#Chapter22The crowd at Monique's Bakery was slow too. I was left with my own thoughts which was not a good thing these days. Earlier, I had no problem in being alone. I loved to think about trivial things, but that was just one more thing Harper had an impact on.Stephanie sneered at me as soon as
#Chapter23'"Zara, did something happen between you and Harper?" Nat asked tentatively.'******I hadn't even taken three steps towards the cash register when a hand latched around my elbow, preventing me from taking another step.I didn't need to know who the hand belonged to, I knew it was Harper
"Look at me when I am talking to you!" He said while roughly grabbing my chin and made me look at him. More tears streaked down my cheeks as soon as he touched my chin and I hated myself for showing weakness to him.I didn't want to stroke his ego and let him have the pleasure of proving me weak and
#Chapter24'"And I will never, ever, cross your path again."'******I hate Harper because he always brought out a weak side of me, a side I have never been fond of. I have always been proud of the fact that I had the ability to school my emotions and stand tall whenever a problem came my way.But
#Chapter25I looked at Nat and then Sam, they were both looking at me, waiting for me to speak. Would it be okay to say I was a little afraid?"What am I supposed to know?" I felt like an idiot sitting there. Today had been full of weird exchanges and I really wanted this one to end. I had absolutel
#Chapter26'Apparently, you don't thank your best friends for any sort of help.'******He left me there, in the living room, alone, with a thousand unanswered questions of my own. I didn't expect more from him and I was glad that this would be the last encounter we would have with each other.I tu
#Chapter27The three of us climbed into Nat's car to get to school early in the morning. None of us really wanted to go to school because we had spent the night talking till the early hours of the morning, joking and having fun. But I had promised my Dad that I would go to school and I meant to keep
#Chapter28'Meet me on the benches during the third period?'******Aiden was there, in my classroom, standing with a big box of chocolates and a bigger bouquet of red roses in his hands, right beside my designated seat. He was smiling and looked at me with so much admiration in his eyes, that my k
#Chapter254BONUS IIEverything turned chaotic the moment Zara left to be away from Harper, me, and all the rest of us who could possibly remind her of our betrayal. Did it count as a betrayal though when we hardly understood it ourselves? My heart hurt and my wolf whimpered at the possibility of n
#Chapter253BONUS IIWhen all the tests came back negative, I felt I was going mad or my brain was cooking up some insane story and I couldn't make head or tails about my life. I felt I was being crazy because there was no possible way that this was happening to me. If I was indeed pregnant with Ha
#Chapter252BONUS II'Natalie's POV'******I knew something was wrong when I didn't get my period for two months. I never had a smooth cycle so I wasn't really troubled when they didn't happen the first time but their absence in the second consecutive month got me worried. My body had undergone c
#Chapter251BONUS ISomething about her made my protective instincts stand on end. My wolf didn't understand what was happening but I found myself giving an evil eye to anyone who looked at her the wrong way. I could feel that she was attracted to me and it brought a sort of satisfaction to my ego
#Chapter250BONUS IMy father didn't want to see me go, I was his heir. I was supposed to succeed him and impart all the knowledge he had given me to my own son but he could see how darkly I grieved, how she feared I would choose to take my own life than choosing to live on without my mate. So, wit
#Chapter249BONUS I'Ethan's POV'******When you grow up as a werewolf, all you ever hear is the word 'mate', because people around you can't stop talking about them. Some elders talk about mates with a dazed but happy look in their eyes and you can easily tell how much they love their mates. Whe
#Chapter248EPILOGUE 6"God, I sure hope not," Zara whispered in my ear, and I caress her knee and she squeals and tries to get off me but I stop her by holding her tightly against me. She makes a show of it but settles again beside me. "When are Nat and Addison coming back?" Natalie and Addison h
#Chapter247EPILOGUE 5'HARPER'S POV (TEN YEARS LATER)'******It was three years ago when Mason was first teased by a fellow classmate about the unusual arrangement of his parents. I had always known that as he was growing up, he became especially attuned to the fact that the way his family lived
"Everything ok?" Harper's voice breaks my reverie my eyes snap up to look at him. In a daze, I show my healed palm to him and his eyes shine with pride as he recognizes what this means. As a human, seeing my palm heal so quickly is a stunning surprise in itself and I watch as Harper pulls my hand to