ZAYN. I knew the exact moment my mate had fallen unconscious from the other end of my mating bond. It wasn't a bad thing, I thought to myself since she had already lost a lot of energy and I didn't want her to keep worrying about me. After I took care of Simon and Gwen, I returned to my men covered up in blood but I didn't wake up for a long time until Gwen found me in our mating bond. If she hadn't come to save me on time, I probably wouldn't have woken up until evening, giving Lincoln a reason to suspect me. The battle with Simon had been tough but the reason was only because I had underestimated Simon's strength, a bad habit I had acquired from being the strongest wolf in the lands for a long time. But I later confirmed that he was indeed an outlaw alpha, someone who was supposed to be banished but he had somehow managed to hide in the Moon Stone pack.An hour later, Lincoln appeared at my place asking to see me but Micah had told him that I was resting. This fueled Lincoln's sus
MaisieOn the night of the Joyous Moon Festival, the delicate glow of the moonlight bathed the entire surroundings as I stood in front of a full-length mirror, carefully zipping up my dress. "Why am I the only one attending the festival first?" I pursed my lips with a mixture of annoyance and frustration, "What would our guests and the rest of our pack think if they saw this?"I wasn't surprised when Lincoln suddenly asked me to attend the festival with Alexei, saying he had some last-minute issues to resolve. I was thrilled that he was too busy to monitor me like he usually did, but I knew I had to maintain appearances to avoid suspicion. Everything was finally falling into place, and I was so close to achieving the freedom I wanted."I am so sorry, hon," My husband walked into the room, placing a soothing kiss on my cheeks, "I promise I will make it up to you when we return."We both knew that was a lie but I wasn't ready to call him out on it yet. Suppressing a scowl, I turned aro
ZAYNI stealthily slipped out of the crowd when the bell started to ring to join my men who were waiting for me near the entrance. Maisie seemed to be talking with the pack priestess with a nervous expression, but I knew she would be able to handle it. I was going on a hunt right now, and there was nothing that was going to stop me from catching my prey."Where are you going, Zayn?" A small hand tugged my trousers, causing me to tense up as the young voice continued, "Mama said that we mustn't leave when that woman starts dancing there."My gaze followed the direction of his finger pointed at the pack priestess, who had already begun the ritual. I knew I didn't have a lot of time left to save those missing children, so I bent my knees to talk to him, "You go ahead, Alexei. I need to go somewhere. I will be back soon.”“Okay.” I was relieved when I felt his grip on me slowly slacken so I quickly left the party before anyone else tried to stop me. The men I had deployed to monitor Linc
MAISIEI knew he would never forgive me. When I watched Lincoln slowly dying in the hands of my mate, my body moved before my brain could process the action, and I had done something unforgivable that night. I let my husband escape, not because I loved him, but out of a desperate need to save the man who had done so much for me and Alexei from a gruesome fate.After the conclusion of the Joyous Moon Festival, the whole pack found itself encircled by Frost Fang wolves, forbidding anyone from entering or leaving the territory until Zayn regained consciousness. I later realized that he had issued that command to prevent my escape, but by then, I had already closed off my escape route when I chose to prioritize saving Lincoln.Irene came out of the room where he was being treated and reported to me first, “Don't worry, he won't die. His body is healing so fast that it seems that he didn't even need my help to treat those wounds in the first place.”“I'm in trouble, Irene,” I stopped paci
ZAYN“So what did you say what's wrong with him again?” I asked the pack healer who was sitting on the bed with my son, stroking his hair as he lay on the bed unconscious. Ever since Alexei fainted on us like that, Maisie had been crying non-stop like her world just collapsed and I had been dying slowly from guilt and fear each time his eyes remained closed. I knew my son had always been stronger than he looked, and there was something in him that kept repressing that power he possessed. “I don't know, Zayn,” The pack healer sighed. “I have done all the psychic and physical scans on him but there are no positive results.”“So what you are saying is we will have to keep waiting like this?” Maisie's bloodshot eyes shot up from her palms, her lips quivering as she asked her, “What's going to happen to my son?”I was deep into thought, trying to weave a solution out of nothing like I had always done when she suddenly spun around to face me. “What about you? Can't you heal him like you d
ZAYNWe swiftly departed from the Moon Stone pack as the first light of dawn illuminated the horizon. Our pack members took charge of transporting our belongings while we made haste in our wolf forms. I would have departed earlier, but Alexei was keen on bidding farewell to the pack healer and his dearest friends.Although the distance between the Moon Stone pack and the Frost Fang pack was not very far, it was still a long journey ahead. Since our son was still very young, I offered to help carry him throughout the journey but he refused and went to meet his mother instead.After five hours of running, Maisie was visibly exhausted by the time we reached the Frost Fang border. I spotted a group of men waiting for us so I quickly changed before I approached them. My twin, Kodiak dressed in black and silver clothes greeted me with a tight hug and a smile. "Why are you late?" Kodiak inquired, slightly conveying his displeasure with a subtle dig of his claws at my back – not enough to br
MAISIEI couldn't believe that Zayn was capable of doing such a thing to me and his son!Once he joined the Frost Fang pack, he left me and our son in the hands of Xavier Winchester, a dangerous man who I've always considered my enemy. It felt like Zayn did it intentionally to seek revenge for me saving Lincoln, but I never thought he would be so heartless as to abandon our son in this way.Fortunately, Xavier didn't seem to recognize me after my makeover, so he took me to a woman's house without any qualms before he excused himself to converse with his alpha. The couple who lived here came outside to greet me with a polite smile but I could tell that they were skeptical about welcoming strangers into their home. The man who stepped forward gave me a scrutinizing look as he sniffed our scent a few feet away from us. His huge stature and black tattoos that peeked under his sleeveless shirt made him seem intimidating at first sight. He had brown hair and a neatly combed beard that reac
MAISIE The next morning, Isis woke me up early to join the pack run which I obliged, even though I did not like missing out on my beauty sleep. I stripped myself out of my clothes and joined Isis and her husband outside the house a few minutes later. Although it was normal for packmates to see each other naked once in a while, the rule of wearing clothes was generally enforced for the sake of the young ones. Surprisingly, I felt conscious of my body so I kept shifting my weight from one foot to another, letting my eyes wander across my surroundings. The soft blue sky was starting to brighten, with the stars and the moon gently fading away from the horizon. In the eastern direction, a tint of orange began to glow, signaling the sun's arrival while the birds' melodious chirping echoed across the silent environment. My wandering eyes somehow landed on the person in front of me, causing me to stiffen. My breath quickened slightly when I caught Roger's eyes firmly fixated on my perky br