LOGINHello Readers, the epilogue will be posted on Saturday
Odessa POVFOUR MONTHS LATERWhere is Maverick? He was holding a combat class in Nassgar. He left over five hours ago. He should be home by now. The setting sun wasn’t helping with my nerves either.“Earth to Odessa!” Evyn waved her hands in the air. “What’s got you so distracted?”“Oh, I’m sorry. Maverick should be back by now,” I replied.“Oh, Storm said they were together. Probably doing something stupid.”My heart sank. “Oh.”Evyn’s brows knitted together. “Is something wrong?”I put on a smile just for her. “Nothing. Dustin left yesterday, and Mom and Barnette are on their second honeymoon. I’m not looking forward to having a quiet house tonight.”Evyn frowned. “Second honeymoon? They’ve only been married a year.”I laughed. “Any excuse to travel.”The truth was, I had a surprise for Maverick. I’d been hiding it for a week now. He’d become suspicious, and I couldn’t hide it anymore. Dustin being around helped me keep things under wraps, but now he was gone.“Sienna and Gage trave
Odessa POV“TOUCHDOWN!”And the crowd went wild.Maverick scored a touchdown!Evyn and I jumped to our feet.“THE DACIANA WILDCATS HAVE DONE IT!” The announcer blasted.The final buzzer rang out in the stadium.Oh my gosh, my mate was a champion.“Game over, the Wildcats have won this year’s championship. The Silver Serpents pushed them to the edge, but succumbed to a last-minute comeback!”Evyn grabbed my arms. “We need to go out there.”I nodded. “Let’s go.”The crowd had invaded the pitch by the time we got there.“Maverick!” I shouted.It was pointless to call. He was the Captain extraordinaire, and everyone surrounded him, teammates, supporters and staff alike.The same went for Storm and Gage. Sienna, back in her cheer uniform, couldn’t get to her mate. The atmosphere was electric. I could barely hear myself think, but I knew I was excited and overjoyed.Maverick’s head poked out from the crowd, then his whole body appeared.They lifted him off the ground and paraded him.“Wildc
Maverick POV“You okay?” Storm asked.I winced and stared at the blood oozing down my arm.I nodded. “Fucking fine.”He chuckled.“You look worse than me, Storm.”“I knew working with you would never be pretty,” he replied.“I can’t wait to get back to football,” I mumbled. Gage howled, and a group of wolves ran past us.I couldn’t wait to get home to my mate. I shifted into my wolf and joined the chasing pack.Seth wasn’t in one of our tribe packs, as we thought he was outside the territory, hiding out in huts and tents. The settlement was a wasteland with no clean water and limited food. The children were suffering out here.Despite being caught, Seth wouldn’t surrender.“Drive them to the border!” I ordered through the mind link.My wolves howled in response.Despite being at this for hours, it was kind of fun. I spotted my uncle beside his trusty right-hand man, Saul. They were trying to escape.Time to break them up. I got between them and shoved my Uncle’s old wolf as I wound a
Odessa POV Meadow came through with a force I’d never felt before. She consumed every part of me. I’d never experienced a shift this painful before; even my first shift wasn’t this painful.Once my bones had realigned, I got to my feet. My senses were so sensitive that I could hear so well upstairs, and I could almost see it.“H-How’s this possible?” Rune stuttered.She stepped back into the busted doorway. I sniffled and ran upstairs to where they were trying to kidnap Dustin.I felt heavier than normal.“Meadow, what’s happening?” I asked.“That’s not important right now,” she replied.She was right. I raced into Dustin’s bedroom. Evyn held onto him for dear life while a bald man battled to separate them.I growled and tackled the man to the ground.Evyn gasped. “Odessa?”I barked at her to get the boy out of the room. Rune’s henchmen were caught in two minds. I moved to attack them to give Evyn a chance to escape.I didn’t have time to think about how my venom worked right now. T
Odessa POVMaverick marched out seconds later with the rage of a thousand suns coursing through his veins.“Why would Seth think that was a good idea?!” He barked.Rune smiled. “My best friend, it’s been forever. We have to catch up!”“Enough,” Mav said firmly. “Leave my pack before you’re arrested.”Rune frowned. “Fine. I’m not here to talk about old times. I’m here to make a trade. You can’t keep Dustin here. That doesn’t fly with humans, and it won’t with wolves either.”“Murder doesn’t either, and both of Dustin’s parents are killers. I’m trying to spare my little brother, Rune.”“No, you’re trying to end Alpha Seth’s bloodline. Hand him over. You know Seth’s going to invade the pack just to get his son back.”“He’s going to invade either way. He won’t stop until he has Daciana.”Rune grinned. “I’m glad you know.”Heath was on red alert in case of anything. I noticed how he stood in front of Nyla protectively. Could it be they recognised each other as mates? That’s so cool!There’
Odessa POV“What are they talking about?” Dustin asked.We were having breakfast in the kitchen while my council spoke to Maverick about his obligations to my pack after he becomes consort to the Alpha.“Maverick’s got Alpha business to take care of.”“When does he play football?” Dustin asked.“He’s got a huge game this Saturday. Do you want to come with us?”He nodded enthusiastically.I ran my fingers through his blonde hair. I’d gotten used to him being here. The house wasn’t quiet anymore. Having him around distracted me in more ways than one. My doctor hadn’t stopped calling me. I had to face the music sooner or later. Evyn was being released from the hospital and asked me to be there when she was leaving.Storm and her father had a few very colourful words at the hospital. She needs my support.“Do you like staying here, Dustin?” I asked gently.“I love it. I missed Maverick, but sometimes I miss my mommy even though she doesn’t make me cookies.”My heart swelled with a series







