AMELIA’S POVThe days went by too quickly, in my opinion. One moment, we were just pronounced husband and wife, and the next, we’d spent nearly a month in the pretty cabin for our honeymoon. Every single moment with Maxwell filled me with pure bliss. It felt like I was walking on sunshine with my head in the clouds. If I thought I was in love with Maxwell earlier, well, I was wrong. I don’t know if it is possible, but I fell more in love with him. We grew closer, and I was able to notice his little antics, which just made me fall more deeply in love with him. He quirked his eyebrow in an amusing way when he was deep in thought. He said he wasn’t snoring, but he made this funny whizzing sound when he was asleep. He liked to sleep on his back with his arms folded over his belly. I’d disrupted that though, choosing to curl at his side and cuddle up to him at any given moment. I mean, that was the point to everything, wasn’t it. Keeping one another warm? Making love to him was thrilling
AMELIA’ POVMax led me to the rooftop of the Moon Castle. There was such an impressive balcony with chairs and even a bed that made star gazing easier. Max sprawled on the bed, and I joined him, curling next to him. I spent the next hour just drinking in his presence close to me and the sound of his voice as he pointed out what star was what to me. He was very knowledgeable about the stars, and I found it even more endearing. The moon was exceedingly bright that night, such that in her light, I could see as plain and clear as day. I stared at Max’s beautiful jawline and those lips that were super kissable and had to bring myself to look away. I said, “Where did you learn so much about the stars?”“Well, there’s a subject like that in wolf high school. So, I learnt there. However, I read further beyond astronomy of high school. I was intrigued by the subject.”I nodded and cleared my throat, thinking of how best to broach the subject before me. I said, “So, I am willing to tell you w
AMELIA’S POVYes, the ride to my homeland was long. It felt like we’d never get out of the car. If felt like it would never end because we just kept going on and on and on. I had to resist every urge to keep asking my parents, “Are we there yet?” When the car did stop, Dad got off first and then proceeded to help Mum and then me. As my feet hit the ground, I heard a delightful scream and looked up to see Jaime running towards me. There was a neat row of children lined up to face one another with a flower in their hands, but I couldn’t even see them properly as I just concentrated on catching Jaime. “Aunty Amelia!” she hugged me tightly.I bent to her level, reveling in her hugs. “My sweet Jaime. I missed you.”“I missed you too. I saw you at your wedding. You were looking like a princess.”My Dad cleared his throat, “I’m sorry to interrupt this chitchat. But we have to get into the house and Amelia,” I looked up at my Dad. “There is a special parade for you.” “Wait what? For me?”“
MAX’S POVIt was like the baby literally just held on a bit for Amelia to come back to the Moon Castle and settle a bit before he chose to be born. That night, we were sleeping peacefully beside one another when Amelia sat up suddenly. This alerted me and I got up. When she returned and Mum had the family Doctor examine her to see if Amelia had kept her word and was in perfect health, the doctor had told us that the baby was due anytime. So, we were all alert. “What’s happening?” I asked her, placing an arm around her. “I don’t know. I’ve been feeling the discomfort since last night, but I kept ignoring it. However, it’s there. I feel a great pain.” “Think the baby wants to come?"She nodded. “I think so. This is what the doctor said I’d feel.”I sprung into action, got dressed, managed to put Amelia in a robe, and woke up a maid, who woke up my mom. We’d decided that Amelia would have the baby in the house, so we’d set up a room as a hospital of sorts and employed an in-house nur
EVE’S POVFor a moment there, I was almost lost in the euphoria of being Luke’s mysterious mate that his wolf folks were curious about. Luke was very protective of me, and it felt very good. Until Ezekiel yanked me out of this daydream. He’d followed me and Luke into the wolf homelands, and I knew was organizing how more of his hunters would arrive and invade the homelands. He was hiding at the basement of Luke’s huge family house. I was whisked away to see him that day after he took his chance and stole into Luke’s chamber, which was where I was to demand to see him. I knew he was mad at me. His perfectly gelled hair was standing on the ends, and he looked so pale and even thin. Once we were in the basement and the door was shut firmly behind us after Ezekiel ensured to be double sure that no one had followed us and no one had seen us, he lashed out at me. It was sudden and unexpected, but Ezekiel hit me squarely in the face. “You whore!” He hissed at me. I felt my anger flare u
AMELIA’S POVI couldn’t understand it. One moment, I am notified of my baby’s passing and I am checking his heartbeat myself, and the next, I lose control of my very own body. My very own body. I couldn’t even explain what was going on. All I knew was that I began to jerk so rapidly, and before long, I felt the second-greatest pain I'd ever felt after childbirth. My bones began to break. I couldn’t help but let out a scream. Amidst this, I saw Max charge into action. He ushered everyone out of the room and then shot the door firmly behind them, leaving just me, him, and Xavier in the same room. First it was the bones in my arms, then the bones in my leg, so I couldn’t stand and instead lay on the floor, screaming in pain. Then my spine broke, and I couldn’t help it as more tears fell from my eyes. Max knelt beside me and, with so much gentleness and calmness, said, “Calm down, Amelia. Calm down.”I felt anger rise in my heart. “How can you say that? My son is dead. My bones are bre
MAX’S POVI sat by Amelia’s side watching her sleep. She still hadn’t regained consciousness since she fainted, although the Doctor had given her an all-clear. She wasn’t in any physical danger, but the fear was that she might be in psychological danger, considering the fact that she’d lost her newborn son and also made her very first transition into a wolf all in one day. The Doctor notified me that Amelia was also very exhausted and was thus to be on bed rest for some days. It would even help them properly observe her to determine if she was in any immediate psychological danger or not. On one side, I was thrilled that the sorcery binding Amelia’s wolf was broken, and now she could be 100% who she was born to be. However, I’d also lost my son, and my wife was still in a state of such deep sleep it felt like she was in a coma. I wasn’t in the best mood. The door opened behind me, and I turned to see who it was. It was Meredith, Amelia’s mum. Her face was white with grief, and even
AMELIA’S POVMy eyes fluttered open when I heard the shuffle of movements around me. Sure enough, I saw Millicent, Miley and Riley in the different parts of the room. I sat up and cleared my throat, which garnered me their attention.All three of them ran to my bedside with relief on their faces. I couldn’t help the smile that crawled over my lips as I said, “Did I have you worried?”“Not just us but the entire castle, ma’am.” Millicent said with her face brightened with joy. “Thank you guys.” I stared at them and saw that they were each holding some specific items. Millicent was holding a cloth hanger on which was hung a white dress; Miley was holding a brush; and Riley was holding a pair of white flats. I recognized all of those things as mine. “What’s going on? Why are you with those things?”They stared at one another, and I sensed their reluctance to explain to me what was going on. "Millicent? Miley? Riley? Please talk to me. What's going on?" I pressed.I swung my legs off t