Chapter 153: Where Is Maya?

Max POV The moment Leo and I stepped through the front door of the pack house, I could feel the weight of the night pressing down on me. Every nerve in my body was on edge, taut with exhaustion and worry. We'd just come back from patrolling the borders—a necessary, tense task—checking for signs of intrusion, any sign that the enemies were planning their next move. "Where the fuck is she?" I clenched my fists and looked around the empty room. Leo placed a hand on my back. He was only trying to calm me, but I was already beyond that. "She will be here somewhere; if she had left, someone would have seen her go", Leo assured me. "I don't know, until I see her with my own eyes, then I won't be able to rest", I complained. Glancing around the room, the emptiness filled me; I felt as if I were drowning. "I will check her bedroom, stay here in case she comes." Leo clicked his fingers and left me alone as he hurried up to the bedrooms, where Maya seemed to spend a lot of her time since being ba