You don't get heaps of Flock moments these days.

That's why this WWHB chapter is dedicated to Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, and Total for keeping me reading on- and on- and on- and on…

Book: MAX Chapter: 54

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Six pairs of eyes looked at me. Did they still trust me? Did they want to follow what the grown-ups said? Was I going to be in this all by myself?

My throat felt tight as I waited.

Then Fang put out his right fist. Nudge put hers on top, quickly. Then Gazzy, Angel, Iggy and finally, Total put his paw at the top.

"One for all and all for one," said Fang, as my heart filled up. "That was in some movie.

"We're not gonna leave you Max. You're like our mother." Nudge beamed at me.

"And our best friend." Iggy added.

"And a warrior." I never knew the day when Angel would be saying these special things about me.

"You never judged me, even for my undying love for Akila." Guess who that was?

"And you're a kick-arse fighter too!" Gazzy joined in and we all laughed at his comment.

Did I ever tell you how my Flock rules? I did. Well ha, I said it again.

"And- and we love you." Fang's eyes met mine as he said that.

Alright, so it probably was a different kind of love that he was talking about with regards to me, but boy was my heart about to burst.

I broke my hand from our 'fist mesh' and stepped closer to Fang.

I didn't care about Iggy's sexist jokes right now. Or Nudge's squealing. I just wanted to be with him. With all of them.

Fang's mouth twitched as he formed a smile. Lightly, he put his lips to mine and I felt exuberant.

"Finally…" Gazzy and Angel murmured under their breath.

We broke apart as Iggy was trying so hard not to even escape a giggle.

"So what? We quote something from a movie and we automatically get a kiss from Max? Alrighty. 'Life is like a box of- OW!"

Luckily with my quick whit, I smacked him over the head as I crossed my arms.

Again, we all laughed before I said, "I am never going to leave you guys. Ever."

You know how much I hate emotions? Well unfortunately, I couldn't escape out of this one. Time to suck up and face reality.

We all squeezed in for a group hug, our wings getting squashed up with each other. But we didn't care.

Like Fang said- one for all and all for one.