Part 3

Werewolf Lore & Mates | Supernatural Creatures

Maya and the group meet the Grimcrest Pack.

## Characters

Maya Wright

Colton Evers

Teddy Tahir

Gemini

Wren

**Other Characters**

Porter & Rowena

Ophelia

The Grimcrest Pack: Deacon & Virgil

## Synopsis

### Ch 1 - MAYA

Maya is shocked to see her grandfather, who she thought was dead and upset that Wren had lied to her. Colton mindlinks her his same anger and she stops him from causing a scene but he yells at the pack and tells them they’re leaving. Maya’s grandfather commands her to stay and she gathers her courage to yell at him herself. But she sees that he’s a weak and frail old man that the pack members need to help steady and get a chair for him to sit in. He begs her and she wonders if he’s changed.

### Ch 2 - Teddy

Teddy watches the family reunion sensing the drama and dynamics as well as the anger of the pack looking at the group. Gemini whispers to him that what they are seeing is the reason why they both had left their families as well. He tries to catch Wren’s eye to question her about the situation and doesn’t believe her when she tells him she didn’t know their grandfather was still alive. She insists she heard that he had a stroke and assumed he died. When Virgil begs Maya to stay she tells Teddy she can’t let her leave and goes to whisper something to him. He thinks about his great grandfather and how he hated visiting him when he realizes the mob has grown and look at Wren with respect. He gets suspicious that she led them to a trap and that her loyalties would be on the other side when a large dark man sniffs him and states he’s not from around there.

### Ch 3 - Colton

Colton gets more upset when he sees Wren stand at her grandfathers side. He realizes he should have trusted his instinct in her and bid uneasy about the situation they were in. Maya mind links him to calm down and follow her lead but he insists he knows better until Maya reminds him they are surrounded. Virgil whispers to Wren and she announces that he is requesting a private audience with the prodigal granddaughter. She continues to explain the invitation to his house to break bread while Colton imagines killing Wren and taking off with Maya. He mind links Maya not to accept because it’s a trap while Wren clarifies it’s not just an invitation. The Grimcrest pack start closing in on them to force them towards the house and Maya again tries to calm Colton. He agrees as long as Gemini and Teddy join them but a Grimcrest pack member tells them not to trust Teddy because he’s masking his powers.

### Ch 4 - Teddy

The man drags Teddy by the collar to the front and he is terrified due to the massive size of the guy. He is tossed onto the ground at Virgil’s feet and the smell coming off of him makes Teddy sick. The man, Deacon, tells Virgil Teddy is hiding something and he thanks the Alpha by proxy for watching over the pack. He continues to ramble that this time he is right about smelling something off and to be extra careful but Virgil tells him to stand down because Teddy looks feeble. Teddy gets offended and sees Colton looking amused at this but Maya mind links him to go along with the whole thing because he can use their underestimation of him to his advantage. Virgil calls Teddy “weak one” and asks his name and pack. He decides to grovel at the man about how he’s nobody and was a helpless outcast who Maya took in.

### Ch 5 - Maya

Msg is worried about Teddy’s extreme acting and hopes that they buy his story. Virgil announces that Maya and her friends are guests and will be treated as such but the order to be free from harm can be rescinded at anytime he feels they are a threat. She mind links Colton they have no choice but to comply with the invitation to dinner and they enter his log cabin where she feels uneasy at the wolf pelts on the floor as well as the bone chair he sits in next to the fireplace. She realizes as she sees the way Wren and Deacon handles Virgil that they knew what to expect and she didn’t. Virgil explains that Deacon handles the physical aspects of Alpha-hood and asks him to step out so that they could speak privately. He explains that they are tied together in something like a Fae bargain and if he fails to comply his blood will drain and bones will turn to ash.

### Ch 6 - Gemini

Gemini is entertained watching the old man Virgil boss around the big tough guy Deacon. She wonders how Virgil was able to get Deacon into the Fae bargain and how the whole bargain works at all. She wonders what kind of magical being he is working with because it doesn’t feel like a Fae promise. She’s also happy that she’s being ignored compared to Teddy and wishes she had the ability to control Teddy. He senses her looking at him and tells her to quit staring when Deacon finally abides to step outside. Virgil beckons Wren to his side and Maya calls her out for lying to them. But Virgil tells Maya that he did have a stroke and almost died but Ophelia’s magic saved him. Gemini knows that this is a lie and show for Maya because Wren had already told her she had a plan and wonders what else they are hiding. Virgil tells her that Maya came back just in time to participate in a game to decide who will be his successor.

### Ch 7 - Colton

Colton doesn’t want Maya to participate in anything that can put her and the babies at risk especially if it keeps her under Virgil’s rule. He knows that there is something going on behind the scenes and that Virgil might be putting on an act that he was dying. Virgil tells them that there has been talks of anarchy in the pack and that there are some who see Deacon and believe that they can win Alpha by defeating him. Colton is bored with it and says so, wondering why he wants Maya now when he kicked her out when she was a child. Virgil ignores him and continues talking to Maya about taking respect from the pack and choosing his own successor. Colton thinks Maya will either accept or reject but stays silent so he speaks in her place, stating if the requirement to leave the place did to participate then he will step in. Teddy says he’ll join to which surprises Colton but Virgil tells them they don’t qualify because it’s only Grimcrest members which means only Maya is worthy to compete.

### Ch 8 - Teddy

Teddy hopes that Maya will be able to stand up to Virgil and refuse his offer. He also realizes that he doesn’t want her to rejoin the Grimcrest pack because he has begun to enjoy being nomadic with the group he’s traveling with. And if she did join he would be alone with only Gemini. Maya tells Virgil she needs more info before she can make a decision and he tells her she’s cunning which she gets from him. He goes on to explain to explain that the games are to show who has enough physical strength to take his place as Alpha. Colton gets upset that Virgil is stalling and should just tell them the rules. Virgil says the game is a free for all melee battle to the death with last one with a pulse becoming Alpha. Colton comments on how dumb it all sounds and Virgil yells at him. Maya assures Colton they need to listen for now so they can plan their next moves. Virgil tells Colton the game is open to any male of the pack minus the exception of his heirs Wren and Maya. Maya has a look on her face which makes Virgil happy that she’s in distress as he tells her the location is at The Chasm. But Maya tells him she doesn’t want to be Alpha.

### Ch 9 - Maya

Maya repeats her decision to turn down being a candidate for Alpha if the Grimcrest pack as she never thought it was a possibility. She gets angry thinking about how they’ve treated her upon arrival and how they would somehow think of her as a leader. She looks at Wren and is disgusted by her act around Virgil. She addresses Wren about dragging her back to the pack for her own agenda of settling who will take over and tells her she’s not participating in their scheme. But Virgil grabs her wrist and asks to speak with her privately. Colton refuses but Virgil tells everyone that they are to leave the room except him and Maya. She mind links Colton to obey as she’s a bit annoyed that he’s being overprotective of her. They all eventually leave and he tells her that he always planned for her to take over as Alpha. That his treatment towards her was to help toughen her up because she was a runt, and that she eventually became strong enough from his preparation to not rely on anyone but herself like a true Alpha as evidenced by being the leader of her pack of Rogues. She tells him he’s right.

### Ch 10 - Gemini

Outside, Gemini realizes they can breathe easier, away from the stifling atmosphere inside. She’s not sure but she thinks she saw Virgil’s eyes flash red when nobody else was looking. She feels a little spooked because he possesses a dark power she doesn’t understand and wonders what Wren is up to. She sees Deacon sharpening a knife and Colton leaving their group to go after him, which she thinks he’s out of his league to be doing. Deacon tells Colton between him and Maya he knows who is worth the fight. Colton tried to attack but Teddy rushes to stop him so he goes after Wren instead. He corners her against a tree and yells at her for dragging them there. Gemini notices Teddy isn’t stopping Colton this time despite his attempts of trying to save Wren before. Colton starts to strangle Wren when they start to get and audience. Gemini tells Teddy to reign Colton in before the Grimcrest pack starts to riot. He reluctantly does so and Gemini also realizes that despite Teddy’s happy go lucky personality he is capable of revenge, which she’s not sure how to feel about. Wren tells Colton to let her go or Maya won’t survive and Gemini has to step up and tell him about the crowd he’s drawing. He sees what she’s talking abo it and lets her go but tells her that once they’re done there, he’s coming for her.

### Ch 11 - Maya

Virgil hears Maya say he’s right and he gets complacent that she is on his side. He tells her he’s glad he doesn’t have to do things the hard way with her and she snaps out of her shock and gets angry again for his continued threats. She admits that he’s right that his actions led her to be strong enough to stand up for herself and now to stand up to him. She refuses his plan for her to join the games and he tells her if she’s not going willingly he’ll have to change things up. She tells him he doesn’t have to change a thing because she will still say no and that if he wants someone he can have Wren be his successor. He tells her that he didn’t let her go to one day defy him because he’s always had eyes on her. He tells her that it was good she didn’t end up Nolan’s Luna because that pack was weak enough to get slaughtered and good that she stayed with the Redwoods. He goes on to tell her he was proud of how she slaughtered the Cobalts and Tefirna. She gets afraid that he also knows about the twins but he never mentions it and she decides it’s time to leave. She warns him anyone that comes after them will be killed and he tells her that her refusal to participate will bring an army against the Redwoods and her mate and friends will be tortured; forcing her to watch him kill Colton slowly and still make her compete afterwards.

### Ch 12 - Colton

Colton is pacing outside the cabin waiting for Maya impatiently. He feels like he should be by her side even though he knows she’s capable of taking care of herself. Before he’s about to lose it and march inside, Maya comes out of the house. He sees the expression on her face and gets worries, immediately giving her a hug that she doesn’t return. When he lets go she wanders away and he worries that he should go after her and talk to her but at the same time wanting to give her some space. Colton notices Wren go back inside the house so he, Teddy, and Gemini go after Maya. After a while of walking he realizes she’s scouting a place for them to stay for the night, and he decides to follow her lead and get her to talk to them so they could help. After begging her to tell them what happened she says she’s entering the games by going to the Chasm.

### Ch 13 - Maya

Colton hears Maya’s decision and explodes, lecturing her that she doesn’t have to do what Virgil wants and that they came for help not to help them. He demands that she listen to him now; that they leave and go to Oregon to deal with the glowing on their own. He orders Teddy and Gemini to get ready to leave while Maya tries to find a way to get Colton to understand her and the situation. When Teddy and Gemini come back and announce they are ready she tells them she is refusing to leave. Colton demands an explanation and she tries to find a way to tell him without explaining that he might be part of the reason why she can’t leave because that would make him even more upset. He refuses to take her explanation bringing up their children’s lives being put on the line and she can’t take it anymore so she runs away. But the group goes after her and Colton tries to reason that he has a right to what she does too because it affects his children. She finally gives in and tells them about the threat that Virgil will make her watch him torture everyone and still make her compete.

### Ch 14 - Teddy

Teddy realizes that Maya wanted to protect them at the cost of herself. He feels respect and loyalty towards her for it and realizes he would sacrifice himself for her as well. He knows she’s a good fighter and leader, so he believes in her. He’s about to speak his mind when Gemini grabs him and drags him back to let the couple have space because they already have the info they needed. He turns to see Maya and Colton hugging and crying; realizing that he and Gemini are also bonded through this ordeal. She asks him if he’s okay and begins to pace and ramble about the unexpected turn of events. He realizes the severity of their situation; that if Maya somehow loses, they would still be under the mercy of Virgil. He worries her entering into an unfair match and feels so much emotion that she was willing to sacrifice herself for him. And he knows that Maya is already his Alpha.

### Ch 15 - Colton

Colton is upset over the knowledge that Virgil has threatened him and the Redwood pack, even if he no longer had any intention of returning to them. He knows that even if he wanted and could take out Virgil now, the rest of the Grimcrest pack would kill him and that Maya going in for the fight makes her a target for being Virgil’s descendent and choice for the title. He is overcome with emotion that she is willing to put herself on the line for his safety and that now that he’s admitted to her that he loves her, she is put in this situation where she could be lost. He tells her he’s trying to process it all but she tells him to think of it as a fight or a mission they need to complete because she needs him to have her back. He assures her he has her back no matter what but she has to be truthful about what Virgil said to her. She reluctantly tells him that Virgil never used flattery to get what he wants from her and that he had excused his behavior as a training tool for her since he’s been tracking her since she left the pack. Colton asks if he knows about her pregnancy but Maya says she assumes he doesn’t. She tells him she has to do it because it’s the only way to get rid of him since her believes freedom was all an illusion as he always has some control over her. Colton then wonders if the power behind Virgil is actually Wren and it’s been her that’s actually been doing the controlling.

### Ch 16 - Maya

Maya thinks about Colton’s theory that Wren has been behind the entire situation because it is true she betrayed her by stating Virgil was dead. She tells Colton it wouldn’t surprise her anymore about Wren but wonders how she got caught up as high priestess. She also wonders how she met up with Teddy who separately manages to meet with them because it’s a pretty big chance to make a coincidence happen and Virgil is too controlling for that. But Colton insists on the theory and believes Teddy has been in on the conspiracy. Maya thinks about her first encounter with Teddy and how she was able to mind link him. She believes he’s harmless and loves him like a brother; so she tells Colton he could never pull off being a spy, which he agrees. Maya tells him Virgil wants her to question her relationships to weaken her but she should have seen Wren’s betrayal because she was just a pawn in Virgil’s plot. Colton gets mad again and tells her that Virgil is making empty threats and the Redwood can take him out just like they did Silas and his revenants. But Maya tells him it doesn’t matter because she’s already signed the contract with her blood.

*Note: Colton had left Maya to return to the Redwoods to fight Silas when he was teamed with Demeter. He never returned to battle the revenants who were actually under Letifer who took the appearance of Silas.*

### Ch 17 - Gemini

Gemini and Teddy lay on the ground looking at the sky. He holds her hand and tries not to cry which makes her feel for him because he shows her his true emotions. She comforts him by saying they need to be strong for Maya and they need to stop moping. She’s surprised she’s still with this group after all they’ve been through and she wipes Teddy’s tears away. They hug and she feels it’s a real one, without any underlying agenda or need to gain trust. She feels his heartbeat and is reassured that she can be vulnerable in front of Teddy, safe enough to give intimacy. They go to find Maya and Colton, also hugging, and she start to feel uncomfortable with the heavy emotions being displayed. She tells Teddy they should give the couple privacy but he’s oblivious and insists she’s being dramatic because she literally invades peoples privacy for fun. She alerts the couple they’re presence and notices they’ve been crying, which makes her realize she’s also attached to them. She tells them they need to find shelter so Maya can rest up for her fight tomorrow. Teddy asks Maya what will happen and she says she goes to the Chasm at noon. Gemini tries to be positive that she will be the last one standing and decides to get Teddy away from the couple because he’s starting to become depressed and affecting them. She offers them the cave she noticed and says she and Teddy will take another spot so they can have a probable last night together. Maya hugs Gemini and thanks her for helping the group the past few weeks and she gets embarrassed. As she and Teddy walk off she thinks about how Maya’s embrace was more like a goodbye.

### Ch 18 - Maya

Maya and Colton settle in their cave and she tries not to think about what might happen tomorrow. Colton rambles about how Gemini and Teddy have become so close and if they could get away with making some noise. He realizes she’s not in the mood and resigns to getting some rest. After setting their area up he decides to get some firewood but Maya doesn’t want to be left alone. He assures her that their night together won’t be the last because she will win but she’s skeptical. She admits that she feels something about this situation as wrong and decides to stop talking about it. Instead she kisses Colton in hopes of spending her last night with him and they have sex.

### Ch 19 - Teddy

Teddy is exhausted and he tells Gemini he wants to get up early to spend some time with Maya before her fight. He knew why she suggested they give the couple privacy but wishes he could be close to her too. He’s about to fall asleep when Gemini wants to talk. She tries to tell him that she wants to tell him something and he gets suspicious. She says that if Maya loses or disappears he can use the energy inside him to defeat Virgil. He gets upset she would even mention Maya ditching them but Gemini insists that’s not the point, but to have insurance of using the three brothers in his head. Teddy doesn’t want to go to the beach house in his mind but realizes that Gemini is right, he has nothing left to lose anyway. He agrees and goes unconscious with Gemini joining him. She tells him that this time will be different because she’s on his side as a team and he believes her. They go in the beach house and search the place but can’t find anything. She asks if there’s a guest house but Teddy realizes it’s got to be the basement. They go out back to the hatch and together go down to find the three brothers. Teddy wants to run away again but Gemini supports him and the middle brother jumps into his mouth. He’s in pain and is about to give up continuing despite Gemini’s encouragement when the other two brothers join the first. The pain is so unbearable that he blacks out.

### Ch 20 - Colton

Colton and Maya have passionate sex where everything they do he tries to commit to memory because he feels that it’s the last time they have together. He suddenly awakens to a noise, surprised he had fallen asleep and that Maya was no longer by his side. He listens for where she might be and hears a faint cheering sound from the pack area. He rushes out the cave to find pack members heading to the Chasm where there is stone seating around the arena and Virgil is already on his bone throne. He gets mad and decides to scope out the area. He sees there are people chained to the rock at the bottom of the Chasm, unconscious with a bag over their heads. He realizes they are mostly large males except for the lone female who is Maya. Suddenly Virgil speaks and announces the start of the games.

### Ch 21 - Maya

Maya hears Virgil announce the start of the game and she wonders how she got herself in this mess. She tries to make out her competition while he makes his speech and she can only see big men, the closest to her motions he’s eyeing her. Virgil tells them that he’s buried something in the arena and the first one to find it will conclude the first round and wins a meal, a first aid kit, and a few hours of rest while the others spend the night in a cell with no protection from the others. She sees the man who was eyeing her start to form alliances with some others and tries to look for her friends in the crowd.

### Ch 22 - Teddy

Teddy feels excruciating pain as the three brothers invade his mind but he also starts to feel their power. He hears Gemini calling out to him and after a while he calms enough to come back to reality. She tells him he was able to integrate the Cerberus brothers powers and that they need to get out of his subconscious because the physics of it al could be affecting his equilibrium. When he opens his eyes he finds himself in the woods but he feels bigger and heavier than before, easily snapping a tree when he leans on it to get his balance. Gemini tells him he looks like crap and when he’s about to make a sarcastic remark, fire comes out of his mouth instead. She gets excited and begs to know everything he’s feeling with all the power he has. But he gets annoyed and tries to stomp his foot and ends up knee deep in the dirt, which he starts to panic over not being in control of his body.

### Ch 23 - Colton

Colton tries to find Maya and get info about the surrounding of the arena so he could mind link her a heads up. He circles around the stands yelling at the spectators and ruffling them to fight each other. He manages to count about 40 competitors and sees Maya as the smallest. He mind links why she left without a goodbye and tries to give her instructions on how to make a possible exit. She gets upset and tells him it’s pointless and she needs to concentrate if he’s not going to be helping. Instead he tells her to hide and conserve her energy for the next rounds. He manages to tell her that she has a chance and that he believes in her and that she showed him what love is. She tells him she loves him and asks for him to remember her if she doesn’t survive. Virgil tells them the final rule is that the first round is payed in human form and fires the gun to start the game.

### Ch 24 - Maya

Maya sees Virgil taking aim with the gun and thinks he’s going to shot her but is surprised to see the guy she saw earlier get shot instead. He was holding a rock and tells his alliances with his last breath to take her out first. She wonders if Virgil saved her or was trying to prolong her torture. She realizes the others had already started to free themselves from their chains and uses the rock from the guy to release her cuffs. She decides that her strategy will be to find the hidden item while everyone else engages in the bloodbath. She looks for her potential hiding spots as her base of operations and mind links Colton for help. He suggests she think about what Virgil’s prized possessions could be and she recalls when a pack member had asked for food and Virgil used a dagger to stab him for being weak. She asks Colton to check if Virgil has it on him before she starts searching and he tells her he doesn’t see it.

### Ch 25 - Gemini

Gemini decides to try and take care of Teddy even though it’s not her thing. She helps him out of the hole he stomped himself into and tries to comfort him into walking softly. He tests his voice and is happy he’s not spitting flames but gets down on himself for not being able to move his limbs since they’re too heavy. Gemini jokes that he’s got the power of three and he tries to playfully nudge her but ends up tossing her to the ground. Teddy feels guilty and tries to help her up but he doesn’t know his own strength. She suggests they do movement exercises like buttoning his shirt. He ends up crushing his button to dust and gets upset over ruining his polo. He practices and is able to complete the tasks clumsily - knocking trees and feeling sorry for them. But Gemini realizes that he not only has super strength but also super hearing and speed.

### Ch 26 - Colton

Colton tries to get Maya to stay hidden and let someone else find the dagger but she argues she needs the prize and that the round won’t end. Colton warns her of a competitor getting to close to finding her hiding spot and she takes the heads up to dispatch him. He spots another and hints about favoring a leg which she uses to her advantage and has the man screaming for mercy - which the crowd replies no mercy, and Maya disobeys. She continues digging around for the dagger and Colton tells her of incoming people trying to ignore the insistent buzzing of his phone. When he finally looks at it, he sees it’s Xavier texting him but decides to focus on Maya before reading it. But as he’s putting his phone away another text reads it’s a life or death situation and downloads the image that was sent with it. While waiting for it to load he sees Maya climb a tree and she tells him she’s trying to get a better look at the arena. While she’s safe he looks back at his phone and sees it’s a picture of him in the middle of the Grimcrest crowd.

### Ch 27 - Maya

Maya looks at the death and destruction wondering where the dagger could be because she knows this is probably the easier round and needs to conserve her energy. She notices some symbols engraved on a wall and tries to decipher it when she sees two men close to her tree and telling each other they can scent her. She overhears one talking about wanting to win the round and she realizes he has some smarts but the other insists on taking out Maya first because he doesn’t believe she belongs there. But they get into an argument and the smarter one gets taken out. She fears she might have to shift if he spots her in the tree until he gets frustrated and leaves. She decides to leave her spot and spots a water canteen on a body but instead sees a glimpse of the dagger at the base of the tree.

### Ch 28 - Teddy

Teddy starts to get excited about his powers, adding super jumping abilities to the list. He gets cocky and wonders if he can communicate with a raven he sees in the tree he’s jumped into, which Gemini calls him an idiot for. He gets embarrassed and yells at the bird which ends up getting roasted by his spit of flames and Teddy gets upset for accidentally harming it. Gemini tries to reason that he needs to take it slow and practice more but he gets frustrated about not being able to handle it, being to a danger to himself and others. Gemini tries to get him to calm down and reasons he’s kind of like a dog and that he’s able to tap into his jinn powers. She tells him that he’s been given a gift and like being a werewolf there are always downsides to them and having to work around it. Suddenly the hear someone approaching. It’s Ophelia who asks what they are doing because Maya is in the Chasm and is in danger. Teddy tells her to lead them there and when they see the carnage they worry for where Maya is until Ophelia spots her.

### Ch 29 - Maya

Before Maya can reach the dagger the man looking for her reappears. He attacks her and she fights him getting clocked in the head and stomach. She knees him in the groin and starts to strangle him until he begs for her to stop but she ends up breaking his neck brutally. She’s about to grab the dagger again when Deacon appears with his posse. She tries to mind link Colton for help but it’s radio silence. She’s worried about his lack of response and decides to rush for the dagger to end it, but before she reaches it, she’s pulled back and slammed against the wall hard enough to knock her out.

### Ch 30 - Colton

Colton tries to search the crowd for Xavier and glances to see Maya fighting and wonders what he missed. He turns off his phone and is proud when she strangled the guy but sees Deacon appear. He watches her rush the bush and is about to mind link her when she is tossed backwards out of nowhere. He can’t watch as she goes unconscious from the major slam into the wall but tries to mind link her without success. He’s so focused on her that he misses what happens until Virgil shoots his gun and claims Deacon as the victor. He tells them that those who are still alive will be placed in the cell with round two starting in 5 hrs. He sees Maya awakening and tries to mind link her encouragement but she doesn’t respond. He decides to go look for Teddy and Gemini to talk strategy when he sees her limping away to the holding pen with the others. As he turns to leave he bumps into someone and believes it’s Xavier.

### Ch 31 - Teddy

Ophelia tells them she thought she saw Maya but was wrong as the end of the round wraps up. Teddy looks around the Chasm and starts to feel nauseated by the gruesome scene and realizes that his sense of smell is intensified by the powers. He feels guilty for missing the battle and being there to support her but Gemini holds his hand and tells him Maya had Colton and Teddy couldn’t do anything for her anyways. She asks Ophelia what they missed but she tells them she also missed it because she went to get them, becoming paranoid that she might get noticed. She tells them that Deacon had won and Teddy gets mad to see Virgil on his throne. He grabs Gemini and Ophelia to drag them outside and insists they have to do something. He wishes he could join the fight to help protect her and tells them they have to do something sneaky and smart to ensure she is the winner so Virgil doesn’t find out. Gemini tells him she has an idea but he might not like it.

### Ch 32 - Maya

Maya is in the corner of the holding pen, tired but alert for any of the others trying something against her. She tries to strategize her next move when someone tries to attack her but he’s nothing compared to who she already fought in the Chasm. He begs for mercy and a chance to explain himself. She allows it and he tells her that a group of guys promised to protect him the rest of the competition if he killed her. He tells her that he had to take them up on their offer even if they weren’t to be believed because it bought him some time even if he didn’t want to be there. He introduces himself as Maddox - the runt of his pack with no muscles and crippling allergies, sold off by his family to compete for a years worth of rations. She asks how he made it through the first round and he admits he hid. They are served broth when Maya feels the babies kick and decides she’s going to survive and win.

### Ch 33 - Gemini

Gemini tries to tell Teddy her plan without making her look bad but explains that the three brothers power helped increase his jinn power so it might also help increase her succubus power. When he realizes she wants him to give his power over to her he gets upset. She tries to explain that it’s different this time because she wants to help Maya but he refuses to believe her, and denies giving her a bit of his power. Her plan is to use his powers to increase her ability to take over a competitor like a puppet to Maya’s advantage. He’s worried she will run off once she gets the power knowing it was her plan from the beginning and she has actual emotions regarding his feelings towards her. She asks for him to trust her and Teddy asks Ophelia’s opinion on what he should do. She tells them they need to move out of sight and as Teddy turns to follow her, Gemini grabs Teddy and kisses him with all the feeling she’s been holding back from him.

### Ch 34 - Colton

Colton’s surprised to see Xavier and he tells him they need to get out of sight because nobody can be trusted. He leads Colton outside and explains that he picked up his scent running an errand through Oregon and followed it. Colton explains how Maya has been caught in the competition that’s been rigged against her. Xavier tells him to not interfere but Colton can’t believe he doesn’t want to help and mentions how they took down Silas. But Xavier says when they met Silas they had time to figure out a plan and Colton gets suspicious. He asks Xavier if he remembers when they met Silas and Xavier jokes about it and asks for a high five. This makes Colton even more suspicious and he feels like something is off. He then asks Xavier if he remembered how their mom died and what he said when the pack of Rogues murdered her. This is where “Xavier” says he remembers her screams and that he said they couldn’t forget how much she loved them. He realizes this is an imposter and tells him that he knows.

### Ch 35 - Teddy

Teddy is surprised by Gemini’s kiss, but even more surprised at how it awakens a desire in him. They kiss passionately into a tree and grind against each other until Gemini breaks away and asks if he believes her. He agrees when they remember Ophelia is still with them, who suggests that they need to move out of sight. He asks if Gemini is sure about her plan because it was hard for him to adjust to his power and Ophelia mentions if they get caught, Virgil’s wrath will be terrible. She reminds Teddy of Virgil finds out what Teddy is, he will make sure to use him as a weapon. She asks how he will do it and he instinctively knows what to do, leading them to sit on the floor and hold hands. He concentrates on some power that flows through his hands and when he opens his eyes he sees their hands smoking and Gemini’s eyes flare gold.

### Ch 36 - Maya

Maya finished her broth and wonders what Deacon is eating in the winners room. She watches her surroundings, not trusting anyone. Maddox notices and tells her his family is just as bad as the competitors because they don’t care about anyone else but themselves. Maya thinks it’s to her advantage to find out information on the others since Maddox grew up with these people. She decides to proposition him to be her spy and she will provide protection because she doesn’t recognize anyone from the Grimcrest pack competitors. He agrees and realizes that her strategies are much like his video games and books, then proceeds to tell her about Ezekiel who injured his Achilles as a child and mentions he also knows about her. He tells her that when they were about four years old she saved him from bullies when a loud gong sounds to announce the beginning of the second round.

### Ch 37 - Teddy

Teddy is worried that Gemini’s plan isn’t safe but she insists that she can be convincing, which he believes their kids was another manipulation scheme of hers. She tells him that what they share is real and says her plan is to use another competitors body to fight with Maya. Teddy feels affectionate towards Gemini for using her talents to help their group and wonders if she is his girlfriend now. Ophelia agrees with the plan and they decide to go back to the Chasm to find a spot for her to infiltrate. As the crowd gathers for the start of the next round, Teddy starts to have doubts and asks what he should do. She assures him it will work and that she doesn’t need his help before they share a kiss and she leaves. A voice in his head tells him she’s acting and will leave but he ignores it and asks Ophelia what they can do to help the others. She suggests that let the others handle it and go make cookies but he gets upset and calls her a coward. This encourages her to share her idea of them infiltrating Virgil’s private quarters.

### Ch 38 - Gemini

Gemini relishes in being back to her independent self but thinks about how much she’s changed even before she has the Cerberus power because of her feelings for Teddy. She slips into a tunnel and follows a pair of guards who are not happy about the games. They patrol to where the competitors are being held and she spots a guy with a scar on his face. He tells her he was forced to fight and doesn’t want to e an Alpha and she says she can help him if he lets her in. He’s confused but she grabs him and he panics calling her a demon. She turns herself to vapor and enters his ears to get to his mind. Then she spots Maya.

### Ch 39 - Colton

Fake Xavier tries to gaslight Colton to thinking he’s mistaken but he knows that it’s not him because Xavier would never ask for his help and would’ve called him instead of following him. Colton hears the gong that the next round is starting and thinks it’s best to leave fake Xavier to be there for Maya. But Xavier grabs him saying the pack needs him twice, so Colton fights him. But the fight is really taking a toll because Colton knows Xavier’s moves and he isn’t using them, realizing the imposter is holding him back from leaving and not really taking him down. When he hears Virgil making an announcement, he picks up the pace and wears the other guy down, laughing at how easy it is because he’s never beaten the real Xavier in a fight before. Until he sees his face morphing which meant someone is using cloaking magic and watching him. He decides to finish off the fight so he can return to Maya’s side.

### Ch 40 - Maya

Maya and Maddox follow everyone from the cell to the arena and notices that most of the bowls of broth hadn’t been touched. This makes her paranoid that something must be up. She and Maddox are separated as they are forced to return to their starting positions. Virgil welcomes them back and informs them that the next round involves something they should have remembered playing as kids - King is the Mountain, where they must climb out of the Chasm before the timer reaches 0. The first one is the winner and anyone who comes after moves to the next round but those who don’t will be executed. He shows them the clock of doom timer and advises to trust nobody before he shoots his gun to start the round.

### Ch 41 - Colton

Colton throws all his best moves on FX, who won’t seem to go down. When he finally headbutts him and knocks him out, he dances a jig, and sees FX’s face glitch to reveal a man he’s never seen before. He slaps the man awake to ask who he is and he tells his name is Dane and that everyone knows about the Redwoods pack because Virgil keeps tabs on other packs that are deemed a threat. He goes on to reveal that he posed as Xavier to divert his attention from the trials and it was Ophelia who was in on it because she was the one who magicked the disguise. Colton gets nervous and hears the crowds shout at the Chasm, so he knocks out Dane and rushes to find Maya.

### Ch 42 - Maya

Maya tries to get to where she needs to go but knows the poison is preventing her by giving her hallucinations of spiders and snakes. She chastises herself for falling for the trick of drinking the broth and remembers Maddox had taken it too, worrying about his safety. Concentrating on getting herself to the top of the cliff she notices a competitor climbing up behind her with a knife between his teeth. She waits until he gets close enough so she can kick his face and the knife cuts his throat. When he falls to his death the hallucinations get worse and she rides it out a bit before starting back on her climb. She senses someone else climbing up behind her and sees it’s a guy with a scar on his face who doesn’t seem intent on stabbing her in the back. When she reaches the top she’s about to relax when someone who was already there waiting jumps on her and she can only hang on to the side with one hand.

### Ch 43 - Gemini

Gemini, as the scar faced guy following behind Maya, watches as she’s ambushed when she reaches the top of the ledge. She tries to hurry up the climb to help but has difficulty. She manages to jump closer to Maya and her attacker, getting banged up in the process, and admires how Maya is able to hold her own. Gemini notices they are the only 3 st the top, but it wouldn’t be long before others followed suit, and tries to get closer to Maya and her attacker while they fight. When Gemini joins the fight to help Maya, she mistakes Gemini as another assailant and attacks her too. When Gemini finally gets the other guy off the cliff she tries to reason with Maya that she’s actually possessing the body before her and that she likes Teddy. But Maya doesn’t seem to be listening.

### Ch 44 - Teddy

Teddy and Ophelia are walking through the empty pack grounds and he is creeped out by the quietness of the place as well as curious about Ophelia’s demeanor - mumbling and twisting her hands while they walk towards Virgil’s cabin. When they get there, she warns him to be careful because in the past she used to be in charge of casting protection spells but had been casting counter spells while they had walked their way over. He gets worried about what could happen and she tells him she can only assure him of the spells that she had cast not of something unexpected. He’s surprised to hear there could be another witch involved and hears there is someone else moving inside the cabin. Ophelia shouts a challenge at the door and blasts it open. When Teddy finally sees what happens, Ophelia is still standing and a sentry has been taken out. He feels the energy from Ophelia which reminds him of Tefirna, realizing that they’ve underestimated who she is, and tries to see if she’s okay. It takes her a while to recognize Teddy and ushers him into the cabin.

### Ch 45 - Maya

Maya is suspicious of the other guy and even though he says he’s Gemini possessing the man’s body, she thinks it’s the poisonous hallucinations messing with her. She tells the man she doesn’t believe, but he insists he can tell her something only Gemini would know. Gemini tells her how she had tries to contact her with Colton after she told him she was pregnant and he ran away but it could’ve been her fault he died since he was driving at the time they were talking since he was on his way back from killing his father. Maya finally believes her and wants and explanation but Gemini tells her that they first need to handle the trials. Virgil then tells them through the loudspeaker that they have only a few seconds to make it to the next ledge and the buzzer goes off. They see the other contestants still on the wall - 15 others at the top and 10 still on the wall. But Virgil announces that he’s changing the rules all of a sudden and that the last man standing in the Chasm will still be able to advance. While the contestants fight, Virgil laughs, and Maya feels sick.

### Ch 46 - Colton

Colton rushes to the Chasm realizing he missed the main event and has made it in time to see the last fight. He worries about finding her body among the carnage but can’t see her. When the victor raises his fists to mark he’s won a spot to the next round he finally sees her at the top of the Chasm on the other side. He also notices the man standing next to her, who seems close and familiar to her and wonders who he is. He tries to get closer to her when Virgil makes another announcement that he’s changing another rule, since 17 people made it to the top before the buzzer. He goes on to say the next trial only has room for 16 contestants and one spot has already been promised to the victor inside the Chasm, so the remaining need to fight until at least 2 have died. Colton worries the man Maya is with will turn on her but sees both of them hurry to hide while the others start to fight each other. But he sees among the competitors someone who looks like Silas.

### Ch 47 - Teddy

Teddy follows Ophelia behind too closely while she is doing a magical investigation of Virgil’s cabin. She tells him to look for a trap door somewhere away from her and he looks around not sure what he is supposed to find. He ends up by the fireplace and notices a symbol that looks like a small craving of a wolf howling. He looks in the direction of the carving and finds a moon carving. When he touches it, the fireplace moves to reveal a hallway, and is surprised he found the trapdoor. Ophelia and Teddy go in, the witch lighting a lantern and insisting Teddy goes in first, and they make it down the stairs. But just as Teddy is about to take the last step, Ophelia warns him to stop if he wants to stay alive.

### Ch 48 - Colton

Colton keeps his eyes on Silas, thinking it’s another imposter, and why they are using him when they should know that he is dead or even the purpose of distracting him when he isn’t a participant. Silas starts to walk towards him which makes him panic, remembering his childhood trauma, and realizes he’s angry that there is a fake and that the fake is something he can take his pent up aggression on. He immediately makes the first move to pin Silas to the ground and demands to know if Ophelia is working with him. The man panics and reveals he’s a foot soldier in a group that Virgil and Ophelia are using. There are 3 others who had a hex put on them by drinking a potion and in return they would get a wish granted. Colton tell him it was a scam when he sees Cali and Nolan - the other imposters - coming towards him.

### Ch 49 - Gemini

Gemini checks on Maya who seems to be passing through the poisoned stage. Maya admits she’s actually afraid this time because of the babies and that she shouldn’t have started to accept that she deserved them. Gemini feels a connection to Maya and feels strange that she’s starting to care so much about Teddy and her. She concentrates on her magic to have her heart’s star and the galaxy that surrounds it come into her minds eye and coughs out one of the brightest stars she finds into her hand. She spits out a glittering rock which Maya is disgusted by and Gemini gets offended that her essence of magic is being looked down upon. She tells Maya to eat it as it will help her and the babies, and she does it without argument, which shows a slight aura brightening. But they have to start moving towards Virgil, who tells them they won’t have a rest break before the next challenge, which is facing their worst fear. She realizes that he must have used Ophelia to get some kind of magic to create a physical manifestation of each of their fears as Virgil tells them that the winner of this round will have immunity. Deacon goes first per Virgil’s request, which gets a grumble from someone. Virgil gets upset and throws the complainer over the Chasm to his death and tells everyone that they need to remember that he decides who wins.

### Ch 50 - Teddy

Teddy is about to lose his balance when Ophelia explains she senses a dark energy they need to suss out first. He backs up and Ophelia decides to take the lead into the small room. Teddy sees a desk and chair next to filing cabinets and triumphs that he was right all along about looking for filing cabinets until he sees the chains and blood pit to the other side. Ophelia tells him that even with her spells she doesn’t know if it’s safe for them to explore further, so Teddy offers to try it first. This makes Ophelia touched that he would treat her like an equal companion when the Grimcrest pack had always treated her like a second class citizen. Teddy sympathizes that witches should be treated with respect for what they do and what they can do, then offers to have her join their group when they are done with the mission. Ophelia is touched but is afraid to hope and decides to hurry up with their task, deciding to go first. When nothing happens she tells him to go look through his filing cabinet while she checks the desk. He edges over past the pit and has flashbacks of the demon dog in his pit before shuffling through folders that holds recipes and ledgers. Before he gives up, Ophelia calls him over, and finds her wrist bleeding. She explains there was a locked drawer that opens with blood while he tends to her wound. She then shows him the paper she discovered which confuses Teddy.

### Ch 51 - Maya

Virgil tells the audience that anyone who has something to say about his judgement better watch themselves. He then tells them that Deacon is the undisputed champion of the last challenge and will have immunity to move to the next round, which is an individual one. Maya sees Gemini who is possessing a man’s body and realizes she won’t have assistance this time. Virgil goes on to explain his idea for this round came to him from a dream while Maya looks around to find Colton. She notices him in the crowd fighting Nolan and thinks she still has poison in her because he’s supposed to be dead. She decides to focus on what’s coming next instead, watching the Chasm being cleaned up of the dead bodies in preparation for the next round. The first one to face off the fear trial is a big guy with tattoos who walks through the archway and nothing happens. People start wondering if the spell failed when suddenly a snake appears.

### Ch 52 - Gemini

Gemini watches as the first contestant battles the snake, unable to transform to wolf per Virgils’s new rules, and lose to the giant serpent biting his head and devouring him whole. Virgil laughs at the show and snaps his fingers so the snake disappears and leaves the man behind. The next contestant feared being in a flood to which he drowned. Virgil then called Frank up next who was scared of spiders which swarmed him. Clem was called next and his fear was closed spaces when the Chasm walls squished him to death. After that was someone with a fear of quicksand which he disappeared in. Maya notices the next person is Maddox and alerts Gemini that he was forced to participate by his family. His fear is his family which he fights off and wins the audiences cheers, being the first person to have survived this far. When Virgil called for the next, nobody moved, which upset him and he starts to yell for Reed. But, when nobody moved again and he continued to scream, Gemini realizes that the others glancing at her meant that she was supposed to be Reed. As she’s dragged to the magical arch she wonders if the fear will be hers or Reed’s. When she realizes that her main fear is being powerless and that would make her ordinary and weak, she starts to struggle. But as she tries to run away, the guards force her through the arch and she fears that her true nature has been revealed.

### Ch 53 - Colton

Colton hears imposter Cali’s voice and rolls his eyes. Before giving his attention he knocks out imposter Silas. He feels kind of weird thinking about going to fight Cali but tells the imposters that Nolan is the worst person to send as he would gladly best him up. Fake Cali tries to mess with him about choosing her for Xavier making it the reason she’s there but Colton’s is tired of it and warns them to either leave him alone or brace themselves for a beat down. Fake Nolan decides his luck by asking if Colton is done with his girl yet and he takes the bait. They taunt him until he realizes they managed to get him away from the crowds and attacks. Colton manages to get fake Cali hit by Nolan, and reveals her name is actually Kasey. He knocks down Nolan and kicks Cali who whines she’s a girl, but Colton tells her she started it while worried that his brothers might take offense of the fake version. Fake Nolan manages to mess his right hand up and admits he’s actually a lefty as Colton finishes off Cali. Colton gets an uppercut and kidney shot that almost takes him out but he recalls how angry he was at the real Nolan for almost taking Maya away from him because she wanted to be a Luna. Once Nolan is taken out he sees their original forms and feels bad that Kasey, the one playing Cali, was only a kid. He realizes he needs to confront Ophelia about this and decides to go find her.

### Ch 54 - Gemini

Gemini realizes that the magic Virgil is using during the games is not strong enough to remove her possession over Reed. She hopes this means the trial will be based on Reed’s fears inseam of hers being stripped of her powers. When nothing happens she starts to get nervous when the crowd alerts her to three clowns, which makes Gemini laugh. She manages to snap the neck of one and as she fights off the other two she notices they make dog sounds. She smashed a boulder over the head of another one and strangles the last with her bare hands. This gains the crowd’s approval but not Virgil’s who quiets them down and tells her that her fear was too easy and not as formidable.

### Ch 55 - Teddy

Ophelia tells Teddy that he’s reading a magical contract about Deacon being Virgil’s physical conduit and that he’s slated to win the Chasm. She then explains the insignia of who signed with Virgil are the Thunderbirds or bird shifters and that they were promised Maya’s babies in return. This is because twins with Alpha blood are rare (Colton is a twin too). She tells Teddy that this information means that there’s nothing they can do to help Maya in the trials and that attempting to destroy the document would be useless. He refuses to listen and tries to burn, rip, and crumple to eat the paper but fails. He begs her to do something but she tells him she’s bound to Virgil and can’t go against him. Teddy tells her their whole breaking and entering his cabin is going against him and realizes there must be more to it especially since she’s still bleeding. She admits she’s the one who sealed the document.

### Ch 56 - Maya

Maya is impressed with how Gemini handled her trial through Reed and is happy about how displeased it made her grandfather feel. She overhears him tell someone that the next challenge will have to be adjusted because too many people were making it through his fear idea. When Gemini returns to the platform, she wants to congratulate her when she realizes Virgil is watching her. And that it’s her turn to walk through the arches, hoping it was the arches that make the call about what fear to show and not her grandfather - but doesn’t even know what her greatest fear is. She makes a promise to her babies as she’s pushed through and she wonders if it will be witches, Fae, or even Nolan who will appear but realizes those are just things she can’t stand. As everyone waits and nothing happens she realizes that her fear is being alone.

57 - Teddy

58 - Gemini

59 - Colton

60 - Maya

61 - Teddy

62 - Maya

63 - Teddy

64 - Colton

65 - Gemini

66 - Maya

67 - Teddy

68 - Maya

## Cultural References

Ch 25 - Gemini calls Teddy Randy Jackson

Ch 26 - Colton tries to ignore his phone buzzing which he thinks is an Instagram notification

Colton describes Maya’s fight with the competitor swinging a chain as a Matrix move (where Neo dodges bullets)

Ch 34 - Colton tells “Xavier” that Maya has been thrown into the Hunger Games knockoff

Ch 42 - Maya sees one of the competitors and remarks he must think he’s a James Bond villain

Ch 43 - Gemini comments on the man she kicks off the ledge to have a Wilhelm scream

Ch 47 - Ophelia tells Teddy that they aren’t infiltrating Staples by looking for a filing cabinet that holds information but a secret trap door

Ch 50 - Teddy finds a recipe for Home Depot

Ch 54 - Stephen King is referenced to It the clown