LOGIN[Maverick’s POV]‘Stay with me.’I keep repeating these three words as Serenity’s mouth moves, ripping the skin from where she has managed to get ahold of me.‘Just stay with me.’‘I can’t…’ She murmurs and I can almost feel her very essence disappearing.‘SERENITY!’ I roar, but with each passing minute she becomes fainter and fainter and then it’s almost like a candle being extinguished as her essence disappears completely and I’m left with nothing but this puppet I’m fighting. ‘SERENITY!’ I repeat, again and again, but with each passing minute I’m met with nothing but silence.“Sorry,” Ellie laughs as the wolf that is no longer Serenity jumps on me. “It seems that she was spiritually weaker than I thought.”She wasn’t. I counter silently. She isn’t. You’re the reason she isn’t here.I’m going to fucking kill her. This only promise continues to spur me, making me fight with everything that I am and when what sounds almost like a stampede starts approaching, I feel a wave of relief. H
[Maverick’s POV]I stare at the woman in front of me, my gaze never leaving her. She’s smiling and by her expression, you would think that she has already won.I won’t let that happen. I mutter inwardly. I won’t let her get away with everything she has done to Serenity and her family. Even if it fucking kills me, I’m going to make her pay.“What?” Ellie asks, breaking the silence that has fallen around us. “Wolf got your tongue?”I bare my teeth because she knows damn well what is happening, but it seems she can’t resist the urge to taunt me.Come on. I hiss at my body that isn’t doing what I want. Break free of this hold and help Serenity!I look in the direction of the woman in question and I see her fighting for dominance against William and to my shock, it seems like she may be winning.‘Serenity,’ I call again. ‘You can’t let them win.’‘Maverick,’ she whimpers, her desperation radiating through me. ‘I can’t…’‘You can!’ I counter. ‘You can’t…’I don’t finish my words as what fee
[Maverick’s POV]That’s an issue for later.This is the only thought I have as I once again focus on the fighting around me because right now, the only thing that was important was getting to Serenity.Shaking off my unease about the human enemy, I continue to fight.I take out anyone who dares come anywhere near me and when I finally finish, I scan the area around me.Despite our best efforts, there are a few of my men who were hit by the blood bullets and were now human.‘Take them out of here.’ I order through mindlink.‘What about you?’ One of my men asks. ‘What are you…’‘I’m going forward.’ I respond, because it is the most obvious move. ‘I can handle things from here.’Growing quiet, I wait for opposition, but when it doesn’t come, I know that those who managed to not lose their wolves are going to do what needs to be done.Satisfied, I watch as they shift back into their human forms and once they start helping the others go back in the direction we came from, I turn my attenti
[Serenity’s POV]It’s like I’m on autopilot as I move, following Ellie out of the room and in the direction that I’m certain my allies are in and when I hear the growls and the sound of struggle, I try desperately to regain control olf myself.However, it is useless.There isn’t even the slightest bit of control left in me and even Mahogany seems unable to take control of our body like she would in the past.‘What do we do?’ She asks as we grow closer.‘I don’t know.’No matter how much I fought, I couldn’t stop my body from moving forward, following Ellie like she was my damn master.When I broke free of her hold, I would make sure to rip her to shreds for using my grandmother’s image to trick me.But is she the only one to blame?This single thoughts hits as I hear a growl rip through the air and as we round the corner, I see Uncle William and his men standing there.They are in their wolf form, but I would recognize him anywhere because he looks so similar to my own father.Dad.In
[Serenity’s POV]My grandmother stares at me, shock coloring her features, but deep in her eyes that are the same color as mine, the same color as my mom's, I can see a bit of pride over the choice that I am making.“Is that your final decision?” She asks, eyeing me. “Do you plan on letting the time of the wolves disappear forever if it means saving your mother?”“I am,” I tell her. “I won’t let my mother die, and I won’t let this cycle continue.”“Then I won’t stop you from doing what you want, sweetheart.” She smiles, moving forward and touching my cheek.However, where I expect a warm, comforting touch, I find nothing but cold tendrils erupting and slowly beginning to flow into me.“This,” I gasp, my eyes widening. “What are you…”“I’m making sure that you don’t decide to go against your decision, sweetie.” She responds, her eyes now dark, endless tunnels slowly sucking me in. “You’ll need a strong determination to watch your world crash and burn. I’m only giving that to you.”“But
[Serenity’s POV]I’m drifting. My body is light and weighs almost nothing. I feel like I’m floating in a warm darkness that is slowly disrupted by a light that grows brighter by the minute until it is almost blinding.“What?” I hiss, blocking my eyes from the bright light. “What is…”“Serenity.”The voice is soft and comforting, and I feel like I’ve heard it somewhere before. I’m not quite sure where it was, maybe in a distant memory or even a dream, but I’m certain that I know it.“Sweetheart, you have to stop them.” It continues when I don’t speak. “Otherwise, I fear that our race will soon be ending.”“Who are you?” I ask, blinking in an attempt to be able to see the one speaking. “Why do you know these things?”As I speak, the light in front of me begins to fade; slowly but surely, I can soon see the one speaking, and she looks almost like my mother, but completely different.“Grandma?” I whisper, remembering the stories I’ve heard of her from my mother. They were few, but enough
[William’s POV]“That’s enough! We can discuss all of this later. For now, we need to get moving. Serenity is waiting for us to save her, and if you want to stay and talk, I’ll go without you!”Maverick’s voice rings out into the night as I take Denali in. Fuck, she looks rough, and I was certain i
[Maverick’s POV]I watch silently as the two sisters exchange words while everything in me screams to get moving. I know that there is a chance that they may never see each other again, and because of that, they should say what they want, but every moment Serenity wasn’t with me was torture. Howeve
[Elise’s POV]I stare at Jose, wondering what exactly it was that he was trying to say. It was like a foreign language to me.Mindlink? What was that?“Let me explain.” He says when I give him a questioning look. “Mindlink is how wolves communicate with one another from long distances.”Frowning, I
[Maverick’s POV]Pain shoots through me as smoke threatens to suffocate me. There’s fire all around me and debris from the explosion that took place. A beam lies across me, holding me in place as I fight to break free. And as I search the area, I don’t see anybody who is capable of helping.Shit. I







