Chapter 208: Secrets
Mai’s P.O.V.
I never thought I’d find peace. Not like this. Not in a sleepy town like Wood Falls.
Liam and I did everything together now. It was easy, natural. We woke up in the same house, on the same bed, worked at Becky’s café, wandered the woods in the evenings, and fell asleep under the same roof at night. I no longer felt the need to keep my distance or guard myself. And the best part? The whispers in my head had finally fallen silent.
Because Liam was always by my side.
He didn’t push me away anymore. He didn’t look at me like the crazy person who used to always stalk him. Instead, we laughed, we talked, we lived—just the two of us in this little town. There were no judging eyes, no murmured warnings about the dangerous Alpha’s daughter. Here, I wasn’t the menace people whispered about. I was just Mai.
And Liam was mine.
My birthday came and went like any other ordinary day. There were no grand ceremonies, no carefully curated rituals of the pack, no prayers whispered to the Moon Goddess, whose favor I was supposed to seek. A few months ago, my parents had told me the truth about the witch that resided in my eyes, and how my eighteenth birthday was going to be a very special day. I was supposed to meet the goddess, undergo a purification ritual to cleanse my soul, and finally rid myself of the curse that had left my eyes silver and haunting and best of all, finally get to meet my wolf. But none of that mattered to me anymore.
I had Liam here.
I didn’t need anything else.
I could feel the Moon Goddess’s presence in the wind, but I wasn’t concerned. I could almost hear her chuckling as if she understood. Maybe she’d even approve. Maybe she knew that, in that moment, I was exactly where I was supposed to be.
"Mai," Liam called softly as he leaned against the counter of the café, where I was wiping down the counters, "you know you could’ve taken the day off, right? I mean, you’ve been spacing out all day."