36| CCTV.

MAXIMUS

Starlette had been moving really funny. I didn’t want to suspect my mate; I wanted to trust her, but she was making it really difficult. She went from disappearing inside the woods, smelling like my brother, to leaving the pack and lying about her whereabouts. What was she really up to? She made me really anxious.

And adding to my growing anxiety was my recent discovery about my brother, Lucius. What did he plan to do now that he had gotten his wolf? Was he conspiring with Starlette to betray me? Was that why I smelt him on her? Damn, my mind was going crazy with infuriating thoughts. I desperately hoped it wasn’t true, because if it was, I didn’t know if I could survive the heartache.

The door to the bedroom was pushed open, and Starlette walked in. I had been waiting for her.

“Where did you go to?” I asked for the nth time, hoping I would get a different response this time. The truth.

She took a deep breath as she approached me, sitting beside me on the bed. I refused to lo