The Wrath Of The Shadow Wolf novel Chapter 24

Maeve was in the kitchen doing the dishes when Riona came in holding a cup and she dropped it on the counter. She turned to leave when Maeve called her back and so she stopped.

“Rio, please bring that cup here for me to wash”. Maeve instructed.

After hearing what Maeve has to say, Riona replied without bothering to look at Maeve.

“You can take it yourself Maeve if you are that desperate to clean it” Riona responded.

Maeve tightened her eyes, she has already passed the limit of the insult she could take from Riona. However, she decided to control her anger. She turned to look at Riona.

“You know you can actually wait here and when I finish with what I am doing, you can wash that yourself,” Maeve said.

Riona chuckled. She was still not looking at Maeve.

“And when I talk, you look at me,” Maeve said.

Hearing what Maeve had just said, Riona immediately turned to face her.

“And if I don’t, what can you do?” Riona asked.

“I would require that you accord me some respect here, Riona” Maeve said.

“As what, my step mum? The step there is for a reason Maeve”. Riona said.

Riona walked out on Maeve. Maeve was speechless and did not know the appropriate action to take.

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Wright adjusted in his sleep. He opens his eyes and saw that Maeve was still awake and sitting on the bed with her back resting on the headboard.

Wright wondered what might be keeping Maeve awake by this time of the night. He sits down too with his back on the headboard.

“Baby, is anything the matter, what is keeping you awake by this time of the night,” he asked.

Maeve looked at him and refused to respond to his question.

“Talk to me dear, what is the problem?” he asked.

Maeve looked at him once again and still maintained her silence.

“Okay, I need to sleep now, what if I say we leave whatever it is for tomorrow morning. We can talk about that tomorrow. Please come to sleep now” he said.

He tried to get her to lie down, but she resisted and remained in her position.

He gave up in trying to persuade her and he decided it was better to go back to sleep. He believes that she will talk about whatever it is that was disturbing her whenever she is ready.

Maeve was amazed at how easy it was for Wright to go back to sleep when he could see worry written all over her.

She watched as he slept peacefully without any worries and when she felt she could not bear to watch him sleep anymore, she taps his back to get him to wake up.

“What is it dear?” Wright asked.

Wright grumbled as he spoke. He could not understand why Maeve would wake him up again. When he had asked her the reason for her being awake, she has refused to answer him.

“Why are you waking me up again, didn’t I just ask you what the problem was and you kept quiet?” he asked.

“It’s about Riona, I am worried you aren’t doing anything to curb her excesses,” she said.

Wright sighed. They had both discussed Riona earlier on, so he could not understand why she is bringing up the issue again.

“What about her again?” he asked.

“When I complained about her attitude towards me in the kitchen earlier today, you did not do anything. You let it all slide as if I am the one nagging” she said.

“I never said you were nagging, baby. So what else would you want me to do?” he asked.

“We can’t just keep letting her do whatever she likes, we both know that is not good for her,” she said.

“You know that girl just lost her mum…”