Ripper had lost the plot and being trapped inside him with no way out was heart breaking. How had I let it happen so easily? I never even saw it coming.There weren’t any warning signs that I was about to become a Rogue.I loved being able to shift when I wanted, but more importantly I loved Charlie and I could not stand being put on the side-line to Ripper, it was worse than being up against Zach.Each passing day that Ripper was in control, I was drifting. Like my own mind was fading and it was becoming harder and harder to hold on. Ripper no longer communicated with me, making it harder. I was slowly understanding what it was to be Rogue.No longer sharing a body with your wolf spirit. They fully take over until we become nothing.My father had constantly fought against Rogues, ending their lives because they are feral and vicious. They only care about themselves and what they want.As a child I had asked my father many times why we could n

“The King of Lycans?” it sounded ridiculous, almost as ridiculous as Charlie being their Queen“Believe me or not, it is the truth”Could he actually be telling me the truth? He had no reason to lie to me anymore.“And the Moon Goddess want you dead?”Zach nods his head at me. The Moon Goddess had told me to kill him but not because he was a King, but because he was a Rogue.I look at Charlie who is still out of it and I start wiping Zach’s blood from her hands while I think over his words. Her fingers wrap tightly around my fingers for a second but then release me. Could she hear us?“What did she promise you Max?”“Excuse me?”“My guess is that the Moon Goddess promised you something because that is what she has done to all the others that have tried to kill me. Although i was not expecting her to targetmy brother”“All the others?&rdqu

I didn’t know whether I should say something or not and even if I could speak, what could I say?. They continued to stare at one another. Charlie’s heart rate flickering all over the place. I wondered if she knew that Zach was helping her or maybe she thought she was having a heart attack.Stumbling over the rubble towards them, they continue to remain motionless other than stare at each other. As I move closer I can see Zachs lips moving, like he was muttering or even chanting something.“What’s happening?” I ask Zach and he holds a hand up to me, keeping his eyes trained on Charlie.He was speaking a language I had not heard before, the sounds and words rolling into each other. He does not blink, he does not break eye contact, he was trying to keep Charlie alive and yet her own body was fighting it.It was maybe seconds even minutes before she muttered a sound. Her heart rate slowing to a steady pace. Zach’s chanting

 “Let her go”Zach tries to pull me back inside, his hand digging into my arm as I try to push him away from me.“Get the fuck off of me” I snarl at him but he continues to pull me and we tumble down the stairs together, landing in a heap at the bottom.Getting up I race to the door that leads out of the back of the packhouse. Using my eyes I do a quick search over the grounds and I cannot see her anywhere.I try to mind link her, but she blocks me and I was worried.“Let my mate go” I turn around to Zach who has propped himself up against the wall.“Let her go! Let her go! You really want to just let her go after she listened to everything you just told me?”He looks at the ground sheepishly “She will be fine”“Why? Because you are going to take away her ability to feel?”“No” he snaps at me “She would have found out e

I didn’t know if she could hear me and I wrap my arms around her waist, pulling her from the situation. The red vines still finding their way towards Anna as I held her back.“Get her under control or we are all going down” Anna shouts at me as she continues batting away the vines, her hands moving quickly as more vines find their way towards her.Pulling her into the back of the plane and slamming the door, Charlie’s screams echo through the plane. The same screams that had brought me to my knees in the past.They were ear splitting and even with the wolfsbane in her system she was still showing an incredible amount of power. The screams were hitting every fibre of my being, but they were not hurting me like they had done in the past. At least the wolfsbane was helping with something.“Listen to me Charlie, you have to block him. You have to stop him doing this to you”Her mouth closes, her black eyes searching