Maureen's POV'Ian must have known that I already met Lisa,' I fumed.'Why are you angry?' Grandma Gina asked.'He could have just given this to me when we were at Amman's pack and we could have simply headed off to Lisa's pack from there,' I said pacing Grandma Gina's room.'You need to calm yourself down child. Things are not done that way. If what you told me about Lisa is true then heading off to her pack immediately might not be the best. Her pack would need time to come to terms with the fact that their child was back before you barge in on them,' Grandma Gina reasoned.I sat down and thought about asking Grandma Gina about Ian. Maybe a part of the prophecy we didn't know talked about him.'Grandma Gina, was Ian mentioned at all in the prophecy?' I asked.'The bane keeper was not mentioned at all. The golden wolf kept him a secret that was probably why he had remained safe for this long,' Grandma Gina answered before asking me why I asked the question. 'Something in what Ian sa
Maureen's POVI sighed tiredly as I sat on the grass behind the Beta house. Grandma Gina had been at it with us all since that morning.I couldn't help but wonder how a woman of her age got the strength to match ours like that. She started with Lance. She set a stop watch for him to get to the end of the field at a set time and made the time shorter till he could actually get there in seconds. She had made me heal flowers. She would cut the flower half way and asked me to make sure it went back to its normal self. It was rigorous and draining. Lucia had walked into every solid thing in the house in the last three hours since the training started.I had the chance to sit down because Grandma Gina was working with Dawn and she was taking a nap herself.'Do you think it is natural for Grandma Gina to be this agile?' Lucia asked as she came to sit beside me on the grass. 'I am beginning to think she has an ability too,' I said.I stretched myself on the grass and rolled to the left th
Lance's POVI had not expected to meet everyone downstairs when I came down. I had expected that they would be at the back of the house in the shades waiting. My intention was to wear my shirt when I was about to go outside.So instead of just feeling embarrassed at the fact that I was caught red-handed going at it with my mate while we were supposed to be training, I had simply comported myself and said hi.Dominus had not included the fact that they were all waiting in the sitting room when he mind linked me. He had only said that the Luna was around and he had told her that Maureen and I had gone upstairs for further training. That was why I had laughed.I saw the look Maureen was giving me and knew instantly that I had invited trouble. She was blushing so much that her face looked as if it would blow up in minutes.I saw Grandma Gina and the Luna exchange glances and smile. Lucia giggled quietly and Dominus' cheeks blotted up in his attempt to stop himself from laughing out loud.
Maureen's POV'Mara came all the way down here because she said she wanted to see you guys. Do not delay in releasing her. She and the girls are still going to the pack house,' the Alpha said to us as we welcomed Mara and the other girls into the house.'I knew that the Alpha told you that my sister was found and I knew you would want to know how it happened that was why I pleaded with the Alpha to let us come here first,' Mara explained as we all sat down in the sitting room. Mum and dad had retired to their room, so also the Alpha and the Luna.'I will be lying if I say I am not curious about the fact that your sister is still alive,' I said smiling at her.Mara was about to say something when she suddenly looked at the door that led into the sitting room from the kitchen and sprang to her feet. 'Dawn,' Mara shouted as she wrapped Dawn in a friendly embrace 'Come meet my sister'. She pulled Dawn by the hand to where her sister was sitting. Adelia got up to greet Dawn.'Meet my sis
Lance's POVThe day after the Alpha's arrival saw everyone busy. We had to supervise a lot of things. There was influx of pack members from the new pack that the pack house was filled to the brim.Dad had explained to me in the morning how the Alpha had divided the people into different sections with each of the sections having a head. Irene's brother was overseeing the pack in the absence of dad and the Alpha. He was of Beta blood and he could do it. 'Mara is truly strong you know?' Dominus said. He was standing beside me as we supervised some of the young wolves who were moving dirts away from the training ground. Mara was helping the girls arrange a demarcation on one end of the training ground. 'She is. But I guess we all have our limit to endurance. I nearly wept with the way she broke down the day she killed the Amman's Gamma,' I said as the vivid memory of Mara crying so brokenly came to my mind.'I hope whatever therapy dad intends for her and the other girls work,' Dominus
Lance's POV'Remember what I told you. Call immediately you discover or even suspect that something is not right,' dad reiterated as they saw us to the waiting car. Dominus would be driving while I would take the front passenger seat. The girls would be sitting in the back seat. Two soldier vans were to follow us to the border of Royal Pack and after we meet Alpha Asher's Beta at the border, they would turn back.'Do not worry dad, mum. We will be fine,' I said trying to reassure them.'We know that you have all somehow found favour in the eyes of the Moon Goddess but still you need to be careful,' the Luna said and we nodded. 'Let them be on their way already. They are not kids anymore. They carry the future of the entire wolf world on their shoulders,' Grandma Gina chided.We all laughed at the way she rolled her eyes whilst saying that before giving our parents hugs and saying goodbye. Dawn hugged Grandma Gina a tad longer and I couldn't help as our discussion the previous after
Maureen's POVI watched in surprise as the Alpha of Royal Touch approached Dawn with his eyes a replica of one of Dawn's eye balls. His eyes were midnight dark like Dawn's right eye. His wolves eyes!Then it occurred to me that when he came to pick Lisa up, I had thought that his chocolaty eyes looked familiar. It was the exact color of Dawn's left eye. His own eye color!At first, Dawn allowed him to hold her in a very tight embrace but then she gently let go of him and stepped back. 'Hi.' She said to him smiling but I could see that the smile didnt reach her eyes.'Hi,' Alpha Asher said as his eyes returned to their normal colour. 'Can we all go inside?' An elderly woman said beaming with smile.I guess she was very happy that the Alpha found his mate. 'We will follow you inside in a minute please can you just excuse us for some minutes, we need to talk to Dawn?' Dominus said gently but that didn't stop Alpha Asher from growling at him.'We promise to be with you in few minutes
Lance's POVI had stopped Alpha Asher from following Dawn for two reasons. One I knew from experience that she would not want him to follow her like that and there was every possibility that she would not talk to him.Two I thought it was best to let her confide her worries to someone who could calm her down first before he went to her.I actually pity him. I was once in a situation like his and I knew it wasn't easy to feel helpless and your mate unreachable.'You need to sit down Alpha. I believe things will fall into place. Just give her some time,' Dominus said sympathetically as Alpha Asher paced back and forth looking up the stairs.He came back to sit down looking agitated. None of us could eat. Even Lisa looked confused but she asked no questions.After about thirty minutes we heard footsteps on the stairs and we looked up to see Maureen leading Dawn down the stairs.Alpha Asher quickly stood up. He was gazing at Dawn's face as if he could somehow see what was going through he
Lance's POVI watched quietly as Ian explained everything to everyone. I couldn't believe that he had gone in there just once and knew the details of the place that much. 'I thought you said you had only gone in there once,' I said to him when he was done with his explanation.'Yes. I went in and spent the whole day,' Ian responded.'From what Mara told me, Katrina might be in danger of molestation and humiliation but I doubt that he will kill her so we will have to strategize carefully how to go in there wipe out the entire place and leave without allowing anyone know that we were the ones who did it,' the Alpha said.'We can't call attention to ourselves right now. There is a lot going to happen in the future, I want you guys to be fully prepared before we unveil the fact that the golden wolf is here to stay,' dad said.'We are prepared,' Dominus said.'Yes, we know. But your team is not in one place. Asher needs to be done and ready. Alan needs to clean his mess and put his life i
Lance's POVI sat down on Maureen's other side on the bed holding her hand as she explained everything she saw in the dream. The room was silent as everyone patiently listened. I had almost gone mad when she didn't wake up after I started shaking her to wake up. I knew she was dreaming because she kept calling Katrina's name over and over again. My thought was that she was dreaming about her because that was the last thing she must have thought about before going to sleep. I had thought that I only had to shake her awake. I shook her several times but she didn't wake up. She just kept mumbling and squeezing her hands so hard that they became red from the effort. I had wanted to raise alarm about it but she beat me to it and started screaming so loud that the entire neighborhood could hear. Everybody ran into our room and tried waking her to no avail. When she finally opened her eyes, I felt as if a heavy load was lifted off my head. I never wanted to go through what I went throug
Maureen's POVI was too disturbed to listen to the conversation going on around me. Katrina was going through a lot already so the idea that her former tormentor took her again didn't sit well with me. 'There is no way to prove that he took her. Beside, there is no way he would have done it. He was with us all through,' the Alpha said.'What if one of his minions did it for him?' the Luna asked. There was a possibility of that because soldiers had reported that three of the Vice President's entourage were sniffing around the house when we were inside welcoming him. The soldiers had been told to keep an eye on them. What if one of them had sneaked away to do the Vice President's dirty job at that moment. 'We need a clear thought here. So please I need everyone to calm down,' the Alpha said.By everyone, he meant everyone. The sitting room was filled with everyone that had connection with Katrina. Adelia and Mara were there trying desperately to calm down. Even Ian that disappeared
Lance's POV'You did a good job Ian. Kudos to you,' the Alpha said patting a beaming Ian on the back.When we had made all the plans, I had feared that Ian might not be able to pull it off. I voiced my reservation and he assured us that he could do it as far as it had nothing to do with spilling blood. It had been important for us to make everything believable. Elder Nat, the Alpha and dad had come up with the plan.We were told about the plan and we agreed immediately.Dominus could have been the best person to do it but he was the Alpha's son and the Alpha needed to project a united family front. Dominus' absence would have been too conspicuous.'But this is not the end. He will be back or preferably let me say that he will keep investigating us. People like him don't back down easily,' the Alpha said. We were in the sitting room of the Alpha house. We had just gotten back from the field with elated moods.'I think that Asher and the soldiers can return now?' I asked.'That depends
Maureen's POV'Can you please clean up the guest room on the left?' The Luna said to one of the staff as we led Mara up the stairs. She was no longer crying but she looked weak and unhappy. The Luna had said we should take Mara to her room. We couldn't talk in that scattered room. 'I need to go see the girls,' Mara said again tiredly after Lucia and I made her sit down on a chair in the Luna's room. 'I can mind link a soldier to get Adelia to check on the girls. Only on the condition that you tell me exactly what is going on,' the Luna said to her. Mum came out of the bathroom with the first aid box and got to work on Mara's right hand. The cut was already healing, but she had to get the glass shards out so that the wound could heal properly. Mara winced when Mum removed a shard that was stuck on her middle finger. When Mum was through, she applied ointment and wrapped it in gauze. I was sure it would heal in minutes. 'Mara, what happened?' The Luna asked again. 'I wanted to co
Maureen's POVI lay in Lance's hands all through the night wondering why I felt as if I just lost a child. I had felt an instant connection with the soldiers when I met them.When I met Alan too, it was the same feeling. I had not wanted Lance to feel jealous that was why I didn't tell him how I felt towards Asher since the first time I laid eyes on him in Amman's pack. My hatred for the Council's Vice President was so great that I shook from the effect. 'Reen are you okay?' Lance asked and made me turn to face him on the bed. He must have noticed the way I trembled.When he saw my eyes, he gasped in surprise, and I knew immediately that my eyes had changed color. He placed his palm on my cheek and caressed me gently.'You need to calm down, my love, or else you will give yourself out,' Lance said.'I do not care. I am ready for war. That fool thought he could use what is mine and get used away with it.' I was staring at Lance from my mind, my wolf had taken over.'He is not going t
Lance's POVI had to call Dominus' phone before I could get him down to the Alpha's office. I lied to him that the office was on fire and waited for him outside the office. He was breathless by the time he got there.'What the hell, Lance? Why did you lie to me like that?' 'I have tried reaching you through the mind link to no avail, so I called,' I said, shrugging.'That still doesn't excuse your lie,' Dom said breathing hard. He must have been really scared. 'Metaphorically speaking, it is on fire. The Vice President of the council is on his way to collect Alan's corpse,' I explained to him.'What? Alan is not dead. How do you produce the corpse of a living man?' Dominus asked frowning.'Elder Nat is in there with our parents. He said he had an idea of how we could go about it. That was why your dad said I should go get you,' I explained.Dominus walked past me, opened the study door, and went straight in. I rolled my eyes and followed him in. 'You had your walls up. We have been
Lance's POV'I refuse to talk to him alone,' Mara said stubbornly. 'I don't even know if I can trust him not to manipulate me.' 'Mara. It is a good thing that you know that a mate's hold on you is powerful so you will be prepared if the need be for you to resist his manipulation,' Dad said to Mara.'Besides that, why will he want to talk to me when all he will eventually do is reject me when he discovers my past,' Mara said.She was nervous; it was all over her face. She thought Alan would reject her immediately after he heard what she had been through at Amman's house. Alan was at that moment not in the place to reject anyone. After he had broken down and cried because of the way he was betrayed, he calmed down and begged the Alpha to allow him to see his mate. Alan had said he wanted to see her because he didn't know what his fate would be. He had seen her in the dark and he wished to see her in broad daylight. It was almost evening though but there was still enough daytime to s
Lance's POV'I need you to tell this young man the things you went through at Amman's house,' the Alpha said to one of the girls that were with Mara and the others at Amman's house.'We will understand if you can't. Nobody is forcing you,' Dad said to her.'No, it is okay. Mara called Adelia that there was someone who needed to be enlightened about the things we went through in Amman's house and I volunteered. Besides the therapist said the more we talked about our experience, the better the trauma would become,' she said smiling at Dad.I couldn't deny the fact that most of the girls we brought back from Amman's house were strong-willed. I couldn't comprehend how they still found it easy to smile so sweetly after everything they had been through. The girl narrated everything to Alan. He was looking at the girl all through her talk as if he was in total disbelief.'Thank you so much, my dear girl, you can return to the main house, a car will take you back to the pack house,' the Alph