Chapter 56. It’s Forbidden

Maze’s POV

“I’m Maddox and father to Maple.” The only elder says. Then he points to the others. “Those are Hera, Penny, Cian and Holden.” He sighs. “All of them are unmated, which is the only reason they were allowed to leave the camp. I argued that Maple and I needed to go and see if we could start over. The young man she was with is the son of the Chief and chose Maple as his future breeder. They were not married because he is marrying someone else, but she is not good enough to have children with. I tried to get my daughter out of that toxic environment.” A knock on the door makes him go quiet and good the same. The tension in the room right now is so thick you can cut it with a knife.

“Come in.” Madeline opens the door, walking in with her arms filled with baskets of drinks. She takes a step inside before she stiffens. Her eyes widened. One of the young men, Cian, jumps to his feet and takes the baskets from her arms and places them on the table. His eyes are