Mavericks POV
Amazing…
Love-struck…
Dumbfounded…
I just can’t find the words to express how I feel right now. I can’t believe
When I left her in the car, I went in to make sure that everything is fine, just the way I left it. I wasn’t sure if those kids are working with King Gerald, I had to make sure my last secure base is still safe. I bought this building the last time I was allowed to visit my family. King Gerald never allowed us to leave his sight while we were still in the Alpha’s Academy. We only get to see our family very often. Whenever I have the opportunity to visit home, I always try to spend my holiday wisely. And now that I’m here, I’m glad I got this place when I had the chance.
It’s one of my buildings that is not in the books, no one knows about this building, not even my family. I’ve got a few properties that I try to keep hidden from prying eyes, I did it because I knew a day like this would come someday. King Gerald keeps tabs on us me, so I needed a place I can hide in case I’m in danger, I needed a place that is not listed among my properties, a place he would never think to find me.
I have a few more buildings that no one knows about, not even my father. Only my trusted human guards are aware of these buildings. I chose to have human guards because I can’t trust my people yet, not when they are under the influence of the lycan king. Until the curse is broken, I can’t trust them to make their own decisions because they are not thinking straight. They may be forced to turn against me, and if they are ordered to take me down, they’ll certainly come after me without questions.
Like I said before, I have more than one building that I kept hidden from prying eyes and spies. I chose this particular building because it is closest to the city, and I can easily go back home to check on my family, and my company. Besides, I still believe that I do not have to go into hiding just yet, I don’t think they are after us. I’ll need some time to ask around and make sure that the attack on Val tonight is just a harmless attempt to acquire power. I think they were acting alone, the lycan king would never send kids to do his dirty work. If he is aware of her existence, he won’t and them here, he won’t and his guards either. He will get down here by himself, and handle the situation in the best way possible.
I’m sure he doesn’t know about Valerie yet, and if that is the case it means I still have some time to figure out how I’m going to break the curse and save my people. And while I’m doing that, I also need to find out who these guys are working with and why they want to hurt my woman. From the look of things, it seems that lady is in charge of the group, and she has so much hatred towards Valerie. I know she said I shouldn’t hurt them because they are her family, but I still need to find out what they have against her, and how they got to know about her powers. It’s obvious they are working with some powerful people, otherwise, they would never have known about that poison and how to use it to make bullets. There is a lot I need to find out from them, I need to be quick about it.
As I left her and went into the building, I called my head of security and I sent them to the company and the pack house, I need to know that everyone is safe. While I instructed them on what to do, I got my first aid box from the shelf in my office, and I had someone take out the bullet that was still lodged in my arm. As long as the bullet remains in my arm, the poison will not stop spreading through my veins. It would keep spreading through my veins, damaging every vital organ in my body until it gets to my heart and shuts me down entirely.
If it were a normal bullet, my wolf would have healed me when I took it out, but when I took out this bullet, the gun wound was already infected with the poison and the blood in my veins and around the wound turned black. I knew my wolf would begin the healing process, and I know it would be difficult for him to heal me fast, but I didn’t bother too much about it because the poison did not spread too far. Yes, I’m hurt and it hurts as hell, but Hunter was doing a good job already, and I know I’m going to be fine, there is no need to worry Val or anyone else. So I simply cleaned my wound and went to get her in and get her comfortable.
Although, if I’m being honest, I’ll have to admit that a part of me like it this way. I love the fact that she knows the truth and she is not freaking out about it. My biggest fear is that when she finally finds out that I’m the one she has been dreaming about, I thought she won’t accept me because of all the hurtful things I did to her. I was scared she would reject me and ruin my chances of making it right and loving her the way she deserves.
I don’t know what I would have done if she had decided to bring up my past mistakes. I can imagine how hard it must be for her to accept me after all I did to keep her at arm’s length. I hurt her, and I made her feel worthless and unloved, yet she accepted me as a lover the second she finds out that I am her one true may. She didn’t grow up around here, so um pretty sure that she didn’t get the same training we got from our parents about the mating bond and the beauty of loving your gifted partner.
Even if we don’t get to meet our mates anymore, we were still taught to love our partners and see them as a gift from the moon goddess. The elders wanted us to do this to please the moon goddess and make her break the curse, but I saw it as a discipline. We learned to love at an early age, and even if some of us refused to take it to heart, I did. And I know I’m doing the right thing because being with her right now is the best thing that has ever happened to me, it feels so right. I wouldn’t trade this for anything in the world.
I saw love and adoration in her eyes, she looked at me like a prize she had just one at an Olympic games, and she bared her heart open and enveloped me with her love and affection. She is a true healer, my mate. The moment she saw my injury, her first instinct is to ease my pain. She has the compassion of the moon goddess, she would never sit by and let her people suffer. That is why she is our savior, that is why she is blessed by the moon goddess herself.
As she kissed me, I felt a jolt of electricity flowing through my veins, I could literally feel like the power flowing into my body and it felt so fucking good. I guess the kiss must have gotten her relaxed enough, giving her the ability to tap into her potential and release her healing power. I had to break the kiss because the current flowing into my body was too much for me to bear. I pulled away quickly, and I saw her glowing like the midnight moon, looking so radiant and beautiful. She trailed a finger on my body, and a fire erupted in my soul, awakening every dead and weak cell in my body.
I had remnants of water poisoning in my body. Hunter had tried his best to heal me when we found out about the poison. He healed me and rushed out the toxins, but he couldn’t get rid of the little remnants of the poison, and it’s been making me feel weak and dizzy sometimes. Val healed me of everything, I don’t even know how she did it, but I felt myself getting stronger and I felt the relief that comes with being healthy. As her fingers trailed my skin, everything in me came alive, I felt a deep connection with every other werewolf from every pack. She unlocked my abilities as Alpha king as well, I could hear Hunter howling in excitement as we both became stronger and more powerful.
I don’t know if the others would feel me in their heads, but I know I felt them in my head. I reached out to all the wolves and they recognized and acknowledged me as their true king. All the wolves are now aware of my existence, it is now left for the humans to connect with their beast and acknowledge my power and supremacy. The wolves are now awakened, I felt them stirring in my head, and when they noticed my presence, they bowed in submission and reverence to me for waking them from their long slumber.
The humans are still ignorant of everything happening in their heads, it will take a while for their wolves to awaken fully and begin speaking with them and instructing them on the right things to do. For the time being, Valerie and I will keep hiding and pretending to everyone that we hate each other. But in reality, we will be working together to try and break this curse that would free everyone forever. The day we break this curse will be a memorable day for our species, it will be marked and celebrated for the rest of our lives. Our kids will be told stories of our past, how we survived for centuries without our wolves, and with no supernatural abilities.
I gazed into her eyes, and she smiled weakly at me, but she never stopped her actions, she kept caressing my bare chest with her fingers, pumping her powers inside of me as her fingers kept trailing my body. I’m not sure she realizes that she is doing way more than she intended, I don’t think she knows the extent of her powers yet. She has no idea how it works, she is just following her instinct and desires, and that is all it took to heal me fully, make me stronger, awaken all the sleeping wolves, and connect me to them all. It felt so magical, I couldn’t take my eyes off her for even a second. It went on for a few minutes, she had a beautiful smile on her face as she worked wonders on my body.
My love and admiration for her just went up a notch, I have this urge to repay her for what she just did, she could have let me heal myself of this injury, but she chose to follow her instincts and explore her potential. She did the unexpected, and now I have this urge to please her and make her as happy as she just made me feel right now…