The training grounds of the Winders Pack was still cluttered with some people, members and non members, who had been looking, and eavesdropping on the conversation going on between the two couples at the centre of the field.


    Maya contemted whether she should send them off through amand through theirmon pack link, well her own pack members, even as she had finally let out floodgates ofughter which had been threatening to spill for a while now. Zoe’sst statement had served as the trigger, to the outburst she could no longer hold in. At that moment, she had thought her old friend very dumb.Content (C) N?v/elDra/ma.Org.


    What was that statement about waiting for the moon goddess to pair two grown-ups who were dating, knowing fully well of theck of the mate bond between them? She didn’t think she had heard anything more stupid.


    Waiter. She mused, stillughing.


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    Zoe bit her lips till she tasted blood, as she watched Derek and Mayaugh at her, and worse, she could hear theughter and jests going on around her, especially from those girls whom she had at one point, fought off because of Leo.


    When she had heard of the pack warriors from the ck Moon’s Pack that would be joining forces with their pack in training, and war likely; she hadn’t really been thrilled by the matter, just a bit worried about the likelihood of an onset of war,  until Floxy hade skipping to her, and had told her about the handsomeness of the warriors, especially the one who had seemed like their leader. Her interest had been piqued then, wanting to do something fun for a while, tired of being with humans. She had just wanted to y and run, until she had seen the so called leader. The so called leader had turned out to be her Leo.


    Her joy had known no bounds. She had counted off five years since she had seen himst. And boy, had he filled out! She had thought, staring at him in wonder as he discussed with her Alpha’s son. And immediately, they had been done with formalities, she had rushed up to him without introductions, engulfing him, or rather, engulfing herself within his arms in a bear hug, not caring about the gasps of suprise that had escaped from the mouth of the folks around, especially the female folks from her pack.


    Of course she had done so to stick her im on him, and wade off the others who had been staring at the handsome hulk since he came. She hadughed especially and had blushed distinctively when he had after breaking off from the hug in surprise, hugged her back again in recognition. They had kicked it off then, well she had. She had thought that her closeness to him would wade off other girls, but s, if anything it got worser. Her friends all liked him for themselves, and it didn’t help matters that she wasn’t his mate.


    And she didn’t know why; because he drove her crazy. Watching him working out, his sinewy of muscles moving in a rhythm which whispered sexually to her, made her go gaga. She had tried all the tricks in the book to bed him, but he always, at thest moment, seemed to tear away, not wanting to go further, citing some iprehensible excuses. But she had still clinged to him, fighting off those other girls.


    She had been fighting off Ama, one of her closet friend who had turned a foe, from him, when she had seen Maya and her cousin, Derek walk inside the field, in all regality, and it had set her off.


    Maya had been her best friend at one time, or so the girl had thought. She had always envied her, envied her title and the power that came with it, she envied her beauty which had seemed to entrance the human boys even while they had been in high school, a beauty that the Blondie herself always acted unaware of. A beauty that irked her, a beauty she had wished she had.


    And it had gotten worse after their first shift.


    The Blondie had filled out in certain areas, so beautiful and radiant, that it had hurt at one point to look at her. One of her saving graces had been that Maya hadn’t been the type to unt, always training or staying indoors reading, except on asions when she had called her out for a party. But even that had annoyed her at one point. She had thought it sheer pride on the Blondie’s part.


    So, when the incident in theirst prom party had happened, the incident where her date had gone after Maya, she had gone berserk. Of course, she had known that her friend had been saying the truth, but she had just been looking for an opportunity to cut her off, and to wreck her name. And she had done it, not caring whose ass had been gored.


    Why was she back now?” She thought angrily, tightening her fists, as she shifted her angry gaze to Derek.


    Derek.


    She remembered him. But his younger self didn’t hold a me to his physical stanceand build now. Even in her angry form, she had to admit that he was breathtakingly handsome. But then she also knew that he wouldn’t look at her that way.


    He was the Alpha’s son, jovial around his friends but arrogant towards the others.


    She remembered the first time she had tried to join them to y, he had pushed her off with just his signature re,  before walking out from the y circle, while the others had followed suit, including Maya.  Later on, after their packs had separated, after Maya had agreed to be her friend, she had wondered if thetter would have considered being her friend if not for the division of the pack. The resentment had started then. Thepetition to get more female and male friends, but it had seemed that whatever she did, she was always in thetter’s shadows.


    And she didn’t think he remembered her. And why would he? She thought. Then, she had just been the daughter of one of the lesser officials working for his father.


    Staring at the two family members who returned her gaze with amused faces, she decided that she would pay them back soon. She always had thestugh.


    “Are you doneughing?” She finally asked, when theirughter abated.