Ronan's POVThe sound of the glass shattering on the ground roused me into action. Margaret was writhing on the kitchen floor and judging by the little piece of plant on the floor beside her, she had ingested wolfsbane. I grabbed my phone to call the pack doctor before bending to lift her from the ground and carry her bridal style out of my chambers. I wondered how the hell she had gotten the flower. It hadn't been with her after we left the forest. Perhaps she snuck out to the conservatory while I was asleep. I hadn't heard a thing because I was so tired and slept deep. I got downstairs and tried to settle her in as gently as I could in the backseat of my car. Then I slid in behind the wheel and drove like a possessed man to the hospital which, thankfully, wasn't far away from the palace. The pack doctor and two nurses were already waiting outside with a stretcher when I got there. I didn't bother with proper parking. I rushed out of the car to the passenger side and yanked t

Ronan's POVI left Malia's room and headed back to my chambers. I had forgotten to reschedule our visit to the hospital to see Margaret. Perhaps there'd be no need. She had sounded a lot better earlier and there was a high chance that she was going to be discharged soon. I walked straight to my kitchen immediately after I got inside. I was ravenous and tired, and cereal seemed like the easiest and quickest thing to make. I opened the pantry to get a box of cereal and I sighed in frustration when I discovered that I didn't have any. I grabbed three protein bars instead and tore the wrappers open impatiently. As I munched on the snack, I deliberated on whether to go take a bath, sleep and wake up to eat later or just try to cook first and do the others afterwards. There was a knock on my door and I frowned. I wasn't expecting anyone. “You can come in. It's open,” I called out. The door swung open and I was surprised to see Penelope carrying a food tray. She walked in and placed

Malia's POVI wondered if I had said too much once the words were out of my mouth. His eyes hardened and slowly turned red. I sucked in a deep breath in fear. He leaned towards me and I shrank back until my back touched the passenger door. “Ryder,” I whimpered. I had forgotten for a moment that he was an Alpha and they could snap when pushed. I watched as he closed his eyes and took a deep breath. I knew he was fighting to regain control. When he opened them, they had returned to their original colour and I slowly released a breath I hadn't realized I was holding. “We're home,” he said and that was when I noticed we were no longer moving. He opened the door and stepped out of the car. I took his hand as I got out of the car. He seemed calm. Too calm. We had already taken a few steps when I remembered the desserts that the manager of the restaurant had given to us. “I forgot something. I have to get back to the car,” I said. He arched an eyebrow but said nothing. I hurried

Malia's POVAfter my failed attempt at hitting Penelope with a pillow, I got up to shut the door since she hadn't had the chance to do so trying to escape from my pillow attack. I gobbled up the rest of my breakfast and hurried to the bathroom hoping that I would be out of the room before Ronan came to check on me. As I showered, I wondered if Lila would object to me being on the training field because Ronan was usually there. I guess I could try to be busy at all the times I would spend on the field. I planned to disappear immediately when I was done and not wait behind for any chit-chat. This is ridiculous, a voice in my head said. I agreed. It was even impossible to totally avoid the Hawkins brothers. But I just needed to law low until I had something against Lila. Let's say a video recording of her and Derek making out if I was lucky. I got out of the shower and quickly got dressed. I tried the best I could with the laces of my sneakers and went out the door. I was alre

Ronan's POVThe three of us ended up napping hard on my king-sized bed. After Scott and I had had second helpings of bowls of cereal, I had felt strong enough to prepare a crock pot roast. Derek couldn't resist this time and he had eaten that delicacy with us. We were so full when we were done that the only thing we could think of was a good nap.I woke up and promptly flung Scott's leg off my body. He was the only one out of the three of us who assumed terrible sleeping positions. I went into the bathroom to take a quick shower. I had to see Malia. They were still fast asleep when I got out of the shower. I didn't bother with being quiet with my movements. There was no amount of noise that could wake Derek and Scott up when they were fast asleep. I got dressed and retrieved the chocolate bars from the kitchen that Derek had specifically brought for Malia. I grinned as I tore one of them open and chewed happily. She didn't have to know. I hummed one of my favourite songs as