Helanie:
Maximus had been in pain the minute the clock struck midnight. But he was holding back the transition, for our sake. I could only imagine the pain he must've been in the whole time. But we only took two minutes to mark Emmet. In the next two minutes, I would have marked Kaye, and then we were going to lock Maximus in the cage for the rest of the night, while we stayed in the basement with him this time.
This was our way of showing the Moon Goddess that her curse could never separate us. But now it was all ruined.
"I must take him out," Norman said, holding Maximus, letting us know the plan had changed. If he transformed here, he would attack us.
"I'm here with her," I heard Emmet say from behind me, reassuring his brothers who were concerned at the turn of events. Kaye had acted so quickly that we weren't left with the choice but to change our plans. And the fact that he got himself out of those chains surprised me the most. He really wanted me dead, didn't he?
