LOGINMaxwell’s POVI could not sit still. I walked back and forth across the living room like a trapped animal. My body still hurt from the beating Seraphina and Emelda gave me. Every step sent pain through my ribs but the pain in my heart was worse. I kept looking at the clock. My mother and sister had gone to see Seraphina since yesterday and are yet to be back. They had gone to apologize to her and promise to bring back good news. Finally the front door opened and I turned fast. My mother and Vanessa walked in. Their faces were red and covered in tears and their clothes looked dirty. Their hands were red. They both looked completely broken.“Mother? Vanessa?” I asked. My voice was rough. “What happened? How did it go ? Did she agree to accept me back? Did she forgive us? Did she agree to talk to Caspian—?”My mother sat down on the couch and started crying harder. “What happened?” I demanded, panic clawing up my throat. “Mom? Vanessa? Talk to me!”It took twenty minutes to get the wh
Tricia/ Seraphina’s POVThe morning light came through the windows and woke me up gently. I stretched in bed and felt Caspian’s arm still around me. I smiled and kissed his cheek before getting up. Today was an important day. Today I will officially become CEO of the Montclair company but first, I wanted to handle one more thing.When we went downstairs for breakfast, the whole family was already there. My parents, Caspian’s mother, Emelda, and Patrick sat around the table. They were laughing about something. I sat down and took some food.“What is so funny?” I asked.Emelda grinned. “Vanessa and her mother left very early this morning. The maids said they looked exhausted. They cleaned the whole house like you asked but they ran away as soon as the sun came up. They did not even say goodbye.”Caspian laughed softly. “They probably could not face you again after cleaning like servants, good. They needed that lesson.”My father smiled. “You handled them well my daughter. They will thin
Seraphina’s POVVanessa and her mother stood frozen in the entrance hall. The moment I said they had to clean, their faces changed completely. Vanessa looked at the gray maid uniform like it was something dirty. Her mother stepped back with wide eyes.“We cannot do hard labor,” Vanessa said quickly. Her voice was sharp. “This is too much. We are not servants. We have never cleaned floors or scrubbed anything in our lives. Our hands are soft and our backs cannot handle this kind of work. You cannot ask us to do this.”Her mother nodded fast. She looked almost scared. “Yes, Seraphina. We came here to apologize with good hearts. We brought nice gifts. Making us clean like common workers is not fair. We are high status in our pack. This is beneath us. Please understand.”I stood there and looked at both of them. Old memories came rushing back, I remembered every single day I lived under their roof. I remembered the pain and the shame I went through, then I took a slow breath and spoke cal
Seraphina’s POVMy phone would not stop buzzing even after everything, Maxwell kept sending messages. The last three days had been a nonstop parade of unknown numbers, burner accounts, even an email from an address that was very obviously his. I sat on the bed and looked at the screen again as another message just popped up. I deleted and blocked the number, and a few minutes later he sent another long text with a new number begging me to convince Caspian to drop the charges.Maxwell: Sera… just talk to Caspian.I deleted it, then another message appeared before I could even lock the screen.Maxwell:I need you to talk to Caspian to drop the charges against me, everything I did was because I love you.“Please Seraphina. I am sorry. I promise to change. Give me one more chance.”I read only the first line and blocked the number then deleted it without reading the rest. This was the fifth new number he had used today. I put my phone on silent and smiled. Today was not about Maxwell. T
Maxwell’s POVThe emergency flight I took back to the pack had been long and uncomfortable. I sat at the back hiding my face, scared that someone would recognize me. We landed after two hours. My body hurts everywhere. I could barely stand, every single step hurt and my ribs throbbed. My left eye was swollen and almost shut.The kick Seraphina had landed on me still burned in places I didn’t even want to think about and every bruise decorating my body was another reminder of the humiliation I’d suffered.My head still rang from the plank Emelda smashed on me. I felt weak and angry at the same time.I had gone there believing she would come back to me but instead… She and Emelda had beaten the hell out of me before Caspian even arrived.My grip tightened around the steering wheel of the rental car as I pulled into the driveway of the pack house. I climbed out of the car slowly, hissing under my breath as pain shot through my side.I just wanted to get inside and sleep. Forget everythin
Seraphina’s POVPatrick still hadn’t let Emelda go. His arms were wrapped around her as though the moment he loosened his grip, she would disappear all over again.For the first time since I’d met the usually fearless princess she actually looked… shy.A soft blush crept across her cheeks as she slowly pulled away from Patrick before stealing a nervous glance toward Caspian looking shy and a little scared.“Oh…” She awkwardly rubbed the back of her neck, “…this is embarrassing.” Her hands started playing with the edge of her shirt. Patrick frowned. “What?”She nodded towards her brother, “Caspian is standing right there.” Only then did Patrick seem to realize exactly what she’d meant but instead of looking guilty, however, he smiled.Patrick smiled softly at her and took her hand. “It is okay, Emelda. Caspian already knows about everything, us and the baby.”Emelda’s eyes went wide as she opened her mouth wider than normal. She looked stunned. “He… he knows? How? I thought… I was so
Tricia's POV"Tricia, what have you done!" Maxwell exploded, his voice shaking with rage."How dare you! So this has been your plan all along, huh? You're jealous because you can't carry a pup so you decide to kill another she-wolf's child!”"No, no," I shook my head rapidly, tears already blurring
Tricia's POVMaxwell didn't even wait for silence to settle before he reached into his pocket and pulled out a thick roll of bills and threw them on the floor."Pick that up," he said coldly. "Run to the pack store and get what my baby wants."The words hit me like something physically impossible t
Tricia's POVFor a moment, I forgot how to breathe.This had to be some kind of twisted prank.My lips parted, ready to say something, anything, but before I could form a word, the room erupted into loud cheers."The Alpha has spoken!""She's perfect for him!""Now that's a true Alpha pair!"I stoo
Tricia's POV "Where's that fat fool who calls herself the Luna of the pack?” My mother-in-law's voice cut through the pack house hallway like it was meant for everyone inside.I froze mid-step as heat rushed up my neck, my fingers tightening at my sides while I slowly turned.She stood at the end







