#Chapter110I ran a frustrated hand through my hair and banged my had on the table as hard as I could. I had no idea if I wanted to hurt myself or if I wanted to see the woodwork break, but I couldn't deny the satisfaction I felt when I heard the wood crack beneath my palm.I got up and lifted the table and with a flick of my wrists and upended the table with a crash. The voice resonated in the small room. I took a deep breath and felt my shoulders relax. I felt the tensions in my muscles loosen. Hell, it felt good. Definitely an amazing way to get rid of stress.But I was done. Far from it.I kicked the trashed table away from my way and stormed out of my office, with one destination in my mind. It was time I gave my father a visit.My alpha had ordered me to not see him until I had figured out the mystery behind Elijah's murder. At the rate the investigation was going on, I would never see my father. I had a hunch my father was ignoring me and even wondered at one poin
#Chapter111'HIS SUSPICION'******I kept my eyes on the phone that continued ringing, Zara's name flashing on the bright screen. The room was silent save for the ringing and vibration of the phone. I couldn't tear my eyes away from the phone. My father had just advised me to give my mate some space and right now seemed like everything was a test. My wolf was going crazy in my head. He couldn't believe the fact that I would just have to swipe the screen and I would be able to hear my mate's voice, which I hadn't heard in almost two weeks. I clenched my fists to stop myself from grabbing the phone and talking to my mate.But I did to budge. If this was my redemption, then I would go through it. My eyes stayed on the phone as it kept ringing, my father standing in front of him, checking me.My gaze finally moved to my father when the phone finally stopped ringing. His green eyes were assessing me with a blank look and then it finally struck me.I gaped at my father i
#Chapter112'HIS QUESTION'******Pain.That was the only thing I could feel. I didn't know how many times I groaned and I didn't remember how I ended up like this.I muttered a curse in my head at my fucked up life as I felt my wolf nudge me into consciousness. I was groggy and my vision was blurred for a minute before my brain could focus where I was.My wolf didn't detect any danger nearby which prevented me from not panicking. Although, with the amount of pain I was in, I doubted I would be a threat to any "danger".I looked where I was as soon as my brain could comprehend everything. The curtains were closed and I internally thanked the person who didn't want me blinded when I wake up.I was hooked to a couple of machines which were definitely keeping a good job of keeping me alive. I could tell I was in the hospital but I had no idea what I was doing there or more importantly, how I got here.Isn't there supposed to be a button here somewhere I could pres
#Chapter113Fat tears rolled down my mother's cheeks and I couldn't help but chuckle. I knew she was goin to blame her concern for me on her pregnancy hormones."Damn these pregnancy hormones. I can't do anything without crying nowadays." She wiped her cheeks and smiled at me with her motherly smile which brought back a truckload of memories. I slowly took her in, her five month pregnancy belly and her glowing skin. "You look good." She flushed and laughed at my compliment. "You're not getting out of trouble this time, Harper.""But I'm so injured." I pouted. "Don't you know, some rogues attacked me? I'm such a poor baby."She laughed at my antics which made me smile more. Damn, I missed her laughter. She definitely needed to laugh more."What's Natalie doing here?" My question sobered her up."She was worried about you, of course. Why would anyone be in a hospital? Aiden and Samantha wanted to see you too but with you being here, the workload has been on Aiden.
#Chapter114'But what was I supposed to say to Ethan?'******I nervously clutched my binder and laptop to my chest as I eyed the closed door in front of me. Anyone passing by me could sense that I was nervous and honestly I think I had a right to be.I had always been friends with the same people all my life so I didn't really know how the beginning stages of friendship worked. I didn't know what was too early or too clingy and I was suffering because of it. If I had known how this kind of stuff worked, I wouldn't have been standing in the hallway, looking like an idiot, wondering if I should knock on the door or not.I mean as I thought about it, it had been two weeks since Ethan picked me up from the library for the first time and in the two weeks he has picked me up another nine times. There was a steady flow of conversation between us, so that meant we were friends, right? I shook my head at my thoughts. I was overthinking too much and what was the worst thing
#Chapter115'"T-take m-me h-home."'******It has been two weeks since that episode in Ethan's apartment where he had asked about my silver bracelet. I have no idea but at that moment I didn't have it in me to lie. Not because I couldn't think of a good lie, but because I didn't want to lie. To him.When I had the realisation, I was confused and frustrated. Why was I feeling this way? I had only known Ethan for a month and a half now and yet, he elicited such a response from me.I tapped my foot to the bass of the music pumping in me earphones while I stood in front of the school library, waiting for Ethan to pick me up. Both Adam and Emily couldn't be happier when they came to know that Ethan was good with picking me up, it just meant that they had more time to catch up and not rush from one point of the city to the other.Ethan's car rolled in the distance and I opened the passenger door to get in. He looked as good as he always did and I resisted the urge to eyeball
#Chapter116"So, you're telling me, while she's preparing for her exams, you are being my chauffeur and getting me food from drive throughs." I leaned my head on the headrest and turned to look at him already looking at me."I guess I am." I looked into his blue eyes, which held no trace of humor. Not anymore. We looked at each other for I don't know how long, forgetting the remaining food in our laps, or anything for that matter.A traitorous thought popped in my mind then. How would it feel if I just leant forward and kissed him? How would his lips taste? Would his lips taste of the beer he so dearly loves or the taste of his burger or some other manly taste which was all him? By the looks of it, we were having a moment because I have seen enough movies and read enough romance novels to know how one looks like. What I have always wanted to know is, if these crappy and jumbled thoughts race through the male brain too or is this overthinking reserved for the female brain
#Chapter117'HIS ENTHUSIASM'******It's been two weeks since I had been attacked, two weeks since I had my embarrassing breakdown. Two very long weeks. As soon as I was able to get back to my normal healthy state, I was informed of the circumstances of my attack. I was attacked by the same group of rogues who had murdered and mutilated Elijah. They arrived at this conclusion because the arrow that had pierced my shoulder had carried the same message which we had found earlier on Elijah's body.We hadn't told the pack members of this fact yet. We had no idea who were behind these attacks and announcing this to the pack will only cause unnecessary distress and panic.Moreover, the arrow that I was attacked with was laced with a heavy dose of wolfsbane. If anything affected us and had the potential to kill us, with a huge amount of terrifying pain, it was wolfsbane. The dose I had been shot with was enough to kill two fully grown adult wolves. Clearly, they had factored