Fantasies and fairy talesPov: MaddisonI went to visit my mum immediately after I returned from my vacation with Mr Winston.To her, it was protocol to call me once every week and since I had been missing for the past two months, I was sure that she must have been running out of her mind with worry.She attacked me at her doorstep, tackling me into a hug and it wasn't until I felt her warm, wet tears on my neck before I realized that she was crying.I closed my eyes, burying my face into her hair and hugged her back tenderly.When she let me go, her eyes were red and filled to the brim with tears. "Oh," she cried. "Oh, Maddie. I'm sorry. I'm so so sorry."She ushered me into her home and sat with me on the plosh couch in the living room.She pulled me into another hug, exploding into another bout of tears as she held me to her, as she held me close. "I was so scared and so worried. So so worried," she whispered into the hug. "I almost... I almost showed up at your place after the fir

UnderestimatePov: WinstonYou know, I regret a lot of things in my life, but leaving Maddie on her own for the second time, especially after knowing what happened the first time, has got to be the height of my stupidity.Adrenaline was pumping in my veins and I didn't stop my race back to my mansion with Maddie on my back and holding on for her dear life.The woods around us passed by in a blur and as I came to a stop at the door of the mansion, trembling not from the cold but from livid anger and curdling wrath.Killing them was not enough.Killing them had not been enough.And I had lost the sight and scent of William, during the scuffle, while I was too busy tearing that degenerate scum to pieces and all the other low lives that had held her down for the scum to defile her.All the other low lives that had held her down as she begged and struggled and pleaded. As her tears fell on deaf ears.I had been red with anger and shaking with wrath as I tore them to pieces and shredded the

Self defensePov: MaddisonI had stayed locked up in my room for three days straight, avoiding Winston and the rest of the world around me.I didn't know how this mating bond worked, but It was causing me agonizing, physical pain to be seperated from him. To be at odds with him and my heart throbbed painfully every morning, afternoon and evening when he came around to check on me.I called my mother three times a day, just to assure her that I was fine and I was okay. And she called me three times more. Just to be sure that I was really safe and fine.Lapis usually came around to bring my food to me and I had been eating to my fill and drawing and trying not to think of the turmoil swirling inside of me.I was aware of movements of Cerulean and Lapis walking to and fro outside the door and keeping the mansion in order.And I was aware of the sparring matches that Gwyn, Nathan and Ethan engaged in just outside my window. Sometimes, I stood and watched and stared and stared at them and

Other than thisPov: WinstonI roused awake to the sound of rustling clothes falling off of someone's body and falling to the ground.I scrambled to sit up right and then the full force of her sweet smelling lilac scent enveloped my nostrils as the mattress dipped under her weight when she climbed into bed with me."Maddie?" I called out into the darkness, searching for her, "what are you-""Shhh..." She whispered soothingly, pressing her hand flat on my chest and pushing me back gently into bed. Her face was suddenly in front of mine, her hair falling over her face as she gazed down on me lovingly, sadly. "I'm so sorry," she whispered, biting her trembling lips."Sweetheart," I crooned. Unable to stop myself, I lifted my right hand up to touch her face. I stroked her hair and touched the length of it obstructing her face from me and tucked it behind her ear, gazing at her lovingly. "what are you talking about?" I whispered."I'm sorry for locking you out. I'm so sorry for ignoring y

Glorified bonfire nightPov: MaddisonI was having the time of my life!There was so much to do. So much to see. So much to eat!I had underestimated just how large Winston's territory was. It was like its own little suburban village. He drove me all the way to the northern end of the dwelling area, where most of the werewolves under his leadership resided. The houses were cute one storey building with wrap around porches and picket fences and as we walked past, people waved and threw flowers and petals and called out greetings cheerily from their windows.People wanted to meet him,greet him, thank him, little kids offered flowers to him and more than a few old people stopped him to pray over his head and offered him homemade food and baked things. He was loved, he was so loved by his people, it brought tears to my eyes. It was obvious the way they strolled their new born babies over to him in their prams, and he would pick the babies up in his powerful hands and smile down on them an