“Hera?” No answer. Max admits that she had been irrational and a complete jerk when she decided to turn her off like that. Hera saved her ass in that battlefield and Hera had healed her. According to the woman that introduced herself as a healer, Hera did most of the job. Max felt horrible for being mean to her.“Hera? Look, I am sorry...please comeback..” She is now alone in her room after the healer had left. Lying on the massive bed and feeling a whole lot better than she previously was.“Hera, where are you, I know it was a jerk move...”“Gurl, what are you blubbering about?” “Oh, thank goodness you are still here!” Max was almost crying in relief. “ I am sorry.”“Apology accepted. It will take more than attitude to drive me away, besides, I cannot do that, we are bonded since you were born.” W
Max’s POV: I am Maxine Teresa Shepard-Black. My parents are Teresa Elizabeth Shepard and Constantine Clayton Black. I think, my grandparents like the fact that my parents have two names so when I was born, i was named with two names too. Mom never used her second name and dad was , I was informed better known to his peers as Constantine. Only my mother and the closest of friends call him Clay or Clayton. My grandmother is a widower with only one child, that was my mom. However, grandfather was a controversial person in the wolf world. She and grandmother were both very influential but Quentin Black is a on different level. From what I have heard, he had strings of women and had a number of offspring. I have seen him once. My uncle, the beta of the Black pack.
“Father, was this true?” Borris barged in at Quentin’s study without knocking. Quentin did not seemed surprised. He knew that this reaction will come any time. Only he did not think that it would come late that night. “That you are a mannerless creature? Yes. You do not know how to knock.” He face turned scarlet. No matter how old he is now, Quentin still scolds him like he was a child incapable of making decisions himself. “I apologize. I was informed that the Shepards are now under your care.” “True. “ His father nodded but did not bother to give him a glance. He was reading from an old book. “Why?” “Why do you care so much?” “First, the girl--” “That girl is my grand daughter, she is your niece and she has a name. Secondly,” Finally
The following day, I was informed by a knock on the door that I had to train. No body said that rest was not happening here in the villa after what had occurred. Mom and grandma was given rooms of their own in the villa. Though, I was reluctant to let them sleep else where and because the room I have is bigger than the floor area of our burned house---I was adamant that we share a room. My grandfather won’t hear any of it. Instead, he gave them two separate rooms and Elsa explained to me that I had to agree or it was her job and her neck on the line if I continue to be uncooperative. Quentin Black was unreasonable and often gets his way.“Okay, I will be down shortly.” I said that even though my eyes were half closed and as I snuggled more to the warmth of my bed covers.This is worse than getting ready for school on winters.The struggle was really real.“Miss Max, please.”Elsa was sti
“This must be a prank.” Max said disbelievingly. Her mother is a wonderful person. Despite their differences growing up, she had high respects for the kind of person her mother is. Teresa is many things but definitely not a warrior. She remembers seeing her mother cry over a dead bunny when she was eight. And now they wanted her to take the joke seriously. What kind of shroom did they had? Teresa never got involved in neighbor brawls even if they had a very annoying neighbor before who liked to play a blasting hardcore music at one in the morning. Their other neighbors would go out in their pajamas to throw a tantrum or demand that the volume be turned down. Her mom did not participate in any. She was never issued a ticket, which was very rare in Manhattan. In other words, Maxine did not see her mother fit to be a teacher for her.
“Why are you like that?” Zayn asked Hesther as they walked towards the designated arena. In total there were more or less twenty people silently marching towards the dusty, open ground in the far end of the Black estate. All of them were wearing blacks.“Always glamorous and fabulous? Well, you must know that by now, I was born with it.” Flipping her ponytailed hair.“No,yes you might be all that but you are also rude and mean.”Hesther stopped in her steps.Zayn stopped too. They were bypassed by the rest. Surely, they won’t be missed. They are only less than three hundred steps away from the arena.Besides, Zayn wanted to confront his sister for misbehaving.“Who are you, our mother?” “No, but I am the eldest and we were told not to create trouble and bring shame to the family if you remember well what we came here for.”“Correction,’’ Hesther moved closer to her brother and whispered. “That order was for you, I was not even considered to be here, had I not offered.” She left. Leavin
Max’s POV “I said Transform!”Here is the thing. My mother was hard on me while I was growing up. But she never, ever raised her voice on me or even spanked me. She was as gentle as the first buds of spring. Her yelling at me made me jump in place. They say that there is always a first time,well, this is my first time.Standing in front of me now is a white wolf. Magnificent in all her fours. Zayn and Hesther had also transformed and I know at the back of my head that those two were waiting eagerly if I could pull out a transformation like I did yesterday. I want to tell them that maybe it was beginners luck yesterday and my luck could have just reached its end the same day as yesterday too.Zayn could be genuinely interested as he was my companion in the training supposedly. Hesther, not so much. I believe she was just waiting for me to fail so she can have a good laugh at it later. Because she was that kind of person. Vile and fake and loves to look down on people even if she cla
“Wow, thank you for that advice. I cannot believe you came up with that.” Max sarcastically said.“Listen, honey..you are a wolf by nature. Wolf blood runs through your veins. Not just any ordinary wolf blood---a hybrid blood.”“I now wish that those words of welcome and vote of confidence will help me stop my mother from shredding me.”Max took a couple of steps inadvertently backwards because her mother is slowly advancing. Teresa was taking her time. Giving Max all the time in the wold to call on that power she had displayed yesterday. In real battles, such things do not take place. Fighting is a swift and often unbelievable. Wolves have the agility and the speed of lightning. Sometimes, faster than the blink of an eye. “What are you waiting for, Max? Waiting for the grass to grow? I will not hesitate to hurt you.”“Max. You can do this. You did this yesterday.” Hera was more friendly now. For Max, every one seemed to be testing her patience. Whether they were doing this for her t