MAISIEA few days later, I called together the women of the pack to make preparations for the upcoming Joyous Moon Festival. However, as we sat together, I couldn't help but notice the hushed conversations and exchanged glances that suggested something else was on their minds. Despite the undercurrent of unease, I tried my best to steer the discussion toward festival plans, all the while aware of the unspoken questions lingering in the air regarding Gwen and the rumors surrounding her.But it was not enough when one of them suddenly couldn't restrain her curiosity anymore so she asked me directly, “Maisie, why is Gwen not present for the meeting? Is it true that she is pregnant? Who is the father of the baby?”I was now torn between my desire to keep quiet to maintain my saintly image or satisfy my vengeful mind by wrecking my best friend's image. In the end, I decided to speak, “Thea, I am not clear about the details yet. Why don't you wait until she arrives at the meeting so you can

MAISIEMy heart raced in fear seeing Simon and Gwen standing together in front of us. Gwen brought out her phone after Simon had spoken, intending to call Lincoln like he had ordered and I was afraid of what would happen if he found out the truth. So I stepped forward and said, “What makes you think that things would change even after you report me? I am the most dominant wolf in the pack, the only woman worthy of being his Luna.”“Don't think that you are something just because of your high dominance, Maisie!” Gwen yelled back at me. “I am also carrying his baby so that means he wouldn't let me down either.”I was purposely trying to buy us time here because I knew Zayn was planning something. We had gotten ourselves in big trouble and now it was difficult for us to come out of it unless we managed to stop them from leaving the forest somehow. I had no qualms about silencing Simon permanently but what were we going to do about Gwen?Simon who was the shrewd one among the pair, turne

ZAYN. I knew the exact moment my mate had fallen unconscious from the other end of my mating bond. It wasn't a bad thing, I thought to myself since she had already lost a lot of energy and I didn't want her to keep worrying about me. After I took care of Simon and Gwen, I returned to my men covered up in blood but I didn't wake up for a long time until Gwen found me in our mating bond. If she hadn't come to save me on time, I probably wouldn't have woken up until evening, giving Lincoln a reason to suspect me. The battle with Simon had been tough but the reason was only because I had underestimated Simon's strength, a bad habit I had acquired from being the strongest wolf in the lands for a long time. But I later confirmed that he was indeed an outlaw alpha, someone who was supposed to be banished but he had somehow managed to hide in the Moon Stone pack.An hour later, Lincoln appeared at my place asking to see me but Micah had told him that I was resting. This fueled Lincoln's sus

ZAYNI stealthily slipped out of the crowd when the bell started to ring to join my men who were waiting for me near the entrance. Maisie seemed to be talking with the pack priestess with a nervous expression, but I knew she would be able to handle it. I was going on a hunt right now, and there was nothing that was going to stop me from catching my prey."Where are you going, Zayn?" A small hand tugged my trousers, causing me to tense up as the young voice continued, "Mama said that we mustn't leave when that woman starts dancing there."My gaze followed the direction of his finger pointed at the pack priestess, who had already begun the ritual. I knew I didn't have a lot of time left to save those missing children, so I bent my knees to talk to him, "You go ahead, Alexei. I need to go somewhere. I will be back soon.”“Okay.” I was relieved when I felt his grip on me slowly slacken so I quickly left the party before anyone else tried to stop me. The men I had deployed to monitor Linc

ZAYN“So what did you say what's wrong with him again?” I asked the pack healer who was sitting on the bed with my son, stroking his hair as he lay on the bed unconscious. Ever since Alexei fainted on us like that, Maisie had been crying non-stop like her world just collapsed and I had been dying slowly from guilt and fear each time his eyes remained closed. I knew my son had always been stronger than he looked, and there was something in him that kept repressing that power he possessed. “I don't know, Zayn,” The pack healer sighed. “I have done all the psychic and physical scans on him but there are no positive results.”“So what you are saying is we will have to keep waiting like this?” Maisie's bloodshot eyes shot up from her palms, her lips quivering as she asked her, “What's going to happen to my son?”I was deep into thought, trying to weave a solution out of nothing like I had always done when she suddenly spun around to face me. “What about you? Can't you heal him like you d