Alpha Max’s POVKatie was a sweet little girl, her eyes bright with innocence as she laughs. I let her win our game of snap, she was only five and the pure joy on her face each time flooded my heart and I briefly wonder what mine and Charlies pups would have looked like.The kid was weary of Draven and I didn’t blame her, from what I knew of vampires and my meeting with Draven, they were not something to be trusted, twisting everything so it suited them.When I carried Katie away, I listened to their conversation from the other side of the door. I wanted to know more about Kiwi and how she was involved with the vampire. If I was Alpha Zach, I would not be letting her out of the cell anytime soon.I was shocked to hear that Kiwi knew who Draven was and as the memories of her whilst in her breakdown enter my mind I realise she guided us into contacting Alpha Zach. She was never in a breakdown, she had been playing us all along. How long had she

Alpha Max’s POVSomething was not right, I could just feel it in my bones. Kayden stays with us, mostly keeping his mouth shut but he does not take his eyes off of us. That I did not care about, I was not going anywhere, instead I started making a list of things in the pack that I wanted answers too.When Kayden suddenly stands up, making me jump and startling Katie, he looks at me “Something is wrong”“Now you think something is wrong?” I reply sarcasticallyHe shakes his head at me “With Alpha Zach, his mind link is weak, he wants everyone in lockdown”“Do it then, contact the pack, make an announcement”“What if it is a trick?”“Don’t be a dickhead, he is asking you for a reason” I was becoming more and more short tempered the longer I stayed here.I watch as Kayden’s eyes glaze over, making the announcement for everyone to get inside a

Alpha Max’s POVWe had the numbers, we could take the humans down.Whilst we wait, they begin strapping Alpha Zach up against a wooden pole, a bonfire sitting below him as his head lulled to one side, blood continuing to drip from his body as he remained unconscious.The humans did not set it alight immediately, like they were waiting for him to wake up.As more of the pack arrives, Kayden rushes towards me“My mother is helping Charlie”I was surprised, because bringing him here was a worry of mine. Knowing that his parents were humans, his interests could have been conflicted.“How?” I ask him curiously because he hadn’t left our hiding place and he could not mind link humansHe pulls out his phone, smiling at me “Through the power of technology”I hated technology but right now, it just might be a life saver for Charlie even if we could not save Alpha Zach.Kayden

Alpha Max’s POVShe wanted him, no one else, just him.As Eileen pulls me away into the next room; leaving Charlie and Alpha Zach alone, she tells us what she had done to save Charlie. The liquid she had forced down Charlie’s throat was an antidote and not just any antidote, the only one in existence for oleander.“How is that even possible?” It sounded to much of an exaggeration “I am the only one capable of making it. We grow oleander, we had to make sure someone knew how to reverse the effects”She winks at me but I notice how Kayden had sunk his head, hanging it in shame “It wasn’t Charlie who killed Ally”I shake my head but before I get a chance to answer, his mother wraps her thin arms around him, giving him a little squeeze, the way a mother only could. “Son it is not your fault. Adam is a tyrant. He killed your father too”Kayden gasps at the

Alpha Zach’s POVMax did not have to tell me anything, but I agreed, it was odd that Kayden’s mother had not told him anything.I thank him anyway and let him know that it is not his business anymore, he had repaid his debt unlike other packs.“You are free to leave Alpha Max, I will not require your presence any longer”It was obvious to me that he was keen to leave, he could see the connection between Charlie and I and my guess is that his heart must be breaking all over again. I would want to leave to if I was in his position.“I have one question before I leave” he runs a hand through his short hair, his shoulders dropping slightly “Do you love her?”“Of course I do, I have since the moment I first set eyes on her”“Then why are you putting her in constant danger? You must have known about your brother in some way?”“Just like you knew that Alexan