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Chapter 126: Maggie’s Secrets Revealed
All hell broke loose. Murray and Fredric's men shifted into their wolves and lunged for Maggie’s men.
Everyone shifted and started to battle one another. All I could hear was the growling and snapping of
teeth.
"No..." I heard Maggie say from beside me.
A wolf lunged for her but she ducked just in time to miss the attack. She stood to her full height and
looked around the camp with wide eyes. She could no longer maintain her composure and I also saw
anger swimming behind her irises.
She then turned to me and growled. "You always ruin everything. Can you see what you have done?
Luther will not stand for this!"
“Looks like you picked the wrong side." I smiled. "Good always wins out in the end, Maggie. You just
have to believe that."
Her eyes were burning with fury, and she muttered under her breath as a couple of her confidants
lunged at me. "Take her with us. We’re out of here!"
They grabbed my arm roughly and dragged me toward the forest. I tried to cry for help but everyone
else was busy fighting and Maggie's guards shoved something in my mouth so I couldn't make a sound
anymore.
“Don’t kill her!" Maggie ordered, "I need her wolf!"
I almost rolled my eyes and told her she was delusional, but I kept that to myself. It was best not to
anger the lunatic.
They pulled me past the tree line away from the battle.
I decided that now was as good a time as any to play dumb, so I forced myself to fall over and hit the
ground hard.
“Ah!" I groaned.
Maggie stopped and her guards tried to pull me roughly to my feet. “What are you doing? Move!"
"My head, it's spinning. I don't know what's wrong." I only hoped that my acting skills were as good as I
believed them to be.
She looked down at my knee and it was in fact bleeding. "Get up. You can still walk."
I shook my head and pretended to pant heavily. "I can't breathe. Everything is spinning."
I fell to the ground again and pretended to be passed out.
I knew that she wouldn't leave me out here in the forest. I was too valuable to her. She needed me
because she wanted my wolf which she now believed gave me immunity to Theo's powers.
“Of course, she freaking fainted!" she groaned.
Then I felt someone lift me up and drape my arm over their shoulders.
I kept my head hanging low and pretended I was unconscious the entire time.
Nov/ that I wasn't worried that my life was in danger, I thought I could play along and see if there was
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The war cries from the battlefield sounded further and further away as we moved deeper into the forest.
I didn't know how long we walked for but when they placed me against what felt like a tree trunk, it was
quiet. I knew these forests well and I knew that we were either near the eastern border or the
southeastern one.
"You, reach out to Luther and request reinforcements; You, start patrolling the area and report back in a
couple of hours," Maggie ordered her two guards.
"Yes!"
Footsteps moved away from us and I was left alone with Maggie.
I wanted to understand Maggie more so I needed to figure out a way to keep her talking. But I couldn't
risk waking up. She would force us to move and I would much prefer to remain on packlands.
"Theo...” I mumbled under my breath.
I heard her snap, "What did you say?"
I waited for a beat and said his name again.
“No, no, no! Theo is not yours, he belongs to me!" she muttered. I wasn’t sure whether she was talking
to me or to herself.
"You little witch! How dare you try to take him from me! He is mine! We have been through so much
together. We have loved each other even before we knew what the word love truly meant."
Did she truly believe that Theo loved her in that way? They were siblings. As far as Theo knew, they
were born sharing half of their blood.
"At first, I didn’t really like Theo too much. He was always aloof, seemingly arrogant. He and Warren
were so different!"
She drew her face closer to mine and placed her lips close to my ear. "Then, I found out that neither
Warren nor I were Sebastian's children! Could you understand how that felt? Every day and every
night, I lived in constant fear of my cruel father finding out about the truth! I had to put up an ignorant
face even in front of my mother!"
She sighed gently. "I worried that they would find us out eventually. So I made sure to keep close
connections with Justin and Queen Regina. They were my safety net if you will. Justin was set to be
the next king and I believed if I had the heir’s favor then Warren and I would be safe."
She pulled away from me. I could tell she started pacing back and forth based on the crunching of the
leaves on the ground.
“But those two idiots had gone and committed treason! Could you imagine that just because I went to
hang out with Justin sometimes, I was also thrown in jail with them? Regina and Justin were sentenced
to death and I knew it was only a matter of time before I suffered the same fate!"
It was a shame that none of Sebastian's children had ever lived a normal childhood. I’d never been so
thankful that I spent most of my childhood traveling with my parents or in the wild with the animals.
Maggie continued, "I had lost all hope. You would never understand the desperation of counting every
second without knowing when it would be your last moment in the world. You watch those around you
being pulled out from their cells one by one, and never return..."
She was trying to laugh but instead coughed a few times. "You knew it was coming and you couldn't
escape. It was just so hopeless that I almost wanted to end myself. What was the point of enduring the
torment while you knew you were at death's door?"
I sighed inwardly. I couldn't imagine what kind of mental torture she went through. I kept myself as still
as possible hoping that she would continue to talk.
"But I was spared when that one person who was least expected came to my aid. Theo pleaded my
case to Sebastian. He told Sebastian that I had been in my room the entire time and had nothing to do
with treason, and Theo said I was as loyal as he was to the crown. After that, Sebastian released me
the same night from the prison."
She let out a sing-song sigh. I did my best not to contort my face in annoyance.
“But of course, I later learned that the king would not listen." She said through gritted teeth. "That
freaking bastard was ruthless and stubborn as a mule. But Theo went against his father for me that
time."
Her tone softened. “Ever since then I have tried to get close to him. I owed him my life. I wanted to
thank him, but he kept his distance. I tried my best to approach him. He was like us, lonely and out of
place in the royal palace. The more I followed him around, the more I was attracted to him, until one
day, I realized that I couldn't bear the thought of not seeing him or being with him. That was when I
realized I was in love with him."
My stomach churned.
"But then as time went on, it seemed like he would never see me in that light. However, I never gave up
hope. I went to pray to the Moon Goddess and one day, she responded to my prayer and gifted me a
special bracelet! It was her blessing..."
I had to try my hardest to keep my eyes from opening and glaring at her. That was how the bracelet got
to Warren!
Theo lost it in the Moon Goddess temple, and Maggie picked it up thinking it was a gift from the
Goddess herself. Later, before she got married, she decided not to keep this token of love for Theo and
gave it to Warren.
"When I turned 21,1 thought I'd be the happiest woman in the world, only to realize my mate wasn't
Theo! It must have been a mistake! Demarco is a good man, but he can't be my mate. I didn’t want him
to be my mate! I already knew who the love of my life was and nothing could change it! So, I did what
any woman in my position would do. I sought out to suppress my mate sense with Demarco."
My heart skipped a beat in my chest. What had she said? The mate sense and mate bond were sacred
and shouldn't be tampered with. Could she even manage to do that? Only the Moon Goddess had such
power.
“So I found this prayer rock. I carved my wishes on it and went to the sacred altar. I pleaded with the
goddess to reverse the curse she had placed upon me. I loved Theo and he was meant to be mine.
And that was where I met Luther."
That was right... Luther was the owner of the Moonlit Crystal and he seemed to be well versed in spells
and curses. It was probably the Ortiz pack's specialty. I'd seen both Nita and Luther use those spells
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"Again, the Goddess heard my prayer! Luther was able to suppress my mate sense without impacting
Demarco! That was perfect! This was not an easy process for me to undergo and my body has been
weaker ever since, but Theo was worth it!"
I couldn’t explain how shocked I was. What Maggie did was such blasphemy to the Goddess and
Demarco. I would never understand how overpowering and twisted Maggie’s obsession for Theo was.
How could she descend into this utter madness?
"After it was done, I became Luther's ambassador. Slowly bringing people to his side to execute his
plan upon Sebastian so that one day, I could be with Theo again. Thanks to his ability, he would never
have a mate, and that’s perfect. I just needed to be around him, support him, love him...even as his
sister, or his family. It doesn’t matter as long as we're together!"
She paused for a moment, and I could tell she moved closer. “What I never accounted for was you.
How you just came into our lives and messed everything up. When he had disguised himself as Tallis, I
knew it was him from the moment I laid eyes on him. I was so happy that he came to me again! Then, I
saw the way he looked at you and I couldn't stand it!"
She moved toward me again and this time I could feel her hot breath fanning my face.
"He loves you. I saw it and I didn't understand why. That look in his eyes was something that I had
craved for years but never received. I didn't understand how he could so easily give it to you. You don’t
know him like I do. You will never be able to love him the way that I love him."
She sniffed, she must have been crying. "But once I’m able to acquire your wolf, he'll change his mind.
And you...you must be removed from the equation. That's all."
I had heard enough.
I snapped my eyes open and lunged for her, tackling her to the ground. I didn't give her enough time to
react. I grabbed her arm and twisted it until I heard the sickening crack that I had been after.
"You witch!" she shrieked. 'You broke my arm!"
I saw a little emerald stone and picked it up. I brought the stone close to my face and read the small
inscription on it.
"That’s mine!"
’Free me of Demarco’s bond.’
It was her prayer that she had sent out. This was the wish she had made to the Moon Goddess.
I pocketed the stone and stared down at Maggie. And unrequited love was always painful but that was
no excuse to become a monster and betray everyone she knew and loved.
She had tears brimming in her eyes as she clutched onto her arm.
“By the way," I said, "I lied. I don't know how to give you my power. I don't even know how I am immune
to his touch. But even if I did, there is no way in hell that I would let you near Theo. You don't deserve
him." "And you do? You do know he only loves you because he can touch you."
"Listen, Maggie," I stared into her eyes deeply and proudly, "Theo loves me not because of my
immunity to his pov/er. He loves me for what I do and who I am!"
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