Resisting Maxu

Sorry for the few spoilers ahead but... Why Mettli wanted to imprisonned a newly mated male for a year and how she managed to can keep him imprisoned for a week when they think Mating is so sacred ?! Knowing he will be in terrible pains and his health will be deteriorating ?! It doesn't seem very sensible to me... I didn't like her very much but now I don't even comprehend how she can still have any power doing that.

Hmm! Not the best, and the ending is something unexpected that gives a new course of the story.

Not the best one but the ending is good and takes the books into a new trajectory