Liam P.O.V. It’s been three weeks since the day with brunch, and mom and the other’s have been harassing Maddie with all sorts of questions about the Luna ceremony. She says it’s fine, but I can feel she is getting stressed about all the decisions, so I went to mom and asked her to stop asking Maddie all the time, and instead make it a learning experience. Maddie is keen to learn everything she can, and she has adapted to the pack life with grace. I am beyond proud of her. We are going on walks in the forest area every day, as she is also very adamant to get to know the pack lands and everyone in it. People and animals. I have met more animals in the last three weeks than I have in all my life. She is truly remarkable, and she instructs me every time what is best to do as to not scare her friends. The two squirrels from outside the cave have made themselves home in the big oak tree just outside the packhouse, greeting us every morning when we go on our morning stroll. They have even
Maddison P.O.V.“Guys, you don’t have to follow me to the kitchen. What should happen to me on that short little walk?” I ask with a laugh, while we are descending the stairs to get to the kitchen. Ezra, Sophie and Clara are all following in my heels, and I find it absolutely ridiculous and funny at the same time. We are in the pack house for Goddess sake! As we go down the last flight of stairs I stop on one of the steps and look at the group of complaining people in the hall. I may have spoken too soon. “There she is! Give us our sons back, you spawn of the devil!” A woman screams jumping towards me. Before anyone can react, I have her in a magical hold, preventing her from advancing further. The others growls fiercely, but compared to Liam it kind of sounds like a kitten trying to sound like a lion. I roll my eyes.“Mom! Dad! What the fuck?” Ezra asks with anger in his voice. He’s looking at one of the couples with contempt. “Ezra, darling. We’ve come to take you home! We are lea
Liam P.O.V.I can’t believe the audacity of those fuckers! How dare they show up at the packhouse like that and accuse my sweet and amazing mate of such heinous things? I am beyond livid and it took everything in me to not kill all of them. I wanted to follow the last couple, the Sanders, and make an example out of them, but my Maddie stopped me. She even got through to that hothead to Ash. However she did that I have no idea, but they way she handle herself and the situation makes me fucking proud to have her as my mate! She is a wonder, and I can learn so much from the way she just held them back with her magic, and never got baited to say or react to their threat and gall. I wanted to talk to her alone, before going back to the others. To tell her how fucking proud I am of her. To express my deep admiration of her control. But I think she got the wrong idea, and I am currently kicking myself for that. She had her eyes closed, and she opted for taking one of the chairs from the bre
Maddison P.O.V. Standing in the finished ballroom, I have to take a deep breath so I do not faint from the nerves. The room is absolutely gleaming with splendor. Clara was right - Cianna does not know how to go small. She came to us about two weeks back and asked if it was okay if she invited Alphas and Lunas from the nearby pack - as a sign of peace and friendship. Liam had scrunched his nose, because that meant inviting Rick, and he really didn’t want him to bring his sister. Cianna had smiled and told us she had thought of that and in his invitation it specifically stated that we wanted to see the two Alpha’s of Iron mountain, and his father would be his plus one. Liam had looked at me, and I had shrugged. The former Alpha threw me out of his pack, and I must admit I kinda found it like poetic justice to the man, inviting him to come to my Luna ceremony. I agreed and Liam did the same. He wanted me to be comfortable, and I laughed and told him I would be if we canceled. Cianna ha
Liam P.O.V.I told Richard we would speak more in the morning, but right now Maddie needs me. As soon as we came back to our room, she completely broke down. She blamed herself for not freeing her teacher and confidant, but I kept telling her it’s not her fault. We all thought Azlela was dead. I mind-linked the information to my parents, and in the middle of me trying to calm my crying mate, someone bashed on the door, throwing it open and bursting into our room. The hurricane was of course my mother. Dad came behind her with sad eyes and an apologetic expression. Maddie quietly keeps sobbing into my shirt, as mom sits down on her other side on the bed and pulls her into a side hug. I bite down a growl. “Uhm, mom, boundaries?!” I exclaim with an eye roll, but she completely ignores me. She keeps cooing at Maddie, telling her the same things as me. Which I would have told her was for no use, but whatever floats her boat I guess. “Son, are you sure Azlela is alive?” Dad asks, bringing
Maddison P.O.V.Breakfast goes without a hitch. The family is gathered, which is always a pleasant and loud affair - I am learning. Everyone teases everyone, and the sassy remarks fly though the room. The only time the atmosphere wasn’t loud, was when Liam told everyone what happened at the meeting this morning. Cianna and the other moms were beside themselves with anger over the audacity of Rick and Jessica. Logan contemplated if we could attack Iron Mountain and free Azlela, but he quickly changed his mind, when the consequence of that dawned on him. “A better way to go about this, if you don’t mind, Liam?” Killian says, looking at Liam and me. Liam nods, listening intently. “We could try and gather evidence on Iron Mountain - in the shadows at first. We need to reveal to the entire community what they are up to, and what they have done. We need the other packs on our side, as well as the Council. We need to be smart about it.” “You’re right, Killian, but how do you suppose we do
Liam P.O.V. The day goes by fairly quickly after breakfast. We gather in the living room, closing the doors, so we can be alone and they can make sure I do not sneak out to see Maddie. I really want to just go up there to see her, hug her and kiss her. It pains me to be away from her, especially when I have to be. I know she is well looked after, and the people we hired for their spa treatments, and makeovers are seriously pros, and supernatural. They know the order of a pack, and we made sure they knew who they were pampering today. They will show her the respect she deserves, and I invited them to the ceremony tonight as a thanks for coming on a weekend day. They are all part of one of our allies, and all said yes to stay for tonight. I know this is what Maddie would have suggested had she known, which is why I did it. I want my girl to be happy, comfortable and surrounded by love! Speaking about being surrounded by love, I hope my little surprise with her brother makes her happy.
Maddison P.O.V.Everyone is dancing, laughing and enjoying themselves. I’m sitting at the table, resting my sore feet and looking at my fiancé dancing with his sister. They look really happy, and I can’t quite keep the smile off my face. The fact that Liam proposed to me still has me kind of shocked. The ring is absolutely huge and gorgeous, and even though I don’t really care how much it cost or how big it is, I am still very impressed with it. And with him. He did it perfectly. I still have to kick his ass for hiding my brother for a day, and proposing in front of the entire pack and guests, but I can’t fault him for either. The evening was even more perfect than I had ever imagined. The thought pulls me in and I lose myself in memories and thoughts. Because what I could picture in the cold dark nights in my cave, was far from the truth. In the cave I only had the fear of being forced to mate with someone because they wanted my powers, or discovered by Iron Mountain and forced to