I noticed something different in her that I haven't noticed before. Lucia was twisting her finger
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