Dawn's POV'You seem in love with this friend of yours right?' Asher asked as I went to stand beside him at the window. 'It is not what you think. I ...' I wanted to explain but Asher cut me off.'I understand the fact that you didn't expect to find a mate and I understand the fact that this person was there for you when no one was so it is quite understandable if you fell in love with him,' Asher said without turning his face from the window.'I do not love Diego. No. I love Diego like a brother. I didn't fall in love with him in a romantic way. He was there for me, yes. He was the only one I had, yes but I only saw and still see him as a brother. Nothing more,' I explained.'It doesn't look like it. You even rejected your mate's comfort just because he was mentioned,' Asher said. I could obviously see from his tone that he was not happy with what I did.'I am sorry Asher. Diego was like the only family I had. It is always a sore spot for me when he is mentioned. And the way Rocha w
Lance's POVI watched as Maureen's every feature came alive immediately she stepped into the room where Rocha kept the compass and locket. Her golden eyes shone brighter and her hair glowed. She smiled and turned from one side of the room to the other as everywhere was covered in the golden light.None of us followed her in, we just stood by the door and watched her. She was so beautiful that she was the most beautiful sight my eyes had ever beheld. She started swaying from side to side as if she was dancing to a music we couldn't hear.'Dance with me Lance,' Maureen said as she raised her piercing golden eyes to me. I entered the room properly and I heard the music. Slow and solemn. I took her hand and danced with her. My heart swelled with love and joy. She was mine. My sister, my mate, my world, mine forever!'You look so beautiful Maureen,' I said looking into her golden eyes.'Thank you Lance. You are the most handsome man alive. And I am grateful that you are making this jour
Maureen's POV'You had better not let me hear you complain of neck pain. You all should know better than to spend the night on the kitchen table,' Lucia said when Dominus rolled his shoulder for the umpteenth time as we got ready at dawn to set out.'We thought nothing of it,' Lance grumbled.'But now you do,' Lucia said. We had woken up to find Dominus, Lance and Asher sleeping with their hands folded under their checks as they slept unperturbed about the fact that they were sleeping on the table.I saw Dawn mouth sorry to Asher and I smiled. She saw that Lucia was angry with them and decided to comfort her mate without making it known to Lucia.'You should feel my pain Lucia. I am your mate,' Dominus said sounding childish. 'That is why I am angry, because I feel your pain. How comfortable is it to keep thinking my mate is in one pain or the other. You are mated wolves you should think of what your actions will do to your mates either physically or emotionally,' Lucia said then tu
Maureen's POV'So you saw this person that will attack the pack?' Alpha asked after we had all gathered in his study.Every member of the team including Ian and Rocha was there. Dad and mum were also there. Lucia's parents and Grandma Gina were not in the study though.I was surprised to see Lucia's parents waiting for us. But Lucia's dad had explained when Lucia expressed her surprise at seeing them in the Alpha's house. Her dad had said that the Alpha called him over to seek advice on how best to protect the borders.'Yes. He is actually a young man,' I answered pulling myself back to the present.'If only you can draw me a picture,' Alpha said frowning.'I can actually draw perfectly but I don't know if I can draw from description,' Asher said. There was silence in the room as everybody seemed to be in deep thought as to what to do.'I think there is something we can do,' Dawn said and everyone turned to her.'Let us hear your suggestion Dawn, dad said. 'I can actually see Mauree
Lance's POV'When you said you could draw better than a professional, this was what you meant?' Dawn asked looking at Asher in plain surprise.'Yes,' Asher answered.We were all surprised with the sight in front of us. Maureen had stepped back in surprise. Grandma Gina that didn't show much emotions when we got our gifts seemed surprised too for the first time. 'This is impressing. Did you develop this gift recently?' Grandma Gina asked.'I have had it since I turned eighteen. I wanted to draw one day. I had a crush on a girl that I wished to be mated with, so I wanted to draw her. I got my paper ready but suddenly my mind went haywire with her pictures all over my mind. I placed my hand on the paper to steady myself. Before I knew it, her picture was printed on the paper just like this one. Since then I just picture whatever I want to draw on my mind and it appears on the paper,' Asher explained.I saw jealousy cross Dawn's eyes before she banked it. Asher had explained in pure hone
Maureen's POV'I hope she gets favored,' Dawn whispered to me as we entered the hall where Martha's case hearing was to be held. Everybody in the hall stood up when we entered to revere the Alpha and Luna's presence. The elders sat down after the Alpha was seated. The hall was almost full. People were anxious to see what would eventually be Martha's lot. Martha was standing to the left of the elders. Her face was as white as a plain white sheet. She looked so scared that my heart went out to her. She looked so lean and unkempt. She had probably been in prison since we left. I saw that she kept giving sideways glances at someone so I looked at the place and saw a very handsome young man whose expression mirrored that of Martha. I knew instantly that he was her mate.'I think that is her mate right there,' I said to Dawn since she was the closest to me. Lucia was sitting beside Dawn on the other side.'She keeps looking his way. I hope they get through this,' Dawn said sadly. Since
Dominus' POVWe were ready but they weren't! We had an edge over them because we knew days before the attack that they were coming and we knew the exact time but they thought they were coming to take us unawares.The soldiers were on ground in the Beta house. Lance and I were the ones who took food to them. If the workers at the Alpha house thought anything of the amount of food they were asked to prepare, they said nothing. I guess Martha's case was still making everyone of them keep mum about any unusual thing they saw. Part of the plan was to leave the border they were going to come in from unguarded. Maureen had looked into the compass again and given us specifics about the border they were coming in from. They will be hiding under the night to do the harm they wanted to do . Cowards! My mind had screamed.We chose to attack them when they enter the pack. But to make sure they weren't anywhere near the pack house, we chose our battle ground!The morning of the day the attack was
Lance's POVI watched Dominus stagger to his feet. He looked so defeated that it hurt to watch. He gradually started making his way out of the field.'Go with him Lance. We will take care of things here and join you shortly,' dad said to me. I could see the sadness in his eyes. The only feeling that came through to me from him was pain. The Alpha was standing over Lucia's father's body looking so torn and sad. Dominus had voiced his reservation about Lucia's father joining the fight but I had thought nothing of it. We didn't factor the fact that we could lose any of ours to the fight.I nodded at dad and followed Dominus. I didn't say anything to him. I only walked with him, I didn't say a word. I didn't even know what to say to him in that condition because my own heart was in turmoil. The walk to the pack house was slow because every of our steps was controlled by the feeling of pain in our hearts.When we were looking at the pack house from afar, Dominus suddenly stopped and star
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
Dominus' POVI stretched my hand and reached for Lucia as I came out of my restless sleep but she wasn't there. I was startled at first and sat straight.Then I remembered. It had been a lonely night. I had slept alone because Lucia had spent the night with her mother. I couldn't argue with her. They needed each other. I felt someone pushing into my mind link and I opened up. It was Dad. 'Good morning, dad,' I greeted him.'We will be heading down to give Alan some eye-opening facts. If you wish to join us, you should be ready in about an hour,' Dad said into the mind link.'Ok, dad. I will be downstairs soon,' I said and closed the mind link. I stood from the bed and went into the bathroom with heavy footsteps. I wasn't happy. The sadness I was feeling wasn't mine alone. Lucia was letting her guard on the mind link down on and off and her emotions kept seeping in. How could I possibly be okay when my mate was grieving? I was grieving too. That was like joining two heavy hearts to
Lance's POV'No wonder he was calling us traitors,' dad said frowning.'Where did you find this, Rocha?' The Alpha asked.'I decided to give the soldiers clearing the field a hand. I was restless. I found it in the bag attached to his dead horse,' Rocha explained.'Before this kind of order can be issued, the pack involved would have been sent a warning three times to surrender. If they do not surrender by the time they get the last warning, this kind of order is issued against them and that process takes weeks,' the Alpha explained.'We didn't receive any warnings from them. Besides, we haven't done anything wrong why will they issue that type of order against us?' I asked. I was as confused as everyone else. 'I will like to ask Alan some questions for now,' the Alpha said and thanked Rocha.Rocha said he would not want to go in there with us, so he excused himself and went back to the house while we returned to the room that Alan was.'Now the traitors return,' Alan said bitterly a
Dominus' POV'Dad, there is a problem,' I said to Dad through the mind link.'What is the problem, Dom?' Dad asked. I could hear the panic in his voice. 'Alan is Mara's mate,' I said sighing sadly.'What?' Dad's voice thundered into the mind link.'That is what she told us,' I said.'We will be there as fast as we can,' Dad said and closed the mind link. I looked at Mara with pity. She was shivering in Mum's hands as if she was cold. But I knew the cold wasn't physical. She wasn't even crying. 'Mara, Dad said he will be back to talk to you soon,' I said for lack of what to say.'What did he do? The guy in the cell?' Mara asked.'He led the fight that took Lucia's father from us,' I answered. 'So he is going to die?' Mara asked but none of us answered.I wanted to tell her that he was going to die after he was questioned. He might not die immediately but that was actually going to be his end.'What is going on here?' Lucia asked as she came into the sitting room. I had left her in
Lance's POVI watched Dominus stagger to his feet. He looked so defeated that it hurt to watch. He gradually started making his way out of the field.'Go with him Lance. We will take care of things here and join you shortly,' dad said to me. I could see the sadness in his eyes. The only feeling that came through to me from him was pain. The Alpha was standing over Lucia's father's body looking so torn and sad. Dominus had voiced his reservation about Lucia's father joining the fight but I had thought nothing of it. We didn't factor the fact that we could lose any of ours to the fight.I nodded at dad and followed Dominus. I didn't say anything to him. I only walked with him, I didn't say a word. I didn't even know what to say to him in that condition because my own heart was in turmoil. The walk to the pack house was slow because every of our steps was controlled by the feeling of pain in our hearts.When we were looking at the pack house from afar, Dominus suddenly stopped and star
Dominus' POVWe were ready but they weren't! We had an edge over them because we knew days before the attack that they were coming and we knew the exact time but they thought they were coming to take us unawares.The soldiers were on ground in the Beta house. Lance and I were the ones who took food to them. If the workers at the Alpha house thought anything of the amount of food they were asked to prepare, they said nothing. I guess Martha's case was still making everyone of them keep mum about any unusual thing they saw. Part of the plan was to leave the border they were going to come in from unguarded. Maureen had looked into the compass again and given us specifics about the border they were coming in from. They will be hiding under the night to do the harm they wanted to do . Cowards! My mind had screamed.We chose to attack them when they enter the pack. But to make sure they weren't anywhere near the pack house, we chose our battle ground!The morning of the day the attack was
Maureen's POV'I hope she gets favored,' Dawn whispered to me as we entered the hall where Martha's case hearing was to be held. Everybody in the hall stood up when we entered to revere the Alpha and Luna's presence. The elders sat down after the Alpha was seated. The hall was almost full. People were anxious to see what would eventually be Martha's lot. Martha was standing to the left of the elders. Her face was as white as a plain white sheet. She looked so scared that my heart went out to her. She looked so lean and unkempt. She had probably been in prison since we left. I saw that she kept giving sideways glances at someone so I looked at the place and saw a very handsome young man whose expression mirrored that of Martha. I knew instantly that he was her mate.'I think that is her mate right there,' I said to Dawn since she was the closest to me. Lucia was sitting beside Dawn on the other side.'She keeps looking his way. I hope they get through this,' Dawn said sadly. Since