Adelina's pov:After this unpleasant meeting with Maximus and his mistress in the afternoon, I decided to lock myself in my bedroom and take my dinner there. I'm sick and tired of seeing them always being playful and not keeping their hands to themselves. If I hadn't seen them so many times, I wouldn't have thought that Maximus is so effusive! With everyone else he is so restrained, so severe and serious. He never laughs or jokes about anything, while most of the time he is rigid and strict. He must be very much in love with her to act so differently around her. I think the game is already lost for me. The smartest move is to accept that Maximus will eventually end up with her, despite the bond between us. I think the Goddess this time made a very serious mistake.-“ Maybe she put a spell on him…” my wolf intervened into my head.-“Yeah sure that’s the reason…..” I said sarcastically.Anyway, I can't keep crying over spilled milk or getting my hopes up for Maximus. I have to move on wi
Adelina's pov: It's been two months since the initiation ceremony and I'm still trying to adjust to my new life. The good thing is that working at the hospital gave me the opportunity to meet new people and make more friends like Marisa, the Hospital's Executive Secretary. Marisa is 22 years old and we have a lot in common. Apart from being the same age, she's all alone here like me, having lost her parents in a rogue attack five years ago. Since then she has been under the protection of Maximus as she told me. Yes, I know, I would never have imagined that Maximus could care about anyone but himself, but apparently, against the odds, he does. The best thing is that we both have the same hobbies like shopping and working out. We became good friends very quickly and since then we spend most days together. As for Maximus, all this time I rarely see him. This is something I did on purpose. After much thought I've come to the conclusion that Maximus is a midsummer night's dream for me. I
Maximus' pov: It is eight o'clock at night and Adelina has not returned home yet. It is the sixth day in a row that she's doing that. Her work has ended up hours ago and yet she has not appeared. I cannot understand what is happening to her. What is she doing? I am waiting for Christopher, my Beta and also my best friend to give me information about it. Chris and I grow up together and he is one of the few I trust completely. He is very straightforward and loyal. Apart from Jina, Chris is the only one in the pack who knows that Adelina is my mate but unlike her, he is completely opposed to the way I treat her. I always take his opinion into account, but not this time as I don't believe it is the right one. He works emotionally and not logically in this matter. A knock on the door was heard interrupting my train of thought. Chris has finally arrived. -"Alpha good evening" he told me in a stern way. -"Good evening, Chris. Oh my....all those years I know you, calling me Alpha always fo
Adelina's pov:I could not believe what happened a few minutes ago. Maximus was furious about my imminent rejection. Tonight everything became very clear to me. He is an arrogant and selfish person without interest or care for others and especially for me. He did not bring me here because he wanted to develop a relationship with me so that we could be true mates, but because it was the most convenient thing for him. He wanted to have me closer in order his wolf to have the ultimate power and defeat any enemy appears in claiming the throne. How I could be so blind to believe that he would act differently? I have heard the rumors about him. I sort of knew who he really was, yet I followed him like a schoolgirl. I shouldn't have any hopes about him. For me he is definitely over. Tonight, I realized that I have to go on with my life. Waiting for him is of no use, it only manages to make me stay still and have no prospects for the future.Alex called me several times that evening. With tea
Adelina's pov:-"Follow me", Dimitri said and headed to the training field. The training field was the size of a football stadium. It had an area with painted circles on the ground, where the man to man battles took place. Also there was a big table with plenty weapons laying on, from medieval to modern, such as knives, swords, shields, axes, bats, guns with silver bullets, machine guns, revolvers, rifles and others.In the free area many warriors were training. Dimitri told them to stop and line up. They followed immediately. He asked one of them, I think his name was Gregory, to step forward. A very tall and muscular man came forward. He made the acquaintances and ordered us to fight.-"You will fight in three rounds that gonna last a total of thirty seconds. Twenty seconds in your human and ten in your wolf's form. While you are human, you will fight only with your body the first ten and the next ten you are allowed to use whatever weapon you like. You aren't allowed to shift until
Adelina's pov:Maximus went to the bar, put some whisky and headed to his chair. He sat, took a sip from his glass, raised his head and looked at me in a stern way. I kept my gaze to him too. I wasn't going to back off. For the first time since I met him, I was feeling confident with myself in front of his appearance. I don't know if it is due to the adrenaline of the training or because of my decision to kick him out of my life. We stood there in complete silence for a couple of minutes. The office was dark; the only light was coming from the small green desk lamp. My mind took me back to my childhood, when I was afraid of the dark. I thought back then, that if I fell asleep, a monster would appear and eat me. So every night, before I lay down on my bed, I always checked under my bed, the closet and any other place I thought the monster would be hiding. So I felt safer and managed to sleep. Tonight, after so many years, I am still afraid of the dark, even though I am no longer a chil
Adelina's pov:The next morning I woke up alone in my bedroom. The sun has already risen and rays of light illuminated the room with the colors of the dawn. Although I feel extremely happy I cannot remember how I got here. All I remember was that I fell asleep after me and Maximus made love last night.Maybe he brought me here in the middle of the night and I thank him for that. If I continued to sleep on the couch, I would wake up feeling at least in pain. My mind is flooded with memories of the previous night where his sweet caresses and kisses filled my body. Everything was amazing! He was so tender, so gentle and caring! Oh my Goddess! I feel so happy, so complete! I never imagined that Maximus could make me so happy after these months of coldness and indifference. I never imagined he would be so careful and kind to me. Maybe his previous behavior was due to the fact that he did not want me to know how much I influenced him. He actually showed me his true feelings. Many times he s
Adelina's pov:We started our night out with a very classy restaurant in the center of the town. It was decorated very elegantly and looked very expensive. White and wood dominated all over the place. It had beautiful gold chandeliers, white wooden tables and chairs with metallic gold finishes. It was obvious that all the high society of our city ate here. We met a lot high ranked members of our pack but also very foreigners. There were also some humans.We sat at a table by the window. Alex was used to being here and had a great presence from the staff, especially from the waitresses who did everything to please him. I ordered pasta with pesto sauce for appetizers and seafood such as shrimp, mussels and lobster for main course while Marissa and Alex preferred beef. For dessert we had small cheese pies with various jams on top. It was all delicious! I ate too much of what I'm probably used to. During our lunch we talked about several things and had a lot of fun telling various jokes a