“Everything good with Eric?”

“He wants kids.” She doesn’t even hold back.

“And you don’t?”

“It’s not that. His boys were killed not that long ago. I know they weren’t his, but he still raised them.”

“You think he is trying to replace them?”

“I don’t know. I mean…. I never saw kids in my life, ever and then I was mated to Eric and things have gone crazy….”

“I never saw kids in my life either.”

Her brown eyes lock with mine. “But you are a great mum. I became just like my dad and what if I pass that on?”

“You do know who you are talking to, right? My parents had me bound twice. My uncle had me bound twice. My parents tried to abandon me. How do you think I felt about having the twins?”

“Gotcha.” she mutters

“Just talk to him.”

“Good idea.”

She doesn’t move.

“Is there something else?”

She taps the armrest with the side of her fist. “I think… I think Abraxas might need to look at Maddie again.”

“Why?”

“She hasn’t said anything. But she’s become a little off in the last couple of weeks. Some days she refuses to leave the house, muttering something about someone finding her. Other days she is quite happy to leave and goes back to her normal self.”

“She was in a messed up hostage situation.”

“But the guy is dead. And no one else has turned up here looking for her.”

‘Told you.’ Nyx murmurs. ‘She is plotting to kill us’

‘Not everyone is a murder.’ I snap back

‘But you are Neah. You like to see them lose their life. You like to watch their heart stop beating.’

‘And I can’t wait until I see you die.’ I growl at my Lycan

She stops talking to me, finally.

“I will come over.” I tell Mallory. “Is she home now?”

“I think so.”

Maddie is sitting in a corner of the kitchen. Her knees are pulled up to her chest with her arms locked around them. Her chestnut eyes dart up to me and I notice how sweaty she is. “Is she ill?”

“Shouldn’t she heal.”

“He’s watching me.” Maddie mutters

“Who?”

“He’s always watching. It’s wrong. It can’t happen. He’s watching.”

Mallory looks at me with a face that screams ‘help’

“Maddie, who is watching you?” I push

“My mate.” She whispers as her eyes bulge and she starts to rock.

“The guy who marked you is dead.” Mallory crouches down to her.

“Enzo’s dead. Enzo’s dead.” Maddie mutters over and over. Her words dropped to a whisper. “He will kill me.”

“Who?”

“My mate!”

Mallory stands up and pulls me away. “Do you think we need to take her to the hospital? It seems like she has lost the plot.”

“I will link Damien to come help.”

Damien puts Maddie on a hospital bed and drags Raven away from Jenson. Maddie continues to mutter

mate will kill her as Raven her a quick once over

belongs to S

Raven grabs a syringe from the draw and jabs Maddie who eventually passes out.

“What’s wrong with her?” I quiz

“It seems she has the same issues

you had.” Raven mutters with no emotion. All this time she is spending at Jenson’s bedside was not doing her any favours. She was becoming a shell of herself. She turns to leave.

“What is that supposed to mean?” I push

“She fears her new mate.” she glances back at Maddie, “She will be out for a few hours. Now if you will excuse me, I need to spend time with my brother.”

“Her new mate?” I turn to Mallory and ask if Maddie had been seeing anyone.

“No, like I said she will leave the house for a couple of days and then spend days inside.”

“Like she is avoiding them.”

“I guess.”

There was only one person that was in and out of the pack for days at a time. I almost wanted to laugh. Maddie is a Lycan, the very thing he hated.