Chapter 3 The Feel of a Broken Heart

Maxi's POV

"Maxi, we are here." Ravi's voice makes Maxi open her eyes. Her back was hurting from sitting too long. She wants to lie down.

"Are you okay?" Ravi asked in a worried tone, seeing her pale face.

"I'm fine. Are we into their pack?" Maxi looked outside to see the place.

She didn't see anything clearly, just white snow falling around their car.

"We are close to their pack. But we can't go just yet. We have to talk to Alpha first. Leave it to me." Ravi told her.

"So, where are we now?" Maxi asked in confusion.

"We are in the nearest motel in their territory. Soon they will know that we are here. Stay in the car. I'll see if there is room for tonight." Ravi said and stepped out of the car and walked to the motel.

Maxi looks back to see April. But she bites her lips to hold her groan so that she won't wake her little princess.

Maxi blinked her tears as she saw April sleeping peacefully.

"Soon, you will be in your father's arms. I hope they accept you as my father did." Maxi smiles bitterly as she remembers her first day meeting her father. Soon she realises that she won't be able to see her or hold her daughter after tomorrow.

Maxi turns back and leans on her seat. Her eyes saw Ravi coming back, so she wiped her nose that bled from her emotions.

"There is only one room I can get for you. Come on, you and April can stay in the room." Ravi told her.

"And what about you?" Maxi asked.

"Hey, I'm a werewolf. My blood is warmer than yours. I can sleep in my car. But you can't because it is freezing outside. It's winter, girl." Ravi said as he pointed to the white snow outside.

"No, you can stay in my room." Maxi shook her head as she declared.

"But..." Ravi tried to say.

"It's decided, Ravi. And you know I won't change my mind. So don't argue with me." Maxi waved her hand as she said that.

"Okay, you are the boss." Ravi waves his hand up in surrender.

"Let's go inside. Shall we?" Ravi asked with a smile.

"Sure," Maxi said and opened the door to get out.

"First, I will take April with me. You can put more warm clothes on you. I don't want you to catch a cold." Ravi gave instructions to her.

"I'm not cold. Don't worry." Maxi said as she picked up her bag.

"Maxi, I told you not to pick the heavy things. It will hurt your back more." Ravi quickly pulled the bag from her and put it back in the car.

"My back?" Maxi looked at him with a surprised face.

"You think I didn't notice your back pain? I'm a wolf, and I can sense small details." Ravi said with a soft smile.

"Can we go?" Maxi said, getting out of the car.

"Room no..." Ravi yelled from behind.

Maxi just nodded in response and kept walking ahead. As she stepped inside, her eyes saw that the motel was filled with couples who were kissing and cuddling like they wanted to eat each other. Maxi frowned and turned back to leave, but her eyes caught a man pulling a beautiful girl with him. Maxi puts on her mask, but her eyes keep a man who gets into the elevator with the girl. A wave of emotions makes her heart turn cold. She hated the feeling that was called jealousy. She is feeling a broken heart.

"Maxi, why did you stop?" Ravi's voice makes her turn back.

Ravi was there with sleeping April in his arms.

"Why did you choose this motel?" Maxi asked in a cold tone.

"Oh, I thought it would be easy for us to meet Alpha. If you want, we can find some other motel." Ravi explained to her.

"It's ok. Let's go." Maxi waved her hand and started walking to the elevator.

"Hey, wait for me!" Ravi ran behind her.

Both get into the elevator. Soon they get into their room. Ravi put April sleeping on the bed.

"Maxi, take a shower and rest. Did you want something to eat?" Ravi asked in a low tone.

"I don't have an appetite for food," Maxi said.

"But you have to eat something before taking medicine. Now get fresh up. I'll be back in a short time." Ravi ruffled her hair as he said that.

"Why are you going out? For a drink?" Maxi asked.

"To buy food for you. You can't eat spicy food. I'm

bringing something that makes your stomach feel good.

"Ravi said with a still playful smile on his face and walked away out of the door.

"Be careful, Ravi. You are one of them. If they find you suspicious, they will fight with you." Maxi said in a worried tone.

"Well, every wolf didn't like another step on his territory. But we are not in their territory. This city was close to their boundaries. As I heard, there are lots of humans and wolves that stay here without fighting. So don't worry, I won't fight with anyone here." Ravi said before closing the door.

Maxi sighs helplessly. She looks at sleeping April, then turns to her bag. She pulled on the loose maxi and walked into the bathroom. She likes the arrangement in this motel. After filling the bathtub in warm water, she strips and steps inside.

"Ah... I need to do something about my back." She hisses in pain. Her eyes spotted a new red mark on her arm.

"Another one..." She murmured herself as she dropped water on the mark. It is not painful.

Maxi had many marks on her whole body. Sometimes the pain sometimes appeared. And it all happened because of her cancer.

"Ah... Why does my heart hurt like this? The doctor didn't tell me about this. I need to ask him." Maxi murmured and closed her eyes.

After half an hour, she opened Maxi's eyes. She didn't notice the long time she fell asleep. Every time she takes a hot bath, she falls asleep that short time. Now she shivers when the water turns cold. She stepped out of the bathtub and wiped her body. She looks at the mirror on the wall. Her fair skin shows many ugly red-purple spots on her whole body.

"Who wants this ugly body? Not me, not them. They want gorgeous women beside them. Most were werewolves like them. Not even humans want this body." Maxi looked at her body and said in a cold tone. Her eyes hate her body.

Maxi takes a deep breath to forget her painful body and wears a light blue chiffon maxi. Now only her hand was shown off, and her cleavage showed by her deep neck cut. Her breast becomes more prominent because of her pregnancy. Feeling good by hiding her marked body, she stepped out of the bathroom. As she walks to the bed, her eyes widen by seeing an empty bed.

"April?" Maxi skips her breath as she calls her daughter.

When she searches for her daughter everywhere, She finds her. The loneliness hit her hard. If she sends April to her father, she won't be able to see her dear daughter again. And she became lonely, just like she is now.

"April! Where are you?" Her voice turns low as she opens her room door and runs out of the room.

Her vision was getting blurry as she tried to find April. As she walked past one door, the door opened all of a sudden.

"Mama!" April's voice makes her stop in the middle.

"Apr...! Huh!" As soon as Maxi turns to voice direction, her eyes widen in shock.

There was a tall man standing at the door, and April was in his arms. She already saw him get into this motel back there. But Maxi didn't think she would meet him like this.

The man put little April down on the floor, and his green-blue eyes kept on her.

"Mama!" April ran to her.

"April! Thank god I found you." Maxi picked April in her arms and placed many kisses on April's face and forehead.

"Mama, I didn't see... You. You... leave me... in the room?" April asked in her toddler tone.

"I was in the room, baby. Anyway, let's go." Maxi wants to leave that place as soon as possible because she still feels intense eyes on her. And she will be staring at her.

"Wait! But uncle is good. Thank him." April said.

"Sorry, I forgot...." Maxi said to April.

Maxi turned to the man who was still in his place. He didn't move from his place.

"Thank you for saving my daughter, sir." Maxi bowed to him without waiting for his reply.

"So she found her mother, huh?" Women said, who walked from the man's backside.

Maxi looked at her. She remembers that girl. Maxi saw her walking inside the motel with the same man. Maxi figures out she must be his girlfriend.

A strong wave of emotion hit her, and before her body could react, Maxi turned and got into her room.

As she slams the door behind her, she falls down on her knees as she keeps April in her arms. She could hear her heart beating as loud as she had ever listened to that. A small line of blood flowed down from her nose.

"Mama... Blood..." April pointed at her nose.

"Oh..." Maxi let April go and tried to wipe her blood.

But she stopped as soon as April ran to her bag and pulled out some tissue. April ran back to Maxi.

"I... Clean..." April wipes blood from Maxi.

Seeing her two-year-old daughter, Maxi's eyes filled with tears. April carefully wipes blood. Maxi just sat there staring at April.

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