Maureen POV'I am off to the training ground Reen,' Lance said the next morning. 'Is it not too early?' I asked stretching like a cat. I had told him to wake me up whenever he was going to the training ground each morning.I didn't like the idea of waking up to an empty space beside me. I wanted to know when he was going each day. Lance had said he couldn't bring himself to disturb my beauty sleep every morning but I had insisted that he woke me up before he left each day.'It is almost six o'clock. Training starts at six.''I know. Lucia and I would be going out with the Luna today,' I reminded him.'Yeah I remember. You girls should have fun and my regards to the queen of drama,' Lance said smiling playfully.'Are you actually making fun of my best friend right now?' I asked feigning annoyance.'You and I both know your friend likes adding drama to everything. I couldn't believe that she was not in any kind of pain yesterday,' Lance laughed, probably remembering what happened yest
Lance's POVI broke every speed limit possible to get to Maureen. The Luna had mind linked me saying something was wrong with Maureen but they were back home. I didn't bother to wait to explain to Dominus what happened. Even if I explained, he would not have understood a word because I would probably not have made any sense. I heard Dominus call me severally as I dashed out of the training ground on top speed and shifted into my wolf in mid air. Every other thing faded as my thought was consumed by Maureen. I quickly shifted back when I got to the house, I was naked but I didn't care. I met the Luna and Lucia in the sitting room both pacing frantically. 'Where is she?' I asked looking around as if I could see the immediate threat. 'Oh my goodness. Lance you are naked,' Lucia shouted in suprise and covered her eyes with her hands.'Where is Maureen?' I asked again paying Lucia no mind.'She is upstairs but she has locked herself in there since we got back,' the Luna explained.'
Lance's POV'Dominus, can I come in?' I asked as I knocked at his door. The door opened and I stepped in to see that it was Dominus who opened the door. He looked a bit rough and unhappy. I knew he would have been very worried for his mate. I saw that Lucia was still lying on the bed, sleeping.'How is she?' I asked looking at Lucia's sleeping form.'She is fine I think. She ate something and said she wanted to sleep.' 'What about you? Are you okay? You look unhappy,' I said.'Come in and sit down, Lance,' Dominus said closing the door and led me to the sofa. 'You know Maureen would never hurt Lucia intentionally, right?' I asked Dominus when we were seated. 'I don't even know what to think, believe me. I am torn between protecting my mate and standing with my sister,' he said rubbing his hand on his face. 'What do you mean?' I asked confused.'I am beginning to doubt our safety with Maureen around,' Dominus said with worry evident on his face.'Maureen would never hurt any of
Lance's POV'Mum are you sure you are ready for this?' Dominus asked the Luna after she said I was free to mark Maureen.'I am sure Dominus. I would do anything for my child,' she said to Dom. 'I understand why you are charging into this head first and I appreciate it a lot' I said to the Luna.'If you understand why I am doing this, does that mean you heard everything we were discussing just now?' The Luna asked.'Yes. Not everything but I heard enough to make me realize that my delay in marking my mate was risky,' I said.'I thought I caught your scent in the air but I thought I was just hallucinating because we were discussing you and Maureen.' 'Thank you so much Luna. I appreciate this,' I said appreciatively.'I would do anything for my child. Besides, the next few days after words get out about the fact that I am her birth mother might be tough. Take care of my girl, Lance,' the Luna said looking deep into my eyes as if she wanted to peek into my heart.'Maureen is my mate and
Maureen's POVThe preparation for Lucia's formal introduction to the pack had totally taken my mind off the incident where I nearly killed Lucia.I saw the excitement in Lucia's eyes and also the nervousness. The thought of the fact that she will be introduced as the future Luna must be very overwhelming for a simple girl like Lucia. 'Do you think the pack will accept me?' She had asked the previous night when we were picking the best jewelry for the cloth she was going to wear for the ceremony. 'Why won't they accept you?' I asked looking at her as if I wanted to scold her.'You know I am plained face. I don't think I am beautiful or charismatic enough to be a Luna,' she said sadly.'Are you fishing for compliments?' I asked raising a side of my mouth'What do you mean?' She asked looking confused.'You know you are beautiful Lucia. If you want me to reassure you, just say it,' I answered.'I am just nervous,' she said and I laughed at her. By the time it was morning Lucia was twi
Maureen's POVLance held my hands above my head and looked deep into my eyes.'You know better than to threaten me like that Maureen,' he said. 'You were doing your thing with Cybil, what do you expect me to do, applaud you?' I asked with anger still in my voice.Do you mean you want to allow other people to touch what is mine?' 'You allowed that whore to touch what is mine. Why can't I do the same?' I asked defiantly.Lance didn't say anything anymore. He simply took my lips with his. At first, I felt reluctant to reciprocate his kisses but as it became more intense, I had no option but to yield to him.He kissed me so hard as if he was trying to convey a message. I felt my insides melt. 'I will make love to you then mark you so that the whole pack and every wolf will know you are mine,' Lance said into my ears after he had removed his lips from mine.I shivered as goose pimples spread all over my body at Lance's voice. He gently released my hands and started unzipping my dress.
Lance's POVI was scared out of my mind but I had to keep it together for Maureen's sake. I stood in the mall and took one thing or the order from the shelf, read whatever was on it, and dropped it. I wasn't even reading the labels. I was only stalling for time. Two nights before I had marked Maureen and like Grandma Gina had said, she started having flashes of memories. Some she told me, some she didn't. At a point that night, I wanted us to go and wake Grandma Gina but Maureen insisted that we waited till morning. I could not sleep till daybreak. When I was sure Grandma Gina would be awake, I told Maureen to let's go to her room.I had mind-linked Dominus that night. I told him everything that was happening. So when we were about to go to Grandma Gina's room, I mind-linked him to join us there.Grandma Gina opened the door to us smiling as usual, not minding the fact that it was early in the morning.Grandma Gina offered us a seat on the couch by the bed while she sat down oppos
Lance's POVI watched from the glass window of the mall as the stranger stood up from the bench to walk away. Before I could blink, he had disappeared into thin air.I quickly ran out of the mall towards the park. Lucia too had found her way to Maureen. 'Are you sure you are okay?' Lucia was asking Maureen when I got to them.'I am fine. I told you guys that I would be fine,' Maureen said rolling her eyes at Lucia.'Do you blame us for distrusting a stranger?' I asked as I joined them on the bench. 'I didn't see him walk out of this park. He practically disappeared mid step. I had never thought that was possible,' Lucia said looking from one edge of the park to the other.Dominus and the soldiers stood some steps away. Dominus was addressing them. When he was through, he came to stand in front of us.'What did he say to you?' I asked Maureen. 'This is not the place or time to discuss that Lance. Let's get home first,' Dominus said.I had to mentally give kudos to him for stopping m
Maureen's POV'I am so restless right now,' Dawn said as we sat and waited in the house. We got to where Dominus heard Elder Mattias saying the girls were to be picked from well before night fall and I opened the compass so that we could comfortably wait in the house for them.Once in a while we looked out of the window. The place was a plain field big enough to contain three big houses, we picked the extreme end to wait. We have waited for hours with no sign of them and I was beginning to think we had the wrong location. Dawn had been able to show Asher the map from Dominus' mind and he had done it beautifully. I was not surprised that the location was right outside Amman's territory. He was a pervert like them so allowing them do business near his pack territory wouldn't be an ado. The Alpha and dad didn't come with us. I smiled when I remembered our conversation the previous night when we had gone to them about Cybil's issue.'We will take care of Cybil, you take care of your du
Maureen's POV'Maureen, can I come in?' I heard Mara call from outside the door without knocking. I smiled wondering why she was doing that. I just came back from the Beta house after talking with the soldiers and I was feeling low. Lance had excused himself to join the others in working on the house. The one controlled by the compass. I wanted to go with him but he said they wanted to surprise the girls so I decided to stay back and wait for either Dawn or Lucia to come back from the Beta house. I walked to the door and opened it for Mara to come in. She looked nervous and I had to look at her keenly to see if I could see what was wrong in her eyes.'Mara, you look nervous. What is the matter? Is Katrina okay?' I asked when I couldn't place my hands on what could be the matter with her.'Katrina is okay. She will be fine. I guess. I came to see you about something important,' Mara said and I pulled at her hand to make her sit so that we could talk.'Hope all is well with you and A
Maureen's POV'Are you saying they want to leave?' I asked Asher the following morning after he called that he wanted to discuss somethings with me about the soldiers. 'They need to. Except for Alan, there are three others that are mated amongst them. They yearn for their mates. Besides, staying at the Beta house is no longer convenient,' Asher explained. Lance and I were in the room he shared with Dawn. Dawn had excused us when Lance and I got there. I asked her to stay but she said she had something to attend to and left.'Those that are mated can bring their mates down and we have already decided to build them a place to stay,' Lance said.'That won't do Lance. The best thing to do is to let them go back to Royal Touch. They can resume their normal lives there and whenever you need them, you can summon them. It won't even take a second,' Asher reasoned.'I think I understand what you are trying to say. Back at Royal Touch, they are just like every other pack member but here they
Lance's POVI decided to go downstairs and drink water after Maureen went into the bathroom. I had not drunk any after dinner because I was in a hurry to follow her. I entered the kitchen and switched on the light. No staff member was in sight as everyone had retired for the night. I went to open the refrigerator to get water and a bottle of wine caught my eyes. After I drank the water. I decided to to sit down with a cup of wine and allow Maureen calm down before I go back into the room. I had been sitting for more than fifteen minutes nursing my wine when I felt someone pressing into the mind link. I excitedly opened thinking it was Maureen. I was disappointed when Dominus' voice asked me if we could talk.'I am in the kitchen. Come,' I said and closed the link sighing in disappointment. 'What are you doing in the kitchen at this time. Trouble in paradise?' Dominus asked from the door way some minutes later.'What are you doing here at this time wanting to talk to me? Are you ma
Maureen's POVMy anger was boiling over by the time Lance and I got to the room back at home. I refused to talk to him all through the drive back home. It was late by the time we got back home so the Luna insisted that we eat dinner before going to our separate rooms. We agreed and had our hands watched in the kitchen before settling down for our meals. The Luna looked distracted and nervous. She and the Alpha kept stealing glances at each other and sometimes looking at Dominus in a way I couldn't understand. I took my mind off my own anger for a moment to observe everyone. Mum was smiling secretly. Sometimes she looked at dad and they would both look at Dominus and smile as if they knew a secret he didn't. 'Mum, is everything okay?' I asked and to everyone's amusement both mum and the Luna answered together that there was no problem.'I guess we need to work out something about you calling the both of them mum. This kind of confusion is inevitable,' the Alpha said smiling at me.
Maureen's POV'What can you tell this sitting about all you did?' The judge for the Vice President's hearing asked him after all evidence brought against him was presented.'If you are asking me to apologise for what I did then you must be crazy,' The Vice President growled.There was a buzz in the hall as everyone was surprised that he didn't even feel any remorse of guilt for what he had done.'Silence please.' A man sitting to the judge's right stood up and said. When there was silence again he sat down.'Do you realize how many lives you have ruined? A lot of your creations had to be given mercy killing to put them out of their mystery,' the judge said to the Vice President calmly but I could see that he was angry.'The entire wolf world should be praising me and giving me kudos for doing researches they didn't have the balls to do. I wanted to experiment on the few to better the lots of the majority'. I have done nothing wrong,' the Vice President said stubbornly.'You deprived w
Lance's POV'It was really not the best approach but it was the best thing I could come up with at that moment. But judging from the way they were this morning, I guess Alan and Mara finally settled on something,' Maureen said to Lucia. They had gone on and on about Mara and Alan since we left the house. They could stop saying how romantic the moment of their reconciliation would have been. I rolled my eyes mentally because I dared not do it so they could see.We had set off for the council very early as the Alpha had said. We had to take our breakfast along. We took two vehicles. Dad and the Alpha were in one while we took the other. Dad and the Alpha were chauffered while I drove our car.Maureen and Lucia insisted on sitting at the back together while Dominus sat beside me in the passenger seat.The girls soon fell into silence as we approached the gate that led into the council lands. The car conveying Dad and the Alpha was leading the way while we followed.None of the four of u
Lance's POV'Are you sure this is not some kind of coma?' I asked Asher in irritation. Maureen slept through the night after the soul binding with the soldiers and was still sleeping early in the morning when Asher and Dawn came to check up on her.'She is just sleeping, Lance. Relax,' Asher said smiling sheepishly.'You sound annoying right now, you know that. How come you are not sleeping and she is the one doing that?' I asked.'To simply answer your question: my soul was bound to one person's- hers but she had many souls bound to hers. She is strong believe me,' Asher said seriously.'You know she is strong because?' I asked Asher raising a brow.'I know because the golden wolf chose her and not somebody else,' Asher answered.'I think you should just wake her up Lance. She is intentionally not waking up,' Dawn said smiling and shaking her head.'Did you just walk into her dream? I thought that hurts your head,' I said touching my nose to indicate the fact that her nose might blee
Dawn's POV'It is really interesting to see that he is facing the consequences of his actions,' Lucia said hissing lightly.I had followed Maureen into Grandma Gina's room to get my mind off things. We had met Lucia there talking animatedly to Grandma Gina about the event that has followed our exposure of the Spot. 'You need to see the video of him muttering about a Rhino coming to kill him. It might sound sadistic but it made me laugh actually,' I chipped in.'I guess Maureen did a number on his mind,' Grandma Gina said. 'I actually used it to scare Diego into telling me the truth,' I said and everyone fell into silence.'Lance doesn't want me anywhere near Diego. He thinks I might not be able to control myself around him,' Maureen said shrugging.'I could have killed him myself you know. I have never felt so disappointed in my life,' I said sighing sadly.'There is more to Diego's case than normal,' Maureen said looking lost in thought.'Diego is actually the Vice President's son,