Lance's POV'Larry please you can't kill her. We need to know the extent of damage she has caused,' the Luna pleaded.'Please Alpha we need to know all she knows. Please let her go,' my mum pleaded with him.The Luna walked up to him and placed a placating hand on his shoulder and just like that, he dropped Martha on the floor and she coughed harshly as she held a hand to her throat. My dad sighed in relief. I was scared for a minute there that the Alpha would kill Martha and then we would not know the extent of damage she had done by the weight of information she had passed to Alpha Amman.'I want you to start talking this minute else I will tear you into tiny pieces,' the Alpha fumed. The Luna was trying her best to calm him down and the Alpha too was trying his best to calm down as he kept breathing in and out. Martha crawled away from the Alpha while coughing non stop.'I am sorry. He has my mate in his custody and said he would kill him if I didn't get him something which he c
Lance's POVThere was anxiety and apprehension in the air as the entire pack waited for the Alpha. Every person looked uneasy. I knew the news of Alpha Amman's challenge must have spread as at that time.My dad and the Alpha had come up with the idea that it was better that the Alpha and the Luna explained to the entire pack why Alpha Amman had challenged him.No one wanted an uncertain future. Our pack was peaceful and a cocoon from the mayhem going on in the other packs. 'I am sorry but addressing the whole pack is the only way to calm them down.' The Alpha addressed us later that day after Martha had been dealt with.We knew the Alpha wasn't talking to us because he was looking at his Luna while talking. Mum wrapped protective hands around her best friend. Ian might be right after all, the whole issue was a big storm that got all of us right in the center of it.'How are we going to put it that it will not seem as if we are trying to use pity to manipulate them?' The Luna had aske
Maureen's POVI entered the training ground alongside Lance, Dominus and Lucia. I had been to the training ground only twice but I knew my way around. The training ground was divided into different segments. There was a plane ground where soldiers train and there was another area of the training ground designed like an arena. They had chosen the early evening for the fight, when the sun would not be too intense for people to sit under.We entered the area that was designed like an arena and found a good spot to sit. I saw the Alpha and dad standing not too far from the area where the fight was to take place. Alpha Amman was also standing on the other side getting prepared for the fight.'I wonder why he can be so confident enough to challenge Alpha to this kind of fight,' I said to Lucia as I was looking in the direction of Alpha Amman.'He is either a fool or he knows the Alpha's weak point,' Lucia said.'How will he know the Alpha's weak point? I doubt that they ever had anything
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
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 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 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
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 POV'I guess your presence means you are back,' Ian said as he sat down beside me on the bench in the pack.'Yes. Obviously,' I said without looking at him.'How was the journey? Enjoyable?' Ian asked and I had to turn to look at him.'Are you being sarcastic? Enjoyable? No, it wasn't in anyway enjoyable,' I said in annoyance. I dropped the rest of the sandwich I was munching on before he arrived on the floor.'Good to know that you are angry. You will need that anger to propel you henceforth,' Ian said with all seriousness.'Why will I need anger to propel me? Besides, who will I be getting angry with?' I asked frowning.'You will find out,' he said before bringing out what looked like a folded paper. He placed it on the space between us and held it down with a finger.'What is this?' I asked looking from his face to the paper he held between us.'This is the map that will lead you to Rocha.' 'Who is Rocha?' I asked looking confused.'The one I told you that you need on yo
Maureen's POVThe days after the revelation of the fact that Dawn and I are sisters had been very hectic so I had not been able to talk to her about anything. She was being herself and I was being myself around her. Although I had not felt any sort of connection ever since we met, I saw her like one of us always especially since she was part of the prophecy. Since the Alpha said the five of us would be leaving soon, I decided against calling Grandma Gina on the phone. Amman had really created a big mess. A mess of people's lives and a mess of his pack now ours. But after a day of rigorous work, things were beginning to take shape. I walked to a group of women that were taking down the number of kids whose parents were dead or who they didn't just see anymore to give them helping hand. I saw Dawn talking to some teenagers and telling them exactly what to do. As silent as Dawn could be, I was surprised to see her that she was really good with people.She looked up at the moment I w
Maureen's POV'Is there something I need to know?' Lucia asked from behind me. Her voice startled me.'You startled me,' I said and turned to face her. We were in one of the store rooms in Alpha Amman's house. Our duty was to make sure that the soldiers divided the grains to the people accordingly. 'Of course you will be startled since your mind has been obviously wandering since we got here,' Lucia said.'What do you mean?' I asked feigning ignorance.'Your gaze has been on Dawn all morning Maureen, is there something going on?' Lucia asked. 'Yes am no. Nothing is going on,' I said and turned back to examine a bag of grain to make sure it was still good for consumption. When the Alpha had gone out with dad, mum, Dominus and Lance the previous day, they had worked with some of the elders who Amman had relieved of their eldership because they refused to cooperate with his wicked administration. They had successfully divided the people into different groups so that they could get re
Maureen's POVEvery word that came out of Mara's mouth cut into my soul like a sword. I never believed in my life that anybody anywhere could be that cruel and mean. Mara held on to mum like a drowning person as she cried bitterly. I saw that Lucia was crying too but I couldn't. I was angry. I felt so embittered by what innocent Mara had gone through.Mara's tears gradually faded into hiccups. She must be feeling broken. She was strong, no doubt. For her to have held so much pain in and helped us with the girls, she was indeed strong. 'Mara.' A voice called from behind us and that immediately made Mara lift her head from mum's chest and looked at her new comer.The girl was held between the doctors. She looked pale but that didn't hide her beauty. She had long beautiful lashes that hid her eyes behind them.'Lisa,' Mara shouted in excitement and ran to hug the fragile looking girl. Lisa? We all gaped at her. I couldn't help but wonder if it was the same disfigured Lisa that was lyi
Lance's POVEveryone gaped in surprise at Mara. She was physically shaking and breathing hard. She looked so angry for the mild tempered woman we had met the day before.She wasn't satisfied with cutting the Gamma's throat obviously as she started stabbing him all over with the tip of the sword.'Mara you need to stop. He is dead already,' dad said as it seemed everyone one of us was too surprised to say anything.Mara didn't stop. She kept stabbing him non stop. 'Mara,' the Alpha called her name but she didn't answer. She just kept on with it until the Alpha stepped forward and got hold of her by the shoulder.'No. He has to die. Let me kill him,' Mara said lifting her face up. There were blood stains that came from the Gamma's body on her face and clothes. There was also a crazed look on her face.'He is dead already,' the Alpha said gently as he noticed the look on her face.'Then he must burn. He must burn right now,' Mara said as she started dashing around looking for something.