Maya’s POV“Selene?” Sebastian’s voice was barely a whisper, as if uttering a name he never thought he’d speak again.The woman stepped forward, a vision of unnerving calm.“Oh, Lycan King! Keeper of the Law and Guardian of the Innocent,” she called out, not a flicker of fear in her voice. No tremble. No hesitation. “You are breaking your promise… Sebastian Longstone,” she said, voice like rippling moonlight—beautiful, but cold. Her silver eyes, framed by dark lashes tipped in white, gleaming as if dipped in glittery snowflakes.She stood like an omen—and looked like a goddess. Like her namesake. The Moon Goddess. Selene.Selene wore white—simple in fabric, but the woman inside outshone every jewel on the cliffs. She looked anything but ordinary. Her skin glowed like it had been dipped in moonlight. Her eyes were silver, almond-shaped, and rimmed in soft kohl, making them seem even more haunting with lashes feathered long and tipped in silver. With skin like luminous pearl, lips tinge
Maya’s POV“Zay-Zay.”“Zay-Zay.”“Zay-Zay.”The triplets were at it again—giggling and crawling at full speed, their tiny paws slapping the stone floor like a coordinated army of chaos.I nearly died from second-hand embarrassment when one pup latched onto Zane’s pant leg… and then another. The third, not to be outdone, launched into the middle and clung to both legs like a baby gorilla.Then—whoosh—the sound of dignity slipping away.Zane’s expensive slacks hit the floor in a tragic heap.Carl collapsed into laughter.I nearly melted into the tiles and evaporated.I sharply turned around and warm arms engulfed me in their chest, laughs erupting while I dug my face in the lycan king’s chest.“Sebastian,” Zane growled out, deep and dangerous, clearly knowing who taught the pups ninja techniques to trouble the Beta.“What? You got any problems with my kids?” he dared the Beta to speak.“No. I have no problem with your kids but I have many with you,” Zane snapped. “I am going to take my
Maya’s POVHis stare – nay – glare was intense.His eyes spoke volumes that his lips didn’t. They burned with fury, conflicted between punishing me right now or waiting for everyone to disperse after I tended to the bleeding patients in the royal hall.Bandage? I mouthed and Zane, who was my standby nurse quickly handed it over to me.“I command you to stop,” Sebastian barked out the command but no one paid heed as Carl and Valerie quickly stabilized the bleeding offender’s arm. Rose hissed while I stitched her up and then quickly bandaged her arm.“Zane, I order you to STOP!” Sebastian tried to intervene but one look from me and Zane visibly gulped, shaking his head as if tuning out his King’s orders.“Our Queen is so kind. She is a true healer,” one of the courtiers said, sighing, as if agreeing with his King.“Yes. She restored Princess Hannah’s appearance and gave the three perpetrators whatever extra powers she had. She should have kept them. They don’t have wolves in any case!”
Maya’s POVWhile the crowd stood frozen in disbelief, I stood quietly stunned, barely able to process the shimmering ring now encircling my finger.The ring fit perfectly and delicately around my finger.It was the stone in the middle that dazzled everyone! It was a huge diamond, fit only for royalty, so luminous it seemed to pulse with breath as though it were alive. My gaze locked onto it, on what it meant, on what it had claimed.“The size of the stone depicts the goodness of the owner’s character,” an elder whispered to another minister of the council.“Yes, and I heard that it is auspicious for the pack to get a person claimed by the crystal like that! We are lucky that she will be our Queen.”“She is truly skilled and compassionate. She proved herself during the rogue battle and Luna Trials. She has been acing all the rounds!”“We should support the King to take the doctor as our Queen. I hope he agrees.”“But she is an omega!”“Yes, but she is the chosen one by the crystal! It i
Maya’s POV“Wh-what is happening?” Leo stammered.Sebastian held out his palm and a crystal orb shimmered into existence above his hand, suspended midair like a summoned moon.Shock cracked through the hall like splintering glass. Mouths parted. Spines stiffened. The air turned electric. The room reacted as one, staggered, breathless, disbelieving.“The Crystal of Truth!” Princess Hannah choked out. “That hasn’t been summoned in — … ”“Centuries,” one of the elders whispered.The orb pulsed softly, illuminating the hall with a cold, otherworldly glow. Within its core, mist swirled, slow at first, then violently, as if sensing a lie in the room.“I heard that the crystal materializes only to protect the truth!”“Even the greatest kings have tried to summon it but the Crystal of Truth has its own will and lifeforce. It is rarest to rare to witness its existence!”“The Lycan King is truly great! He managed to achieve a miracle.”“Surely, the omega is doomed now.”“Yes. The crystal appear
Maya’s POV“BUT I DEMAND A FORMAL INVESTIGATION IN THE MATTER.”My pulse roared in my ears.It was HIM!I forgot to breathe.His sharp gaze, oozing danger turned soft, almost pleading when his eyes met mine.My mind raced back to his last parting words:“If you ever find yourself in any kind of trouble, find me. Find Sebastian Longstone, Prince of the Golden Lycan Pack. See you soon, Belle. Don’t forget this beast.”Every mysterious word, every whisper, every stolen scent that haunted my dreams, it all clicked into place.I shivered.Because standing before me wasn’t just the wounded boy who had begged for help, trying to save someone he loved despite the dangerous risks he took. No. Standing in the boy’s stead was a man. A powerful man.He had transformed, nay, ascended.The mysterious figure who held me with those magnificent, tattooed arms like bands of steel in the most dire times was actually the most radiant, dangerously handsome man I had ever seen. He was drop dead gorgeous, o