Chapter 16

Maeve POV

Maya looked at me and I can see worry written on her face, but she need not to be worried. I am perfectly fine. I sighed because I knew I was lying to myself. I feel like shit.

“You need to be on bed rest, Mae; this is not healthy,” she said. I ignored her because I didn’t have the energy to reply to her. We got outside the pack house, and so many people were there.

“He has been punishing her since you fainted; he told the female warriors to whip her, and he told everyone not to feed her, just water,” she said, and I was shocked. Is he really that angry to do this to his former lover?

“Take me,” I said, putting all my weight on her. Immediately, people noticed me, they parted ways, whispering, and they were saying a lot. I looked at Ario; he was standing in the middle. His hand was behind his back. I couldn’t see his face, but he looked angry. His shoulders were up, his hand was in a fist, and I could hear her cries and the sounds of whips. We got to the front, and I gasp