His (mate) Luna

Rub salt into the wound. That's the term Maxine should have said to herself. Her emaciated body plunged onto the green expanse that became the front door of Hillcester University after being hit hard in the stomach by one of the tall women, one of the many people who often bullied her.

A security guard approached her and cursed her for stepping on the grass, which obviously should not be stepped on by anyone. In a hurry, Maxine forced her body to rise - standing up and running before the officer approached while storming her with various words of cursing.

With a slow step, Maxine forced both her legs to run down one long hallway with sturdy posts on the left and right, towards the only study room in the university building. Looking for her younger brother, Liam, who used to spend the rest of his hours at the venue with his books.

The blond young man with a slight curly blob covering part of his forehead spontaneously lifted his head from the pile of books in front of him. His pair of gray irises caught the figure of the woman he was so familiar with, getting hurt here and there, desperately trying to come at him with a shuddering step.

Liam grabbed the books and his bag, then ran up to Maxine, who had just lowered her limp-looking shoulders. Liam swiftly lifted Maxine's shoulders, straightening them on the line of parallel.

"Raise your head, Max!"

Liam deliberately took a breath, sweeping his gaze throughout the room, ascertaining the surrounding situation.

I was worried that there were a few pairs of eyes watching what Maxine had just done. For their families, lowering the shoulder in such a bad condition is the attitude of a weak person. Liam doesn't want people to look at Maxine as a bad girl. Because from Liam's point of view, Maxine was amazing; it's just that she never showed it in front of anyone else. Hillcester residents in particular.

Maxine has always been regarded as a poor girl born into a clan most hated by almost all of the werewolf clans across the country, and at the age of more than 17 years, she has not shown herself as the daughter of an Alpha Mother and the late father of a Beta. The weakness is considered to be multiplying.

It's different with Liam. Even though everyone knows who his family is, people never look down on him. Some of them, like Liam, also include Liam in the list of men who must be invited when the campus holds prom night.

The body is above average height, at six feet tall. The sharp gaze of his gray irises, as well as his slanted smile that looked seductive, could not be denied by any girl. Who would dare to reject it? I don't think there is.

"Who's hit you, Max?" asked Liam, as he pulled Max out of the study room, passing through several hallways to their secret place. Abandoned campus warehouse

Maxine took a deep breath before finally raising her head, aligning her emerald iris with her brother's gray beads, then patting his wide shoulder in front of her, and said, "Turn me into whatever you think is amazing."

A moment's silence. In a pensive mood, thinking of the barrage of sentences that had just slid free from his sister's mouth in a calm-sounding voice, Liam was pensive. more than any river in any part of the world.

When he realized the car keys in the denim pockets of his jacket had vanished, along with Maxine's figure, having disappeared while swerving at the intersection of the aisles in front of him, Liam winked at a pair of his round eyes quickly.

Liam nimbly runs and chases his sister to the spot where their car is parked. He knew he should have done this all the time. Making some changes to Maxine, he and his mother should have done it a long time ago. Although Maxine rejected him hundreds of times,

Liam almost spent half of his mother's savings to meet all the needs of his sister. For three hours, Liam took Maxine shopping, entering one by one shop in the middle of the city. Buy dozens of pairs of clothes, shoes, bags, as well as other necessities.

Now, the two siblings are glaring at the pile of paper bags they brought from the shops in the middle of the city.

Maxine didn't even say anything to Liam, but it seemed that her brother had suddenly gone crazy. Even though they buy her a variety of models of clothes, shoes, and bags, even though the money they use is their mother's, Maxine feels everything is excessive.

Maxine dropped her body on a padded mattress with the striped black bed linen. She took a deep breath before finally closing both eyes with her right arm.

"You'll be dead if mom looks at all these useless things," commented Maxine.

The teak door that covered Liam's bedroom creaked, squeaking with the sound of right knocks that sounded in rhythm with their mother's soft voice.

"This time I was happy when Liam over-used my card," Daniella said.

The blue-eyed woman barged in, then checked the paper bags that surrounded Liam one by one. While Maxine was still reluctant to raise her head or just look, they both agreed to their mother's words.

If you look more closely, Daniella still seems too young to be called a mother. When wearing a midi dress that makes her look so graceful, Daniella looks more like the oldest sister in a family.

Despite her mid-40s, she still looks so young. Like a young girl who had just entered the number 30 in a matter of years of her birth,

Daniella laid on Maxine's right side, followed by Liam afterward. The two flank Maxine, who is still so engrossed in looking for all kinds of silences that she so loved more than anything else.

Daniella and Liam wrapped their hands together, hugging Maxine with all the warmth they had. In a matter of five, Maxine opened her eyes, staring at two of the most precious humans in her life in turn.

Maxine snorted, then said, "Can't you guys just change me in my style?"

Daniella and Liam shook their heads in a strange harmony. They both gave the same answer. A no. One word that sounds so loud. This is a strict ban that even Maxine herself is not allowed to argue with in any form.

Without waiting for Maxine's whining reply, Daniella and Liam rushed her to one of the special rooms inside their home. The thing they did before forcing Maxine to try on the clothes was treat all the wounds on her body.

Three days passed. As usual, Maxine did not appear anywhere while she was recovering from all the wounds on her body. But that day, Maxine came up with a completely different look than usual.

No more large round glasses perched on her nose bridge. No more rotten sneakers that support her long legs. No more smelly shabby jeans that are allegedly rarely washed, it could be entered into the washing machine only once a year and twice.

Also, there was no more head bowing, staring at the hem of the shoe as she walked to break up the crowd in the hallway towards the locker. Maxine's style still looks like it used to. Casual, sporty, and feminine mix so perfectly and are so well balanced.

All the crowds disappeared, along with Maxine's presence there. Dozens of eyes were on her. She is now the center of attention for almost all students in all grades. They all showed the same shock. No exceptions, including Mary.

The girl who always gets the title of Prom Queen from year to year is almost gaping, with her caramel irises retained as Maxine flashed in front of her. Even her best friend, Sidney, the blonde girl, swears at Maxine, deliberately turning her head away from them even if it's only for a few seconds.

Maxim's baritone voice, however, managed to make Mary wince and turn to her right side. For a moment, she almost forgot that there was an athletic man who she adored.

Jeez! Did Max stare at the wolf-less girl?

Mary hurriedly closed her mouth, as she almost voiced her curiosity to the surface. And once again, Maxim repeats his question that was ignored by his two best friends, as well as his girlfriend, Mary.

"Is she a new girl in town?"

Maxim's tone sounded calm. He managed to cover up his curiosity, worried that Mary would have an overreaction to his question.

Instead of answering, Mary chose silence. But she had tightened her arms, almost gripping Maxim's left ribs that felt so attached to the surface of her palm.

In this situation, it was Sidney who showed her dominant nature. The blonde girl sprayed her eyeballs while clucking lazily and voicing a few broken words.

"She's the wolf-less girl," Sidney explained lazily. "She's just getting a huge make-over!"

In haste, Sidney pulls Mary away from her boyfriend, taking Mary through the crowd-infiltrating into a cramped space they call a safe haven.

Listen, Mary. We have to prank her again. Sidney voiced her impulsive ideas again, as usual.

Of course, what Sidney said was true. Mary even feels threatened when she sees Maxim. She even looks a little curious when he tells her about who Maxine is.

Call the useless hybrid, then tell her to beat up that wolf-less girl!

Mary suffocated before moving to the place where her boyfriend was, leaving Sidney alone in the cramped space where they used to share the same annoyance.

While searching for a name in a row of contacts, on her smartphone, Sidney grumbled in annoyance. Why don't you do it yourself, anyway? Bossy! "

That afternoon, the university cafeteria was quiet. Only a few seats were filled. As usual, Maxine opted to sit apart from Liam, letting her brother enjoy his lunch comfortably with friends his age. While Maxine chose to sit in a seat, holding a metal tray containing her favorite mac and cheese over her thighs, no one was willing to share the table with her.

That afternoon, the weather in Hillcester looked a little grey. The clouds up there looked blackened, like drowsy, and almost spilled their water as soon as the petals clenched.

Maxine turned her face away, staring out the window, gazing at the deserted University garden that seemed too deserted. Not as usual. She let out a deep sigh, before finally devouring her first mouthful of mac and cheese with her shoulders slowly descending from wasting her breath in one heavy gust.

Maxine knows where everyone who always makes a noise out there goes. She knew they were preparing a plan to make fun of her as they had done before.

Sure enough, a swarm of girls came, approaching Maxine with clenched hands. Like a group of thugs who want to judge their opponents with the guts of a fingernail, because they do not dare to do it alone.

At the same time, Maxim enters the cafeteria with two of his best friends. The three young men shook their heads in disbelief, seeing a group of girls about to interrupt Maxine's lunch.

"Are the people here insane?" Leo almost swears, if only Ivan hadn't patted him on the shoulder.

Leo, the tan-skinned young man, almost often saw such scenes during their time as students as well as permanent residents of Hillcester. Even Ivan, the pale-skinned man, several times caught the girls who looked like a bunch of thugs were bothering Maxine.

But for Maxim, the scene was the first time he had seen firsthand what his two best friends often reported. He thought, all along, that what these two were reporting was just nonsense. A joke that his father often made when his mother sulked

Maxim almost ran over, approaching the crowd that was bothering Maxine, almost spilling her lunch. But, Leo and Ivan restrained him.

"It's not right, but... take a look!" Ivan put his head in the place where the chaos was.

The three young men sculpted as they watched Maxine give a fight-returning the girls' blows, even knocking everything down with the help of a stainless tray in her right hand.

From Maxim's point of view, all of those events appear in slow-motion, such as tense scenes that are deliberately twisted slowly in an action genre film.

WOW.

Maxim subconsciously voiced his admiration as the girl flashed, even turned her head and exchanged glances with him for a few seconds.

But the beat of Mary's heels and loud voice managed to make Maxim silence his mouth, also changing the way he looked at Maxine in an instant. Unfortunately, his efforts were too late. Mary had already caught all sorts of admiration, even a twinkle in his eyes when exchanging glances with Maxine, even for a moment.

The scene made Maxine stop her steps, even turning around and staring at Mary while throwing a smile as her emerald iris met Mary's that seemed to be burning with jealousy.

Maxine pointed her right index finger at the spot where the girls who attacked her fell and said, "By the way, thanks for the delivery."

Mary's anger was growing. In that second, she almost ran, lunged, maybe even attacked Maxine if a hand did not pull his arm firmly.

With a broken motion, Mary turned her head and looked at the owner of her hands. her mouth was open, her lips quivering as she was about to make a sound. But he immediately clenched it, because Maxim, the one holding him first stopped him -called for a sentence no one ever expected.

"So, you're the one who's been harassing her all this time, Mary?"

"So, you're the one who's been harassing her all this time, Mary?"

Instead of answering, Mary chose to lower her head and make a play, as if the place was the stage for her. He even forced his eyes to shed unnecessary tears, as if crying.

Leo and Ivan sprayed his eyeballs, then stayed away -letting Maxim end things he hadn't even had time to start yet. Not to forget, they brought Sidney along.

Maxim rubbed his face with a rough sweep while exhaling his rough breath. Upset? Of course. Confused? Absolutely. He didn't even say anything that hurt Mary's heart, well, maybe Maxim's map sounded cornering. But really, Maxim didn't mean it that way.

Now, inevitably he has to seduce Mary. He smiled, even if he didn't want to do it. But as a man, and as the one who had given responsibility for Mary while outside the house, Maxim inevitably had to do so.

With a heavy heart, Maxim approached Mary, embracing her slender waist then bringing her into his arms.

Maxim even rubbed the top of Mary's head while whispering a few sentences of apology, hoping Mary no longer felt sad, let alone cornered.

Maxine shook her head in disbelief at the unnecessary intimacy these two lovebirds did in public. "Drama queen," she muttered quietly.

Luckily Mary doesn't hear what Maxine just said, but Maxim catches it very clearly. Maxim hurriedly brought Mary to leave the cafeteria, even he took the time to say an apology to Maxine, on mary's behalf.

Maxim's baritone voice was inaudible at all. Only the movement of his mouth can be captured by Maxine. Even so, Maxine is forced to give him a nod, although obviously, it's not Maxim's responsibility. Except for Mary.

"You go, girl!" Liam came over and grabbed his shoulder with a pat and a smile full of pride as if Maxine had just broken the world record for one of the martial arts branches.

In the next split second, Liam said loudly, after successfully taking Maxine out of the cafeteria -towards the parking lot. "I'll treat you to ice cream, celebrating your courage."

The sentence managed to make Maxine chuckled amused. Liam really acted like a brother, as well as a father who was so proud of the small achievements made by his beloved daughter.

Maxine then snatches the key from Liam's left hand, then presses one of the buttons, and sits behind the wheel as Liam opens the door for her.

"Do you have money, hey, little boy?" Maxine began taunting Liam, as the younger brother had been sitting comfortably on her right side.

"Well... I still hold my mother's card," Liam said cheerfully.

Liam pulled out a gold card from his wallet, brandishing it in front of Maxine exactly. With an asymmetrical smile, Liam said: 'I'd love to hear about all this. So, I think... She wouldn't mind if this card we used just to buy two ice cream."

Surrender. Of course, that's all Maxine can do right now. She remembers what she and Liam did last week. Their mother even looked delighted as Liam spent her money on changing the contents of Maxine's wardrobe. Just for two pieces of ice cream, their mother certainly wouldn't be angry.

***

Meanwhile, Maxim breathed a sigh of relief after nearly an hour of hard trying to correct Mary's mood which he accidentally destroyed. The girl was now smiling broadly when Maxim finally kissed her forehead.

Mary who had originally lowered her head, now raised her gaze, staring at Maxim was reviewing a smile. "I'm sorry, if I overreact to your words," Mary finally opened her voice.

It must sound so calm, Maxim catches a bit of vibration in it. The girl was nervous about explaining everything. "I... I only feel cornered when you ask like that. As... It's all my fault. Well... Even if it is, I'm involved, although not completely."

Mary admits her mistake, only that she deflects a little reality. She does not feel fully involved with what happened to Maxine, when in fact, although all through Sidney, Mary who is in control even occasionally she dares to give her servants a reward if willing to prank Maxine as she wishes.

"Okay, I'm sorry too." Maxim rubbed the back of Mary's head, then kissed her forehead just as he had done.

Regardless of whether Mary's confession is true, Maxim still asks Mary one thing. "Can you stop bothering her, hm?"

He stared at Mary's chocolate bead with all the tenderness Maxim had. The quiet highlight that always manages to make Mary drunk, falls deeply in the charm of the Alpha that most other werewolf girls desire.

Without hesitation Mary nodded, then sneered spoiled, immersing her petite face in Maxim's field chest. Mary reviewed the thin grin as Maxim held her warm.

Maxim leaned his right cheek against the top of Mary's fist while closing his eyes. In a matter of three seconds, he opened his eyes again. His round eyes are resented. For a moment Maxim lowered his gaze, confirming that the woman who was holding it was Mary. It wasn't Maxine, who suddenly entered, shadowing himself as he closed.

Maxim then shook his arms. For some reason, there was a feeling of guilt that plagued him instantly. How could, he imagine another girl when his girlfriend was hugging him so tightly as he is today?

"Max, do you want to stay at my house?" said Mary to Maxim, as she relaxed her arms, looked up, and looked at Maxim expectantly. "It's Monday, our parents are certainly having a meeting somewhere. And usually, they come home tomorrow afternoon."

Maxim swiftly gave her a shake. Of course, Maxim had to reject Mary's idea, although maybe he was actually so willing to spend the night at Mary's house. It's just that he has other responsibilities. There is an older sister who is disabled. Who would have looked after her, if Maxim hadn't been around?

"Ah! I almost forgot about Lisa," Mary knew the answer.

She then got up from her seat, pulling Maxim's big hand until they stood face to face. "I'm the only one staying at your house."

Inevitably, Maxim agreed to what Mary wanted at the time. However, despite the various ways he was sent to refuse all sorts of requests, there would always be another party: her parents begging -in place of Mary's whining.

In spite of it all, Maxim had to be willing to share a bed with the girl who was so fond of it. Although not hypocritical, he liked Mary quite a lot. It's just that he's still unfamiliar with Mary passing freely in the room: the only place Maxim considers to be his most private place.

Well... Maxim really couldn't do everything he wanted freedom. Everything was arranged -orderly and constrained. Even in front of a lot of people, he seemed to enjoy everything. Almost everyone thinks of him like an open book.

A few days passed by.

After getting tired of ignoring some calls and entering from dozens of unknown numbers, Maxine chose to turn off her phone, then throw the sim card that had been embedded into the trash behind her bedroom door.

Maxine turned around, looking at the rows of numbers listed on the digital clock on the side table on the left side of her bed. 7:00 PM. she had already missed her dinner because the plant physiology task could not be delayed even though she could do it.

"Just recheck, then finish," she muttered after a few hours of silence, opening it only when she had trouble finding the right references on some pages on the search engine.

Maxine tapped her phone screen, weighing up buying a new number as well as what food she was eating while completely starving after skipping dinner with Liam and their mother. She hates eating late, let alone having to enjoy it alone when everyone has returned to their rooms.

It's better to go somewhere, order food. It would be better to be completely alone in the crowd. It could have been Maxine asking Daniela: her mother, or Liam to accompany her to eat in the kitchen.

Despite all the possibilities, Maxine just doesn't want to whine at both. She knew they needed time alone after a full day struggling with each other's favorite activities outside the house.

"Fish and chips seem like a good idea." she hissed after successfully snatching a thick baseball jacket from inside the wardrobe.

It didn't take long for Maxine to arrive at her mother's doorstep. Just blocked one door, Liam's room. Maxine poked her head from behind the door, after successfully knocking and getting permission from the owner of the room.

Who would have thought, her mother was engrossed in sharing laughter -a story with her brother. Both of them seemed so comfortable lying on the mother's soft bed.

"Your homework is done?"

Daniela became the first to speak out when Maxine poked her head. The woman, who she said was the mother, positioned her back body leaning against padded pads that became a headboard on her bed appeared to float.

"Come here! I want to hear the full story from your mouth," Daniela said excitedly.

Liam smiled broadly before finally entering the chat. "Sorry, I just told mom about the first rebellion you did this afternoon, Max."

Thrashing. Apparently, the sentence was deliberately Liam chose to make the moment that happened as fast as lightning, this afternoon, as something he needed to give a highlight. As a marker on something, he considers important, such as when he marks a paragraph that he thinks is important and interesting.

"Just continue. I can count on you the most, Liam." Maxine threw her warm smile at her brother, before finally turning her eyes to Daniela who was still waiting for her answer.

"I want to eat fish and chips," Maxine voiced her goal at them, asking permission before going out there. "Is there anything I want to bring you?"

Liam was shocked. The restaurant Maxine is going to is the only place that provides the best Fish and Chips in Hillcester, and the distance is quite time-consuming if on foot.

Maxine must pass through 3 blocks, as well, Restaurant was in the territory of the Stone Clan: the Maxim Family, as well as the Young Clan: the Mary Family. The imperviousness of Maxine being bullied is huge.

Maxine knew what Liam's gaze meant, even as Liam was about to get up from his mother's padded mattress, Maxine hurriedly stopped him.

"I'll break their jaws if they come back to bothering," she exclaimed casually. "Just trust me."

Without waiting for a reply from Liam and Daniela, Maxine moved up -closing the door before these two in the room stormed her with various sentences of rejection. Maybe even Liam could also force Daniela to come along. Maxine doesn't want that to happen. She needs extra time to be alone, as well as they do, needing more rest after maybe almost a full day worrying about her.

After 45 minutes of walking through 3 blocks on a leisurely walk -tending to be slow, Maxine arrived in front of a modern-style building. The only restaurant in Hillcester that exudes cheerfulness, the building's color choices seem striking and different from the other restaurants in the city.

The mustard-colored building was the only place that looked so striking. Different from other buildings that stand firmly in that strong neighborhood. The restaurant looked like a kitten that was surrounded by a herd of wolves.

The building around Restaurant called Your First Choices looks so dashing. Black and gray become a color combination that looks so much dominated around it. Also, it looks like giving a real sign, that the environment belongs to those who have power, even though its color symbolizes the genius of its owners.

"You really are my first choice." Maxine turned the doorknob of the restaurant, then walked straight to a spot she liked when she entered any dining place: a table right in the middle of the room.

Maxine waited sweetly when one of the waiters received all her orders. As expected, and as usual, the people she recognized as werewolves looked at her with all sorts of roars that managed to disturb her quite disturbed. Cynical, and sharp.

But when Maxine turned to her left side, a man who looked the same age as her was smiling in knots as their green beads met. Only the young man smiled at her. The only one.

Instead of giving a reply to the hospitality she received, Maxine chose not to express anything. All she did was give the young man a faint nod.

Maxine knew who was trying to be warm to her. The same man, who was about to defend her during the incident in the cafeteria this afternoon. Maxim Stone. The popular, Mary Young's boyfriend: the girl who has always been the head of all the ill-treatment she receives in the University.

The fish and chips Maxine ordered finally came. Without a doubt, she ate it greedily, as if she had never gotten any food since morning. While Maxim devoured his burger with a slow chew. Every now and then he steals a glance, even deliberately staring at Maxine for quite a long time.

"Adorable." Maxim thought.

"Adorable." Maxim thought.

Although Maxim almost often saw Maxine passing by in front of him while in the University, they came face to face, without the presence of others. Just the two of them, in the midst of a lot of fast-food restaurants. No Mary, Leo, Ivan, nor Sidney were everywhere Maxim went.

In between moments stealing his gaze on Maxine, Leo, and Ivan who have just entered the Restaurant capture clearly how Maxim stared at Maxine.

"Is he trying to cheat?" Leo becomes the first to speak out when he decides to approach the table, where Maxim enjoys his burger.

Leo and Ivan fill the empty bench in front of Maxim. Worried about being misunderstood, Maxim immediately shifted his attention, to his two best friends who were looking at him suspiciously.

"You guys are coming." Maxim immediately gives Leo and Ivan a toss: hands clenching and clashing.

Ivan took the time to turn to the place where Maxine was, looking at her for a moment before finally looking at Maxim with a flat look, but the look in his eyes seemed so probing. Just like Leo did when he was the first to catch it.

"Be careful, Max," Ivan said. "Don't let Mary catch up when you look at her like before."

Leo nodded, then added. "Just let go of Mary, if you like Max more," he said half-seductively.

Maxim chuckled softly. With his eyebrows raised, he asked. "Max? Who?"

"The girl you've been looking at since then, of course," Leo replied swiftly, at a glance he pointed his thumb at the place where Maxine was. "Her name is Maxine. Maxine Kelly. Maxim... Maxine... Looks like you guys are a good fit."

Maxim nodded. Trying to understand what Leo is saying. Maxim almost smiled when he understood Leo's intentions if Ivan didn't elbow him -telling him that Mary was coming.

Maxim hurriedly greeted her, even though he didn't want to. Maxim even deliberately shifted his seat, letting Mary fill the empty spot on his left side. With Sidney, Mary sat down -urging Maxim to the corner attached to resto's window glass.

Mary looked at the three men before her furiously, as if they had just made a mistake, and she deserved to look at them with a judgmental look.

"Leo?" Mary looked at Leo sarcastically. "Ivan?" now Mary turned her gaze to Ivan, sharply.

It was as if these two had just made a mistake. Then, the girl came back. "Have you forgotten my father's message?" Mary clucks as Leo and Ivan spontaneously hit each other's foreheads.

"There's one of those vampire clans crossing the border," exclaimed Ivan spontaneously.

Leo nodded, then said. "Your uncle was a victim. And now, the three of us are asked to guard the border with some elders."

Without saying anything, Maxim hurriedly made his move -leaving the Restaurant without saying anything. Ivan and Leo followed him after. The interests of the group have always been the most important things to Maxim. However, one day, when it is time, he will be bestowed all responsibility as the highest leader of the group. Like his father.

As the three young men left, no longer visible in any corner, Sidney and Mary shared a face-to-face. Without needing to be a psychic, the two share their thoughts when they see Maxine not far from them.

It didn't take long for Mary and Sidney to get to Maxine. Even in her pretentious style, Mary kicked off the table in front of Maxine. A large glass of lemonade spilled, wetting the sneakers on the left.

Maxine shook her head as she exhaled, before finally getting up from her seat -staring at the two girls who were looking for trouble with her with an optimizing spotlight.

"Couldn't be more polite?"

Only that sentence could slide further than Maxine's tongue. To be honest, she didn't really want to communicate or even deal with the two arrogant girls. But, inevitably she has to do it.

Maxine's sharp highlights do not succeed in making Mary also Sidney daunted. The two girls were moved to see Maxine who was acting so bravely. The laughter disappeared as soon as they arrived. Mary and Sidney again put on a sharp spotlight, as well as voicing cynical sentences on Maxine as a threat.

"Listen. Stop staring, and stop spreading your charms at Max. You don't even deserve to do it, stupid!"

Mary swiftly spilled the mustard sauce on the surface of the sneakers Maxine was wearing at the time. Deliberate. She knew that the thing that covered Maxine's feet was one of her few pairs of shoes. Mary wants to make Maxine feel the same frustration she feels right now.

There's nothing worse than giving the same sensation to him who you consider the enemy.

Instead of showing the same annoyance, Maxine gave the two girls a smile. Looks sincere and warm. Although far out, Maxine was eager to run and scold Mary as well as Sidney. It's just that Maxine doesn't want to show it. She didn't want the two bad girls to feel victorious because they made her furious. As they want.

After putting a few pieces of money on a small tray on the table, Maxine moved on regardless of Mary and Sidney. But just a few steps away, Maxine turned around, returning to the two girls while throwing her warm smile as she had shown before.

"I think I forgot something," Maxine told Mary in a smooth, calm voice.

Maxine snatched a full bottle of ketchup off the table, then spilled all the contents on the back of the white skirt Mary was wearing at the time.

Sidney squeals, while Mary can only gape at Maxine's shocking treatment. Who would have thought Maxine would have avenged her actions so badly? Spilling a blood-red viscous liquid onto the back of her beloved white skirt? It really sucks.

"Thank me later, girl," Maxine calls for her last sentence before closing the restaurant door before Mary overreacts to what she's doing.

"Oh my goodness, Mary!" cried Sidney hysterically. "It looks like a blood clot."

Mary finally grimaced. After a moment of fixation, she finally reacted. "For heaven's sake, I will kill her into pieces!"

Mary stomped her two legs wrapped in high heels, leaving the restaurant with all the rage that was growing. Followed by Sidney afterward.

On the way home, Maxine finally freely grumbles about how dirty her favorite shoes are. And complained about how annoying Mary and Sidney's behavior was from day to day. Maxine even voiced a few cursing sentences every time she stomped on the surface of the shoe, trying to get rid of the rest of the mustard sauce stains.

However, she suddenly stopped her steps, when she faintly heard a howl in the distance. Maxine deliberately turned to her right side, to where the sound came from.

Dozens of towering pine trees became one of the many entrance gates to the forest, which is said to be a forbidden place for humans to enter. Also her. Maybe.

Maxine cannot be called a human being. But she also could not be categorized into a werewolf. Because she still can't transform like her brother, nor are another werewolf her age. Most other werewolves refer to her as the daughter of a crummy werewolf.

Once again, Maxine heard two howls. It felt close, as if not far from where she stood at that time. Without hesitation Maxine turned around, rounding her eyes when she found two big wolves opening their mouths wide, like preparing to swallow cut her into pieces.

It was not the time to be afraid, for it was not the first time she had seen the wolf in front of her. She often saw her mother and her brother change. It was just that, the aura emanating from the two werewolves before she looked terrifying. It was like they wanted to hunt her down, eat her alive.

After seeing one of the legs of the two wolves move, Maxine exerted all her running ability, entering the forest on her right side. Maxine ran as fast as she could, avoiding all sorts of attacks from the two wolves trying to attack her back there.

Several times Maxine tripped, almost falling and even crashing into a tree when increasing her speedrunning. Dark. It's too dark. She couldn't see the path in front of her.

"Shit! I hate the dark!" spat Maxine annoyedly.

Back there, the two wolves that were chasing her seemed to communicate through gazes. The dark brown furry wolf looked excited, while the light brown furry wolf looked worried about something.

The bright-haired wolf tried to stop her friend because soon they would arrive at the border. They had previously been warned not to enter the premises, other than the herds who were ordered to guard the area. That's why, when Maxim went with Leo and Ivan, they didn't catch up.

But the dark brown furry wolf ignores her. She is determined to keep chasing Maxine. Unfortunately, for now, she will have to wait.

"Mary! We can't do it now!" said the bright-haired wolf.

Sidney tries to block Mary from entering the border. However, before Sidney exerts all her energy to stop Mary, a vampire darts over, attacking Maxine. Mary and Sidney step aside, letting Maxine become the vampire's meal.

Mary, the dark brown furry wolf took the time to turn her head, reviewing her sly grin before moving on. "You deserve th-"

"No, Mary,"

Maxim's baritone voice manages to make Mary and Sidney goosebumps in fear. Sounds loud, also firm. It's like trying to judge what the two wolf girls are doing. Maxim's green iris has transformed to the original beaded color of an Alpha werewolf, a flaming yellow.

No one know what Maxim was going to do to the two wolves before him, which was clear, he looked very ready to attack.

"SHE DOESN'T DESERVES THAT!"